Tag Archives: Film

No understanding between the brain and the hands

New exhibition opens tomorrow at the Kemistry Gallery in Shoreditch.

26 February — 04 April 2009
No understanding between the brain and the hands is a collaboration between Pocko photographers and illustrators. Inspired by Metropolis, the 1927 silent science fiction film created by the famed director Fritz Lang, five of Pocko’s photographers have collaborated with nine [...]

Fifty People, One Question

A nice, if a little long-winded film, where the makers asked people if they could wake up anywhere tomorrow, where would it be? There’s also a version in Brooklyn which you can check out here. I found it rather lovely how many people said simply, in their own bed.
View it on Vimeo here. Via swissmiss.

Some quotes about design and other communication media

“Designers are connected to the existing order. That’s the reality and you have to deal with it.” — Jan van Toorn
“Don’t have just ideas, just have an idea” — Jean-Luc Godard via Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari
“Design is a good idea” — (Rudy Vanderlans / Zuzana Ličko)
“Design is an idea desperately seeking images and other forms of truth in a sea of rumours [...]