We are not ones to often plug websites but this one IS pretty cool.Concept Salad is a participation site that caters to the professional and aspiring vehicle concept designers. It’s a process unknown to most but is one of pure inspiration and dreams mixed with a healthy dose of talent.
Even though the site’s still new, there is an interesting collection of work and articles that designers from many walks of life might find interesting.
“A short film on the great Japanese artist Hokusai. This won the 1978 British Academy Award for Best Short Factual Film, and was written, directed, and animated by Tony White.”
This is a really nice old school piece of animation with a narration that reminds us of those of our childhood.
And for those that are inclined, an interview with Tony White can be [found here].
Bomb Squad Industries launches it’s first co-lab project on a grand scale. The ‘Doodle Monster Project’ is open to everyone around the world to take part in for a bit of fun and a whole lot of unity.
Jelly is casual coworking. We invite people to work from our home for the day. We provide chairs and sofas, wireless internet, and interesting people to talk to, collaborate with, and bounce ideas off of.
You bring a laptop (or whatever you need to get work done) and a friendly disposition.
Why do you do this?
Jelly started in NYC in February of 2006 when roommates Amit and Luke realized that they loved working from home, but they missed the creative brainstorming, sharing, and camaraderie of a traditional office. (Office politics, not so much.)
So they started inviting friends to come work from their home one day a week. They soon found that working in close proximity to new and interesting people every couple weeks resulted in new ideas and interesting conversations.
Emboldened by their early success, they made it a more regular thing. Jelly was born.
Who can come to Jelly?
Anyone!
We see a lot of designers, developers, and internet types, but we’ve also had musicians, cooks, sound designers, tea sommeliers, product designers, photographers, writers, and more.
Some of us are entrepreneurs or freelancers. Others work in an office most of the time, but work at Jelly for fresh ideas and a change of pace.
No matter what you do or what you create, you’re welcome to come to Jelly and share your talent and learn from others.
[check it here for your local Jelly... very cool idea] and [if you're in Sydney, Australia]
The idea has been tried many a times, a web based comic that’s free to read. Some have been fanciful Flash based numbers, others semi interactive. It seems though that many after some time run out of puff, we guess because the real world incentive of needing to account for one’s time doesn’t happen when it’s free or being an ‘on the side thing’, never really gains enough momentum to make switching it to a commercial enterprise a reality. Then there is the whole hesitance by the consuming public to part with cash for online content.
FreakAngles, is a UK produced online comic, presented in a trad page format with no bells and whistles. While it seems the episodes are short, it might be just enough to keep the interest growing while not being a huge on going task for those producing it.
“Censorship is Weak as F##k” is a skateboard art exhibition featuring the work of world renowned artists Marc McKee and Sean Cliver. The art show was inspired by the documentary feature film “The Man Who Souled the World”, a portrait of skateboarding¹s most hated and loved character, Steve Rocco.
The art show will feature over 50 rare pieces of valuable skate art and tour with Marc McKee and Sean Cliver across Australia from February 21 to March 9 2008. The Australian leg of the tour follows successful exhibitions in the USA, Canada, Europe and Japan.
“Censorship is Weak as F##k” is timed in conjunction with the DVD release of “The Man Who Souled the World”.
Sydney
Thursday Feb 28 Sunday March 2
China Heights Gallery
Lvl 3, 16-28 Foster Street
Surry Hills
Hours: 11am 6pm
Gold Coast
Thursday March 6 Sunday March 9
1/17 Harvest Court
Southport
Hours: 11am 6pm