Yesterday I had the joy of assisting Andrew in painting a piece of street art in Masiphumelele.
It was fun listening as people passed by wondering what we were painting, and to help answer any questions they had.
By the end we had attracted a group of kids who took it in turns to exclaim “reech een lauve!”
Visit Andrew’s site here: www.selahmade.com
My best man, Dave, has submitted one of his illustrations to Threadless (the t-shirt company). Go vote for it so that it stands a chance of getting printed!
The past few weeks I’ve been at work on a couple of different projects, two of which I’m excited to tell you about:
For a while I’ve dreamed of setting up a site that will act as a source for information on Human Trafficking and Fair Trade, telling stories as well as offering ways to take action. A few months ago, after a little brainstorming with some friends (thanks Mark), I purchased the makethingsfair.com domain name. I hope that it will become a valuable resource and a place for sharing ideas and activities.
If you care about these issues, please show your support by:
Click here to visit Make Things Fair
The website of my web design and development company, Looks Can Kill, hasn’t changed much since I first started the company back in 2005. I wanted to freshen it up, and to integrate it with WordPress, in the hope of expanding my portfolio offering, and having a place to file web related blog posts.
Click here to visit Looks Can Kill
Sometimes things just happen without you noticing and only later do you notice their absence.
This morning as I was being surprisingly productive (considering that my prime work capacity peaks at around 4pm), I remembered abriefmessage.com, the wonderful collaboration of Khoi Vinh and Liz Danzico and the fact that the site has been inactive for months (last article: 24th March 2008).
The concept was simple:
A Brief Message features design opinions expressed in short form. Somewhere between critiques and manifestos, between wordy and skimpy, Brief Messages are viewpoints on design in the real world. They’re pithy, provocative and short — 200 words or less.
And the illustrations and variation in page layout inspiring:
But sadly it seems to have fallen by the wayside.