Archive for the ‘Art’ Category

Visualising empires’ decline

Visualizing empires decline from Pedro M Cruz on Vimeo.

I really enjoyed this project by Pedro M Cruz. Its mix of factual information and history with striking visual design captures all the things I like about data visualisation. Discovered on datavisualisation.ch – and best viewed full screen!

Curzon Cinemas website redesign

New look Curzon Cinemas website.

New look Curzon Cinemas website.

A couple of years ago I blogged about the Curzon Cinemas website, which I criticised for its unnecessary use of Flash. Well, I’m not sure how long ago it happened, but Curzon got a redesign, and it looks great:

  • Classy, unfussy typography and black and white core styling
  • Nice colour-coding for the 5 different cinemas
  • Nice, logical 3-column layout: listings on the left, description and video in the middle, stuff to catch your eye in the far right
  • Cufón custom font replacement
  • Stacks of javascript for Flash-like fade effects, AJAX-loading and showing/hiding elements

I also love the fact that each new release has a trailer embedded in the page. Excellent stuff.

Digital print

Photographing the digital print bureau at London College of Fashion threw up some interesting colours and shapes…

Digital Print Bureau 1
Digital Print Bureau 2
Digital Print Bureau 3

Chair art

My colleague Belinda May dreamt up the idea of creating some installation art in the main theatre of the Rootstein Hopkins Space at London College of Fashion. I borrowed a Canon Ixus and got stuck in.

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More on Belinda’s Flickr.