Print vs Pixels

I found this really nice quote summing up the feelings of most designers on this subject from the Japanese designer Kenya Hara. This humble quote beautifully describes the tactile quality that web based design can never compare to.

‘Thanks to the rise of electronic media, paper can finally behave as it can and should; as an intrinsically charming material. If electronic media is reckoned a practical tool for information conveyance, books are information sculpture. From now on books will probably be judged according to how well they awaken this materiality, because the decision to create a book at all will be based on a definite choice of paper as the medium.’”

A great article on the struggle between print and the web and how this has started to effect designers can be read by clicking here. I hope you find it interesting

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Harmony

For all you frustrated creative types and potential artists out there I have found this great bit of online fun. Harmony is an addictive online drawing tool offering a few different brush styles. I particularly like the fur option. Go to Harmony to have a go yourself. You can even save your little works of art and impress your friends later.

Reality Football

Being a massive football fan I love this simple collection of football portraits by Alan Powdrill for a project he has called Reality Football. Pictures were taken of Sunday League teams, Pub teams and in local parks across the country during 3 seasons with the aim of showing the real, grass roots side of the beautiful game.

The all-encompassing nature of the sport becomes very apparent as you flick through these pictures. What a varied bunch us footballers are!

To have a proper look visit http://www.realityfootball.org/

OK Go keep things creative

OK Go are building something of a reputation for going the extra mile with their music videos. Who could forget their extremely creative and originally choreographed treadmill dance routine for the song Here it goes again which has been copied and referenced many times including a recent obvious parody by Berocca to advertise their vitamin supplement. Yet somehow they have managed to surpass themselves. This is a very recent video of theirs for This too shall pass which obviously took a lot of time to get right. It is taken as one long, panning shot and is a lot of fun. It also brings to mind the classic Honda advert The Cog in which various parts of the car all interact in a long chain reaction.