Hmmm… Interesting

Attending a conference where you have no idea what might happen involves a considerable act of faith, but Rob Mortimer is glad he took the risk

Airside do Glastonbury – The Movie DVD packaging

Cows, snogging and acid… Airside has created the packaging for Glastonbury The Movie
At a time when you can get online and simply download music and films, really it’s down to the packaging of albums and DVDs to make the tangible music or film product a viable option to the consumer.
With this in mind the creators of the classic 90s film, Glastonbury The Movie – which Mike Leigh notably described as a masterpiece – set about creating a monster of a DVD package so jam-packed with extras and previously unseen or released footage of good ol’ Glastonbury, that the film itself makes up just a fraction of the 36+ hours of content actually contained on the three discs, which come housed in a package devised and designed by Airside…

I Built The Sony HD carwash

Sony HD promises “High Definition Like No Other” in new spot, HD Experiment, shot by Pleix, in which a boufant poodle has a surreal valeting experience. We spoke to Artem SFX Supervisor Simon Tayler about building the set and clefting vintage cars in twain

Is Webbliworld.com the new MySpace for kids?

Just as Facebook is facing closure due to legal wranglings, a new site starts up that potentially offers a similar networking opportunity – and a whole lot more. Although the one of which we speak, Webbliworld.com, couldn’t be more different to Facebook in that it’s aimed at engaging 6-11 year olds and is the colourful fruit of a collaboration between Aardman Animations and Enable Interactive…

Global Cities at Tate Modern

Overcrowding never looked so attractive. As part of the Tate Modern’s current exhibition, Global Cities, on display in the gallery’s vast Turbine Hall, is a series of intriguing “density models”. The plywood structures were created by a team of designers and architects at the London School Of Economics, led by Professor Richard Burdett. The models are shaped around the outlines of each city, with each layer of plywood representing an extra 200 people per square kilometre. We spoke to the team behind their creation…

Music videos of the month

Our regular music video post has fallen off a bit of late, in part because there doesn’t seem to have been as many amazing videos about as usual. To make up for this though, here are five recent beauties for your delectation. First up is proof that talent runs throughout the Gondry genes as Michel’s teenage son Paul joins the family firm with his animated video for The Willowz’s Take A Look Around. The video also sees Paul join his dad and uncle Olivier at Partizan.

The Skittles Touch

Imagine having the same intimacy problem that befell Midas – but with fruit-flavoured sweets instead. The latest Skittles ad keeps it nicely surreal (from TBWANew York).

50 Years-in-the-life of Helvetica

James Jarvis’ celebration of the 1974 release of Kraftwork’s Autobahn album.
The exhibition, 50:Helvetica The Lifetime Of A Typeface – which we covered in the July issue of CR – opened on Wednesday evening at the Design Museum on London’s South Bank…

Life Is A Laugh

Brian Griffiths’ installation Life Is A Laugh, at Gloucester Road tube station
Gloucester Road Underground station in London has been colonised once again – this time by artist Brian Griffiths who has filled the disused platform with Life Is A Laugh, an epic installation which is part assault course, part giant panda head.

Short & Sweet

The short film evening Short & Sweet, which has been held weekly in Brick Lane for over a year, has arrived in the West End of London.
The event, which showcases the best in shorts, music video and animation, will continue its weekly Monday evening screening at Cafe 1001 on Brick Lane, but is now also held at the AKA Bar near Holborn every Tuesday evening.

James Ford and the General Carbuncle

Late last year, UK artist James Ford finally completed a project that he’d been working on for two years. Back in 2004 he bought a rather fine tan coloured Capri, for £99, with the sole intention of completely covering it in red and orange toy cars. The result is his homage to the famous “General Lee” car from the Dukes of Hazzard: The General Carbuncle.

Mother gets Lucky’s

Mother ad agency continues its advance into Redchurch Street in Shoreditch, with this sponsorship of Lucky’s Newsagents, situated opposite its offices. The shop has a beautiful retro style, yet glancing through the door, it looks like the effect may end there rather than continue inside, sadly. All front, nothing behind – is that a metaphor for the ad industry at large? Discuss

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