Archive for November, 2006

Some Photos from China

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Finally got around to uploading these things. So many to choose from… Here is my set on Flickr

Santos Job

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

It’s nice when every now and again, you get a job that really challenges you artistically. The following illustrations were conceptually developed with a group of Santos employees during a team building exercise. They had a ‘quality’ of Santos to describe, and it was my job to work with them to develop a visual way [...]

MPAA Ups the Anti-social Ante

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

There are times when you have to wonder why the copyrights holders are such arseholes – it’s not like they are suffering because they are all filthy rich. It’s like there is a competition on right now between the RIAA (music studios) and the MPAA (movie studios) for the crown of utter social bastardry. The [...]

Car Designers Suffer from Tremendous Stupidity and Too Much Money

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

I am a lover of innovation. A great idea will literally make my spine tingle – particularly in the areas of sustainable energy and resource usage. As a culture we look to the greatest of all manufacturers (car manufacturers) to see how as a species we will be able to sustain our happy existence on [...]

The Beauty of Society

Monday, November 27th, 2006

During my recent visit to Beijing, my brother, Ian, and I visited a health spa after going out to dinner at an interesting Turkish themed restaurant called ’1000 Arabian Nights’, replete with a belly dancer floor show. The health spa was very nice. We indulged in my brother’s favourite therapy – sitting in nice recliners, [...]

Bill Gates – The God of Computers

Friday, November 17th, 2006

I really just adore reading interviews people have will Bill Gates. He is so far from being a visionary I have to chortle every time he makes an off-handed remark about Microsoft or the industry, or his competitors. Today was one of those days, I just had to show you this quote from Bill which [...]