Archive for the ‘ Design ’ Category

The Gully Gallery Update

The Gully Gallery has yet again updated its wall space, this time to celebrate what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday[ READ MORE ]

The Bike Song

  • September 27th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

The Bike Song by Mark Ronson (& The Business Intl) caught my attention not because of the song itself, but the fact that the video features a Brompton, Moulton and Raleigh Burner, three amazing bikes owned by myself, Harry Worth and Rob respectively. I guess they must have seen us and realised how cool we [ READ MORE ]

Gully Gallery Update – Goldie

  • August 22nd, 2010
  • Posted in Design

A new update from our favourite online gallery, The Gully Gallery. The most recent addition is, in artist Calum Torbett’s words, “the DJ/Producer/Actor/Classical Conductor/Bjork’s ex/Cheese ball Goldie. What a lovely set of teeth he has.&#[ READ MORE ]

aiaiai TMA-1

  • August 19th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

I recently did a post on my blog (which then turned into two posts) about the aiaiai TMA-1 headphones. aiaiai are the brand that brought us the swirl earphones, which I also posted about on this blog a while back. What I liked about the swirl earphones was the combination of simplicity and subtle details, [ READ MORE ]

Book

I want this. It’s a book.  But not just any book. It’s like a Marks & Spencers’ book. But better. It’s got all Stanley Kubrick’s notes and ideas for Napoleon. The best film never made. So it’s a book about a film about a man. It might be 900 quid. But it’s literally a Russian [ READ MORE ]

Update From The Gully Gallery

  • August 15th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

The Gully Gallery, which was previously featured on this site here, has just updated it’s walls. The only caption reads “Inspired by the music of The Specials and Madness.” Some more brilliant artwork from Calum Torbett, more of which can be found at The Gully Gallery[ READ MORE ]

Music Philosophy

  • August 10th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

The Guardian’s design section had a slideshow today of posters by Music Philosophy, a site full of typographic lyric posters. These posters, which remind me a lot of Anthony Burrill’s style, are available in physical form for about $30-50, and also make great phone backgrounds![ READ MORE ]

Sony Qlasp

  • August 9th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

Check out the new ‘Qlasp’ earphones by Sony. Coming in a range of bright Kotori-esque colours, these ones look wild (and remind me of the hoverboard from Back To The Future part III)! Designed to stay in your ear whether you’re walking, running, skating or doing any other activity where normal earphones would just fall [ READ MORE ]

Amazing Graffiti

  • August 8th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

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Project Thirty-Three

  • August 8th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

Project thirty-three is a site dedicated to the abstract shapes used on old record sleeve designs. it’s a great archive, with loads of inspiring designs that are well worth a look. The seemingly infinite number of vintage record jackets that convey their message with simple shapes like circles and dots never cease to amaze and amuse [ READ MORE ]

The Totem

  • August 1st, 2010
  • Posted in Design

In what has become a bit of trend for finding new and exciting ways to release music in a tangible form, the record label Ghostly will be releasing Matthew Dear’s upcoming album ‘Black City’ in their new ‘Totem’ form. Each one will be embossed with a unique four-character code that will allow visitors to access [ READ MORE ]

POP! Faces

  • July 27th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

I have nothing to say about this whatsoever other than I like it[ READ MORE ]

The Gully Gallery

  • July 26th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

The Gully Gallery is the online gallery space of illustrator Calum Torbett, a Brighton (and Bournemouth) based artist. Having been a fan of his work for quite some time, I’ve absolutely no excuse for not showing his work sooner. For obvious reasons I have decided to show some of his music-related output here but his [ READ MORE ]

Animated Albums

  • July 24th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

Animated Albums is a site that I can happily spend hours on. A very simple concept applied to all manner of classic albums has many interesting and funny results. Find more at the Animated Albums site[ READ MORE ]

Double Guitar

  • July 17th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

This is as much an impressive piece of designing as it is such a simple, well shot video. ‘Stereo’ is a video of Daniel Rose (of the band C-mon & Kypski, also worth a listen to!) playing a two headed guitar, by Amsterdam based designer Baster. Via it’s nice that[ READ MORE ]

8-bit Trip by Rymdreglage

  • July 14th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

I’m a big fan of LEGO, so when I read about this I was intrigued. The video for ’8-bit Trip’ by Swedish band Rymdreglage is done completely in LEGO. The White Stripes video for ‘Fell In Love With A Girl’ (see below), directed by the genius Michel Gondry was an amazing video too, but this [ READ MORE ]

Drum Light

  • July 9th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

If you like the idea of music inspired furniture, then why not lighting too? The drum light, by 326 is not only shaped like a drum, but is sound activated. A tap of the drum turns on the LED lights inside the snare and another tap turns them off! via design milk[ READ MORE ]

A Tape Doormat

  • July 5th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

For cassette tape lovers who liked previous posts about the usb mixtape cassette, cassette tape art, or perhaps for fans of rocket design’s music inspired furniture, you may be interested in this: music inspired doormats.These are fully washable and made from rubber, and come in other styles like the turntable, below. Available for $50 from [ READ MORE ]

Bosch Powerbox

  • June 29th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

I don’t know what to say about this design. I know the other Harry on this blog has an Urban Assault, but this just seems even more industrial! german company bosch has released an upgraded version of the power box™, a job site stereo with a CD and MP3 player, AM/FM radio and a remote [ READ MORE ]

4000 LP’s in your pocket

  • June 22nd, 2010
  • Posted in Design

I’m liking Alex Varanese’s re-imagining of current technology in 1970′s graphic styles! Check out his site for many more great posters. via unplggd[ READ MORE ]

Digital-Analog Hybrid Disc

  • June 18th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

Here’s something else I came across that crosses the line between design, interaction and art (and music, of course). London based Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki and DJ Jeff Mills have collaborated to come up with the digital-analog hybrid disc. This is something I have actually wondered whether was possible once before: a CD on one [ READ MORE ]

1-bit symphony

  • June 17th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

I came across this today: the 1-bit symphony by Tristan Perch. A brief description of the project is below, as well as a video which features both the music itself as well as an interview. Tristan Perich’s 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD [ READ MORE ]

Power Wellies

Going to Glastonbury this year? Well, I’m not (in fact, I think I’m the only contributor to this blog that isn’t), but I’ve found something of interest to do with it anyway. Orange have teamed up with Gotwind to create ‘power wellies’, which enable you to charge your phone or other device by dancing and [ READ MORE ]

Cassette Tape Art

  • June 7th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

I can’t remember where I came across this, but Flikr user IRI5 creates portraits of musicians using old cassette tapes. Check out the site for some amazing portraiture! In this series I showcase a number of portraits of musicians made out of recycled cassette tape with original cassette. Also included are portraits made from old [ READ MORE ]

Unknown Pleasures Animation

  • June 6th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

I was watching the final episode of the amazing BBC series ‘The Genius Of Design’ last night (see my posts about it here), and was reminded about something I came across last year. It was an animation, which was a visualization of the songs from Unknown Pleasures by Joy division, using the design from the [ READ MORE ]

Miniature Papercraft Electronic Synthesizers

  • May 29th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

Although these miniature synthesizers don’t work (unfortunately), they sure do look amazing! The creator, Dan McPharlin, has paid so much attention to detail on these cardboard models it’s astounding. Check out his Flikr for many many more incredible miniatures like these. via unplggd[ READ MORE ]

The Street Where Originality Lives

  • May 19th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

You may have already seen the 30 second version of this video, or even the whole minute. It is the Adidas Originals “The Street Where Originality Lives”, and this is the fully extended version. Containing too many celebrities, musicians and sportspeople to list in one go, this video is a combination of some of my [ READ MORE ]

Mix Tape USB

  • May 14th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

This is the mixtape USB, by Suck UK. While for most people cassette tapes may be long gone, the idea of a mix tape is still one that lives on. When sending Spotify playlists is not quite personal enough, then this is what you need. The 128mb version will hold about about 2 hours of [ READ MORE ]

Aiaiai Swirl Earphones

  • May 12th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

More earphones, this time by Aiaiai. Whilst researching Danish design group Kibisi, I came across the ‘Swirl’ earphones. Some really nice design details, like the ‘y’ splitter  and the swirl itself make these really stand out. The colours, too, are really cool (although maybe not as crazy as the Kotori ones, see my previous post). [ READ MORE ]

Kotori Earphones

  • May 6th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

I previously posted on my own blog about Kotori earphones, which have to be the most colourful and customisable headphones out there right now. I came across their hyper-colourful website, where you can customise almost every single component of their earphones, to create your perfect pair. Alternatively, hit ‘Crazy Shuffle’ and it will do just [ READ MORE ]

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