Alex Hellum

Alex Hellum is a furniture and product design company based in Hertford, UK. I love their design ethos ‘ …observation, utility and honest use of materials’.

www.alexhellum.com

new video of ‘the coded wall’

I’ve just uploaded a heap of new video footage of our shadow interactive projection named ‘the coded wall’.  Visit our youTube channel to check it out or view the updated blog post.

acmi - australian centre for the moving image

‘From the wonders of more than a century of cinema, to television, computer games and the screen-based art of the future, ACMI is the place to find out everything about the moving image’

we should definitely check this out next time we’re in Melbourne - it has the world’s largest screen gallery!

http://www.acmi.net.au/index.htm

sixhands

this little studio does some nice work with wallpaper. great name and website too!

http://www.sixhands.com.au/

suburban giants

Some nice work by fellow adelaide artists Jo Kerlogue and Lachlan Tetlow-Stuart as part of the Feast Festival. Interaction was based on a wii remote…

virtual fridge magnets

These virtual fridge magnets look like great fun - created by Daniel (???) as part of the Perth Street Projection Project organised by Jerrem Lynch.

wilkintie

carly hargreaves and niels oeltjen of wilkintie say…

‘The illustration we came in contact with as youngsters shaped our lives and we wanted to create something for today’s children that infuses their lives with the same inspiration and joy that we experienced back then. We also recognise that we are part of a community of grown-ups who love the imagination, whimsy and joy of illustration for children.’

I think I am part of that ‘community of grown-ups’ too!

http://wilkintie.com/

I really like the illustrations by Chamo from France.

What a nice suprise!

Thank you so much Luce at foldedsheet for the excellent 2009 planner - it’s even better in real life! Now I can really start planning all those creative things to do next year!

screen printed cards

We’ve been busy screen printing some cards using illustrations I made of plants in my garden. Here is a picture of our first round of prints. I have been experimenting with mixing my own colours this time- instead of just using ink straight from the pot! I think the buttery yellow is my favourite so far.

Alexander Ortlieb - ideen in holz (ideas in wood)

being a little eco chic I just fell in love with these beautifully crafted wooden products by Alexander Ortlieb from germany…

http://www.ortlieb-bernau.de/