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No7 Lift & Luminate

Mother London take a fresh and really rather brilliant approach to advertising for No7.

Artist sculpts animals and insects from old car, motorcycle and bicycle parts

The incredible work of Edouard Martinet.

Woven photography by Jason Chen

Interesting technique that produces some really thought-provoking images. Jason creates movement and intrigue by weaving multiple images of the same subject together to make one visual.

I think they look great and you can read more about the work here.

(Source: Colossal)

Attaching a great story to your brand

If anyone doubts the power of this idea then watch this piece from Smirnoff.

The brand doesn't feel bolted on like it can in so many cases, rather a seamless continuation of the story. On top of that, it's beautifully shot and crafted. All of which makes for a wonderful piece of work.

Here's a second execution from the series.

Rainbow foam lattes

Beautiful creations in coffee from barista Mason Salisbury.

Stuff Is Great - The Slot Car Collector

Nice little ad for Safestore.

Powerful ad from NZ

Queen of Parts

A 90th birthday tribute to The Queen by KwikFit that pays homage to her mechanic skills of yesteryear.

Kind of gross. Definitely smart.

Innovative way to stop the spread of the Zika virus using human sweat and breath.

Shiny: a stop motion animation with clothes

This is so well put together and must have taken some serious planning and time to produce. Totally worth it though, it's a lovely piece of work.

It's hard being a single dad

Wonderfully charming watercolour series by regular Imgur poster ClosingDownSummer.

Virus trading cards

These are seriously cool, I love the look and design. Can't seem to find a source for who created them but this is what they had to say about the process:

This week I made a set of virus trading cards! Viruses are surprisingly symmetrical, and I love them because they remind me of a biological version of snowflakes. Each trading card shows you the structure of the viral capsid - the protein shell protecting the genetic material inside a virus.

To make the 3D animations I used UCSF Chimera, a free molecular modeling program. When scientists discover a new protein structure they upload it to the worldwide Protein Data Bank. Each entry is assigned a unique ID number, which you can use to call up the structure in programs like Chimera or PyMol.

I used Tom Goddard’s tutorial to learn how to display viral capsids, and it’s actually a fairly simple process. You can even 3D print structures straight from Chimera, which is awesome and might have to be my next project.

27 classic music photographs from the BBC archives

Mick Jagger, 1964

Diana Ross, 1964

Chuck Berry, 1964

Stevie Wonder, 1966

Shirley Bassey, 1960

BBC staff training school, 1954

Francoise Hardy, 1963

Michael Jackson, 1972

BBC sound effects department, 1927

Scott Walker, date unknown

Marianne Faithful, 1971

BBC gramophone library, 1959

Sandie Shaw, date unknown

Katie Boyle, 1960

Lulu, 1969

Raymond Burrs, 1935

John Lennon & George Harrison, 1963

The Beatles, 1965

Aretha Franklin, date unknown

Julie Driscoll, 1968

Maddalena Fagandini, 1962

Jacqueline du Pre, 1961

Barbara Mcfadyean & Joan Griffiths, 1943

Bobbie Gentry, 1968

Dusty Springfield, 1966

Juke Box Jury, 1964

Harry Rabinowitz, 1963