86 Bankski

2012-02-23T14:17:05Z

Russia's Banksy, Nikita Nomerz.

Liquid-Plumbr Double Impact

2012-02-23T12:02:34Z

I finally caved and watched this Liquid-Plumbr Double Impact ad, and I did laugh, so here it is if you've not seen it. The hair in the mouth must have been an accident, but it's probably the funniest bit.

Paris vs. New & East Meets West

2012-02-23T08:06:18Z

I was first introduced to Yang Lui's East Meets West through a colleague. It's a wonderful graphical representation of the differences between Eastern and Western mentality (Lui was born in China but spent much of her life in Germany). Today, on the excellent blog Brain Pickings, I saw Paris vs. New York by Vahram Muratyan, which is extremely similar in layout and idea, if not exactly the same, but it clearly works just as well.

Star Wars (Brock's Dub)

2012-02-22T20:41:15Z

No doubt you know Brock Baker from his Rebecca Black Friday dub. Now he takes on Star Wars. It's Chewbacca's scream that gets me.

Mass Effect 3: Take Earth Back

2012-02-22T15:00:29Z

These games adverts (I know they say 'trailers' but they're ads) are getting out of hand. Compare the GoldenEye for N64 ad (from '97) with this Mass Effect 3 ad. How times change. I still reckon I'd prefer to play GoldenEye.

Metrography - London with Tube Map Geography

2012-02-22T11:42:48Z

We all know and love the London tube map. How couldn't you? If you don't do either, stop reading, Google it, and then look at it until you appreciate it. We also all know how messed up it is geographically speaking, but that's OK as it's clear to understand thanks to Beck mapping it topologically, and anyway, it's so lovely to look at.

Metrography, designed by Benedikt Groß and Bertrand Clerc shows London as it would be if geography followed topography. Good fun.

Via Co.Design

Monty Python

2012-02-22T11:00:29Z

Having a bit of a Monty Python day today. The opening credits of Life of Brian is quite possibly one of my favourite openings ever. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I think everything about it is just brilliant, particularly the song.

Double Stuff

2012-02-22T09:00:11Z

Last night I found this photo on my phone that I had taken in India and totally forgotten about. I wish I had taken more photos of the use of language, it was just wonderful. The only one I really remember was on a banner on the TV news. It said that someone had been taken to hospital after being manhandled. You just don't see 'manhandled' enough nowadays. Anyway, this is a flier pinned to a palm, advertising what seems to be some kind of trancy/poi event that has poing, stuff and doublestuff! Doublestuff. My favourite kind.

Ads for The ADDYs

2012-02-22T07:38:01Z

The 2012 ADDYs are coming up, and have a number of spots to support them. Some are total bollocks, like this:

Some are good for one line, such as "The miracle of childbirth is a clusterfuck of coordination."

Others are actually OK.

The Scale of the Universe

2012-02-21T19:52:57Z

My lovely wife reminded me of this today; Scale of the Universe. To make you feel even smaller, check out the video after. We're really just so very, very, very tiny.

Note the sliding scale at the bottom of the images.