Design Festa Vol.25

I went to the wonderful "Design Festa" on Sunday. This was Vol.25 of the massive arts jamboree which taks place bi-monthly here in Tokyo. I will be taking part in Vol.26. In their own words:
"Design Festa is a freestyle International Art Event open to all artists, both professional and non-professional from all over the world to exhibit their creative talent. Design Festa is the biggest art event in Asia, with approximately 51,000 visitors and 6,000 exhibitors."
Here's some pictures I took...
















English site: http://www.designfesta.com/02_en/00_df_e/index.html

Disney Going Back to the Drawing Board

From CINEMATICAL via DIGG:

Disney animation is now putting a stop to the CGI addiction and returning to a more traditional drawing plan.

This change, just announced today by John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, will take place in Walt Disney Co.'s Burbank studios, leaving Pixar to exclusively work onCGI projects.

full story here.

Postcards With An Edge

Received two nice postcards recently and thought I'd share. The first I got today from my sister on holiday in Morroco. I'm digging the round stamp and the saturated colours. The second I got from my cousin in Australia. OK I received it ages ago and havn't replied yet, but that's not the point! It's a silkscreened design on A5 kraft colour card with rounded edges. It's branded "Hammerpress" on the bck, and a quick google later reveals some lovely stationary and poster prints on their online folio:

www.hammerpress.net

Varoom Magazine

I received issue 2 of the splendid varoom magazine through the post yesterday, and have had my feet up reading it from cover to cover. It's been raining non-stop today, and here in Japan when it starts raining it just doesn't stop for days. Gotta love the typeface and the quality paper stock. One for the coffee table. If only I had one...
Also check Varoom's now-obligatory myspace page:

Varoom's MySpace Myspace Page link

Grrrrrrrrrreat Retro Cereal Box Design

A nice retro cover on a box of Kellog's Frosties in Japan, to celebrate 100 years of the company. The boring modern design is on the other side.

"ME" Short Movie (via YouTube)

"Me" Movie

Girl takes pic of herself every day for three years. Obviously more patience than myself then...

A Collection of Stereolab Tour Posters: Nice!

On My Desk Blog

Have made my own small contribution to this blog (started by illustrator Linzie Hunter). Basically fellow creatives (mostly illustrators) post pictures of their working spaces; a kinda professional voyourism. Cool!

http://on-my-desk.blogspot.com/2006/06/sean-macfarlane_03.html

On Inspiration

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
- Frank Tibolt

Polish Film Posters

Here are some pictures from an exhibition I went to in Ginza, Tokyo just before Christmas. The exhibition was of polish film posters, mostly of Japanese films. I love Polish posters, and these were great to see in the flesh!