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Sketch2Photo

October 10, 2009

Not sure I totally agree with Devin Coldewey’s albeit “tentative” comment that this new technology from students at Tsinghua University and the National University of Singapore appears “to be the greatest thing of all time” but it is undoubtedly very cool.

Sketch2Photo: Internet Image Montage from Tao Chen on Vimeo.
It will be interesting to see how this technology develops [...]

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Cannes Lions 2009 - My Personal Top 10 Press Picks

July 6, 2009

1. Latin Stock: Boxing/Napalm/Tank - DDB, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Simply a nice, thought-provoking observation - well demonstrated with suitably iconic imagery.
2. Alka Seltzer: Bear/Paparazzi/Magician/Mafia/Prison - CLM BBDO, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Big fan of the left-field analogy of Alka Seltzer being able to handle anything you throw into your stomach - thereby ‘dissolving your problems’. Appropriately refreshing in tone [...]

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The Pink and Blue Project

June 23, 2009

Nice visual commentary from South Korean artist JeongMee Yoon on gender differences and materialistic obsession.

I originally spotted this exhibition in May this year in a tiny gallery in the very laid back (and relatively little known) surfing town of Bolinas, Marin County, CA. You can see more of JeongMee Yoon’s work on her personal website.