Stephen Kelleher

face1.jpgName: Stephen Kelleher
What: Art Direction, Design & Illustration
Company: Freelance
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Born: 10.03.80
Looking at: Charley Harper - An Illustrated Life
Listening to: Gary Wilson, Sun Kil Moon, John Martyn
Link: www.frankenstyles.com

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Brad Bird on Fostering Innovation

barrat_01.jpgThe Director at Pixar, Brad Bird answers some questions on creativity and innovation…

Brad Bird: When I entered Disney, it was like a classic Cadillac Phaeton that had been left out in the rain… The company’s thought process was not, “We have all this amazing machinery—how do we use it to make exciting things? We could go to Mars in this rocket ship!” It was, “We don’t understand Walt Disney at all. We don’t understand what he did. Let’s not screw it up. Let’s just preserve this rocket ship; going somewhere new in it might damage it.”

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Jan Feliks Kallwejt

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The name is Jan Feliks Kallwejt. An illustrator and graphic designer currently based in Warsaw.

In An ABSOLUT World

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Global campaign from ABSOLUT; In An ABSOLUT World.

The multifaceted initiative is based on the premise of what life might be like ‘in an absolute world’. At its core are a series of visions on a dedicated website where visitors can vote for their favourite, the top pick of which will be later realised. The site – www.inanabsolutworld.com.au also houses the new cinema ads which are screening now and the print campaign for later in the year.

Studio Output

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Studio Output has just updated their website with loads of new projects, for clients including BBC 1Xtra, Ministry of Sound, BBC Sport and JuSt Another Rich Kid.

Emil Kozak

thum-emil.jpgName: Emil Kozak
What: Design and artsy shit
Company: Freelance
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Born: 30/10 1980
Looking at: The Blow up books by Keiichi Tanaami
Listening to: Descendents, Somery
Link: www.emilkozak.com

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Morten Rowley

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Australian Motion designer and concept artist, Morten Rowley is in New York City as senior motion designer and director for Tronic Studios

Sean Freeman - There is

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There is - Sean Freeman works are energetic and type oriented

Miss Alphabet

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Miss Alphabet and more by Sheriff

Invisible Creature

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Brotherly design duo of Don and Ryan Clark (co-founders of Asterik Studio) have given birth to an Invisible Creature

HBO Intro: Behind the Scenes

A Behind-the-scenes docu on how the “HBO Starship” intro from the 1980’s was created. Taped off HBO in 1983 and captured from an old VHS tape.

Fiodor Sumkin

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Editorial Illustration by Fiodor Sumkin

Gestalten.tv is live

David O’Reilly is a recent interview feature

Gestalten is proud to announce the launch of Gestalten.tv which is a new platform that offers a selection of high quality moving image material including podcasts, film projects and products.

Mistake the Beautiful

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Mistake the Beautiful is a young experimental design studio in Portland, Oregon

Josh Cochran

thum-josh.jpgName: Josh Cochran
What: illustrator
Company: Freelance
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Born: October 24, 1979
Looking at: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis and Wired Magazine
Listening to: The Field, M83, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Juno Soundtrack
Link: www.joshcochran.net

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