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Nick Walker | Cardinal Sinister | London
With tensions rising in regard to Pope Benedict XVI’s arrival in London this week, this rather excellent stencil portrait of the Pope stroking a fluffy white cat a la Blofeld appeared opposite the Royal Albert Hall in the early hours this morning | The image, entitled Cardinal Sinister was created by artist Nick Walker who, as well as alligning himself with the views of those planning to Protest The Pope in a march and rally due to take place on Saturday, has a solo show coming up in London’s Art Sensus gallery – the PR of which will no doubt be helped by any controversy this new Pope portrait may stir up and boobosh can’t resist a good bit of propaganda | This painting will provoke more people to question The Pope’s visit than a thousand protest leaflets could ever do. It crosses all language barriers to deliver the message. Absolutely brilliant! | This painting will provoke more people to question The Pope’s visit than a thousand protest leaflets could ever do! | Walker’s gallery show In Gods We Trust will run from October 13th to November 27th at Art Sensus (formerly Orel Art), 7 Howick Place, London SW1P 1BB | web.mac.com/nickwalkerz
eBay | Inside the box | Re-usable Shipping Box
eBay has launched launched their re-usable shipping box with space inside for sellers to leave messages for their shipment’s recipient | The online trading network must be responsible for a significant proportion of the world’s Jiffy Bag and parcel tape sales, so it makes sense for it to get involved in finding a greener alternative, particularly if that alternative is also a marketing vehicle for the brand and very swish looking to boot | Inside the box, which was designed by San Francisco studio Office, white spaces are left for shippers to write messages to recipients and as the box is re-used, these spaces will tell the story of its various journeys | There are also printed pointers on ways to re-use materials such as old phone books for packing and the boxes are designed to minimise the use of tape | The idea for the box came out of eBay’s Innovation Expo, which it holds each spring as a forum for employees to develop prototypes for new products and ‘breakthrough innovations’ | The box is made from recycled, FSC-approved cardboard, was launched at the company’s On Location event in San Jose last week | eBay will manufacture 100,000 in three sizes as a pilot programme and to get hold of the boxes, users must sign up with the eBay Green Team | http://www.ebaygreenteam.com/ | Good timing this little innovation as boobosh® have been ‘thinking packaging’…
We Are Plus | The Magical Classroom™
A rather nice piece of ‘blu-esque’ animation from We Are Plus that was commissioned to demonstrate the potential of interactive classroom white boards | The advert will be released in seven languages over the next few months to promote the SMART Board | At the end of the advert, viewers are asked to nominate an inspirational teacher in order to win a SMART Interactive Whiteboard to donate to a school of their choice | Our daughter’s school has these in every classroom, and to be honest, they need to be introduced into every school | http://uk.smartloveoflearning.com/
Nike78 Project | Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo LAB
NIKE78 is an exciting new project created by Paul Jenkins and inspired by NIKE | Creatives involved received a brand new pair of NIKE shoes and were asked to use sport as inspiration to challenge their function |Aan exhibition showcase is planned for the London Design Festival 2010 | This is a unique project featuring some of the most talented creative individuals, studios and other organisations | Design above by Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo LAB | See www.nike78.co.uk for further info and designs
Mildred | The Amazing Surfing Sheep
Mildred | The amazing surfing sheep | Spokesheep for Cornish surfwear brand Finisterre | Their motto ‘Doing clever things with wool’ | Mildred is a Bowmont – a rare breed of British sheep that Finisterre has been attempting to revive in order to reduce its reliance on imported Merino wool for its clothing.
Wallpaper* Handmade Exhibition | Brioni House | Milan
Exhibited over four floors of the Brioni house in Milan for 3 days | Celebrating the marriage of craftsmanship and design and featured a selection of specially made furniture, fittings, foodstuffs and fashionable items created by a host of designers and manufacturers | Including…
- Architects Carmody Groarke, Todd Saunders, and Amanda Levete
- Fashion brand Kostas Murkudis
- Coffee makers Stumptown Coffee
- Graphic designers Peter Saville and Darren Wall
- Illustrator Kam Tang
However, for me it is all about the invitations | Designed and printed by Kelvyn Smith | Washi paper provided by Winged Wheel
