- Beautiful & unique installation in the center of Paris highlighting the dangers of unsafe drinking water.
- Bad boy DJ/producer Diplo has written a pretty entertaining account of his recent trip to Cuba. It has rekindled my interest in visiting.
- Tyler Thompson got sick of looking at ugly, confusing boarding passes, so he had a go at redesigning them. He also put the call out for others to do the same. The results are excellent, hopefully the airlines are listening (although our own Air New Zealand actually does a reasonable job in comparison to the Delta one that Tyler started with)
It is also well worth checking out Dustin Curtis’s well thought out redesign of the American Airlines homepage that was part inspiration for Tyler’s efforts. - Nike has been doing some awesome stuff lately, including this spot for the Nike Free running shoes. Japanese DJ duo Hifana create some wicked beats using the super flexible sneakers. Super cool concept really well excecuted.
You can also check out the making of for a look at how they did it.
(Via designboom) - Logorama is an award winning short from French collective H5. It is so great that it opened Sundance this year & picked up the Academy Award in the animated short category.
(via Amber) - It has been around for a while now, but Slinkachu’s Little People Project is rad. It must be incredible coming across one of his installations “in the wild”.
Tags: advertising, art, design, Guide to the Interneat, photography, Travel, Video
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I picked up a pair of these wicked tobe sneakers on the weekend, and I was super impressed. I had seen a bit of hype about them from a few people, so had high expectations. I am also notoriously picky when it comes to shoes. They definitely delivered.
They have got a whole lot of stuff right, including of course making some killer shoes. Most importantly though I think they have woven their story into their shoes. They are telling their story, and encouraging tobe wearers to tell it to others. A couple of examples:
- Each pair of shoes comes with a number stamped on each of the shoes: 64 on the left (New Zealand’s international calling prefix), and 81 on the right (the year that the brothers behind the project were born – I think).
- The tounge is a whole grid of numbers of which you can choose some (or none) to punch out. For example, you could punch out the date you bought them, your birthday, your girlfriends birthday (they tried to convince me this was a great idea), or some kind of pattern. It’s a nice little way to customise them, and a great little conversation starter when you are showing them off to your friends.
They have also put together some awesome photography and promo videos for their launch, like the one below.
Their launch collection comes in three styles, the 1.6 (kind of a sky top), the 1.0 (mid) and 0.6 (low). They each come in a couple of different colourways, and are all constructed from beautiful Whanganui leather.
I am stoked to see such great design, and such a genuine, well thought out and implemented brand story coming out of NZ. You should definitely buy some.
This is the inaugural v3 guide to neat stuff on the Internet, the Interneat. It is intended as a semi-digest of the cool stuff that I link to over on twitter that a lot of people miss (plus anything else I come across that is awesome). I have to also thank Amber, her awesome CFS Loves series was part inspiration for my guide to the Interneat.
Without further ado, here is issue #1.
- A comprehensive template for writing a typical incendiary blog post. Make sure you check the comments for bonus hilarity (via Simon)
- Infographic goodness: Hair distribution as an indicator of previous nights sleep style
- New brand campaign for Shimano from REAKT, a communications agency in Chicago. Some of the nicest print work I have seen in a while (via Lisa Frame)
- Absolutely beautiful remix of Bop’s haunting ‘Song About My Dog’ from fellow Russian Subwave: Bop – Song About My Dog (Subwave Remix Cut) by SUBWAVE
- What do musicians from different genres sing about? Find out with this handy fleshmap showing the relative frequency of body part mentions in a sample of more than 10,000 songs from different genres. (Warning: contains graphic photos of body parts commonly mentioned in hip hop songs)
- The Feltron 2009 Annual Report is out now. I highly recommend ordering the print version. I have the 2008 one (kindly gifted to me by Gareth), and it is a stunning piece of work. OCD made awesome.
- In the mood for some lovely liquid drum & bass? Check liquiddnb.com podcast #5 from liquid lover and v3 favourite Redeyes
- You know what you need more of in your life? Sexy executives.
- In December the awesome Four Tet made his final appearance at Plastic People in London. As a parting gift he made this lovely mix:
Much Love To The Plastic People (DJ mix December 2009) by Four Tet - Feed your ampersand obsession with 300&65 Ampersands. New ampersand goodness daily.