Thinking Blog – Mark Hinxman

19 November 2008by Mark Hinxman

Hotfoot travel now live

Created in a very tight time frame the newly launched Hotfoot Travel website specialises in bespoke, tailor made holidays.

As with all our sites it is search engine friendly, has compliant code and styles and a satisfied customer at the end of the project.

Hotfoot Travel new window

12 November 2008by Mark Hinxman

Joshua Callaghan

Joshua creates laminate coverings for public utility boxes that are both fade and graffiti resistant. He makes the non-descript boxes fade into their natural surroundings.

joshuacallaghan.com new window

14 October 2008by Mark Hinxman

Ikea bedtime stories

Ikea makes the point that their beds are so comfortable that you'll fall asleep extra quickly. Hence the need for a tiny book of short versions of bedtime stories. The little book is really nicely produced.

See more detail here new window

9 October 2008by Mark Hinxman

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Arthus-Bertrand has been photographing unique views of our planet, seen from the sky, since 1994 - and has produced an exhibit of over 150 4-ft. by 6-ft. prints which will be on display in New York City at the World Financial Center Plaza and along the Battery Park City Esplanade from May 1, 2009 to June 28, 2009.

See more here new window

7 July 2008by Mark Hinxman

Geoff Mcfetridge

I've been a big fan of Geoff Mcfetridge for a long time and this site showcases a lot of his current and previous works and shows.

Geoff Mcfetridge new window

3 July 2008by Mark Hinxman

Image Fulgurator

"In a normal camera, the light reflected from an object is projected via the lens onto the film. In the Image Fulgurator, this process is exactly the opposite: instead of an unexposed film, an exposed and developed roll of slide film is loaded into the camera and behind it, a flash. When the flash goes off, the image is projected from the film via the lens onto the object."

Artist Julius von Bismarck pushes the boundaries of what you can do with a camera...

Find out more and see some examples new window

1 July 2008by Mark Hinxman

Muto animation

Amazing stop motion animation featuring work by the artist Muto.

Check out the video new window

11 June 2008by Mark Hinxman

Photoshop disasters

It's always in the back of your mind as an artworker that one day you'll forget to turn a layer on/off and submit what you think is a finished image with a glaring mistake. Somehow it seems that a lot of images get through to press without being checked out.

Photoshop disasters collects these images for all to see and some are truly disastrous...such as the one pictured which is on the front page of the Givenchy site! new window

View the Photoshop disasters blog new window

16 May 2008by Mark Hinxman

CFW Architects goes live

Just this week our project for Chaplin Farrant Wiltshire architects of Winchester and its partner firm, Chaplin Farrant architects of Norwich has gone live.

Twin sites sharing a portfolio of over fifty case studies backed up by PDF downloads and some great imagery.

http://www.cfw-architects.com new window

14 May 2008by Mark Hinxman

Kanye's Blog

For someone who's on the road a lot, the amount he posts up is pretty crazy.

From design to remixes, furniture, tour stories this site is worth checking out frequently.

http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com new window

2 May 2008by Mark Hinxman

Cai Guo-Qiang

On a recent trip to New York I took in the big galleries and saw some incredible artwork. The artist that stuck with me most this time round was Cai Guo-Qiang who has been given the run of the Guggenheim on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
His talent stretches through sculpture, installations and paintings and it's difficult to describe in words how amazing his work is.

See the entire exhibition at:
http://www.guggenheim.org new window

1 May 2008by Mark Hinxman

New Nike ad unoriginal

A few nights ago before the Barcelona vs Man Utd Champions league semi-final Nike aired their much-anticipated, Guy Ritchie directed advert.
Shot entirely in the first person it's very slick but I couldn't help see the striking likeness to The Prodigy's "Smack my bitch up" music video of about ten years ago.

See the Nike commercial at:
http://www.nike.com new window

See the Prodigy video at:
Youtube new window

25 March 2008by Mark Hinxman

Lego business card

La Cambre is the leading architecture school in Belgian and their new business card is a lego brick. Meant to symbolise the expression and creativity in arcbhitecture that the students produce.

http://www.lacambre-archi.be new window

13 February 2008by Mark Hinxman

Gum by numbers

To tackle the problem of people dropping gum on the streets of Australia, Hubba Bubba created "gum by numbers" versions of famous paintings.

Gum chewers were then encouraged to place their gum in the correctly labelled part of the picture to create the overall painting.

13 February 2008by Mark Hinxman

Design Police

Hate it when you see bad artwork and design when oyu're on the bus / train / walking round town? Now you can do something about it!

http://www.design-police.org new window

13 February 2008by Mark Hinxman

WWF deforestation

I love the way the internationally known Panda logo of the WWF is used brilliantly here to illustrate the point that deforestation in China is threatening the lives of Pandas.

Such a simple modifiaction of the logo to show it squished under a fallen tree gets the point across so well.

10 January 2008by Mark Hinxman

Air Canada campaign

A fun campaign to promote Air Canada. A original idea nicely executed.

12 December 2007by Mark Hinxman

Great annual report

A great annual report from Bruketa & Zinic new window

for Podravka, the biggest food company in south east Europe. The concept is that a small book comes inside the larger report and has to be baked in foil before it can be read.

The pages are printed in thermo-reactive ink and when cooked te ink becomes visible and you have a book full of recipes and pictures.

13 November 2007by Mark Hinxman

Mac OS X Leopard

We've had this in the office for a week or so now and have to say it's pretty impressive. Lots of new features and an all round smoother interface.

Better than that though, nothing stopped working when we switched over.

8 November 2007by Mark Hinxman

Who shot the serif?

Quite simply an amazing type resource. lots of articles all about typography and updated regularily. Check it out here new window

31 October 2007by Mark Hinxman

Archive of inspiration

At a time when a lot of really good magazines are being forced into smaller sizes and shorter print runs due to the internet it's refreshing to see a website dedicated to archiving some of the best magazine covers of all time.

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has started compiling covers from magazines like Time, Dazed & Confused, Grafik and Thrasher to show inspirational magazine design.

29 October 2007by Mark Hinxman

Apple use student ad

Apple were so impressed by the advert apple-fan Nick Haley created and posted on Youtube that they decided to buy the rights to it and use it themselves.

The advertisement was made "broadcast-ready" by Apple's advertising agency, TBWA/Chiat/Day, but remains remarkable faithful to the original version.
See Nick's original here new window

and Apple's version new window

25 October 2007by Mark Hinxman

VW Shadow Poster

What better way to sell convertible cars than by using the sun? VW made a poster that creates a shadow on the ground with the sales message on it. They reportedly gained a 12% increase in test drives and a lot of favourable PR.

25 October 2007by Mark Hinxman

Donkey Kong

A pretty innovative take on scaffolding at The Computer Game Museum new window

in Berlin.

The scaffolding was decorated with Vinyl printouts to make it look like a level from Donkey Kong.

24 September 2007by Mark Hinxman

Cards of distinction

As Patrick Bateman would agree, your business card says a lot about you. This Flickr Photostream new window

shows some of the most innovative business cards around. Perfect for some inspiration.

24 September 2007by Mark Hinxman

Photoshop Rebrands

Adobe appear to be making steps to create a seperate identity for the Photoshop family of products. The new identity is quite a departure from the Creative Suite branding.

4 September 2007by Mark Hinxman

Helvetica at 50

Blanka

together with the Candy Collective new window

are celebrating 50 years of Helvetica by comissioning 50 artists to celebrate a year from 1957 to 2007.

The exhibition has just finished at The Design Museum new window

but a lot of the work can still be viewed online.

2 September 2007by Mark Hinxman

Running the Numbers

An American self portrait by Chris Jordan new window

is an eye-opening look at the incredible consumption that occurs every day in America. 106,000 Aluminium cans every thirty seconds for example!

The incredibly detailed prints are made from thousands of smaller photographs and Chris Jordan himself recommends the photos be seen in person to fully appreciate them.

13 August 2007by Mark Hinxman

Simpsons Movie Website

After a long wait and much anticipation, the new website for the upcoming Simpsons movie new window

has finally been launched. As well as expected features such as touring round Springfield you can also create yourself as a Simpsons character!

11 August 2007by Mark Hinxman

Rhythm of Lines

Wearegt

have just launched this new microsite for the Audi A5 to compliment the "Rhythm of Lines" Ad campaign. It's a great use of Flash and 3D where you can create and download your own rhythm of lines new window

10 August 2007by Mark Hinxman

Tunnel House

An amazing use of a space that was going to be demolished anyway by artists Dan Havel and Dean Ruck new window

who created a tunnel through the house using only timber from the houses themsleves

6 August 2007by Mark Hinxman

Shell V-Power advert

I couldn't help but be amazed at the incredible new advert for Shell. Directed by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet it features Ferrari F1 cars from the fifties to the current day racing around various cities all over the world.
Click here to watch it new window

3 August 2007by Mark Hinxman

Light Graffiti

Using timelapse photography, lights and fireworks, light artists create graffiti new window

that goes way beyond what they could achieve with spraypaint