So with the new year brings a new approach to CUB. Through a few tweaks here and there, I'll now have a month to design each issue and this has meant something even more exciting.
CUB is getting a design team. More details to follow but hopefully it's going to mark the beginning of a definite jump in quality and I'm sure a load of new problems.
I'm really looking forward to getting to art-direct the magazine as well as design it. Here goes I guess.
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Well this months issue has just made it to the printers and there is a sneak peak for you blog readers.
Wow these are probably some of the best looking paint jobs I've ever come accross, still not sure if it beats a bike I saw covered in old postage stamps and clear gloss. See what you think here
You know those ideas you wish you had thought of, Bravo MUJI Bravo
MUJI partners with iconic building-block company LEGO on a super fun new concept. Together they’re encouraging us to think outside the blocks (horrible, I know) by punching LEGO-sized holes in paper. The rest then becomes obvious – but wow – how innovative is that? Perfect really. Available November 27th at MUJI Japan – just in time for the Holiday season. US and European MUJI locations have yet to confirm stock.
[From LEGO for MUJI Paper and Block Sets]
Well I've had a nice idea for a self initiated project that I'll be working on over the next few weeks. Recently London has seen its free papers fall by the wayside, with 'The London Paper' and 'London Lite' both cutting their losses and abandoning ship. This has meant that commuting londoners are now faced with less choice of what they read on their commute and in this time of recession grumpiness I think its time London smiled again.
So I'm going to take inspiration from by gone student activists and their love of single sheet screen printed newsletters/posters and create a free little something that brings a smile to the face of commuting Londoners.
I'm looking for any comedians or illustrators that want to do something for the love of it and give something back to this brilliant city. If your interested in helping out let me know.
It's a pity when an idea that seems original and different turns out to be a complete rip off. I hope they worked with the original artist at least cause ti even use the same music is taking the mick a bit. Have a look at the two videos yourself, play them at the same time its quite shocking.
The Eyewriter from Evan Roth on Vimeo.
Members of Free Art and Technology (FAT), OpenFrameworks, the Graffiti Research Lab, and The Ebeling Group communities have teamed-up with a legendary LA graffiti writer, publisher and activist, named Tony Quan, aka TEMPTONE. Tony was diagnosed with ALS in 2003, a disease which has left him almost completely physically paralyzed… except for his eyes. This international team is working together to create a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system that will allow ALS patients to draw using just their eyes. The long-term goal is to create a professional/social network of software developers, hardware hackers, urban projection artists and ALS patients from around the world who are using local materials and open source research to creatively connect and make eye art.
This week the team behind the EyeWriter project released all the Source code, free software, DIY instructions, and eye tags by Tempt1 to the public at eyewriter.org
[From EyeWriter Source Code Released To The Public]
A little something to help combat creative block. http://creativeblock.monomoda.com/
A fun idea even if they are well known statements.
