Dan Witz, street art.

All (known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in Diameter.

Indoor climbing wall by Nendo.

Joris laarman’s superb BoneChair.

Its getting harder and harder to disavow things.
A cursory internet search brings back long forgotten memories…
Your flickr photos, the blog, the newspaper article, the frat party, the job search, etc, etc.

The “always recording” society we live in now is out of touch with the realities of being human.
Everyone has done things they regret, and it shouldn’t be something that tarnishes your record.

Own up to the life you live, and hypocrisy will be left without a job.
An open, more diverse, and richer society will creep from the cracks, where individuality will be more highly valued.

The “McMurdo panorama” in QTVR.

Taken this morning after following an Instructables tutorial on how to take infrared photos with some negative film.

I want to make artwork that makes people question their own lives, rather than give them any answers. Because answers always turn out to be wrong further down the line, but questions are exciting forever.

Enlightening interview with Damien Hirst.

Now I know I am not the only freak who wears earplugs regularly…

The evolution of Speech-balloons.

A highway loop just for the sake of art.
We need more of this!

Zefrank’s final episode of The Show…
What an awesome year, thanks Ze!

Ring the bell, people part. Excellent.

The first smiley.

Shot wax figures, or so I assume.

Golf, guns, inventions and mullets: The Golf Ball Launcher
Looks like fun…

Practice makes perfect
Creativity, like everything comes with practice; being creative is no exception.

Relax
Breathe slowly, try to clear your head.
Distractions take up bandwidth, get rid of them.

Change the scenery
Leave your desk
Fill the bathtub and take a notebook.
Lie on the floor or on the sofa.
Whatever rocks your boat, just leave the place you usually use to work.

See it
Before you break out the pencil and paper try to focus on the goal you are trying to accomplish.
Visualize it, move it, rotate, add parts and take away.
Solve the problem in your head.

Brain dump
Write down everything. Don’t give it meaning or hierarchy.

Change the view
Turn it upside down, close one eye, squint, view it sideways.

Cross pollinate
Bring knowledge and concepts from other activities into your thought process.
Use themes out of context.

Avoid stimulants, they clutter your thoughts with gibberish.

If all else fails,let it go
Leave, take a walk, read a book chosen by somebody else, or watch that movie you’ve been avoiding.
When you stop pressuring yourself, ideas just pop into your head.
That’s why it’s so important to carry a notebook with you at all times.
Some of the best ideas and concepts have left my head never to come back again.
Write it down!

The most important thing
Break all the rules mentioned above.

Cool gallery of laser engraved skates.

Selected work from the portfolio of Nik Ainley.