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MTV logo changes, stays same
Posted by Patrick Burgoyne, 9 February 2010, 10:13
After 29 years, MTV unveils a logo 'refresh' – like many of its viewers, the network has become a little wider and a little fatter
Hair, there and everywhere
Posted by Mark Sinclair, 9 February 2010, 10:00
Two recent books get to grips with our fascination with hair and how it continues to provide creative inspiration for artists and designers...
Photographer and filmmaker Niall O'Brien has been candidly documenting the lives of a group of young punks from south west London over the last three years. His current show, Good Rats, showcases imagery from the project...
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Until a few weeks ago photographer Jan von Holleben was stationed in Haukeli, one of the coldest parts of Norway and the place where his ongoing project with artist, Michelle Jezierski, began last year...
Design set to make the pint glass safer
Posted by Gavin Lucas, 5 February 2010, 15:10
Can two new smash-proof designs reduce the frightening number of glass attacks in pubs each year in the UK?
McFetridge and The Wild Things
Posted by Gavin Lucas, 5 February 2010, 11:50
Nieves in Zurich recently published a lovely small book of Geoff McFetridge's drawings created whilst working with Spike Jonze on the titles, type treatments and marketing graphics for Where The Wild Things Are...
Matt Stuart's Happy Accidents
Posted by Gavin Lucas, 4 February 2010, 17:25
Photographer Matt Stuart's show, Happy Accidents, opens tonight at the KK Outlet in Hoxton Square...
Stanley Donwood at Schunk*
Posted by Eliza Williams, 4 February 2010, 15:04
Currently on show at the Schunk* museum in the Dutch city of Heerlen is a new exhibition by Radiohead collaborator and artist Stanley Donwood, titled Red Maze...
Hairpin bends, no lights, no problem
Posted by Guy Bird, 4 February 2010, 14:50
To test the night vision technology in the Mercedes E-Class, Guy Bird took on the hairpins of the Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, in the dark. With no lights. He also made a short film of his unusual road trip...
Why the iPad matters
Posted by Malcolm Garrett, 4 February 2010, 11:32
Malcolm Garrett argues that the true value of the iPad will be in driving the evolution of the computer interface
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| UsTwo – creators of fun iPhone app, MouthOff – has created a new game app called "..." As in "dot dot dot". It's got a nice monochrome graphic look and it's annoyingly addictive... |
| Stefan Gates, one of the children pictured naked on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy, reveals how the experience traumatised him in this fascinating Radio 4 documentary |
| Kulula Airlines' rebranding reminds all flyers exactly where everything is, including the black box (link: Swiss Miss) |
| The greatest extended takes in movie history: Antonioni, Hitchcock, Scorsese, Kubrick all feature |
| The Smalls short film website is after your 'street sounds' for a new website created in association with Scion. Snippets of the sounds will be posted on a 3D map onlne, showing where they've come from |
| How to make a news report by the inimitable Charlie Brooker |
| To Haiti With Love is a digital postcard project that's calling artists, designers and image makers to get in touch, submit some artwork for postcards which will go on sale for £1 each to raise money for Haiti. Get involved! |
| The Guardian and iStockphoto launch Britain iS - a new photography competition celebrating Britain in 2010 |
| Cannes Lions 2010 is ready to receive your entries across the established categories PLUS there's a new craft award in each of the Film, Cyber, Press, Radio and Design categories. There is also a new Independent Agency of the Year award up for grabs... |
| If you like music and you want to help Haiti then you should check out the impressive line-up of the Haiti Earthquake Fundraiser gig – set to take place at The Roundhouse in London on February 25. Pete Fowler's drawn a nice logo for the event too... |
| Britstock Photo is a new photolibrary exclusively featuring images on a British theme: from road signs and telegraph poles, to green meadows and ruined abbeys |
| Design for Music/Music and Design is a one-day conference dedicated to music design, curated by Catherine Dixon of St Martins and Eye editor John L Walters. It all happens at St Bride Library, London EC4 on Friday, January 29. Click link for ticket details |
