A new way of saying the same thing

I found this copy in a bag that said the usual recycling spiel in a nice new way.

" This bag is made of newfangled bio-degradable plastic which means in theory that it will ultimately disintegrate by the action of sunlight - hopefully not before your purchase makes it safely to your abode. We suggest completion of your journey home within twelve months. Alternatively travel only by night."

...Should we be more digital?!?...I think so!!

I just had to photograph this!...As I was walking through the EC Stoner building yesterday I passed this display of exam results which I found quite humorous! If there's any argument that the world should be more digital, surely this is it! Think of the poor person that had to sellotape up probably around 100 sheets of paper!!

Julian Beever

This street artwork by Julian Beever is amazing. He has worked on pavements in the U.K., Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, the USA and Australia. The three dimesional quality to his work is fascinating. In the right context these images can be really powerful - a useful one to remember for future ambient media ideas.
These images are just a few I picked out. There are loads more at http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/ It's not the best designed website I've seen but the artwork certainnly makes up for this!

Shelter Promo - Leeds City Centre

This promotion for Shelter, the housing charity, is up in Briggate, Leeds City centre at the moment. Shelter's message is "stick it to bad housing" and the public are invited to write their personal housing problems on the wall. I think this outdoor installation is a really good way of showing the public just how many people live in poor housing conditions,however the public haven't taken it seriously and many people have simply added toilet-graffitiesque messages.

It would be much more powerful if the messages were from genuine peope in need of better housing.

Anthony Gormley

While down in London we managed to get through a few galleries including the Anthony Gormley exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, which came from a recommendation from Will. The main piece was a glass walled room filled with mist (Blind Light). Once inside the room you can't see more than a foot infront of you and it's a really odd feeling, quite claustrophobic. I love art that is more than just visual, like Richard Wilson's room full of oil that I saw at the Saatchi a few years ago. It creates an experience, and engages all our senses...

D&AD exhibition

Last we Beccie, Nicola and I went down to London to check out the D&AD student work. It was really useful to see what other students on similar courses are up to and to look at the winners of the Student Awards. I think I've got a lot to do by this time next year!...business cards...my book and generally doing lots of good work. It's going to be a busy year!

Travis Millard

This is an image also at the Cult Fiction exhibition by Travis Millard, who designs limited edition comics under the name The Fudge Factory. I love the way loads of work in this exhibition is just pulled out of a sketchpad - it gives is a sense of honesty. This honesty stood out in a comic strip by another artist (name forgotten) where a spelling mistakes was simply covered by another piece of paper!

The the pencil and inkwork is so detailed in much of the comic strip artwork - I was really impressed with the skill and patience it must take to complete a full comic. Some of the artists include Posy Simmonds, Mark Kalesniko, Kerstin Kartscher to name but a few.

Cult Fiction - Art and Comics

Today was the final day of the Cult Fiction - Art and Comics exhibition at The New Art Gallery in Walsall. I'm really pleased I managed to get to it as some of the work was really engaging, particularly a 7 minute animation by David Shrigley. 'A community of misfits, beasts and tortured animals explore moral themes such as good and evil and life and death, in scenarios that are as comic as they are tragic'. The animation is constructed of simple line drawings with a very frank voiceover, which describes the character's thoughts and feelings of the world he lives in. The subjects covered are somewhat disturbing, although alongside the visuals they are uncomfortably amusing. The exhibition comes to Leeds City Art Gallery on 21st Sept and I'd recommend a visit.