Timelapse meets Tilt Shift

The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.

CPUT GD Students making news

Well done to Lindzy and Daniel Orme aka Bison.

Have a look at the main feature on this page... this page.

Also peruse down the left of the site and see Matt Edwards, Kronk and I love screenprinting, all from GD CPUT.

Lekka soos a Krekka!

CPUT Graphic Design Students featured in the latest One Small Seed Magazine

Go purchase the latest One Small Seed magazine and see the CPUT Graphic Design Second Year students shine over two double page spreads. Inus Smuts (Google Answers) is one of the final three students to win the Banksy Competition. Inus Soutschka (2 Figures holding hands), Anthony Chute (3 Youths with Masks) and Aimee Sawyer (Rhino) were also featured for their contributions to the competition.
The final winner of the internship has not yet been announced.

CPUT were awarded the "most student entries" and will receive a plaque marking this achievement.

Well done to everyone involved.

Ps. the pegs are not included with purchase of the magazine

ARE YOU THE NEW BANKSY? – WINNERS ANNOUNCED

'Are You the New Banksy?' is the first creative collaboration between Learning Curve (Adobe Gold Partner in Education) and one small seed. This competition challenged students to create an iconic artwork that is fresh and relevant to contemporary South African popular culture. Like the work of Banksy, part of the competition brief required that entries included a message significant to today's cultural, socio-political or economic climate. In December 2010 the winners were revealed. Check out issue 21 of one small seed to find out who these up-and-coming artists are and to see their inspirational work.

Fake Swimming Pool by Leandro Erlich

In one of the courtyards of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, is a swimming pool framed by a limestone deck. When seen from the deck, the pool appears to be filled with deep, shimmering water. In fact, however, a layer of water only some 10 centimeters deep is suspended over transparent glass. Below the glass is an empty space with aquamarine walls that viewers can enter.

The Swimming Pool was designed by Buenos Aires artist Leandro Erlich in 2004.

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2010/05/fake-swimming-pool-by-leandro-erlich.html

Fake Swimming Pool by Leandro Erlich

In one of the courtyards of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, is a swimming pool framed by a limestone deck. When seen from the deck, the pool appears to be filled with deep, shimmering water. In fact, however, a layer of water only some 10 centimeters deep is suspended over transparent glass. Below the glass is an empty space with aquamarine walls that viewers can enter. Raak nat hier!

Most Brilliant Mountain bike clip ever!

FRAMED-Andi Wittmann Rider profile from Felix Urbauer on Vimeo.

A fascinating way to present data about global and historical economies

Deepak Chopra Introducing the WS-20 Declaration

Technology in the classroom

It's not uncommon for educators to use student response systems (SRS) to engage their students and assess learning through polls, quizzes and other interactive tools. Most such systems rely on specialized devices known as “clickers,” however, and they're also typically expensive and difficult to use without training. Enter Top Hat Monocle, a Canadian company that has developed a system in which students can use the portable devices they already have, including cell phones, laptops and iPods.

read on...

this is my work

a Class with naked Ambition

CPUT Fashion Show Images

Please check out the link below to the CPUT Fashion Show

http://www.sdr.co.za/photo/index.php?album=1011CPUT

Fast times at woodside high

A clip from "Fast Times at Woodside High," the video that accompanied Matt Richtel's 11/21/2010 New York Times article. See the full clip here here when it's working

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Last minute touch ups to student exhibition spaces for Tonights opening. Last I saw there was a sound system being rigged up in the graphic design area along with a live graffiti session. The fashion show steps out at 20:30 in the multi purpose hall and promises to be an eye opener. There are several disciplines on display throughout the campus so give yourself time to explore - alternatively come back during the week as the exhibition is open until Saturday. Enjoy Design!

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Gabriel Dawe - Installation Artist

Found on thecoolhunter.net

It's The Cool Hunter logo as an art installation. Gabriel Dawe's colorful 'Plexus installation is currently showing at the Dallas Contemporary in Texas.

The construction is made out of gütermann thread, wood and nails attached at either end to blocks of wood, the effect is like a real-world version of computer generated imagery. Stunning.

Enjoy with thanks to thecoolhunter

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

"I learn't about serif and sans serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great"

Tattoo Typeface

Argentinian type designer Alejandro Paul's latest face, Piel Script (piel, pronounced pee-yell, is the Spanish word for skin) has been specially developed for use by tattoo artists...

The typeface has a huge number of alternate characters (there are 41 different uppercase As to choose from) and plenty of ligatures and swashes to personalise your tattoo text designs.

Read further here

SUPAKITCH & KORALIE - ARTE, PINTURA DE UN MURAL , Song is by D.L.I.D. (Dick Laurent is Dead)

CPUT GD2 Student in the top 3

Congratulations to Inus Smuts who has made it to the top three students in the Banksy Competition sponsored by Onesmallseed, Adobe and Learning Curve.

Good Luck Inus

TOP 20 Fonts for web (published in .net magazine this month) chosen by Elliot Jay Stocks

1. Georgia
2. FF Meta Serif
3. Alternate Gothic No. 1
4. Helvetica
5. FF DIN
6. FF Tisa
7. Droid Sans
8. Ronnia Condensed
9. Calluna
10. FF Unit Slab
11. Proxima Nova
12. Clarendon URW
13. Museo Slab
14. Fedra Sans
15. Centro Sans Pro
16. FF Trixie
17. Bree
18. Times New Roman
19. FF Kava
20. Avenir

50 Magnificent Examples of Moleskin Art

Moleskin art is a form of art that employs any medium, style, or technique on moleskin surfaces. Moleskin is a dense cotton weave that comprises a surface ideal for writing, drawing, panting, or sketching. Moleskin journals are popular for their convenient size, trendy appeal, and the portability and quality for artists. Read on...

WTF?

WTF?

Subcarpati - Am crescut pe la Romana from z00x on Vimeo.

Ionut Negrila and Mihai Calota created this beautiful animation of a street sign figure coming to life.

According to the artists, the production involved:

• 57 stencils
• 3 black spray cans
• 8 9-volt batteries
• 3 different light source
• 5,313 photographs

BANKSY COMPETITION - TOP TEN WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!

Here they are

Bliss N Eso - Addicted (Official Video Clip)

Brilliant annimation

The Singing, Ringing Tree

Interactive Building Surface

wind-interactive building texture from Chiba on Vimeo.

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

"If you don't know, have a go"

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

Jacques user testing his new office space in the GD Dept.

Holding Bansky

The Graphic Design Students of CPUT recently entered the OneSmallSeed Banksy Competition. Of the many creative entries, 4 of our GD Students have made it to the finals. Keep an eye out for the next issue of OneSmallSeed where their work will be featured.

Inus Smuts ‑ Google

Aimee Sawyer ‑ Rhino

Inus Soutschka ‑ (1) ‑ the illustration

Anthony Chute ‑ Be yourself (1) and (2)

You can view theirs and many more great submissions here

Image featured: Inus Soutschka

Creative Playing Cards

Go shuffle your deck here and on the flipside

23 Brilliant Logos With Hidden Messages

juniors/graduate position

Hello my extended network of friends, Romans, countrymen.

We are looking for juniors/graduates to join our rapidly growing team of

online advertising experts and the following is an informal job spec.

Suitable candidates can contact me and I'll be able to give them more

information and answer any questions.

Our company specializes in Pay Per Click advertising on Google, Bing, Yahoo

and YouTube. If you are unfamiliar with the term, Google it and look at the

ads at the top and to the right ‑ thats what we do but theirs a lot more to

it than that. We have some of the best minds in the industry steering the

ship, we are very good at what we do and we have the local and international

clients to prove it. In a nuttshell, the potential candidates need to have

the following:

‑ A quiet ambition to succeed

‑ An awesome personality and attitude

‑ Be able to speak and type English proficiently

‑ A basic understanding of the Internet and search engines

‑ Great time and task management skills

‑ Attention to detail

‑ References that will honestly tell us how awesome they are

‑ A penchant for numbers, formulas and Excel

‑ A strategic marketing and business brain

‑ The ability to learn quickly

They don't need:

‑ Relevant experience

‑ A degree

‑ A car

‑ An uncle who is a big shot at Jupiter drawing room

‑ Design skills

I won't sugar coat the positions available: They will start by doing reports

and helping the team build accounts. At times they may find the work a bit

mundane. If they show promise their is the potential of rapid career

development.

Please pass this on to anybody you can recommend for the position.

Candidates can contact me via email on urry.mark@gmail.com . Recruitment

agents will be shot at first site.

Thanks in advance for helping us or for at least reading this far.

Cheers,

Mark

30 Conversations on Design

Sit back and be inspired and/or amused here

2010, An amazing show...

You are invited to the 2010 CPUT FID Graduate Show taking place from 23rd to 27th November. The opening night on the 23rd from 18:00 is traditionally a crowded affair with plenty of rubbing of shoulders and great networking potential. The evenings events are followed by the usual get-out-of-control party at a nearby venue. Please contact me if you wish to come and view the students work afterwards, during the exhibition week.

Designlenta — Музыкальные колонки «ikyaudio»

Designlenta — Музыкальные колонки «ikyaudio»

The most brilliant videos ever

YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video aims to discover and showcase the most exceptional talent working in the ever-expanding realm of online video. Developed by YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum in collaboration with HP,YouTube Play hopes to attract innovative, original, and surprising videos from around the world, regardless of genre, technique, background, or budget. This global online initiative is not a search for what’s “now,” but a search for what’s next. Visit youtube.com/play to watch this year's top videos and learn more about the project.

Have started viewing some of these vids and they are truly worth sitting back and getting inspired.

Have a look from the website

I'm really enjoying this blog

What do you think?

Junior designer Position in a Major Fashion magazine

Hi Wayne

Hope you are well? I am urgently looking for a graphic designer

interested in magazine design and fashion to start at GLAMOUR

magazine as of the 1st December 2010.

I'm also sending you the details of what we are looking for:

We are currently interviewing potential candidates, but I would

appreciate if you had any 2010 GD Graduates who you could recommend

for the Designer position at GLAMOUR. It is the best stepping‑ stone

into the magazine publishing industry in South Africa, and I'm sure

any aspiring young designer interested in magazines would kill for

the chance to work at GLAMOUR.

We are looking for a full‑ time young designer, competent working

knowledge of Adobe Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. (there will

be a design test at our offices). Any previous experience is always a

bonus. An interest in magazines, lifestyle, media, fashion, beauty and

celebrities is a must. The job responsibilities include everything

from Scanning, Filing, Design Layouts, Illustrations, sourcing, image

quality control, preparing layouts for Repro, directing product

shoots and team involvement in concept and production meetings for

each issue. Someone with a keen sense of involvement and creative

drive. A good Team player, eager to learn and produce top quality

layout designs. Someone who can work under pressure with the

knowledge of meeting deadlines.

The salary side of things, will be discussed with our HR Manager once

position has been confirmed.

Email: leanneb@condenast.co.za

Thanks so much for your help with this!

Leanne Botha

Senior Designer GLAMOUR

Direct Line: +27 21 480‑2347

Fax: +27 21 424‑7997

Email: leanneb@condenast.co.za

Conde Nast Independent Magazines, 2nd Floor, CPI House, 220 Loop

Street, Cape Town, 8001

Go Randy Go

U2 in Rome

U2 will play at the Greenpoint Stadium soon and here's looking at the stage setup for Rome.

Have you seen this guy?

Another piece close by mak1one

The new piece by Faith 47 in District 6

100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers

Great Poster Design Examples

Some great poster design inspiration can be viewed right here

Photo by QuadCamera

Classic Cheese Slab Burger - New York Stylee

Viva Las Vegas

BIG BANG BIG BOOM

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Type mmx with Freda Sack

Interview - 20Q: Chris from Undacova Underwear

Going from social worker to fashion and graphic designer sounds a bit like going from one extreme to the next. But in fact Chris Kilchling from Undacova Underwear has also worked as a snowboard instructor, a surfboard designer, an architectural studio intern and a club manager. In October 2008 he co-founded Undacova Underwear, and the rest is a local design success story.

1. What’s the most coveted item in your wardrobe? It’s a collective. My evolving collection of graphic T-Shirts and all my Undacova Underwear pieces.

2. Do you recycle? Read Chris's answer and the rest of the interview here

Hats Off

Made entirely out of traditional Japanese washi-paper, Naoto Fukasawa’s “Siwa” paper collection of hats manages to have a well-worn leather look and feel.

The “Ivy Cap”, “Hat” and “Tyrolean Hat” are made from paper called “naoron”, a lightweight material that is able to withstand moisture and weight. The durability of the material also means that it won’t tear easily.

Read further at Design Indaba

Nike feat. I love dust

I love dust sent me a few thoughts he had about designing the poster

Hey wayne.

Well, Southsea is a bit of a sailor town. The royal navy is here and as you can a=imagine, tattoo culture is huge. So i went with a typical vintage pin up girl. The tattoos i used are all sorta relevant, like, Skate or Die (a classic skateboarding slogan), the NIKE SB shoe, DK (dead kennedy's, classic skatepunk band), PD (piss drunks, an american skate gang) and the caravan.

I painted the girl and tattoos by hand in ink. I drew up all the type with the pen tool in illustrator. The poster was screen printed, should be getting some soon so can send you a better shot when they arrive at the studio.


should be soething up on here soon. http://ilovedust.com/blog/

thanks wayne. appreciate it man.

Go view i love dust illustration for the Nike Skateboarding poster by doing a backflip.

Student Typeface Design Workshop

As part of Cape Town Creative Week leading up to the Loerie Awards, a Typeface Design Student Workshop is taking place with Freda Sack. Freda, from Foundry Types in London, will take students through various aspects of design and the relevance of good typography. Students are encouraged to join us for this fun, interactive session. This is a two hour workshop and costs a mere R25. Please bring your pencils and drawing pads along.

The student workshop is being held at the False Bay College, Khayelitsha. I am currently awaiting GD Level Co-ordinators to see if we can accommodate this typeface workshop into the course next week. Buses will need to be organised.

Freda is also involved in ISTD (International Society of Type Designers).

There is further information about the various events and activities being held during Cape Town Creative Week here.

Cape Town Creative Week

24th September - 3rd October

http://www.creativeweekct.co.za/

Are you the new Banksy?

He is Britain’s most wanted artist, and he really likes that label it seems. He has been doing his thing for the past ten years now. With witty and subversive work, Banksy’s street art is loud and informative. His identity remains a secret, but with a spray can and some stencils, his art is renowned globally. If you are not familiar with this graffiti artist now, then begin your research. This competition is a grand opportunity to kick-start your design career.

ENTER HERE - ENTER HERE - ENTER HERE - ENTER HERE - ENTER HERE

From Unity to Utility

The sound of the Vuvuzela is no more now that the World Cup is over. I did see a clip on the news showing it being used in a French Political Rally to irritate and get noticed. Although a South African Invention, Vuvuzelas are made, you guessed it, in China along with the rest of the worlds plastic. So what will happen with all the used Vuvuzelas? Do we keep them on show in our living rooms? Or are they already filling the spare cupboard or dusty shelf in the garage. Mine are still lying around the back of my car hoping to get stolen at the next car wash.

There is a concern that they will end up on the waste dumps as more plastic contributions. Perhaps they will pick up a gust of wind and let out one more ceremonious irritating blast or more likely add to the planets waste. Perhaps the luckier ones will be spotted by those who make the dumps there workplace for finding use out of waste, are turn them into an item of use.

There is a competition out to do such a thing - cut out the waste fills and invent a use for your old Vuvuzela(s).

Go to blow here and see what others are thinking of doing with their used Vuvuzelas. look at the More Photos in the Flickr Feed as well as Older Entries at the bottom of the page.

If you have any Vuvuzelas you don't need then let me know as we will find an inventive use for them through a workshop of sorts.

Knowtoneed support WoZela!

The Vuvention shown above is the Vuvu Steering Wheel Lock by Anica Swarts

Pencil Carvings of note!

Pencil carving

I am not sure who is doing these intricate carvings to give credit to. Use the scroll bar on the right side of the post to scroll down to the intricate visuals.

Bovey Lee’s Intricate Papercuts — Lost At E Minor: For creative people

Bovey Lee is a full-time artist, living and working in Philadelphia. Originally from Hong Kong, Lee creates highly intricate paper-cuts on rice paper by hand (no laser cutting machines involved) and then backs them with silk. Get inspired here

34 Typographic Sins

Typographic Sins

With Big thanks to Ray Elder and James Godfrey & Patrick Wilkey for typographic-sins

Get the tissues out for this great cheese advert

Retro-Media

Demolition of the Athlone Power Station - How will Cape Town remain COOL!

Sunday 22nd August 2010 11:56

Athlone towers implosion

Limited space available to view Athlone towers implosion – arrive early

The City has identified two areas from which to see the implosion of the Athlone cooling towers at 12:00 on Sunday, namely the Clyde Pinelands Sports Club and Rhodes Memorial. The two venues can accommodate approximately 4 000 and 500 people respectively.

The Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Alderman Dan Plato, will activate the implosion device from the Clyde Pinelands Sports Club at noon. Read further here