It began with a fascination with the Commodore 64, an interface in to virtual worlds, that lead to my passion for cyberpunk culture — literature, games, art and music. Over the years the interface evolved, a lot more rapidly as I got older and had money to spend on hardware. I developed a strong interest […]
Aug 09
An artist’s visions of hell
Hell has always be a source of fascination — it exists in most cultures and religions. Many artists, designers and writers take inspiration from Dante’s Divine Comedy when referencing hell in their work — in fact it’s surprising how much influence the Italian poem has had on modern culture. I’ve been exploring visual executions of […]
Aug 09
Ryohei Hase, Hort, Digital Club, Severed Heads + Field
A selection of work that I’ve recently discovered that has impressed. Surreal digital art of Japanese artist Ryohei Hase: Typographic work from Hort: Mare Street video by
Jul 09
The Age of Conan
Funcom is currently giving ex-players of Age of Conan the chance to come back and try the game for 2 weeks for free. If you sign up for a subscription at the same time they’ll even give you 20% off and through in some nice in-game items. Being particularly interested in MMO games from an interactive […]
Jul 09
The Forgotten Web Standard
This movie reminds me of my day, only in three minutes! I think there’s something quite beautiful, raw and revealing about it. It’s purpose is to demonstrate the process of creating a set of slides that were used in the author’s presentation. The presentation was given at The Future of Web Design by Mike Kus, […]
Jul 09
Collection of nice typography
Mmm, pretty type for my collection.. also this typey skateboard would make a nice b’day gift for me later this month — even though I haven’t skated since I was about 10. It would look nice sitting in the corner of my room though.. Share
Jun 09
Design documentaries
Sometimes I forget how much I love film, a compelling narrative combined with well executed elements of composition, light and sound — though I also have a thing for hanging out in old cinemas late at night wired on caffeine. Anyway, I’ve had the fortune of having a week off between freelance contracts so taken […]
Jun 09
Mrs Eaves at Typo Berlin
Late last year Gemma O’Brien, an Australian graphic design student, executed a popular response to a university design brief based on the themes of vandalism and graffiti. She was inspired by my favourite designer, Stefan Sagmesiter, and named herself after my favourite typeface, Mrs Eaves, by Zuzana Licko. She was interviewed abut the project on […]
Jun 09
Microsoft unveil Project Natal
I just finished reading the live blog on Kotaku and watching the delayed video stream on xbox.com of the Microsoft press conference at E3. It was so much better than last year’s, one of the best I’ve seen — I think it will be hard for Sony and Nintendo to better it and they keep […]
May 09
E3 2009
The E3 begins tomorrow in LA, this year it seems like there should be a number of interesting announcements along with all the trailers (the PSP Go has already been leaked). I’m looking forward to not only viewing the new art styles, 3d graphics and UI elements of upcoming games but also finding out release […]
May 09
Google Wave
Google have announced a new web application that’s under development called Wave. It’s being developed by the same two brothers who developed the Google Maps application and promises to revolutionise the way we communicate over the Internet with an open-source policy. For a detailed look there’s a video of the developer preview from the announcement last […]
May 09
Mapping New York
I just got back from a few days vacation in New York. It was my second time there but almost felt like exploring a new city as I guess it’s hard to take the same path through New York twice. I think the city has some amazing areas that could really inspire creativity, specifically Williamsburg, West […]