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Driven by data: McLaren's new site

Mar 12, 2010 9:47am

Maybe it's the ungainly shadow cast by Jeremy Clarkson but the world of motorsport wouldn't be the first place we would look for stylish graphic design. A new site for F1 team McLaren Mercedes proves us wrong...

Dog Days Are Over

Mar 12, 2010 3:28am

Directing team Legs channels the fashionable shamanic vibe in this video for Florence and The Machine's Dog Days Are Over......

Being a hipster doesn't always make you happy

Mar 11, 2010 3:57am

It was never too soon for little Serge to learn the dulcet tones of his namesake Unhappy Hipsters is a tumblr blog that's kept us highly amused for the last few days. Featuring imagery culled from various interiors magazines, it suggests that concrete floors, Eames chairs and moustaches don't always equate...

The Small Apple

Mar 11, 2010 3:51am

We've seen tilt-shift photography projects aplenty over the last few years, but The Sandpit – a time lapse, tilt-shift film of New York life by Sam O'Hare – caught our eye this week......

YouTube and creative suicide

Mar 11, 2010 3:20am

By purloining ideas from YouTube, ad creatives are conspiring in their own extinction, says 'Gordon Comstock'...

Face Off

Mar 10, 2010 9:20am

This delightful music video comes from new director Tom Kingsley, and was directed for Barcelona-based band Mujeres as part of the Diesel U Music project, which supports new talent in music and filmmaking......

The new look BJP

Mar 9, 2010 6:44am

The British Journal of Photography relaunched last week with an extensive redesign. It's much improved but does it rise to the editor's own challenge of becoming a beautiful photographic magazine?...

Heavy Pencil x 2

Mar 9, 2010 3:05am

This week sees not one but two Heavy Pencil (in association with the ICA) events – where some of London's most in-demand illustrators draw live to a soundtrack provided by DJs and live acts......

iGlass mate? That'll be extra

Mar 8, 2010 9:50am

Initially, we were a tad sceptical about the usability of the iPad. Then we saw Apple's first ad for it and realised that you simply need to place a sheet of glass in between your lap and the device. Easy......