cover your banana

This is an advert for Durex I found in a book called Advertising Today. Sexual connotations always work with adverts and especially when sex is the advert. I like the idea of fruit, which you normally don't associate with condoms being the image.  I like designs like this, when the subject matter is different to the image portrayed but is made to portray the subject.. if that makes sense. 

Type Style Finder

This book is perfect for choosing the best type to suit the right mood, concept or time. Split into these sections the book gives examples of playful, sinister, luxury and other adjectives of type. So no more wasting time seeing what style suits your design they are all in this handy little book.

franz ackerman

German Painter Franz Ackerman deals with topics such as urban generation and offers "an apocalyptic view of an ever shrinking world." He uses colour with an abundance and paints in a psychedelic fashion. These paintings offer a substance where others have failed, there's a story behind them. Once nature ruled our environment but urban generation is taking over. I think that Ackerman is a talented artist and offers a lot in his work.  

Fly Pizza smoking paper

Fly Pizza created a special business card, made of branded smoking paper to increase awareness of their night delivery service and therefore increase in sales. Their inquest into their target audience brought the attention that many were young student type smokers saving money by rolling cigarettes. Therefore, their business card would always be within reach during hunger attacks. This is a fantastic campaign to gain recognition and increase sales. Simple idea and targets its audience extremely well.  

Dress for Dinner

These Napkins some with a printed tie on them so when your one it looks like your wearing a tie. Great novelty idea for your next dinner party, are just for laughs with your family. 

Serviette Notepad

I thought this was quality. Perfect for businessmen in the city. Going for a coffee, meeting a client, need to make a note, there you go... a serviette notepad. Perfect for writing down your thoughts while having a quiet coffee. Thinking of an amazing invention but don't have a pen and paper, then worry no more.  

The Advertising Concept book.

I read this book the other day and thought it was fantastic. Entitled "The advertising concept book" it is written in pencil to show that the best designs are drawn out first, My favourite design is the one shown here.  It's a microsoft advert, saying "The man who invented the computer didn't come up with the idea sitting in front of a computer," Brilliant.

These suitcases were purposely put at Schihpol Airport, Amsterdam reminding passengers to consider their contents of their luggage before choosing between the red or the green lane. So they came up with putting crocodile tails coming out of suitcases with "something to declare" wrote on them. This is clever way of reminding people, funny yet purposeful. This along with other means of guerrilla advertising is can only contact a niche market which I must consider in my dissertation. 

This is the new proposed plan of a guggenheim to be built in Dubai. It is to be built by architect Frank Gehry and to be the largest worldwide. From these graphics it looks amazing and should be one of the best looking modern buildings around.

Diesel XXX

This is an advert for a Diesel anniversary party to be held in 17 cities throughout the world. I thought it was hilarious making a really old school 70s porn film like a party. I had to watch it all the way through to see what it entailed.  

Telefonica advert

Reads: The lowest calls to Germany and Senegal
Reads: The lowest calls to Japan and Scotland
Reads: The lowest calls to Turkey and Sweden

I thought that this Advert was quality. They look so wierd bringing two completely different looking nations into one photo.  Makes you read the poster due to the imagery. Funny and clever.

Nadir Alfonso

Alfonso is known as a geometric abstractionist painter.  His work is based upon geometric aesthetics and is "not an act of imagination but of observation and perception and form manipulation." This beliefs probably derive from his training in architecture. He caught my eye because of my interest in geometrics due to my design theory module in at University. Each piece is clearly balanced  with his belief that art is objective rather than subjective and ruled by laws.

Cool Hair

I recently went to a music festival in Serbia and saw this guy. I thought he just looked so cool. With his long hair stuck up on end and his cigarette perched at the edge of his lips. I asked if i could take his picture first and he just didn't care which you can clearly tell by his appearance and his facial expression.

Sky HD

I recently got sky HD installed at home mainly to do this with this advert. I didn't realise the difference in picture quality until I saw this which sealed fate of purchase. How everythings paused is fantastic and the way it carries on astounds me. This is how adverts should be filmed and it clearly works. You can't really see the difference in picture quality on this advert but you will understand it.  There's a recent football one out at the moment as well. 

Robert Bechtele

Robert Bechtle is an American photo realist retrospective painter. His inspiration is his hometown San Francisco in the 60s creating paintings describing them as photographic. His work barely contains a brush mark and has influenced many artists. I am very intrigued with American Culture and traditions, especially in the 60s and 70s.  I love their idea of a perfect American family on a perfect American street. I think that these paintings represent this and their beliefs. Just ordinary middle class as his subject

Cold War Kids Single Cover

This is an awesome design for a single cover . A simple photo of a night out, just looks laid back, subtle and casual. 

Essex House

This is the sign of the famous Essex House Hotel in New York. I think that this sign epitomises and represents American Culture of the 1940s. The sign which is visible form Central Park has been the same since and is now renowned as an historic hotel. 

Bob Carlos Clarke

Famous for his erotic imagery, Clarke has photographed high profile celebrities with many being his friends and acquaintances.

Here is a blind drunk Marco Pierre White falling over with an onlooking Gordon Ramsey.I think that this moment has just been captured perfectly and tells a thousand words.

This is more of an erotic piece which Clarke is famous for. You can see the enjoyement of the kissers and the depression of the guy nest to them. Tells a story about the characters and personalities in the composition. 

I love this photograph. Highly sexual and just so cool. Two lesbian DJs coming close for a kiss. You can see and feel the tension, the desire and excitement of the two individuals.

For more work on Bob visit bobcarlosclarke.com

Lego

This is an advert for lego which I think is brilliant relating a lego piece like a drug which you wouldn't expect at all. Who would think or relate a lego piece to a drug? Simple type, gray and black colour scheme and a small lego piece in the corner. Design couldn't be easier.

beach pollution

To put beach pollution in Los Angeles into perspective, trash from a variety of beaches was collected and packaged to look like seafood at a local market. The label tells the viewer how much rubbish is found on L.As beaches every year. This is a fantastic stunt and really gets to the target.

Rabbit in your headlights

This disturbing yet fascinating music video it one of my favourites. Produced by UNKLE featuring Thom Yorke with people like DJ shadow and Jonathan Glazer part of the making, this is a truly remarkable video. I can't tell a word what the guy is going on about but endless determination hits me with the eventual ending of his will and tenacity to stop the final car hitting into him. 

Loredena type

This type looks and feels quality, I really like lettering, the logo for the lettering. It just looks classy, upmarket and chanel like with its black and white colour scheme.  

I love Big Behinds

This image is from begson.com. Designer Craig Holden Feinberg has some exciting and innovative work from advertsing to typography. His website hit me more than others due to on thing, instead of scrolling down on the webpage you scroll across.. simple and original.

I saw this design and thought brilliant. The text says "I Love Big Behinds" You can easily see the image as a bum and an upside love heart. and works perfectly in black and white.   

Fiji me.com projection advertsing

Fiji tourism projected images of Gorgon Brown around London to promote their holidays. The idea was to showcase a high profile individual who could have done with a holiday. The stunt was a success with coverage on Channel 4, the Times and The Independent. Projection advertising is not a new idea but highly successful idea. The use of Gordon Brown is clever and the copy is terrific. 

street advertising

Ambient media targeting passers by to promote the new apple range at Square group's store in London. There were over 100 chalk stencils around London promoting the range and trying to combat the roadworks in front of the store. Square Group said that the store was busier than usual and people were coming off the street just to talk about the designs. This is a great promotional stunt and an excellent example of guerilla advertising which will be helpful with respect to my dissertation question.

Christina Follmer

I love the image of these dogs. You can see the green  silhouettes of the dogs behind a negative space cage.  The composition shows brutality of the dogs  but also the calmer side to them. Christina Follmer is a German designer. Her work consists of photography, graphic design and videos. 

http://www.christinafoellmer.de

70s All American Ads

This book shows the best ads from the decade. Its a fascinating study of real, old fashioned all-american adverts. The adverts are funny, entertaining and easy to understand. Not subtle at all, the adverts show post-hippie, television obsessed nation that is america in the 70s. The cigarette advertising campaigns like the example are an excellent representation of the book.

Hacienda Nightclub poster

This poster was designed for the last ever hacienda birthday party based in manchester. It was going to be 15 on 25.05.97. The code was near invisible during the day but at night due to reflective ink could be seen under headlights. The poster was therefore only seen as important during the night where its target audience would be around.  I think this poster, designed by Farrow is a great way of ambient media even if it is still just an advertising poster.

Farrow

Based in London, Farrow is a design agency with a difference. Showered in awards and famous for such designs as the manic street preachers album cover. Their website shows their superiority over others. Clean, simple and easy to navigate, their website boasts their work on the initial screen and even changes the browser to full screen so your only looking at their site. Their long list of clients is impressive which is no wonder with design like this.

Irma Boom

Irma Boom work explores the creative boundaries of print. She uses her imagination to produce a very different style of how print is meant to be. She doesn't bother about precision and perfect typography. Based in the dam , Boom has designed a lot of books and has been awarded the award of 'the most beautiful book in the world.' 

Chris Issac

Simply the sexiest music video ever... 

Gustav Klimt.

I recently went to the Tate Liverpool and went to to see the Gustav Klimt exhibition on Viennese secession. Most of the exhibition didn't inspire me excessively but the design of this typography certainly did. I adore the bulky like lettering, the subtle lettering to the side the S I in design and especially the double 0's in the dates. The colouring suits the exhibition and justs sits perfectly on the poster. 

Nike Courage

I saw this advert the other day. The flickering images memorised me showing clips of modern and old sporting heroes and the science behind their movement. This advert keeps you glued to the television set and makes you visit the website.  

Beck's bottle art

Becks biere have recently brought out limited edition bottles bearing images from four emerging artists from London's Royal College of Art. The bottles look really cool and literally make everyone think differently about the bottle they hold in their hands. The images are of the highest calibre and are the product of the winning entries from the college. 

warehouse project leaflet

I got handed this on the street walking through manchester the other day. It wasn't like any other leaflet and it quickly grabbed my attention. The front clearly stands out with its metalic type and image.  On opening the leaflet up a white dove appears with multicoloured feathers and beams of colour beneath it. What a fantastic imagery I thought. The reverse of the leaflet is the dates and events being held at the warehouse project. The warehouse project is an empty warehouse turned club for twelve weeks of the year.

street art. tate modern. london

el-tono's tuning forks appear throghout his art. He creates geometric forms that contribute to urban landscape.  "The whole point is to intrigue people, to make people reflect in some distinctive way." The funny thing about the situation of this street art is that it appears in the exact place where banksy once had his infamous rat there before it was stolen. This slogan is one of the coolest out there.

The next two street art pieces are done by the french street artist, 'invader' who uses a number of coloured tiles to produce "space invaders" around cities. The tiles represent pixals in the 1970 low resolution video game Space Inders.  They appear in cities from amsterdam to vienna. They are supposed to act as an invasion on the urban landscape.

The locations of the mosaic tiles are not random but are chosen due to asthetic, strategical or conceptual  reasons. The photo opposite shows the craftiness of the artist placing the mosiac beneath the CCTV camera. Invader creates maps of all his work which is an art in itself. The postions of the mosaics in Montpellier actualy form an image of a space invader. The small funky design is clever in what it represents and the sheer volume of the mosaics around the world is astonishing.

The next image in an example of new york subway art. Street artist Spok has produced his favourite yellow jumper along with, his close friend, el tono's tuning forks. He became famous after his teenage years of carrying a spray can around the United States and Europe and now is wanted for global advertsing campaigns for Nike and L'oreal. "People don't understand, they say it's vandalism. But for me it's the only true art form. Spok's work is amazing. The detail and size of his designs astounds me and no wonder he is wanted to represent companies across the world. 

Peter Lindburgh photos

Renowned photography Peter lindburgh produces amazing high-fashion advertising campaigns. He is considered to be one of the world's best fashion photographers and is acknowleged with the supermodel upcoming of the 1990s.

Model and actress Carre Otis in B/W looking hot as ever sitting on a backwards chair with a cigarette in one hand and a stern look in her face. fantastic photo.

"Who's that girl." Kate moss in her 1994 vogue shoot. The shoot shows elegance in a cool crisp way.

I love the series of photographs of Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson by lindburgh. This photograph in particular shows their rockstar lifestyle less intense with him protecting his girl from the rain dressed in their leathers walking down an edgy downtown street.