Know your band logos.
Broaden your musical awareness for the next trivia night with this interesting design quiz from the Logo Factory. Learn about the history behind the logos of some of the most listened bands on the planet. Sure you don’t need to be into them all but it is always good to see your knowledge stacking up and how graphic design blends [...]
Grab your camera and run off to Africa.
Nick Brandt: a brief Bio Born and raised in London, Nick Brandt studied Film and Painting at St. Martins School of Art. He started photographing in December 2000 in East Africa, beginning the body of work that is his signature subject matter and style. He no longer directs, devoting himself full time to his fine art photography now. Brandt’s first book of photographs, [...]
How to make a Daft Punk Helmet in 17 months!
Are you nerdy enough?! This guy has re-created a Daft Punk style, helmet from scratch, complete with LEDs and crazy dark tinted visor. Is this Nerdy? Incredibly Nerdy. It is significant to the world and it’s beings? No, but still…it’s pretty sweet.
What happened to global warming?
Are you sitting down? Considering we’re in the middle of an election campaign and Julia Gillard (if elected) will assemble a climate change committee consisting of you, me and dupree, I found this very interesting bit of information. Since the 100 or so chosen ones will be making one of the most important decisions in recent times I thought it be [...]
Scott’s collection of the best film clips part 1.
This is a new blog idea, that is not so new and not such an idea…but still a lot of people don’t know about these great, short pieces of art, and i feel that they should get more recognition. Some of these will be based purely on the concept, some will be based on the visuals, but i feel to [...]
Little known facts about Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band.
Think you know all there is to know about The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper? There is no really rhyme or reason behind this blog. I have missed the 40 year anniversary by 3 years, but listening via podcast to the stupidly hard trivia question given out on The Steve Merchant Show on 6 Music in the U.K, a question came up [...]
From the genius of photography.
The Camera Obscura Direct from the Nerd files In the long long ago, there was a documentary, called the “Genius of Photography”. It was ultimately about the history of photography and it’s evolution throughout history, the main key “players/ rollers/ hip-hoppers/ be-boppers”. There was a segment on the first camera, called the Camera Obscura (Latin; “camera” is a “vaulted chamber/room” + “obscura” [...]
Onques top 5 viral videos for July
Nike – Write the Future Artist, Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance Evian – Roller Babies Heineken – Walk in Fridge Vodafone – Vodafone Live France
Social media…the importance of being active.
Social media The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Today, there are infinitely more ways for a company to reach customers. Our current marketing team includes an evangelist, Rowan. His job is to be active and spread our message in the communities — both real and virtual. He tweets regularly with service [...]
The irrelevant corporate website.
What is a corporate website? It’s the domain you use after every advertisement where you can learn more about a company. You know it, yourcompany.com But we’re tired of the corporate website and all its happy marketing speak. Stock photos of smart looking dudes or minority women crowded around the computer raving about your product. The positive press release, the [...]
OnQue business intelligence 1.0
Graphic design doesn’t have to stay static and motionless: it can flip, slide, fade and transform in many different ways. Graphic elements in motion can achieve stunning results and be extremely effective if well thought and planed. It can quickly transmit a message to consumers, which would be far too difficult to achieve through other design mediums. Motion graphic videos [...]
