Design Remix: London Underground

A brief has been put out to redesign the London Underground, specifically the fabric on the seats. Compared to it’s counterpart in New York, the London Underground has generally always tilted a little bit more toward providing some sort of palatable colour and design to enhance the experience of the 3.5 million commuters.

The Underground’s Design history includes Edward Johnston’s sans serif font, Harry Beck’s map and Paul Nash’s fabric.

Wallpaper explains the brief…

The colours should respond well to natural and artificial light (there’s even a pantone reference wheel allocating percentage allowances), the pattern must wear and tear well and the fabric must be comfortable and durable. This might sound fairly restrictive but entrants are also encouraged to challenge convention where possible, being mindful not to create a repeat pattern that’s too small to ‘dazzle’ the 3.5 million commuters who will see it each day.

The competition ends on September 14th. More details may be found here.

Designers Get on it! w00t! :)))

(via PSFK)

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Modern Urban Street Art

It seems one of the things I haven’t kept my eyes on lately has been that of Art of any form (although I did attend the National Art Gallery which was interesting in its own way but I find some the art REALLY BORING.) So here’s some examples of modern urban street art.

This is by Aakash Nihalani and if you look at the NYPD cop car in the background, you can see that he hails from New York! Simple and Brilliant.

via LikeCool
And… more technologically advanced and making gangs look all the more cooler –> LED Spray Paint!

While there are more than a few exceptions to the rule, most graffiti is nothing more but lame, self-serving tagging. But combine simple signatures with LEDs and slow shutter photography, and the genre is born anew:

Halo is a concept by French designer Aissa Logerot. Shaped like a bottle of spray paint, the LED light can change colors on the fly and while it’s powered by an internal battery (that recharges with a simple shake of the can—a cutesy but awesome idea).

Combine this LED light with slow-shutter photography and you can freeze light graffiti in thin air without ruining a facade in the process. Of course, that non-destructive practicality probably eliminates any incentive for about 99.9% of graffiti enthusiasts.

– Gizmodo

By far one of the coolest mash-ups of Culture, Technology and Design I’ve stumbled across on the net. Love it.
Technorati Tags: Cool, Urban, Street, Art, LED, Gangs

Sneek Peak: Tim Burton’s Remake of Alice in Wonderland

Another one of my ‘most awaited’ remakes of all time. I remember growing up with Alice in Wonderland as a story and no doubt later recalling how that particular story had shaped my perception and shaped my life. I felt the same way when I first saw the Matrix. It had the effect of a crow-bar prying open my mind to new possibilities and opportunities. I loved it.

And here it is again… so far only a few pics of the movie have been released and the cast looks brilliant, with a few staples from the Tim Burton toolbox. Namely, Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts. The nice touch is Anne Hathaway as the White Queen.

The movie is set to release on 5 March 2010.
Here’s an idea of what it’s going to look like…

Alice in the Caterpillar’s Garden

Johnny Depp – The Mad Hatter

Helena Bonham Carter – The Queen of Hearts

Anne Hathaway – The White Queen

I remember posting before on Sarah Michelle Gellar working on creating the movie version of that AWESOME game, American McGee’s Alice. I don’t
know when that will be released, but one at a time… right now I’m looking forward to Tim Burton’s recreation. I wonder who’s playing Alice???

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Battlestar Galactica: “Let’s get this Genocide Started!”

The trailer for the new TV movie – ‘Battlestar Galactica: The Plan’ chronicling the battle between the Humans and the Cylons, this time from the viewpoint of the Cylons. I assume it would be summarised seeing as the human side was told across five seasons and this new movie is only two hours long. But check out the Trailer below… it looks AWESOME.

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Trailer: Inglorious Basterds – Another Tarantino Jewel

Can’t wait for this one to come out!  Tarantino is back in the habit with this long-awaited World War II flick about a group of soldiers who’s only business is “Killin’ Nazi’s”.  The trailer already makes it look pretty damn cool.

“We’re in the Bid’ness of Killin’ Nazi’s, and baby… Bid’ness izza Boomin’!” – Brad Pitt

Here’s more insight from Amanda Palmer from “The Fabulous Picture Show” on Al Jazeera talking live from Cannes.

and the original trailer…


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The Tale of How…

Here’s an awesome short Film done by a group of very creative South African’s calling themselves the Blackheart Gang.  It’s a very cool story about an island of Kiwi’s who keep getting eaten by a huge octopus that doesn’t allow them to live in peace or leave the island until one of them gets an idea to put messages in a  bottle and throw them into the ocean…

The Tale of How from Shy the Sun on Vimeo.

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She should be the next Joker….

How’s that for a smile?
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Star Wars vs. Star Trek: Death Star Destroys Starship Enterprise

This is so cool.
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The Tarantino Mixtape by Electic Method… WHOA!

Eclectic Method – The Tarantino Mixtape from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.

This is the Best Damn Thing I’ve seen all Year. Wow. Bloody Hell, that was a trip.

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Philips Cinema: Police vs. Crazed Robber Clowns in Bullet-time!

Philips Cinema has launched this really really cool ad that keeps you mesmerised by it throughout the entire two and some odd minutes it plays for.  The scene is a robbery at a hospital by lunatics dressed as scary-looking clowns (something I think would be very at home in a Batman-Dark Knight scenario).  The entire thing is in bullet-time in which a single moment.

I would have liked a point to the entire story (maybe I’m missing it), but I think the main point is not the content but rather the ad itself.  Obviously because this is an adventure supposedly purporting the beautiful benefits of having a Philips Cinema.

I would definitely say it’s effective advertising. I want a freaking Philips Cinema now.

Check out the ad… be blown away.

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