Liam Brazier

Link to The Whale Hunt project

With its origins in cut paper you can't help but love illustrator and animator Liam Brazier's approach to some of our favourite comic book heros.

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The Whale Hunt

Link to The Whale Hunt project

Johanthan Harris's project, The Whale Hunt takes an experimental approach to the narrative. Mapping a nine day trip from New York to Alaska and back, the 3,000+ images are presented sequentially but the user can choose to view them in a number of different ways under a variety of categories.

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Eyegasm

Link to How to Eyegasm on Vimeo

This one is a little late to the table but undoubtedly deserves a mention. Eyegasm is a stunning little iPad app which produces realtime generative animation. Accompanying music (on Vimeo) is from none other than Brian Eno.

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WWIII Propaganda

Link to How to be a Retronaut website

A wonderful series of posters looking at social media and censorship inspired by WWII propaganda posters.

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Honk Fu

Link to Honkfu website

An excellent collection of work from the Moscow-based Honkfu camp.

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Winter Sun

Link to Nike 78 website

Electronic artist Rafael Lonzano-Hemmer brings the sun down-to-earth with an incredible project for the Light in Winter Festival in Melborne.

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Nike 78

Link to Nike 78 website

Conceived by London College of Communication final year student, Paul Jenkins and inspired by NIKE, NIKE78 marks the year that Blue Ribbon Sports officially changed its name to NIKE. The project, with submissions from creatives throughout the globe, looks as a series of responses using NIKE shoes as the creative driving force.

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David Carson

Link to David Carson talking at TYPO Berlin 2010

You can love him or hate him but you just can't ignore him. David Carson talks at this years TYPO Berlin about Passion.

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Rich Gemmell

Link to Lufdesign website

With a background in fine art and print Rich Gemmell has been working as a professional illustrator for less than three years but has already managed to rack up a very impressive client list.

His illustrations reflect his fine art background displaying a rich combination of line, texture and pattern. Recent works have appeared in the Guardian Review and the Sunday Times.

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Leaf Tie

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C&D (Connect & Design) company Lufdesign develop products through collaboration with other designers. Their Leaf Ties bring life to an otherwise dull product.

The design of the Leaf tie makes the cables look like wrapped twigs. For young children or people that live in the city that tire from the artificially modern environment, the Leaf tie can for a short while let them experience a hint of nature.

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Low Frequency Entity

Link to subcycle labs website

Musician, designer and developer Christian Bannister uses Processing to create a 3D image of a bass frequency.

What would the bass look like? What would it be like to touch it and manipulate it directly and visually in real-time? These are some of the things I am trying to get at in this sketch.

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Life in 2050

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The Proud Gallery, London is holding an exhibition from a group of leading and emerging artists who have visualised their view of what the future may hold for us in 2050. Created as part of the 9th SCI-FI LONDON Film Festival

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