cyklister magazine cover, originally uploaded by lüke.

Here’s a cover I’m doing now, “Are kids getting worse at cycling?” (or are parents driving them to school, instead of letting them cycle)
Fun stuff – and they even let me handwrite the magazine name (so far;))

After coming across The Brainstormer on DRAWN! today, I got a pang of nostalgia for my own creative kickstarter.

I dug out my flash files and saw they were made in 2004. Pretty cool. Turns out it’s one of the first things Kevin and I made that had no purpose other than entertainment. I probably came up with the idea while I should have been working on a project we were working on – from each our own home offices – before we joined forces.

Looking at it again, I realized it had a bit of a blog-like component to it; you could get a inspirational combination, do your work with it, and then post a note about what you did. I took that part off, since I’m not sure how it works anymore – and I blog enough as it is.

Now I’ve revamped it, and placed it on the hello page, here on the blog. Maybe I’ll actually use it now:)

7up, originally uploaded by Depression Press.

Sweet.

Copenhagenize posted this music video about the cycle culture in Copenhagen, and I have to say I actually get a little misty eyed watching it. No other place, that I have lived in, “gets” that cycles are a viable, easy, and basically just logical mode of transportation. Everyone does it, and the city is planned to accomodate the huge number of cyclists, easliy.

Copenhagen – City of Cyclists from Colville Andersen on Vimeo.

Cycling is all I did in Copenhagen – aside from a few-year stint driving the Mini (after we had the Christiania cycle stolen – and having gotten dead tired of the long, and seemingly usually wet, commute from Østerbro to the kids’ school in Hellerup, and back), and seeing these cyclist ease through the city, drives home how easy it is to cycle there. Check out the hip youngsters holding hands as the ride. Nice. No fancy spandex, no goofy helmets, and no stress. Sweet.

Copenhagenize

My ol’ pal, Jube, sent me this link to a Talking Heads video, “This Must Be The Place”. Nice to come in to the office and find a little tidbit of the past waiting for me.

Thanks, Jube!

Talking Heads

I just got Meomi’s (design duo based in Vancouver and San Francisco, who produce wicked graphics, characters and books) book Color Cloud Seeding in the mail from their publisher Rojo.

It’s wall to wall rich color pattern, scenery and characters, and it’s a real eyeful.

I like. I like a lot.

I stumbled upon Hatch last year, as their “1st Annual Easter Egg Coloring Contest” is something we at UOVO really should have come up with ourselves. Just how obvious an idea was that; for us, I mean?

I was impressed then. Now I am even more impressed.
As they say on their site; they have their “first hatchling” – JAQK Wine Cellars.

A design firm making wine? How? What?

I didn’t spend much time actually finding out “why”, but I do think this sort of venture is very interesting. And very cozy. I imagine designers must get tired of working for clients, and would rather design something for themselves, something they can proudly show off, and bask in the compliments from people who actually use their product, and like it, while they are having a social event… drinking wine.

Maybe it’s because, so often, I hear about the social scene in places like San Francisco. Reading Dwell, seems to make me believe everyone has an active social life – and room to entertain that life in.

It just seems so good. Designing something you can show off, and get instant feedback about. Actually relaxing with something you’ve created. Doesn’t that just sound like the life?

Needless to say, I’m a big fan of their work, and I wish I could taste their wine… better yet; I wish I could get invited to a wine tasting… in San Francisco!;)

Good on ya, Hatch.

I need me some of them cards they have for sale in their shop.

I came across this a while ago, but never tried it.
Turns out you can download a bunch of your flickr photos, tweek some settings, add some music, and boom- you have a video with some freaky effects and transitions.

It’s not really my cup of tea, but it was fun to play with, getting some drawings in there, and see them presented in a different way.

I imagine the iPhone app is more fun.

Animoto
Animoto – for iPhone

I had almost forgotten about this little video of Tilja. Then I came across it just now on Flickr.

I hope it puts just as goofy a smile on your face, as Tilja has on hers:)
Happy New Year.