Wednesday 29 February 2012

10 best commercials of 2011

As featured on Ad Week, you can vote for your favourite here.




















My vote went to Chipotle - for what it's worth.

Minimalist Pixar

Minimalist poster designs of well known Pixar films (source: ad swag).






Tuesday 28 February 2012

Tuesday 21 February 2012

This is why it's called the beautiful game

Because people like Richard Debenham use it to inspire them to create works of art like these...










Beautiful.







Gooooooaaaaaallllll da Braaaaaazzziiiiillllll!!!!!!

OK, ridiculously over the top headline but take a look at these new prints of Brazilian football stadiums, identified purely through the style of their goals.




Such a simple yet beautifully executed idea (source: The Beautiful Gear).

Friday 17 February 2012

A dog day Friday

First, Diving Dogs, a series of amazing photographs shot by photographer Seth Casteel.












And then a dog that looks like a penis.


Brilliant. Happy Friday.


Friday 10 February 2012

Dump the big 6

Cool eco vid...


Kids smoking

Disturbing yet beautiful images (source: Perfect Misteaks).








Musicians and their mums (and some dads)

Check out these beautiful images published by The Mail Online of famous musicians and their parents.

All shot for Life Magazine by photographer John Olson (and now owned by Getty, boo).

Elton John with mum Sheila and step-father Fred
Eric Clapton with his grandma Rose
Frank Zappa with parents Rosemarie and Francis
The Jackson 5 with mum Katherine and dad Joe
Joe Cocker and mum Marjorie - personal favourite
Folk singer Donovan with parents Donald and Winifred
Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick with her her new-born baby and mum Virginia