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iToor

Off on holiday on Friday.  Starting off in Glasgow so thought I'd kick-off with an iToor.

They say, "Do you want to tap into the essence of a city? Delve into the spirit of a community? Grasp the magic of a particular street? Comprehend the legacy of a particular structure?...[itoors acts as] your personal escort, your friend with the inside scoop, your portal to travel as an artform."

Beyond the flowery language you get high quality, relavant travel programmes on your mp3 player, for a whole range of cities, with content from carefully chosen sponsors.

For Glasgow there are 2 iToors that both sound great.

They also have a nice set of del.icio.us links.

Interesting2007

I went to Interesting2007 on the weekend. You can read all about it in Russell Davies Blog. It was, well, very interesting and a nice breathe of fresh air.

My favourite talk was Jack Schulze on comic book meta/design.  You can read the transcript here and here a screen grab of part of it...

I like the way he goes on to talk about "imagery which knows it's part of a substrate: it understands that it's part of the object which it's on."  This is so awesome. Shamelessly ripping off more examples from his talk...

Eye-candy

This is a stunning stopmotion video, well worth waiting the 5-8 minutes it takes to load. 

Great use of typography and the editing is razor sharp.

Music is by The Softlights, and the video was made by Kris Moyes. 

Via noisydecentgraphics

Take your mind on a walk

The creative briefing process at work is changing, and I've been thinking a little about inspiration. 

I love this API - flickr browser via tags. It's wonderful to get lost in and generates instant 'moodboards' off your initial keyword search, from images that 'normal' people associate with that word (rather than an account team that barely leave their office). 

The field of tags surrounding your initial search generates a mass of associations you might not have thought of, and that are fascinating to wander down.  I think it's a much richer experience for creatives than the typical moodboard, though rather less controllable!