October 01, 2009

Daft Punk slick finally!


This is seriously the first image of daft punk that is actually making use of their cool costumes that is not blurry or obscured. They actually look really epic here. Very Dark, just the way I like it! There is something right about the idea of robots making repetitive dance music.

September 04, 2009

Aura Television


Almost forgot about Philips ambilight televisions. It's aura TV, looks pretty swish!

September 02, 2009

Finally the Auras

Behold the auras trend! I refer to this trend as the auras trend because generally there tends to be a glow or aura of light present in the frame. Sometimes this is a point of light and other times it is more general.
From the cinematic of assasin's creed 2

You can see the carefull lighting here


From the Music video "Bullet Proof" which also has shards in it




Before the Worst music video. Quite dramatic auras here




And some other sleezy music video I saw




Killzone 2 Has some interesting auras, as you turn your characters view around you can see the purpleish glow the sun gives off here

World Of Warcraft Litch King, far more subtle but certainly there


Wall-e made use of it too

......and me of course : P












AND MORE SHARDS


Well looks like melbourne's trains are to be decked out in shards as well.....looks good. The logo is nice, clear links to transportation. It all looks fresh. But like any shard design you have to wonder, for how much longer...

August 22, 2009

Shards still going Strong


Was watching video hits (which I don't do often for the record! :-P) and I saw this new video for the song Bullet Proof by La Roux. Shards trend represented nicely here. It is actually quite a nice video really. Lots of tricky multimedia, softshaded CG and.....Auras, auras is another trend I'll talk about soon....it is a b it harder to prove. SO I am still collecting evidence of this one.

August 02, 2009

Myki things everywhere, they're ugly

These have been popping up everywhere now. Instead of going for
something far more slick (like a flat steel look or something :-p).
They just don't look cool or evil enough, new things should look evil,
like the new convention centre, slick but evil. Not angry enough lol.
Too bubbly, too kiddy, too 90's.

Interestingly I noticed this one seems to be active unlike the rest.

August 01, 2009

Trendspotting : Shards Trend

I have been seeing a lot of this trend in the last year or so. SHARDS, hard edges with sharp points. It is everywhere, even the new city of Melbourne logo. I do like the trend....but it is bordering on overuse I would say at this point. Check out the shards in the background, definitely very 2000 & late....ugh did I say that?
The convention Centre is the Shards trend applied to a building both inside and outside. Quite sharp I might add, I like it.






Timerland, JT and Madonna got in on it too! as they try to outrun the x-ray shards?






And the Shard phone of course

SO where do we go from here guys? What's cool after shards?!