Monthly Archives: October 2009

Vertical Village

Posted on October 10, 2009 | 2 Comments

Dubai has always been a hub for some pretty amazing architecture, but this thing is something else.

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The new ‘vertical village’ complex looks more like it has just been landed than constructed, but we love it. Inside is a full-scale entertainment complex, a hotel and some residential housing.

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Even better than the space-age design is the fact that it has actually been planned with the environment in mind. Every surface is covered in solar panels. We don’t really understand the technology, but they’re meant to be very good ones, and the fact that we’re talking about the Dubai desert means they will get plenty of use.

Even without all that, this is one impressive building. We want the penthouse flat…

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(source: Ecofriend via Notcot)

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Our Copenhagen Ad

Posted on October 9, 2009 | Leave a comment

So digging around in the archives today unearthed this:

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This video was made by one of our accounts guys for the Oxfam Cannes Young Lions competition a few months ago during a weekend off. We’re a little worried about how he spends his free time, and we’re glad he’s not on the creative side…

Still, it does show that everyone takes this stuff pretty seriously…

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Lego for grown ups

Posted on October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

It is a universally acknowledged truth that guys just never grow up. Some clever bean at Systown has tuned into this quite brilliantly, and made it acceptable for us all to play with lego.

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They are of course far from the first instance of adult lego, but we love the simplicity involved here – they are small and cheap enough that everyone can indulge their inner child. Well, everyone in Korea anyway, as they are not available in the wider world. Still, anything that lets us indulge our inner child in these challenging times deserves praise regardless.

Following on from the Lego House, Lego business cards, speakers, let the revolution begin.

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(source: Technabob via The Cool Hunter)

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It’s their fault

Posted on October 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

Sick of waiting for governments to do something about climate change? Maybe it’s not all down to them… click through to our new think post to see our thoughts on the issue. As always, we’d love to hear what you think.

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Where The Wild iThings Are

Posted on October 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

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Where The Wild Things Are movie premiers this week, and it is no coincidence the free iPhone application has just launched too. Touch Carol’s furry belly and see what happens. Visit the official blog for more information, and see screen grab above for sneak preview.

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Wooden statment pieces

Posted on October 6, 2009 | Leave a comment

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Far from wooden (sorry) these are three very clever designs by the collaborative partnership Draw Me a Sheep. In answer to the ongoing debate over how we use our natural resources, they created a series of chairs made exclusively from great chunks of wood shown here.

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We not sure what kind of statement they wanted to make but they look amazing and are literally statement pieces of furniture.

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Tattfoo Tan

Posted on October 6, 2009 | Leave a comment

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Tattfoo Tan is a self-described “community based intervention artist” who is in the midst of his S.O.S. project (Sustainable Organics Stewardship). It is a year-long horticulture project, during which he basically grows stuff;

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Sustainable. Organics. Stewardship. is a multi facet and year long horticulture and cultivation project that includes social, cultural and artistic practices. By acknowledging the shortage of food on the global scale, we should look at how we eat, what we eat and how we can grow our own food and understand the origin of food and the labor, the politic that involved to grow these perishable items that we consume that have direct effect on our health and well-being.

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I think his work looks even more amazing when set in a gallery context. Here are some images from his astonishing project which you can read more about here:

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Ireland’s Indian Sculpture Park

Posted on October 5, 2009 | Leave a comment

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Scattered over 22 acres of grounds, this Irish based Victoria’s Way Indian Sculpture Park is host to a collection of 14 pieces which took over 20 years to be completed. It was intended to represent the spiritual progression to enlightenment – with the visual results being simply stunning.

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Nanny State

Posted on October 5, 2009 | Leave a comment

We love this latest effort from the food industry to escape the confines of red tape.

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Scottish Brewery BrewDog has released a new 1.1% beer called “Nanny State”, to protest at the banning of “Tokyo”, an 18.2% beer they released last year. Being marketed as a ‘mild imperial ale’, it is too low in alcohol content to be regulated as a beer in Britain. We are wondering how their sales will fare in the 16-17 age range… there might just be more nannying coming soon.

(source: Eat Me Daily)

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Future Predictions

Posted on October 2, 2009 | Leave a comment

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Scary stuff, but we love this graphic illustration of our current course through time. We also wonder if this is found in a thousand years how accurate it might be?

(source: Ffffound!)

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