• Discovered this stunning set of illustrations from Richard Perez aka Skinny Ships. Incredible!
  
  (via Kitsune Noir)
• The Yes Men have released a special peer to peer edition of their latest film ‘The Yes Men Fix the World’. It includes a deleted scene from the full release (something about them being sued over it). Download it and flick them some cash to help them out with their next crazy project, it will be money well spent.
• Watching this video of Paul Basagoitia ripping his back yard as we tripped around Canada got me pretty pumped up (and also wondering how feasible it would be for me to buy a house with a good chunk of land attached). Also of interest, Trent Palmer shot this using a Canon 7D mounted on a radio control helicopter. How cool is that!
  
• More New Math provides a vast array of life lessons by way of equation.
  
• Pilot Magazine is without doubt the hottest print publication here in NZ right now. They also run a great little blog that is worth keeping an eye on in between the visual feast that is each of their issues (if you can, get hold of a copy of their latest issue). Apparently it is temporary and a ‘real’ site is coming… If that is the case then I can’t wait to see what they have in store.
• How to Write an Advertising Manifesto (aka The Manifesto Manifesto) is an outstandingly astute and witty observation from Kim Mok.
  
  I have to admit though, I do still really want to write a manifesto at some point. The point at which I feel strongly enough about something to write a manifesto about it. Just the word manifesto gets me all fired up. (via Fishing for bats)
• Beautiful print from Anthony Burrill for the intriguing ‘Do Lectures‘ which I would be all over if I was in the UK. Might have to just buy myself a print in the mean time.
  
• Diesel’s new ‘Be Stupid’ campaign includes some of the freshest work I have seen in a while. Up until now the stuff I have seen has mainly been clever copy & killer photography, but they took it experiential with Diesel Facepark, Facebook in the real world. Why? Apparently digital is smart and analogue is stupid, and Diesel says be stupid.
  
  (via Digital Buzz)
• My good friends Matt & Dayna make kids television here in NZ that is often really funny for (kinda) adults. Want proof? Check Matt’s alternative version of BoB feat. Bruno Mars “Nothin’ on You”…
  

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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.

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”.

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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.

www.tobe.co.nz

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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.

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So, in an effort to rectify this, here are some of the coolest moving image things that caught my attention at Semi-Permanent09:

Trailer for STUDIOaka’s animated adaptation of children’s book Lost & Found by Oliver Jeffers

Definitely going to check this out when I get a chance. A beautiful story animated in a lovely way. Had a chance to chat to STUDIOaka’s Phillip Hunt (the director) over dinner on Friday night and his passion for animation and humility was super cool.

Trailer for STUDIOaka’s animated adaptation of picture book Varmints

Another amazing looking animated short film from STUIDOaka. This trailer almost had the audience choked up, so I am sure that this will be a tear jerker.

Music video for Simian Mobile Disco – Synthesise (co-directed by Kate Moross)

Banging music vid from Kate Moross that had the auditorium rocking. Super simple idea, that is perfectly executed and captures the energy of the tune so perfectly. Awesome throw back to warehouse rave days.

Music video for Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity of Huge (co-directed by Kate Moross)

Another vid for SMD which is a literal visual interpretation of the lyrics of the tune. Love the bright colours and not-so-seriousness of it.

Music video for Clark – Ted by 1stAveMachine

Dark video for a dark tune. Apparently some people have trouble seeing which parts of this are real filmed insects, and which parts have been added digitally in post. These people have a frightening concept of what insects really look like close up.

Promotional propaganda video for 1stAveMachine

Neat little propaganda piece done to promote 1stAveMachine when they first set up.

Alexia Sinclair compresses 4 days of work into a 4 minute video

An amazing insight into the painstaking process that Alexia goes through in creating her incredible images.

There was so much more awesomeness, but this was the stuff I could track down easily online. After all, I am a little bit lazy. You’ll just have to go along yourself next year.

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I have spent the last couple of days at the fantastic Semi-Permanent09 design conference here in Auckland. It was totally amazing. It was an incredible way to cap off what has been an exhausting couple of weeks for me, so much so that I couldn’t even muster the energy for the after party last night. What a lame-o.

There was so much awesomeness that I am still trying to digest it all and put it in the appropriate compartments of my brain, but some of the stand out highlights for me were:

• Kiwi lad Cleve Cameron who kicked off the whole 2 day inspiravaganza (that’s an inspiration extravaganza). Cleve took us though his past work sliting the glug with expert use of spungo deliveries and transmissions in Wellington central (my explanation of what this actually is wont do it justice, but it was a great story of a remarkable idea that completely engaged people). He then took us through some wonderful creative work he has done at agencies around NZ and Australia, including the fantastic ‘don’t feed the ducks‘ campaign for Australian brand Wonder Performance bread. His latest project is another triumph of imagination and story telling; a band from the future called the Beop. Rather than explain it check out their latest transmission (from the future of course) at Beop beam central. Cleve obviously has both an incredible imagination, and a remarkable gift for storytelling, and he was a great choice to get things going.
• Sanky from AllofUs told us about a couple of their really interesting projects, like building a giant Einstein head that allowed people to experience what might be going on in his brain by literally getting inside it. AllofUs has a great multi-disciplinary team, and they are doing some amazing work on projects that people would kill for. I love this diverse team based approach to problem solving, and the companies that are doing it are doing some of the coolest work around.
• James Jean is an incredible artist/designer/illustrator. There isn’t really much more to say. His body of work was jaw-droppingly beautiful, and made me glad I had dragged myself out of bed to make the morning sessions on the second day.
• Kate Moross is super cool. Her work is totally rad, and she obviously has an intuitive understanding of how to build a brand. Roll in a penchant for the remarkable (my observation, not her words) and it is no wonder that she has become so incredibly successful. Two things she said stood out particularly for me (excuse the clumsy paraphrasing): that it isn’t hard to learn how to do things, so just figure it out if you need to, and that nice isn’t a word you should use, but a thing you should be.
• Harry Pearce of Pentagram had the unenviable task of delivering the closing presentation. Normally this is hard enough, but when the conference is already running more than an hour late, and the audience are dying to get to the after party it is even worse. However Harry rose to the task, delivering what I thought was one of the most interesting insights into the creative process of any of the speakers. His was a touching, personal story, and his passion for both design and people came through loud and clear. Of course it helped that the work he showed as part of the story was equally incredible.

There was also amazing stuff from Philip Hunt from Studio AKA (am definitely going to catch their two short films – Varmints and Lost & Found), Tim Beard from Biblioteque, David Carson, Arvind Palep and Aaron Duffy from 1stAveMachine, and Alexia Sinclair. In fact, there really wasn’t any filler.

I am not a designer, at least not in the creating beautiful pictures/garments/paintings/buildings kind of way. I do like to think that through my work in building brands I can be as brave, creative, and just plain awesome as the speakers that we had the pleasure of seeing at SP.

Huge props to all the organisers, and to all the speakers. Thank you!

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The guts of it is the awesome Minimahl, with a few tweaks here and there. Definitely a bit more work to do, but maybe I should write something first…

Yeah, that’s pink y’all.

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So, this week I am hanging out in a house with some geeks/designers/coders/thinkers from around NZ and the world who are all here to make stuff.

What’s it in aid of? Why building Orcon’s brand of course.

Fun times ahoy!

Check out the action at www.purplespheres.co.nz.

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