Friday, December 10, 2010

Keith Treanor

Keith Treanor with his first bike a SE Racing PK Ripper

mike kings summer edit

Fast Forward - Summer 2010 from Mike King on Vimeo.



Mike King has got to be one of the best director/editor riders around. When I see how crap quality most bmx videos are his stand head and shoulders above them. Making a bmx video get Mike in.

Derek King Photos

The south east coast has never seemed so gloriously faded and crumbling. Derek King finds beauty in the most bleak places East Sussex has to offer.

Thursday, November 04, 2010

lotek poster on vimeo

DFVP390 - 30sec. Motion Poster from Chris Beers on Vimeo.

Really like this using vimeo in portrait format for an ad for LOTEK


Sunday, October 31, 2010

Monday, October 04, 2010

information explained

Information from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.



I like these simple explanations of things by MAYA. Maybe they could explain how the world began in this style as well.

infographics v fuzzy logic


No wonder news programs don't invite designers on to debate. What a terribly naive position. Information Graphics are not new they are just short hand for the reader to understand multiple points of a story in one image. Like the Guardian's where does our tax money go chart or the IED map in Afghanistan. It shows the reader the scale and perspective of the situation. Surely Edward R Tufte has said most things on this in his 3 books. http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi

Newsnight debate on infographics. See CR for full article and debate.
I think the crowd sourced map for buses in India was a great idea. Showing how information graphics can be useful. John Maeda said Programmers are the new designers and I think he's right. The question is not if it looks pretty its a question of does it work and is it useful. We are learning to disseminate and question information in many more ways and a whole lot faster tahn ever before. Surely this short hand is the out come of this cultural shift.

Thursday, August 05, 2010

Rainbow double

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI&feature=youtube_gdata

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Saturday, July 03, 2010

And they're off

http://www.letour.fr/indexus.html

Monday, June 28, 2010

another titanium award chalked up





I've seen the idea for latest Titanium award before.
BikesAgainstBush
There was another artist group in NY that did this 4 years back. People texted or emailed their message and a bicycle sprayed it on the side walk or road in real time. The artists at the time got into trouble and arrested by the NYPD.


Now with a corporate sponsor and a big event behind this technology it's award winning and celebrated in the Tour de France. Funny how the backing of a large brand can make technology legitimate. The technology is not new, you didn't invent it you just used it, just be honest about that in your award entry.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010