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Government authority launches graphic designs for safe working practices

May 29, 2020December 2, 2020

The customisable ‘toolkit’ contains a resource of poster designs for companies returning to work, from social distancing to personal hygiene.

The Centre of the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) has launched a digital ‘toolkit’ with designs which encourage safe working practices, as some companies return to work.

The posters have been designed by London-based ad agency AML Group. “Clear, concise and simple messaging” was central to the CPNI’s brief for the project, which has taken three weeks to complete.

The project launches after prime minister Boris Johnson announced that companies from some industries would be returning to work as part of an easing of lockdown measures.

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Design

Over 100 Years Ago, Artists Were Asked to Depict…

May 6, 2020December 2, 2020

Here’s something I think you’ll find quite interesting… These crazy images were created by French artist Jean-Marc Cote, and a few others back in 1899, 1900, 1901, and 1910.

The point being.. Well, basically they were asked to imagine what life would be like in the year 2000. According to Collective-Evolution, these artworks were originally in the form of postcards or paper cards enclosed in cigarette and cigar boxes.

The images depict the world as it was imagined it would be like in the year 2000. Some of these unique illustrations are actually quite accurate vision of the current era today, including farming machines, robotic equipment, and flying machines. Now we haven’t started riding giant seahorses yet, although it does look like one hell of a good time.

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Design

Artist Spends Hundreds of Hours Drawing Hyperrealistic Portraits Mimicking…

May 4, 2020December 2, 2020

At first glance, the highly-technical drawings of Emanuele Dascanio look as though they’re photographs—it’s only until you see the Italian artist put pencil to paper that you realize and appreciate the true value of his artistic skill. The large, labor-intensive portraits—some that take up to 780 hours to complete—feature a combination of graphite and charcoal that are expertly rendered to form hyperrealistic compositions. Against a pitch-black backdrop, the illuminated figures’ incredible details are brought to life: every stray hair, wrinkle, and fold of fabric is visible.

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Environment

Ethereal image of Cosmos flowers wins photo competition

April 30, 2020December 2, 2020

Anne MacIntyre’s image Ethereal Cosmos has won the International Garden Photographer of the Year’s Black & White photo project.

“After having recently painted my summerhouse white, I decided to capture these delicate Cosmos flowers, creating vivid white tones in this black-and-white composition,” she said.

The judges said: “It is easy to turn any colour photograph into black and white – but through clear intent, Anne chose the set-up before photographing to dramatic effect.

“This work uses black and white to add something special, not take something away.

“Both the black and the whites are punchy and incredibly detailed.”

Ethereal Cosmos will feature in a book and exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 2021.

Here are other winning photos from the contest, with captions by the photographers.

Second place: Long-tailed Tits, by Alan Price, Gwynedd

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Cornish

Fundraising 12 hour non-stop swingballathon

April 29, 2020December 2, 2020

A young lad who lives near Redruth in Cornwall, has had the great idea to raise money for NHS Charities, namely Treliske Royal Cornwall Hospital.

He has been wanting to help raise money and support Treliske Royal Cornwall Hospital. So this weekend, on Saturday 2th May, he will be whacking that ball for 12 hours non stop, (a possible shift time for an employee at Treliske RCH) come rain or shine!. You can donate as little or as much as you want.

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Design

Gruffalo artist Axel Scheffler: ‘This was something I could…

April 27, 2020December 2, 2020

“I don’t feel like I’m very good at drawing real people in the real world” says a wistful Axel Scheffler.

The illustrator is famous for his weird and wonderful pictures of animals in books like The Gruffalo, but now the coronavirus pandemic has brought him back into the real world with a bump.

The 62-year-old has just helped to produce what must have been one of the fastest books in history. Coronavirus: A Book for Children was written, illustrated and then published for free online in the space of week by Nosy Crow.

“My publisher had been speaking to a head teacher in East London who told her that many families were really worried and felt a bit helpless,” Scheffler says. “So the idea was to give children aged five to nine some information – as factual as possible – and in a simple language.”

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Design

Street art thanks NHS staff for tackling coronavirus

April 23, 2020December 2, 2020

Spectacular street art has sprung up all over England to thank NHS workers for their dedication during the coronavirus pandemic.

Artists up and down the country have used their talents to make a big show of their gratitude, with some creations spanning huge walls.

Sculptor Jamie Wardley created a 100-metre long tribute in a Yorkshire field, while welder Pete Henson made a 1.8m (6ft) statue of a nurse in Exmoor.

Mural artist Rachel List has been prolific in Pontefract. She said: “I think people just want to show their appreciation for the NHS and hopefully, I have, in some small way allowed that message to travel.”

Click here to take a look at some of the stunning tributes to the NHS staff.

Design

Coronavirus: a guide to the online resources

April 9, 2020December 2, 2020

This article offers guidance to the creative-centered services and have been set up in light of coronavirus – offering design inspiration, skill development and careers advice.

“As these unprecedented times require us to work in unprecedented ways, we’re here to help you,” says Arts Council England about its new digital network. The Digital Culture Network which will “collate free resources, webinars and support organisations”. Perhaps most importantly, its ‘tech champions’ will be on hand to provide one-to-one support in areas such as maintain audience engagement, generating income through online retail and “maximising your website offer”.

On iPlayer, you can also catch a six-part series that takes viewers behind the scenes at the V&A (and read our interview with one of the show’s producers here). And if you have a Netflix subscription, you can watch both series of Abstract: the Art of Design – featuring the likes of Olafur Eliasson and Ruth Carter – and catch our interview with the show’s co-creator here.

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Design

“The possibilities are limitless” – how designers are entertaining…

April 8, 2020December 2, 2020

For many families this week will have been the first, perhaps of many, where children have been out of school because of the coronavirus pandemic. With plenty of time to fill, this is how designers are using their creative skills to keep kids entertained at home.

“Having had symptoms of ‘you know what’ a couple of weeks ago we’ve been in quarantine as a family since the 16th March. So we’ve already been homeschooling for almost two weeks; and if I’m entirely honest it’s bloody hard! (Hat tip to all the teachers out there – you do an amazing job.)

The last few days have been a bit easier and we’ve found the key to that really is routine. Getting up and starting school at 9.30am every day, doing the same set of subjects each morning and keeping things as much like school as possible (including when break times and lunch happen).

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Design

NASA brings back worm logo to mark American space…

April 5, 2020December 2, 2020

It is the first time that the sleek typographic logo, designed in the 1970s, has been used in almost thirty years.

NASA is reviving its worm logo for the first time since 1992.

The red typographic logo, now mostly used for souvenirs and merchandise, will appear on the side of the Falcon 9 rocket for its scheduled launch in May.

The Falcon 9 rocket launch marks the first time that American astronauts will be sent to space on American rockets in almost a decade.

In 2011, the Atlantis space shuttle became the last American space system to ferry astronauts to and from space. Since then, NASA has used a Russian system, the Soyuz, to transport its astronauts.

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Second place: Long-tailed Tits, by Alan Price, Gwynedd