Where the wild things are

New offical trailer

The Ten Commandments

Dieter Rams was considered to be the precursor to Jonathan Ive of Apple Design fame.

For those that haven't seen some of the design blogs over the last few years, Dieter Rams was the head designer of Braun Electronics. Looking at some of his products may remind some of you about certain current Apple products. However Dieter's products were designed almost 30 years before the current batch of Apple goodies.

Take a look here to see some examples of the similarities and a bit more about him and Jonathan Ive.

Anyway the reason why i mention this, was because i recently came across Dieter Rams Ten Commandments of Good Design.
For those that read my earlier post on good product design, this reinforces the thought and effort that goes into creating good design.

Read the commandments here.

For Art's Sake

What promises to be an interesting concept.
Antony Gormley of 'Angel of the North' and 'Another Place' fame is in the process of recruiting members of the public for his latest art piece.

The premise this time is to use one of the empty plinth's in London's Trafalgar Sq to display his work. Not at all unusual you might say.
However, he is asking members of the public to stand on the plinth for an hour at a time for 24hours and over 100 days.
Or as they put it -
"Every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days without a break beginning on 6th July, a different person will make the Plinth their own - an uninterrupted succession of 2400 volunteers creating a unique portrait of the UK in the 21st century."

Volunteers can do what ever they want during their hour on the plinth (I predict a couple of marketing firms will be on to this). It sounds like an interesting premise and certainly seems to link in with the current mass art / flash mob work which seems popular at the moment.

For more info and if you want to volunteer, check the website