That was the question Trokia + the BBC Electric Proms asked people during the festival last October. Selected SMS / Web submitted answers were projected onto a huge wall at the festival’s headline venue the Roundhouse, Camden.

Several festivals I’ve been to over the years have displayed sms messages from the crowd on screens that often sit next to stage. It does the job but lacks any integration with the event itself, which is why the wall at the electric proms worked so well. The typography and positioning of the text itself worked really well in the space and it provided good material for people to read while they were waiting for friends or queuing at the bar.’

Yasser Rashid, BBC Senior Interaction Designer, BBC Radio and Music Interactive

There is no gold, sliver and bronze to be awarded here - all three are absolute winners…

1. Stevie Gee + Big Active
I’ve finally tracked down the creators of the awesome artwork for the latest Athlete album.

2. Vampire Weekend
Punk / New Wave / Classical sounding stuff from New York based band that I have been very lucky to see play a couple of times recetnly.

3. ‘Put it Back’ Anthony Burrill exhibition at Concrete Hermit
I’m off to take a look later today - this has motivated me to finally get framed the rather confident AB print I brought earlier this year.

Last week I went to the D&AD Presidents lecture where straight talking, non computer using, rubbish collecting graphic designer Ivan Chermayeff took centre stage and shared stories from his 50 year (and still going strong) career in design. He showcased projects he was invloved in on behalf of his company Chermayeff & Gesimar, including brand identities, exhibition design, motion graphics and art in architecture. As you may expect it made for a very impressive and highly motivating evening.

Towards the end of the lecture he presented a selection of motion graphic projects his studio has produced, one of which was a project called ‘Logomotion’ where a selection of their identities are morphed in and out of each other, excerpts of which can be viewed here. This organic sequence of events reminded me of a little typographic place called Bembo’s Zoo. Enjoy.

Procrastination is sticking a pencil up your nose amongst other things in this great animated film by Johnny Kelly. I missed a screening of this at the London Animation Festival earlier this year, and now the internet has made my wish come true. Enjoy

It’s just starting to go moldy like a good bit of cheese incase you wondered, I guess we are all just super busy at the moment. This post is simple though, it’s about a great poster which you can buy from the internet. I have put my face back amongst the big www crowd recently so to speak with a selection of my work from the last 5 years. Enjoy!

Design studio Dixon and Baxi have uploaded some new work to their portfolio with a familiar bearded face for Nic, Rob, Si and I featured amongst the case studies. Go Model J!

She’s on her way, and looking fine…

… Before she’s ready for any kind of release she needs a bit more work. Meanwhile, though, I’m looking for beta testers in case people have some projects that might work as a test run. Drop me a line at sparky@ultrasparky.org if you’re interested.

Michael Bojkowski has a great portfolio and blog.

Loving the poster.

Can you recognize all the cult movie references in this brand new Christopher Lee poster? Send us an email at gallery1988@aol.com, listing all the references you can spot and we’ll pick a winner from the contestants who get the most correct! Winner to get a signed version (Chris Lee and maybe one of the icons seen on the poster to sign????) and elusive artist proofs of the CRAZY 4 CULT prints from Greg “Craola” Simkins and Matt Dangler.” The winner to get prizes by August 31.

Christopher Lee’s portfolio

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