I already loved Arcade Fire and their new album ‘The Suburbs‘ before I stumbled upon this brilliant interactive video by Chris Milk and I love them even more now! Incorporating the viewers own home town imagery with the Arcade Fire track ‘We Used To Wait’ playing over the top really makes the subject matter and lyrics much more relevant. Visit: http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ to see what I’m on about.
Hayaku: A Time Lapse Journey Through Japan from Brad Kremer on Vimeo.
Paul just sent me this video he found of japan, it’s absolutely beautiful.
Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall from IHW on Vimeo.
Yesterday (13th March 2010) a line of light was created along the remains of Hadrians Wall to mark the 1600th anniversary of Roman rule in Britain. 500 lights were placed 250m apart along the 135km long path of Hadrians wall. Although I didn’t go to see the event I had thought it quite a magical idea really. A great way to promote tourism for British Tourism Week.
Thompson Brand Partners, just down the road from me developed a culturally relevant but friendly brand for the project. See more about the project here: www.illuminatinghadrianswall.com
A nice little story: A North Wales mountain has been renamed after a Welsh princess ‘Gwenllian’ who was captured as a child around 1282 and imprisoned in England for the rest of her life. One of the reasons for the renaming is because the surrounding mountains are named after her mother, father and uncle. Her father Llywelyn ap Gruffydd was the last ruling prince of Wales and was killed in battle with Edward 1. Hence why Gwenllian as the only heir was captured as a child and imprisoned. So this renaming ceremony is like bringing back Gwenllian to join her family.
The above photo is not the mentioned mountain just one taken in Snowdonia whilst on the photoshoot with David Ferrrard.
Read the full story here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/8275729.stm
This is a 'Design blog', well kind of! I use the term loosely as not all the posts are design related, apart from being posted by me, a designer! Some posts are my work but most will be work by others discovered by endless searching of the web. Anyway hopefully you will find a feast of visualy exciting links and posts here. my email is: info@jeffreyshield.co.uk
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