Fridays@4 – swimming sloth
You might still be working this late on a Friday but I think this guy has a much longer way to go than you. Enjoy one of natures strangest sights.
De Villiers Venter’s peculiar jewellery
De Villiers Venter originally wanted to study graphic design but after being turned away due to an already full class, he found himself in a Jewellery Design course at Stellenbosch University. He ended up completing his 4 year BA degree.
Calling himself a shameless low art kind of guy, the inspiration for his out of the ordinary designs come from pulp horror fiction, sci-fi monsters, nature documentaries on deep sea creatures and the gothic world of Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft. Read more…
Okapi campaign shoot
Andrew Verster-Cohen (Photographer and Director of Bigsky Productions CPT) recently shot this campaign for the launch of Hanneli Rupert’s luxury handbag label Okapi. The inspiration for the Okapi launch campaign came from the famous works of painter JW Waterhouse.
Other Credits:
Model – Gaye McDonald from Vision Models
Hair & Make-up – Robyn Nissen
Photographer’s assistants – Ernst Heusser and Matt Thomas
Retouching – Matt Thomas
Okapi is due to launch in October. Read more…
Desmond Louw Photographers
Desmond Louw Photographers are Desmond Louw & Antonia Heil. They shoot weddings, engagements, families, cars, motorbikes, products, musicians and simple lifestyle-shoots. When looking through their online gallery of photographs you’ll find that they like to shake things up. No ordinary wedding picture set up or studio portrait passes through the lens. They call their style fun pictures. Read more…
The Butcher’s FRIDAY CUT!
Morning guys! I have an absolute cracker this morning. It’s a foot tapping, head bobbing winner of a Friday Cut. So I hope its enough to kick off your Friday with a bang. Enjoy!
CLICK HERE to downlaod the Friday Cut. WHOOP!
Savanna tactical also spotted on IOL
Nice online tactical banner from Quirk on an IOL article.
DraftFCB is responsible for the creative – check out the original print ad here.
On the digital side, the credits go to:
Andre Britz (Head of Display Media)
Blaize Windsheffel (Designer & Web Developer)
Charl van Rooyen (eMarketing Producer)
News from Springleap
For their latest competition, Springleap asked its community for T-shirt designs inspired by Evolution. “We got way more than we ever expected! We counted the votes, and have crowned sebasebi as Springleap’s latest winner. This super-talented designer is from Argentina and is 926,504,884 seconds young. His designs have been a hit with the Springleap community, and we have a feeling he’s just getting warmed up!” This is what the sebasebi had to say about his design ‘Evolution?’ above, “Nothing has changed in thousands of years; man gets the power through violence. Hope you like it”
Springleap is also running a winter special on Tiger Hug hoodies by SA illustrator Colwyn Thomas
Read more…
Thesis Social Jam Session this weekend
Hip Hip Hoooray! Thesis Social Jam Session is turning two years. Yes it’s only been two years it feels like we’ve been jamming a life time. From the early days when we jammed inside Thesis Concept Store, to yesterday when we jammed outside and braving the winter blues, to today when we are lounging in couches with heaters and stretch marquees with the “never compromising” good music. It’s been a great journey.
Happening every first Sunday of the month, at Mofolo Village in Soweto with music as the foundation, The DJ booth has been endowed by big guns and prominent contests from DJ Oil(France), Kid Fonque, The Wedding DJs, DJ Mdoo, Nathi Quwe, Music At Last, Paledi; The Layders; PO(US) and now Kenzhero. Live performances; breed intensity between the crowd and performers. The best performances by Motlatsi; Future History; The Name Is Taken; Dirty Paraffin; Babu; P2DHI(US); Reebirth; Mnandi Blues & the list goes on and on and on. Read more…
Savanna gets tactical
DRAFTFCB Cape Town made use of the hype about missing tiger Panjo for a tactical ad for one of their clients, Savanna.
They say, ‘With all the hype in the press and on TV news about Panjo the missing Bengal Tiger, we couldn’t let this golden opportunity pass us by. This began virally and has appeared as a banner on all IOL’s stories relating to the tiger.’
Writer: André de Wet
Art Director: Declan Sharp
ECD: Glynn Venter
Creative Chairman: Francois de Villiers
Latest news is that Panjo has been found.
Word on the street: Banksy in Africa
The guys at We-Are-Awesome got the scoop on legendary and anonymous street artist Banksy’s visit to Africa. I thought I’d repost the news just in case you missed it on their site yesterday. Apparently the artworks were done earlier this year in Mali stretching from Bamako to Timbuktu. Rumours are circulating that he has also been in Cairo. There was some speculation that it was an admirer of his style that created the pieces rather than Banksy himself. But the work being uploaded onto his site has been taken as confirmation that it is really him. See here. The Peaches Geldof one is a personal favourite but news is that it has been partially painted over and tagged by more than a few local artists trying to claim it as theirs.
Thanks WAA for the lead!
