Designer Transforms old Skateboards into unique guitars and bass. San Francisco-based design student Nick Pourfard from Prisme Guitars, designs guitars out of old skateboards and makes a unique design. All of them are handcrafted by the self-taught woodworker Nick, and he uses from four to 44 skateboards in the creation of one guitar. Famous bands that uses these instruments are among Walk Off the Earth and Steve Harris of Iron Maiden who has a unique bass from Prisme Guitars.
Spontaneous street art by Brad Downey. I heard he is inspired by Duchamp using Dadaism to minimalism constellations. Very interesting way of communicating things that we take for granted og just changing our everyday landscapes into something new…
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Brands can use the ‘sharded self’ trend positivelyThanks to the internet, everyone has a voice. But it’s not always the nicest voice: “There are a lot of trolls out there,” pointed out Walker.One trend seen in the work submitted to this year’s D&AD Awards is that brands are starting to reformulate the negativity into a positive message. A standout project mentioned by both The Future Laboratory and the White Pencil panel was This Is Wholesome by Honey Maid, a traditional American snack brand that wanted to reposition itself as progressive.Last year, Honey Maid launched a bold campaign featuring divorced, interracial and same-sex families. It brought the company a lot of attention – not all of it good. So this year, the brand responded to its trolls with another ad juxtaposing the hate with the love.It took the negative tweets, printed them and made an instalation that spelled ‘love’, which it surrounded with positive tweets [above]. “If you want to be relevant, you have to be able to exist in the world that’s happening around you,” said Google Creative Lab executive creative director Steve Vranakis, who was on the White Pencil jury.
This is an interesting blog post I saw about 12 inspiring art directors you should follow on Instagram. Do you need inspiration and are you tired of only seeing selfies on Instagram? Find new people to follow here – you can read more below. Follow me myself and I on (warning: som occasional selfies might appear): Designer & Tech guru, Mark Barner on Instagram
Want to source more daily aesthetic inspiration? Look no further than the digital visual diaries of these 12 top creatives.
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