more design for screen, a nation of shopkeepers

was looking for something decent to do tonight so started trawling round a few websites....nation of shopkeepers is always pretty nice so i ended up on their website, ended up on their art page which I haven't looked at before. some pretty neat stuff....didn't end up going out in the end, sadly. saved the money and done some blogging instead.

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/5522753" width="400" height="320" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5522753">Wilhelm The Maker</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/hancherhudson">Adam Hancher &amp; Jack Hudson</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

adam hancher and jack hudson. a proper quirky animation, pretty haunting, even though the illustration style isn't really anything I haven't seen before. cute though....thought provoking and whatnot.



a nice bit of type by Come de Bouchony, a frenh graphic designer. I don't know what it means but the combination of a unique typeface with a subtle use of photography is really nice, a style that seem relatively unexplored in the field of typography.



Julien Vallee - Montreal. "Julien likes to use physical image making well endorsed by the various technological tools available in order to the bridge the gap between physical and virtual art." sweet. seems like everyone's ideal output, particularly among the artists and designers feature on nation of shopkeeper's showreel. once again it's nothing I haven't seen before but it is slightly more edgy than your average analogue x digital crossover design of this style. I honestly can't envision how it would be possible to make this sort of thing but I'm pretty set on learning how to at some point. 



all the art and design displayed on the website reflect's the bar's quirky and alternative nature. it makes me want to go there now and sit around and do some drawings and drink, so from a business angle it is obviously a success. I'm not the biggest fan of the actual artwork, I'm more fascinated at how well it reflects the venue's vibes of edgy creativity. I'd be well happy to see my work amongst all these though, as anyone would. It'd be nice to see more and different kinds of bars and venues place a greater emphasis on the artwork that it inspires, rather than your average printed canvases or standard back-lit walls of type or whatever.