art house

189 pineview irvine california, is no ordinary house. over the last 2 1/2 years the artist who owns the house has been creating murals on every wall. but the house is for sale and the murals have to be painted over, so an exhibition is being held to show off the work before that happens. check it out here. 

funny logo

this is the new logo for the uk office of government commerce. not sure how this got the ok. if you turn it 90 degrees you'll see what i'm on about. read more about the new logo here.

adrian shaughnessy

adrian shaughnessy the author of 'how to be a graphic designer : without losing your soul' will be giving a talk on "the essential attributes needed by the modern graphic designer" at dance city in newcastle on june 3rd. you can find out more and buy tickets here.

fair threads

the bbc have just launched a site that i had thought about launching myself lol. it's a fashion site called thread, which looks at clothing styles that can be created with clothes which are manufactured ethically. check out the site here. nice design, not sure if the navigation is slightly confusing but nice all the same. also not sure if it really fits in with the beebs remit.

mixing it up

just found a very cool blog, by two people called simon and garfield (not simon and garfunkel which is what i first read it as lol). they plan to make 99 album covers for mixtapes/disks they've produced. some really nice hand made stuff. really inspiring, never again will i just chuck my mix disks in one of them plastic sleeves. look here

lost and found

i've been looking through some of my old bookmarks. i've rediscovered some really cool site, so i've decided to post a few of my bookmarks over the next few days. the first site is prickie. prickie has a massive collection of button badges from some really cool designers and illustrators. plus prices are quite good too.

update : just had a proper look on the prickie site and noticed that the shop is closed until the site gets more funding, which is shit. hopefully it'll be back soon. you can see look at all the badges though.

it's in the bag

saw these bags, which are made from recycled plastic sheeting in a documentary about helvetica ages ago. been looking all over for a place i could get one. i've finally found out that a company called freitag make them. they even have a service that lets you create your own bag design. you can buy the bags as well as other things made from recycled materials from their site.

fun house

a pair of architects have designed and built a house which they say helps you overcome death. take a look at this article which tries to explain they're thinking behind the house. i'm still slightly confused by the whole concept. but the house does look cool.

award winning badges

stereohype have just announced the winners of their badge competition. some really cool designs and the winners are available to buy now.

hermit lifestyle

a friend has just pointed me to this really cool site called concrete hermit. it has some really nice books, t-shirts, badges and prints. all i need now is some money.

terrorvision remixed

i posted a couple of days ago about the new anti-terror adverts the met were running in newspapers. well i've just found a site that have a collection of some really cool/funny parodies of said advert check it out. 

update : heres a message that makes much more sense than the met's posters

av festival

the av festival started on thurs 28th feb and continues till the march 8th. taking place in sunderland, newcastle, gateshead and middlesbrough check out the av festival website to find out what's happening.

pixish

pixish is this cool site that helps connect artists and designers with publishers, via a list of assignments. sign up now

koma

koma aka andy j miller has some really nice stuff over at his site, check it out

yay! it's (nearly) monday

was going to wait till monday to make this post, but couldn't wait that long. i really like this site. it's updated every monday with some really cool stuff check it out here