Somewhat ridiculous but somewhat great ad campaign from DDB Group New Zealand advertising short shorts at Superette. Leaving indented plates on benches and bus stops around the city (not sure which one) the mark is imprinted on the thighs of those wearing short shorts, advertising Superettes shorts. You also know the wording of your campaign board is good when it opens ‘With both men and women now wearing their shorts at breathtaking heights…’ See the whole board here.

Somewhat ridiculous but somewhat great ad campaign from DDB Group New Zealand advertising short shorts at Superette. Leaving indented plates on benches and bus stops around the city (not sure which one) the mark is imprinted on the thighs of those wearing short shorts, advertising Superettes shorts.

You also know the wording of your campaign board is good when it opens ‘With both men and women now wearing their shorts at breathtaking heights…’

See the whole board here.

I bookmarked this ages ago and lost the designers behind it. Brilliant creative use of a newspaper front page presenting a well-balaned lead in to its article. It also helped to siginificantly move along a project I did earlier this year in Falmouth…

I bookmarked this ages ago and lost the designers behind it.

Brilliant creative use of a newspaper front page presenting a well-balaned lead in to its article. It also helped to siginificantly move along a project I did earlier this year in Falmouth…

New York Design Agency ‘The Bear Cave’ are responsible for this nice typographic emblem for Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings. See more of their work here.

New York Design Agency ‘The Bear Cave’ are responsible for this nice typographic emblem for Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings.

See more of their work here.

Creative Review blog posted an interesting run through the life and design of a Coca-Cola neon sign that was up at Picadilly Circus in 1954. Take a read through it here.

Creative Review blog posted an interesting run through the life and design of a Coca-Cola neon sign that was up at Picadilly Circus in 1954.

Take a read through it here.

Christina Ung has a great selection of illustration work on her website including this particular image, ‘The Unreliable Superhero’, which was published in The Atlantic magazine. Check out more of her work here.

Christina Ung has a great selection of illustration work on her website including this particular image, ‘The Unreliable Superhero’, which was published in The Atlantic magazine.

Check out more of her work here.

Design team Fanalako put together this creative CD packaging for the band Zinkplaat. The album’s title is beautiful pollution, and so in response the packaging presents a clean metallic cover which scratches off to present consealed colourful imagery. See more shots of it in action here.

Design team Fanalako put together this creative CD packaging for the band Zinkplaat.

The album’s title is beautiful pollution, and so in response the packaging presents a clean metallic cover which scratches off to present consealed colourful imagery.

See more shots of it in action here.

Oliver Yaphe has put together a small selection of impecibly structurally designed home office spaces over at his blog. If organisation and living inside a grid system is your thing then take a look here.

Oliver Yaphe has put together a small selection of impecibly structurally designed home office spaces over at his blog.

If organisation and living inside a grid system is your thing then take a look here.

If you have a free evening and are an Arrested Development fan then I’d highly recommend the video stream of the reunion panel from the New Yorker Festival that just took place this weekend. Hearing Mitch Hurwitz talk about creating the show with his cast (all of whom have such a passion about the project) just reminds me of the first time I sat through and watched the three seasons all through. Enjoy it here.

If you have a free evening and are an Arrested Development fan then I’d highly recommend the video stream of the reunion panel from the New Yorker Festival that just took place this weekend.

Hearing Mitch Hurwitz talk about creating the show with his cast (all of whom have such a passion about the project) just reminds me of the first time I sat through and watched the three seasons all through.

Enjoy it here.

‘In 2007, a Chicago estate agent stumbled across an astonishing visual archive of mid-century America. So began one man’s mission to rediscover Vivian Maier: nanny, eccentric and ‘photographer extraordinaire” Vivan Maier’s photography is occassionally hit and miss but she had an undoubted eye for shooting in the streets of 1950s America. The story behind the discovery of her work as well as the overall quality of the work makes scrolling through the images all the more interesting. Check them out here. This article in the Independent gives a great telling here.

‘In 2007, a Chicago estate agent stumbled across an astonishing visual archive of mid-century America. So began one man’s mission to rediscover Vivian Maier: nanny, eccentric and ‘photographer extraordinaire”

Vivan Maier’s photography is occassionally hit and miss but she had an undoubted eye for shooting in the streets of 1950s America. The story behind the discovery of her work as well as the overall quality of the work makes scrolling through the images all the more interesting.

Check them out here.

This article in the Independent gives a great telling here.

Based in Oxford, Pegasus (previously Pegasus Theatre) is an arts centre that specialises in youth arts, new performance work and supporting emerging artists and companies. Uniform Design Agency are responsible for the re-design of the Pegasus Youth Theatre in Oxford. They have a brilliant video on their website that leads you through their whole design process. Pegasus had, prior to the re-launch, consistently failed ‘to capture people’s attention’, and to secure the media coverage necessary to grow its audience. Six months after the re-launch, membership numbers had increased by 1,600 to 10,000, outperforming its average six-month figures by 300%. Take a look here.

Based in Oxford, Pegasus (previously Pegasus Theatre) is an arts centre that specialises in youth arts, new performance work and supporting emerging artists and companies.

Uniform Design Agency are responsible for the re-design of the Pegasus Youth Theatre in Oxford. They have a brilliant video on their website that leads you through their whole design process.

Pegasus had, prior to the re-launch, consistently failed ‘to capture people’s attention’, and to secure the media coverage necessary to grow its audience. Six months after the re-launch, membership numbers had increased by 1,600 to 10,000, outperforming its average six-month figures by 300%.

Take a look here.

Always a sucker for vintage travel posters, this Chicago, New York Central Lines poster ticks my boxes. Fantastic colour and composition, with some great typography to match. Grab a print here

Always a sucker for vintage travel posters, this Chicago, New York Central Lines poster ticks my boxes. Fantastic colour and composition, with some great typography to match.

Grab a print here

Brian Kaas designed this fantastic emblem for popular NPR radio show This American Life (of which I have a well known love) when they had a t-shirt competition. Check out more of his illustration work here.

Brian Kaas designed this fantastic emblem for popular NPR radio show This American Life (of which I have a well known love) when they had a t-shirt competition.

Check out more of his illustration work here.

Back in April the Creative Review blog had a great post detailing the creation of some stone lithograph prints for the Danish mobile phone brand Aesir. Look through the results and find out more here.

Back in April the Creative Review blog had a great post detailing the creation of some stone lithograph prints for the Danish mobile phone brand Aesir.

Look through the results and find out more here.

I’ve blogged Edward Burtynsky’s photography before but came across this shot ‘Highway #5’. The image was in this years shortlist of photographers in the 2011 prix pictet. You can see more of Edward’s work here.

I’ve blogged Edward Burtynsky’s photography before but came across this shot ‘Highway #5’. The image was in this years shortlist of photographers in the 2011 prix pictet.

You can see more of Edward’s work here.

This has definitely done it’s rounds on most design blogs but it’s too well exectued to ignore. Peter Orntoft’s infographics series studying the topic of whether or not the Danes thinks its ethical to wear religious symbols in public professions adds a real personal and relatable access point to the information he’s presenting. Brilliant use of photographs, colour, and non-intrusive typography. See more of the project here.

This has definitely done it’s rounds on most design blogs but it’s too well exectued to ignore.

Peter Orntoft’s infographics series studying the topic of whether or not the Danes thinks its ethical to wear religious symbols in public professions adds a real personal and relatable access point to the information he’s presenting. Brilliant use of photographs, colour, and non-intrusive typography.

See more of the project here.