Posts by Martin

August 6 th
Martin Laughs

Kiwi sells "Scary washing machine"

New Zealand's ever popular ebay-isque trademe.co.nz continually brings up genuine laugh-out-loud auctions. The latest to storm the country (and media) is the hilarious if ever so slight deranged scary washing machine.

As the auction will eventually expire I've posted the listing below, but to get the full effect and the enormous comments section - head over to http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Laundry/Washing-machines/Top-loader.... The listing has proven so popular it now has associated dinosaur tee-shirts in printing and artworks being auctioned for charity!

Scary washing machine. No really, its terrifying!
Old mid 80's Fisher and Paykel top loader.
Goes like a rocket!

June 15 th
Martin Design

Confessions of a design addict

I admit it. I love design. I do judge a book by it's cover and one of my most loved facets of design is Typography. I can spend hours drooling over beautiful type treatments. It doesn't matter whether it is in books, on a new product on the shelf, a gig poster, advertising or a fresh new website, if it has good typography, I'm hooked. A quick search on photo sharing site flickr.com for typography will bring an astounding list of results and some will leave you speechless. Check it out for yourself.
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=typography&w=all

May 21 st
Martin Design

The crisis of credit visualized

Jonathan Jarvis explores use of new media for part of his thesis work at the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

To quote Jonathan from his website...

"The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated."

In short, he has created a stunning piece of work carefully utilizing and maximizing his assets. Watch and enjoy.