Hasta La Ideas

If there’s any doubt in your mind as to Taekwondo’s rules of engagement, or how a gymnast’s performance is scored, you need simply to refer to a new app called Curly’s Pocket Guide to Sports which should set you straight…

The app has been developed by digital agency Wilson Fletcher after one of its employees found herself at Wimbledon last year and heard somebody in front of her ask a friend how many times the ball could bounce. The idea for an app that explains the rules to sport but in a witty, jargon-free way was born.

Wonderfully illustrated by Ryan Todd, the app is very easy to use, simply swipe along a number of illustrated cards which each represent a sport such as beach volleyball…

Click on it to read a summary of what the particular sport is all about, and also what the rules are and how it’s scored in competition.

As well as the rules, there are also some fun facts thrown in for good measure.

Curly’s Guide is currently available for the iPhone and iPad and priced at 69p on the App Store. More info at curlyspocketguide.co.uk.

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Nobrow‘s latest concertina publication folds out to reveal French illustrator Ugo Gattoni‘s vision of a madcap bicycle race through the streets of London…

At 19.5x33cm in size, Bicycle is considerably larger than other publications in Nobrow’s ongoing Leporello series of concertina books – it folds out to almost two metres in length, revealing, across both sides, a richly detailed illustration of a crazy cycle race. The work was actually drawn as a single five metre drawing and took Gattoni a total of 723 hours to complete in black pen on paper.

To give you an idea of the scale of Gattoni’s drawing, here are a couple of sections at almost 100%. Bear in mind his original drawing is five metres wide:

And here’s another section:

And finally, a short making-of film by the artist:

Bicycle by Ugo Gattoni (£18) is available from nobrow.net.

Gattoni will be in Nobrow’s shop at 62 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3QR signing copies of the book on August 9 from 6pm-8.30pm.

Nobrow.net

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Regular readers of CR might recall the Song Map we featured on the Hi-Res page our January 2012 issue and which was later adapted to create the sleeve for St Etienne’s recent album. Now its creator, Dorothy, has created a Film Map, on which every street and feature is from a film title…

Loosely based on a vintage Los Angeles street map, Film Map features over 900 film titles including, as you can see, Jurassic Park, Lake Placid, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Temple of Doom and The Two Towers. And that’s just in one tiny section of the map.

“It has its own Hollywood Boulevard and includes districts dedicated to Hitchcock and cult British horror,” says Dorothy’s Ali Johnson. “Like most cities, it even has its own red light district,” she adds. An A-Z key along the base of the map lists all the films featured along with director names and release dates.

Open edition prints of the Film Map cost £25 plus postage and packaging. A limited edition signed and stamped print is also available for £100 plus p+p. Both are available (as is Dorothy’s Song Map) from wearedorothy.com/shop.

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For a showcase exhibition, illustration agency Handsome Frank turned to its Twitter followers, asking them to tweet illustration briefs for its artists to respond to…

“We wanted to showcase the talent that we have on our books,” explains HF co-founder Jon Cockley, “but we wanted to do something a little more engaging and interactive than just a themed exhibition. The Tweet-a-Brief concept not only helped us to spread the agency’s name and make new friends and contacts, it really pushed our artists creatively and it’s resulted in some of the best work they’ve ever produced.”

The agency received over 200 briefs via Twitter and each artist on the ageny’s roster selected his or her favourite and set about creating a new artwork. The resulting work is currently showing (until July 22) as the Tweet-a-Brief Exhibition at The Church of London‘s new 71a Gallery on Leonard Street. Here are a few highlights:

Helen Musselwhite created this three dimensional response to a brief to create “wallpaper coming to life in a dolls house”

Emma Kelly responded in pen and ink to Charlatans’ singer Tim Burgess’ tweet asking for someone to illustrate his favourite single, New Order’s Blue Monday

A request to see “inside the mind of Stanley Kubrick” was responded to by Alexandra Bruel in clay

Stephen Cheetham chose to illustrate “140 characters”

And Handsome Frank showed off its spanky new neon logo by Malika Favre‘s response to “all things bright and beautiful”

The Tweet-a-Brief Exhibition runs until July 22 at 71a Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4QS

handsomefrank.com

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The July issue of Creative Review features a piece exploring the past and future of the dingbat. Plus a look at the potential of paper electronics and printed apps, how a new generation of documentary filmmakers is making use of the web, current logo trends, a review of MoMA New York’s group show on art and type, thoughts on how design may help save Greece and much more. Also, in Monograph this month we showcase a host of rejected design work put together by two Kingston students.

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As Jamaica celebrates 50 years of independence this summer, a new exhibition curated by UK blog Shimmy Shimmy and author, designer and DJ Al Fingers looks to celebrate the role of art and design in Jamaican dancehall culture…

Stalag cover by Limonious

“While many musical genres have been celebrated for their intimate relation with art, dancehall and Jamaican sound system culture has, for the most part, been left out of the canon, despite its rich and vibrant artistic heritage, not to mention its undeniable influence on design and letterform in pop culture today,” says co-curator Al Fingers of the show which is currently running as part of the BASS (British Arts and Street Sounds) Festival in Birmingham’s The Drum gallery until July 13.

Toyan record sleeve art by Jamaal Pete

UK artist and designer Tony McDermot’s preparatory work for Josey Wales and Yellowman album

Art in the Dancehall, supported by Puma Yard and Jamaica50, gathers together artwork by 1980s Jamaican artists Limonious and Jamaal Pete, alongside UK artist Tony McDermott and dozens of hand lettered posters by one of Jamaica’s most prolific poster designer, Sassafras:

It also features work by five young artists from four different countries – Jamaica, Israel, Germany and the UK – who are keeping dancehall art culture alive:

Israeli artist Ellen G‘s portraits of dancehall deities

Zine cover (front and back) by UK-based artist Peter Edwards

Munich-based Gabe‘s Ward 21 poster

Jamaican artist Robin Clare is now based in Sydney and her Dancing Words prints are based on popular dances

Daniel David Freeman recreated part of the suit worn by Buju Banton on the cover of his Stamina Daddy LP

Art in the Dancehall is currently running as part of the BASS Festival in Birmingham’s The Drum gallery until July 13. It will then travel to London where it will show at Puma Yard‘s Boiler House venue on Brick Lane from July 27 through to August 12. Full details at artinthedancehall.co.uk.

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The July issue of Creative Review features a piece exploring the past and future of the dingbat. Plus a look at the potential of paper electronics and printed apps, how a new generation of documentary filmmakers is making use of the web, current logo trends, a review of MoMA New York’s group show on art and type, thoughts on how design may help save Greece and much more. Also, in Monograph this month we showcase a host of rejected design work put together by two Kingston students.

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