the field of 3D rendering and illustration is something i don’t know enough about or can really properly judge and appreciate… this project however did catch my eye: in the words of radoxist the makers …a megalomaniac project completed during a period of a year and built for close up viewing…
here is a hi-res view of the wireframe and here the final render, i particularly like the trees in the wire frame before they look like trees…
what a fun idea… a design competition with a difference: the idea behind threadcakes is to choose a random illustration from the well-known crowdsourced t-shirt website threadless and turn it into a cake…
apparently they are having difficulty choosing winners due to the high quality of all entries and the sheer effort people are putting into them, some of them really are amazing
read more about this story via wired
two new projects on the go right now: a poster for a new and controversial theater production by the ‘belarus free theater’ group, taking place in october this year… it will, in fact also be the world première
plus we are starting to develop the new identity for the ‘naarden’ photo festival taking place in may, next year
see the previous identity for 2011, we made here and more here
free UK newspaper ‘metro’, has produced a series of special cover wrap-arounds for the olympics, featuring portraits of winning athletes such as ‘jessica ennis’ by the inimitable ‘ian wright’; made with one of my own favourite materials: steel pins… beautiful
update: the series was conceived by agency ‘sid lee’ in collaboration with ‘adidas’
(tip via ‘mister hamelinck’)
a wonderful set of illustrations by young art student sherida kufour from the UK, who visited me studio again last week, inspired by her previous visit she has started working in a broader range of materials and styles, which is great to hear…
the series can be seen here and many thanks for the delicious cake and inspiring chat sherida, keep up the good work and see you soon…
