Archive for September 2008
Sleep & Creativity
Posted by: darkchyld on: September 30, 2008
Two very interesting article on sleep and creativity. One is about how cognitive performance can be improved just by sleep alone and the other is about the paradoxical traits of a creative personality.
On Sleep:
“Sleep makes a unique contribution,” explains Mark Jung-Beeman, a psychologist at Northwestern University who studies the neural bases of insight and creative [...]
Show of Talent – Creativity & Penguin
Posted by: darkchyld on: September 30, 2008
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A book cover contest to unearth a new generation of talented book cover designers based Sam Taylor’s upcoming novel The Island at the End of the World was organized by Creativity and Penguin. Some of my favourite designs are #02, #03, #19, #21 & #25. For the rest of the designs you can find them here together with the rationale behind [...]
Nest 8 Kitchenware
Posted by: darkchyld on: September 27, 2008
Designed by the very talented Morph duo Bill Holding and Ben Cox for Joseph Joseph this mix of colorful nonslip mixing bowls, measuring cups, colander and a sieve can be nested together for efficient storage. Check out the other beautiful kitchen and table-ware on the Joseph Joseph site too.
Sukiyaki Western Django
Posted by: darkchyld on: September 26, 2008
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Upcoming film release directed by famous Japanese auteur Takashi Miike about some samurai cowboy featuring Quentin Tarantino. With Miike on the helm surely you would know what is about to come. This movie is going to be pumping your adrenaline with it’s surreal kinetic action. There will be blood if you get what I mean. [...]
The Ark Film
Posted by: darkchyld on: September 25, 2008
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“An unknown virus has destroyed almost the entire human population. Oblivious to the true nature of the disease, the only remaining survivors escape to the sea. In great ships, they set off in search of uninhabited land. So begins the exodus, led by one man… “
A short animated film by Grzegorz Jonkajtys [...]
Reverie by Vincent Laforet
Posted by: darkchyld on: September 25, 2008
This short video was shot by the amazing photographer Mr. Vincent Laforet and a small team of friends within the 72 hours that they had this little monster. Amazing high definition footage captured under the terribly harsh low lighting conditions yet yielding some really great HD footages that will make you drool, lust and probably even kill [...]
La Familia by Mike O’Meally
Posted by: darkchyld on: September 24, 2008
A black and white documentation of young amateur boxers. Raw and uncut, brilliant photography by Mike O’Meally. Purchase available at UNDFTD e-store from Sept. 27th onwards
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Flickr Photos
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Alfie Goodrich
- Ingrid in Yoyogi Park; Tokyo December 18, 2009Did a lesson with a new student yesterday, who wanted to learn a little about shooting people, mixing a little flash with ambient light and just generally getting to know his camera better. Ingrid - model and photography student - teamed-up with us for the lesson, to do some posing for us and to do a little shooting of her own. I like this one. We managed to […]
Joe McNally
- Whadja Do This Weekend? December 14, 2009For me, it was a shoot fest. I was part of a three shooter team that went in on an event this weekend and just didn’t stop. Collectively, shot roughly 265 gigs. I’m knackered, so not much of a blog for Monday, but will catch up a bit by mid week. Just got word, actually via [...]
Jeff Staple
- SITE MOVE. July 18, 2009I'm torn to say that To Darrin Hudson will be shutting down.I've made the decision to move everything to a centralized www.stapledesign.com website. The new Staple Design website will encompass my blog, my Twitter Feed, the Design Studio, the Clothing Collection, Reed Space, Reed Pages...basically the whole Staple Universe! So while I have loved To […]
The Hundreds
- LEMME PUT YOU ON THE GAME. December 18, 2009Black Wall Street meets Wall Street, home of The Hundreds HeadQuarters. The Game and I talking about fashion and snowboarding. He’s been down with The Hundreds for years, so don’t be surprised to see him here. The Game’s also an avid rider, I’ve yet to go up this season, but hopefully we fix that [...]
