How football can save your relationship (sort of..)

This is absolutely brilliant, and I'm not even into football! It is a set of four ads for Libero football magazine, where in each one there is a woman explaining to her love the different problematic issues in daily life - through football metaphors. Maybe I should try this the next time my boyfriend and I are having an argument. Need to learn some more football first though. Guess he will be happy about that too.

" "If they explain it to you with football, you get it" is the concept created by the agency to put across the message that Líbero is not just a football magazine, but also one that uses the world's most popular sport to talk about other topics such as culture, art and style, among others."
- Lola Madrid

Enjoy the watch!

First spotted on  Itsnicethat.com !

Nicking apples, in a good way...

There is a thing in Norway that we do, that is pretty rude.. so you should(n't) really do it. But most kids have done it. Which is stealing apples from someone's garden. I guess you didn't know that about the innocent Norwegians! We call it 'epleslang' (apple stealing, basically.. or scrumping, as they say in England:) ). If you were really good at it, no one would ever catch you. If you weren't.. Well..

Anyway, I just spotted that there is a company in Norway who has decided to make a profit doing this. I know right, professional thiefs!! So cool. Ok, so they might have asked the private garden owners for permission... But the concept is still really cool, and it is named 'Epleslang'. So what do they do? They collect the windfall from private gardens in the local area, make apple juice out of it and then sell it in local cafés. It is a great concept that raises awareness about the resources around us that we might otherwise discard! Another really nice part is: They create job opportunities for disabled people.

The bottle design is pretty nice too. It somehow does feel local, a bit quirky but at the same time honest. The way it has been wrapped around the top sort of resembles the paper bag homeless people (somewhere..) could wrap around a bottle of alcohol, but at the same time not (luckily). It becomes something different. Something original. When you "un-wrap" it, the inside of the paper gives you a nice bit of information about where the apples have been harvested and about the concept in general.

This is something you can drink with a good conscience: It's organic, local and you support disabled people. And it tastes bloody amazing!

Illustrations by Oslo, Norway based Peter-John de Villiers:
www.theshallowtree.com
in cooperation with Dinamo: www.dinamo.no

Epleslang: facebook.com/Epleslang
Anne Dubrau, one of the co-funders, with her very cute Norwegian-English accent: youtube.com/epleslang

New year, new perfume, new memories

In my first year at Kingston uni I had a self-initiated project that was about memories and the idea was to create a system that would help me give "myself" back to myself in the future. It was a response to Alzheimers disease that runs in both sides of my family. The result became a system of perfumes, as many of my memories are recalled through smell. It would allow me to sort of manipulate my memory by choosing a new perfume each year at New Year. In that way I would be able to link that specific year to a smell, and recall the memories in the future by smelling the perfume.
Link to the project: Return of Memories

Ok, to the point: I am determined to realise this project, so last year I changed my perfume from Mary Kay's 'Thinking of You' to Jimmy Choo's perfume. I realised that changing your perfume every year can become a challenge, because I would obviously like to find perfumes that I think smell nice and that I feel can match me - but at the same time they need to disassociate themself from the others. At the same time it is sad to give up a perfume you really like in order to make the system work. However, finding 50 different perfumes for the future will become a fun adventure, and I am enjoying it so far.

Sooo, the new perfume for this year is (drum rooooooll):
'Si' by Armani.

I have to say, being in my final year of my bachelor and having many exciting things to come this year, wearing a perfume that states 'yes' sounds quite perfect (and it smells amazing!). I am looking forward to what this year will bring, and what kinds of memories I can link to 'Si' when I will smell it again in the future.

Happy New Year, and may your year have alot of 'yes' in it as well!

Crafted shoes

I've always had a weak spot for things that are well crafted - in many cases it can make the object/design so more desirable. These shoes are no exception. Even though I wouldn't say these shoes are my style... But I still want them...
And the film! Very beautifully shot and directed.

Geology of Shoes from Petr Krejčí on Vimeo.

Those small, random things..

These are random artwork that Javier Perez (situated in Ecuador) upload onto his Instagram account.
It's not much to say about it, I just found them sweet and simple. And sometimes those things are needed in a very much complicated everday. That's it.

Javier Perez: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Instagram-Experiments/8797709

Miniature worlds

When I was a kid I loved to create models of city landscapes, or models of houses and its interior. Small, tiny pieces of crap that would shape a fantasy world I could dive into.

Ok, I have to admit I still love to do those kind of stuff. But unfortunately I don't have the time at the moment to do it (unless I make it into a project.. hmmmmm).

In the meantime I can enjoy these worlds instead:
(Just look at that metro exit, 00:02-!! Love it.)

It's paper from Pingo van der Brinkloev on Vimeo.

Let the show begin!

This guy is crazy creative in a very weird way, and I fell in love with this little documentary/interview of him. But maybe most importantly: What a well shot film! The graphic photage is mysterious, awkward, beautiful, and with many lovely details popping up here and there. I think this, together with the editing, captures this person's character and creative mind perfectly.

Watching this little film is like entering a freeky circus of creepy (but fun and engaging) objects, where you get a feeling that you want to leave - while at the same time you want to see more...

Lost & Found from Joey Bania on Vimeo,

Crazy creator: Blair Sommerville

Personal work!

Lots of new projects up on my Behance profile. Check it out! Woooo.

L O L L O L I N E on Behance

:)

Vishesh Verma

The jewelleries in these images are not the ones that drew my attention in the first place, though I can see that they are beautiful. What drew me was the artistic photographs that stands out like a jewellery in its own right (I am sorry for the exaggerated descripton, but they look soooo good!!). I love the choice of colour in the background, lights, objects and flowers that contrasts and blends into each other so well.
It is like an inedible lollipop! (That was maybe going too far as well? Oh well.) OMNOMNOM.

The photographs are taken by the Mumbai-based fashion and advertisement photographer, Vishesh Verma: http://www.visheshverma.com/
Hair & Make-up by Daniel Bauer
Styling by Tia Paranjape
Model: Amanda Rodriguez Valero (Inega Model Management)

The charming Oreo Wheel

Here is one adorable project:
The Cookie-and-Creme-Separator (or just The OREO Wheel).
You might think this looks ridiculous, or weird, but I don't care because sometimes those things are simple, funny and charming and much needed in this overly serious world. It gives me a feeling of an adult version of those children's science projects. Does it solve a problem? I don't know whether it does or not! But it sure made me feel amused.

The people behind it?
Dentaku (aka Yuri Suzuki) and Mark McKeague

The scary magic behind the magic

This might look like one of those typical mind reader shows, and it is indeed intended to look like it as well. Random people were chosen from the street to participate in this "upcoming TV program", done in Brussel, Belgium. The mind reader sound extremely talented, and it all seems too good to be true. Which it also is. But the "best" part: We are ALL victims to this, everyday, unless you are more careful with what information you put out there on the big internett.

So good, and so scary!

Google's April Fools

I think the best/most effective, and probably most used, April Fools joke I've ever pulled on somebody was when I told my boyfriend that I was pregnant (we were 19 and he freaked out, hehe). But what Google did this year was a "little bit" more complex, and has nothing to do with pregnancy whatsoever. It is almost two weeks after 1st of April, but I feel it is still worth sharing for those who didn't seen it.

Explained in short: Google announced a Treasure Map mode on Google Maps which encourage you to go out and find clues for hidden treasure chests. I loved it! Probably because of my childish overenthusiasm for treasures and treasure hunting (I will never properly grow up. I was even hoping for an Easter Egg hunt this year...again). Such a shame it was only an April Fools joke.

Google explaining it in full:

Statues with a twist

I've been writing about paper art before (Peter Callesen), but this new work I heard about, created by the Beijing based artist Li Hongbo, is like entering another level of the paper world. I have always been fascinated by the simplicity of the paper material and how it can come across as something much more solid than what you would expected at first glance. It is also, to me, very satisfying to see artists who have artistic talent (not one who decide to make a light in a room switch on and off and call it art) and know to use their skills to create something that most people would go "WOW" about!

Li Hongbo uses an old chinese "paper gourd"-technique as inspiration to create these solid, yet highly flexible, statues that are amazing, fun and fascinating as well as surprising. Wow.


Video created by Crane.tv

Life Drawing at The Book Club

An interesting and slightly different advertising film promoting a very traditional class; life drawing. Very well made, simple and sweet!


Life Drawing at The Book Club from Wriggles & Robins on Vimeo.

Wriggles & Robins words:

"Every easel in a life drawing class captures a different angle of the model.
We created the film by editing each drawing with the next, moving around the circle of easels.

To find out more about life drawing classes at The Book Club visit wearetbc.com
Shot, produced and directed by  Wriggles & Robins .
Graded by Aline Sinquin at MPC
Sound Mix by 750mph
Life model: Clelia Rinaldi"

Sourced from It's Nice That

The Queen

The Queen from Christina Choe on Vimeo.