34 Cleverly Designed Inventions

Jon — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:49:19 +0000

Why didn’t I think of some of these? Some are such great simple ideas.

Check them out here.

I hate comic sans.

Jon — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:24:36 +0000

If you don’t know already I hate comic sans.

Cinema Paradiso – Our South Bay – March-April 2011 – Manhattan Beach, California

Jon — Tue, 03 May 2011 20:55:50 +0000

Growing up in the South Bay area just outside of Los Angeles it’s always a bit exciting to see movies or shows that are/were shot here. I remember when I would go skateboarding over at Torrance High School and always seeing the cast from the old 90210 all the time. Parts of Point Break were also filmed near my house which was great to see on the big screen.

This is a great article that gives a look into just how much is and has been film here from the early beginnings to current year.

Cinema Paradiso – Our South Bay – March-April 2011 – Manhattan Beach, California.

Beryl Street & N. Catalina Avenue, Redondo Beach, California, USA

The full collection of Shepard Fairey’s street level murals in Cincinnati

Jon — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:53:49 +0000

I found this really interesting. I am a lil late to the party discovering these but none the less here they are. Some really impressive OBEY work. Nothing really new but still very nice and clean. Click the image or here to jump to the story and see many more murals that he posted up all over Cincinnati.

ROFLCon – How I Got Famous on The Internetz

Jon — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:23:20 +0000

I usually try to keep things design realted here on my site but this I think can slide as its about the “internetz”. I found this interesting video over at VBSdotTV’s site it is about a gathering called ROFLcon. It attracts all the founders of your favorite web sites and stars from popular viral videos. People such as David After Dentist, Charlie Keyboard Cat Schmidt, the original Borat Mahir, Ben Huh (The Cheezburger Network), the creators of This Is Why Youre Fat, Regretsy, FU, Penguin, Stuff White People Like, and Alexey Vayner)

It’s a very interesting and humorous look into their world with interesting stories about how it all began and how their life(s) have changed in the matter of just a silly idea and a few mouse clicks.

Paper Thin Music Video, created by Hettie Griffiths and Rob Jarvis, for Pete Lawrie.

Jon — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:19:26 +0000

I found this nice stop action video, created by Hettie Griffiths and Rob Jarvis. The video is set to some good music, by Pete Lawrie, with a heart warming story.

Paperthin Music Video from Hettie Griffiths on Vimeo.

Skate 3 Intro Video from EA Sports

Jon — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:21:51 +0000

Skate 3 is a video game by EA Sports coming out in April. This intro is shot by infamous snowboard filmer/photographer Whitey from the good old Blunt magazine. The video stars a lot of pro skaters of old and new Eric Kosten, Pat Duffy, Ryan Smith, Jason Dill and a lot more.

Video | Urban Abstract

Jon — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:18:21 +0000

This video, by art director Jopsu Ramu from Musuta Ltd. and artist Shun Kawakami, blows me away it’s simple and so beautiful. – Jon

Urban Abstract from Musuta on Vimeo.

Art Director Jopsu Ramu from Musuta Ltd. (a multidisciplinary design agency based in Helsinki & Tokyo) has created together with Shun Kawakami (artless Inc) an artist and designer from Tokyo – a piece titled Urban Abstract. This digital art piece is being shown as the November break bumpers on one of the biggest commercial TV channels in Finland: TV Nelonen.

Urban Abstract -piece was born in Tokyo during 2009. It consists of 40 X five second clips or it can be viewed as a one 200 second journey.

Urban Abstract is a first piece created in collaboration with Ramu and Kawakami. The artists have plans for new pieces and are currently looking for interesting projects to work on and to continue this Helsinki – Tokyo collaboration.

The website urban-abstract.com works as a part of the piece and creates an extra dimension for the clips shown on TV.

URBAN ABSTRACT – About the concept:

Urban Abstract is a journey across urban space that unfolds in forty, 5 second parts. The journey, in one, two and three dimensions, is a bit like abstract surfing in which the original destination is only reached after a number of seemingly random yet linked detours occur. Points , lines, planes and other abstract elements create a journey through an Urban Abstract.
The space between things is as important as intended space, perhaps creating a fourth dimension. Meaningful shapes and purposes occur in this dimension’s reality as well. The concept of negative space has meaning here.
Nature plays a part as well. To be able to understand and differentiate what is urban one has understand what is nature.
The style of the shorts is fluid and, though seemingly random, stream into a cohesive whole. Perhaps watching them in a different order would be more like seeing the same journey from another point of view. The sound world is also very important — movement in space is sensed even if watching the shorts with eyes closed. Sounds overlap, fade, come and go.
Architectural, abstract, someway minimalist and abstract with a touch of humanity.
This feeling is reached through mixing techniques such as vectors , hand drawn lines and painting.
Urban Abstract was realized in Tokyo by a team of artists, designers and animators from Finland and Japan. Urban Abstract was created by Jopsu Ramu from Musuta Ltd, a concept, art & design -studio based in Tokyo and Helsinki.

New Web Site!

Jon — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:20:48 +0000

New web site is currently up and running.

I have drastically changed up the site. Added a blog area where I will be posting all the goodness I find on the internet.

Most my work is posted up. Have a look around.

Last years site is still up for you to view my work.

RIGHT HERE

enjoy,

Jon