I know many people will be sceptical as to a complete redesign as this seems like quite a big task which will take some time but the good news is the design is down and will be ready hopefully in the next 2 days. While the matter of the design is making good headway, the task of renaming the website is a more difficult task which I believe should not only be down to me so I have made a list of possible names for the website and I was hoping readers could vote on their favourite.

POLL NOW CLOSED!

Thank you for all your support so far,

Jon

Update – The new site theme coding has been finished though without any comments system for the moment though they mght be close behind the official reopening of the site.

The Elastic Band, a project by James Reynolds, is a nice combination of audience interaction, music and graphic design. The project, composed of elasticbands stretched over sets of pins, produces tunes from the likes of Michael Jackson and M C Hammer when the sides of the shapes are plucked in the order shown.

Website – www.jwgreynolds.co.uk

Taking root in London’s Reagents Park, the TreeHouse Gallery is a collaborative project running from the 20th of July to the 6th of September. Made up of many tree houses suspended from tree within the park solely by wires, the overall project aims to ‘act as a catalyst to ignite the collective imagination, encouraging adults and children alike to explore a variety of creative responses to nature’. Currently the site is composed of a library containing a selection of blind reads, a pagoda, a deck for relaxing and random activities such as a plethora of musical instruments and a selection of workshops being held outside by a variety of artists.

Having visited the site, I can say that it is both an unusual and beautiful creation as well as a feat of engineering to keep the treehouses suspended all of which makes it deserving of a visit; and luckily it is still to run for over a month and might develop further, though I am not sure about this.

Website – www.thetreehousegallery.org

Beautiful work from prominent Japanese contemporary pop artist Yoshitomo Nara. Unusual, twisted and oft weapon-toting characters, who at first glance can seem simple but shouldn’t be so easily dismissed.

Blum and Poe – www.blumandpoe.com/yoshitomonara/

Marianne Boesky Gallery – www.marianneboeskygallery.com/artists/yoshitomo-nara/

An ambitious and impressive idea beautifully executed, We Choose The Moon is a celebration, in Flash, of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings, recreating the Apollo’s journey in full 3D and real-time wonder. As the original run through of the journey has finished, it is now possible to experience the moon landing at a your own pace, from the Apollo’s launch to Neil Armstrong’s first step on the Moon with the actual recordings from the time running in the background.

Website – www.wechoosethemoon.com

Two typographers, Pierre & Damien, and a pro race pilot, Stef van Campenhoud, collaborated to design a font with a car. Incredible maneuvering and some coloured dot tracking lead to the final product which I have to admit is impressive and can be downloaded from the website. Incomparably in terms of originality for car advertising campaigns though this may be because it is the only font-based campaign for a car I have seen so far.

Video [Vimeo] – www.vimeo.com/5233789

Website – www.iqfont.com

Though I’m not a real fan of the song, I thought that this video for the song Supernova was at least worth a post cause its been created by the ever talented Siggi Eggertson. Enjoy the colours.

Video [Vimeo] – www.vimeo.com/5696363

Designer Mark Weaver’s prints give of a nostalgic feel. In a good way.

Website – www.cargocollective.com/markweaver

Found some nice pieces including watercolours and “Grandma” (pictured) in the stylistically varied  and quite extensive portfolio of Taiwanese painter Julienne Hsu.

Blog – www.jujuhsu.blogspot.com

Website – www.juliennehsu.com

[Via Design Milk]

Nice bit of animation from Makoto Yabuki especially with the perfectly chosen music, though I’m not sure whether it was composed by him specifically for the video or not. Simple yet sweet.

White Box from makoto yabuki [Vimeo]