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30.8.12

D's Difficulty


Came across this little image I did while cleaning up my filespace. It's a series of icons for the difficulty selection for: Puzzle Chronicles, showing increasing difficulty from left to right... Sorry, it just still cracks me up...

26.8.12

Water Wigs (And more): Tim Tadder

 
I came across Tim Tadder via his Water Wig series (above) but be sure to check out the rest of his visceral site...

25.8.12

A Mad Man's 10 Tips For Success


10 Tips For Success From George Lois, the original Mad Man on Co. Design

 5. Teamwork might work in building an Amish barn, but it can’t create a Big Idea.
The accepted system for the creation of innovative thinking in a democratic environment is to work cooperatively in a team-like ambience. Don’t believe it. Whatever the creative industry, when you’re confronted with the challenge of coming up with a Big Idea, always work with the most talented, innovative mind available. Hopefully … that’s you. Avoid group grope and analysis paralysis. The greatest innovative thinker of our age remains Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, a modern-day Henry Ford. Jobs was not a consensus builder but a dictator who listened to his own intuitions, blessed with an astonishing aesthetic sense.

Paralympics Marketing

This is how to market the Paralympics...

Photography: Looking Up


A photographic series taken from underneath household spaces by Michael H Rohde.

Strange Sci-Fi: Ryan Heshka

The Strange Sci-Fi Worlds of Ryan Heshka

24.8.12

COPS: Skyrim

Combining one of my favourite video games with my biggest guilty pleasure... Awesome...

23.8.12

D's Tbot

Using the company logo as a base, I designed and crafted this 'mascot' costume for Torus Games.

22.8.12

Web Series Catch Up

I genuinely strained myself with laughter at each of these... enjoy...


Learn English with Ricky Gervais - Pilot Episode
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Alec Baldwin "Just a Lazy Shiftless Bastard"
Real Actors Read Yelp™ #5 Crazy Horse

Classroom Portraits


 Classroom Portraits from around the U.K. and the world by Julian Germain

Nailscapes

Nailscapes by Alice Bartlett

16.8.12

D VoTEE: Dismembered


I currently have another T-Shirt (the design you might remember from a previous post) on Threadless up for voting: DisMembership!

Again, I would really appreciate your support; it should only take five minutes and if you voted last time (of course you did!) it will be even quicker!
By supporting my design you are supporting me... So thanks!

1. Please follow the link below
2. Join Threadless (you can log in with Facebook!)
3. Score my Design with a 5


Follow this link to give me a High 5!

Thanks again for your support.

Damien

Trailers

Antiviral
3, 2 , 1... Frankie Goes Boom
Red Dawn (Reboot)
End of Watch
Seven Psychopaths

14.8.12

Photography: Athens Post Olympics

Among other eerie collections of manmade wastelands, Jamie McGregor Smith photographed Athens post Olympics, hopefully without a prediction for London.

Sculpture: Yun Woo Choi

Spatially defying sculpture with books, magazines and news papers by Yun Woo Choi

12.8.12

Dr. Seuss Goes to War



Few probably relaie that Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904-1991) was also a political  cartoonist, in fact he was the chief editorial cartoonist for the New York newspaper PM (1940-1948), drawing more than 400 editorial cartoons.

Check out this fascinating and comprehensive site, which also links to the book.

9.8.12

Movie Trailers

Killing Them Softly
Cockney Vs. Zombie
Liberal Arts
The Hobbit

D's Freezies

These are some Iced softdrink 'Flavour' character concepts I did for a convenience store franchise.

7.8.12

The 2012 Olympics Logo


Like it or hate it; an interesting article on Co.Ddesign on the design of the 2012 Olympics logo.

London didn’t need to be put on the map with an iconic representation. We weren’t going to show the Tower of London, London Bridge, or the Houses of Parliament with some sort of watercolor hurdler over the top.

6.8.12

Whiteboard Art


Gregory Euclide is a teacher and an artist, why not combine the two like he has with his white board art...



5.8.12

Google Doodles

Though I am a bit of a bah humbug with the Olympics, I have noticed these gorgeous little Google Doodles each day adorning the Google front page.

And then there's the interactive version

Photography: Olympians (Kate Peters)


Kate Peters series for the Guardian: Olympians. But... Be sure to check out the rest of her portfolio.

2.8.12

Real Actors Read Yelp Reviews

First two in a hopefully long (and thus far darned hilarious) series by Joe Plummer; employing actors to read 'oddball' restaurant reviews from Yelp. I was almost in tears... Real Actors Read Yelp Reviews

Getting The Most From A Packaging Redesign

Landor On Getting The Most From A Packaging Redesign on Co.Design
Changing a recognizable packaging is daunting, requiring a big investment that could potentially backfire with consumers. But the potential benefits, argue Landor Associates’ Christine Hall and Dale Doyle, far outweigh the costs.

Crayon Sculptures: Christain Faur

Crayon sculptures by Christain Faur

D's Ds


A few Illustrations (mostly self portraits actually) I did recently for a promotion piece.

Trailers

Skyfall (007)

Bullet In The Face (T.V Series)