Some people spend hours making stop motion origami deer from teabag wrappers. Others, like Nathalia take ideas even further. She's designed a teabag using the principles of origami. While the tea infuses the bird or the shape gradually expands.
"I designed my office to be as unobtrusive as possible, to be an uncluttered work space, a guest house that keeps 'em coming back, and an inspired meditation room. It has a green roof so when we see the structure from the house it fits into the forest."
While the rest of us work here
Ishikawa Komuro Lab's high-speed robot hand performing impressive acts of dexterity and skillful manipulation.
[insert Terminator plot here]
The Nine Eyes of Google Street View is a photographic essay illustrating the screengrab collection of Jon Rafman. They capture a world that he feels to be "more truthful and more transparent because of the weight accorded to external reality, the perception of a neutral, unbiased recording, and even the vastness of the project."
Which is art speak for a nice idea curating some wonderfully candid moments of humanity.
via IMG MGMT. An annual image-based artist essay series from Art Fag City
We’ve won first runner up in September’s IAB creative showcase for D&AD New Blood. It’s gratifying because the work is quite polarising, so it’s nice to see it get recognised by a panel of industry creative directors.
It was a tough month to be in. AMV/BBDO won the overall prize with A Different Ending. As Jeremy Garder succinctly put it "The 'choose which route next' concept may already be a well-worn path with the Army, but this stuff carries it off with such aplomb that it's scary."
Work @ Lost Boys
Don't plan on settling down with a partner, children or even bringing someone back 'for coffee' in this house.
Paul built this micro house as a design study, wondering what would happen if Swine Flu resulted in an apocalypse that required him to be entirely self-sufficient.
Such a cute digital/physical idea based simply on on/off. One for the next Troika book perhaps?
It’s taken from an old idea “The Most Beautiful Machine” by Claude Shannon. Considered the founding father of the electronic communication age.
I've been procrastinating on this for a while now, but soon (procrastination paradox?) i'm going to get my head around Arduino and build me a thing with the stuff. If i made this light sensor stylophone like Jabstarr i'd be sure to start knocking out some Mercury Rev style anthems.
Portrait credit: Nadav Kander
James Theophane, or Theo, is a dilettante residing in London. When he's not dabbling, he's an Assoc. Creative Director at R/GA, with his creative partner Dan John: danandjames.com
He has worked with Lost Boys, Grey, Modem, Framfab, Wheel, DNA and GT.
He has created work for Nokia, Toshiba, Rankin, D&AD, Chelsea FC, Electrolux, Sony, Ericsson, PlayStation, Sega, Channel 4, Oxfam, Canon, Brahma, Marks & Spencer, Wired Magazine and Audi. View all work
He has won a few awards such as D&AD, Webby, LIA, Revolution, Campaign, BIMA and Epica.
Sometimes he gets called up for a little bit of jury service too. He's paid his dues with D&AD, IAB Creative Showcase and London International.
Occasionally he gets asked to do a bit of public speaking. But to be frank, he's not so keen on that.
