Overview of the new More 4 branding from ManvsMachine. The new identity feels playful, fresh and friendly - probably due to the slightly rounded triangles, bright primary colours and the child like nature of the flipping little panels.
The range of colours goes someway to highlight the diversity of the programmes shown, and there is a nostalgic nod back to the old channel 4 logo (and their roots of producing cutting edge tv) with the use of colours and simple animation.
Beautifully choreographed, interactive video that allows you to create/break timed loops to the new Arcade Fire single Sprawl II (Mountain Beyond Mountains)...
http://www.sprawl2.com/ (Via The Inspiration Room)
Really nice and simple idea of showing off the adventurous side of Sweden, home of the safe car. Fantastic photography, large and clear type with a little vertical parallax scrolling that we've started to see around the web.
There's a nice little right up here too http://designchapel.com/blog/2011/09/26/volvo-cross-country-travels/
Took a little trip around the V&A's 'Power of Making' exhibtion this weekend to fill my cheeks with juicy morsells of design goodness... Aside from the mammoth queues there were a few nice things I wanted to look at again, here they be...
Penki App - "Penki is an app that allows you to paint with light - creating 3D messages and images with an iPhone that are revealed in long exposure photographs." - http://penkiapp.com/
“God Save The King” and “Fuck Hitler” - Loved the subversive message hidden within the morse code border of this cross-stitch from a WWII captain held captive 'during the war'
Ceramic eye patch by Damian O'Sullivan - If only pirates had these back in the day. Other ceramic items included a neck brace and crutch, beautifully impractial.
Pretty incredible stuff - can see this working nicely for online gaming character gaming... Follow up video of cartoon faces here - http://vimeo.com/26193010
http://www.studio8design.co.uk/project/typefaces/wired-magazine-typeface/
Great piece of stop motion animation - thought it was 3D at first. Feels much more impressive when you see the time and effort gone into produce something like this, adds to it's charm and overall you feel the attention to detail and potentially the message they are trying to communicate is a little more sincere...
More here
http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/johnny-kelly-back-to-the-start-1
