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Posted by Synth EastwoodFeb 2012Really nice interactive project from London based branding and design agency OPX. In their own words, "London has a rich source of publicly available type and lettering. The aim of London Typographica is to document this typographic landscape, all in one place" With the help of a free smart phone App, you can photograph and upload your favourite found typography and help build a realtime map of your city.... [Read more] -
Posted by AlFeb 2012Cardon Webb is a modern hero. Under cover of darkness, Webb uses his spare time and design skills to improve the homemade fliers/posters in his neighborhood. His enigmatic interventions greatly increase the chance of you getting your cat back or filling that vacant room in your apartment. Using his brains to do his bit for the community. Good Job.... [Read more] -
Posted by Synth EastwoodFeb 2012We are gonna start the week with some beautiful illustration from french native Malika Favre. Malika has been living in the UK for the last 7 years with 4 of them spent working at design company Airside. Her striking use of simple palettes, negative space and flat colour has gained her contracts from magazines such Creative Review , Little White Lies and Wallpaper and publishing giants Penguin. Her website is well worth a look. See[Read more] -
Posted by Synth EastwoodFeb 2012Time for a friday film quiz. Animator Evan Seitz prepares a cryptic visual quiz to test your movie knowledge. Working through an alphabet of titles how many can you get? ... [Read more] -
Posted by Synth EastwoodFeb 2012Artist Lisa Nilsson has perfected the renaissance art of paper quilling. She rolls and loops strips of Japanese Mulberry paper around any item small enough (ie. pins or drill bits) and builds these cross-sectional images as a plan view. The detailing in her anatomical "Tissue Series" are staggering see the rest of the set here.... [Read more] -
Posted by AlFeb 2012I've often wondered what Beethoven's music would be like if he could harness the power of modern digital equipment. If Dutch graphic artist MC Escher was around today I would imagine he would be making imagery quite like photographer and photographic retoucher Erik Johansson. Hailing from Sweden Johansson has crafted a style where each photo demands a double take. Enjoy his extensive portfolio here and a see him explain his process here.... [Read more] -
Posted by Synth EastwoodFeb 2012Mixtapes have long been a medium of romantic advancement. A way generations of bourgeoning couples could shyly communicate through the words or music of others. This short piece from Radiolab explains a mixtape of truly global proportions and the accidental romance that grew from it.... [Read more] -
Posted by DaveyFeb 2012Big congratulations to Lorcan Finnegan and Lovely Productions for winning an Irish Film & Television Academy award for their short film FOXES. I was lucky enough to catch the premiere of the short at the Cork Film Festival last November. The spooky tale really stood out in the company of many other great Irish short films. Keep an eye out for it at a film festival near you.... [Read more] -
Posted by Synth EastwoodFeb 2012This day in 1824 and inventor called Samuel Plimsoll was born. Plimsoll invented a simple graphic that has since saved millions of lives. Roman Mars from 99% Invisible recorded a short show in Samuel's honour. Today on his birthday take a moment to learn about him and his fine idea.... [Read more] -
Posted by Synth EastwoodFeb 2012The Offset 2012 schedule has been released and as always it is jam packed with talks and discussions from the worlds leading creatives. If you're lucky enough to be attending next month you can plan your weekend here. You might remember we ran a series of experiments on the delegates and speakers at the last Offset conference. We called it Lost in Translation and you can view all the results here. It was a lot of fun so be sure to revise.... [Read more]
About This Blog
We started this blog in early 2011 to reflect the different events, ideas and projects that interest and influence Synth Eastwood.
We also use the blog to push our Minimix Series in which we ask creatives of all disciplines to select 30 minutes of music for your listening pleasure. Music to dance to, music to work to, music to get hubba hubba to. So far we've had some amazing mixes from folk like Jape, Shit Robot, Conor & David and Toby Kaar. A lot more to follow too.
Please mail blog@syntheastwood.com with any content you think might interest Synth Eastwood. Everything is welcome.
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