Eyes

I've just seen this on Lance Armstrong's twitter feed. A really astounding installation. I especially love the train. I think all train operators could do something similar to liven up normally boring looking carriages.

I also heart the duel purpose in that the canvases are waterproof so provide shelter and not just a pretty picture. With the likes of Google Earth emerging, I could see this art application taken to giant scales.

To see the full installation of the eyes of Kenya's women, click here.
Learn more about the French artist JR here.

Please Vote!

Ok, this is a shameless plug (plea). The marketing agency I work for, Haygarth, has entered the UK Creative Challenge. We've entered some cracking creative that's currently cruising the streets of London on the side of its iconic red buses.

If we win the first round, we're entered into the Grand Prix after which the winner will be decided. Strangely, in the first round our creative is against our second entry. I'm massively biased as I work on the Majestic Wine account (seriously, they're an awesome client. An agencies dream - I'm not paid to say this!) but it's up to you to decide which you prefer.

We had great fun coming up with the final Majestic route (excuse the pun).

Obviously, if you don't think it deserves a vote, then don't vote. I want votes for great creative, not persuasion.

Thanks for your time. I'll keep you updated on the results.

Vote here - UK Creative Challenge

Eyebrow Disco

This is the 3rd in the series of weird, wacky and quite honestly, wonderful Cadbury ads. Ok, Trucks wasn't great but anything that followed the award winning Cadbury Gorilla was never going to be as good or liked.

I love this new one. Especially the girl. She makes it in my opinion. I love the naughty innocence.

My favourite part is when the little girl 'scratches' with the balloon. Genius!

Durex Balloon Animals

I thought this would be a really good Monday laugh. Good way to start the week. I would love to some day work on a brand such as Durex where you can really push the boundaries. As this ad does.

I heart it a lot. The squeaks, expressions, etc. It all works brilliantly.

Stay safe.

(If you work for a bank, Government Department, etc, you may want to to wait until you get home to watch this. There's no nudity and it's really tastefully done but in this crazy world, you never know what can get you sacked for.)

BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition

After a VERY long training run this morning, we decided to join some friends in going to view the above mentioned photoraphy exhibition at the lovely Natural History Museum. To view the exhibition costs £7.50, but believe me, it's worth every single penny.

The images, all displayed in amazing lightboxes, are mind blowing. The dedication and passion shown in taking each of the photos is phenomenal.

All the images are viewable online but seriously, if you've got a spare chance to go and see them in the flesh, you certainly won't regret it. I could kick myself for not going last year.

Here are a few of my favourites - 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5.

Do Lectures Video

The Do Lectures 2008 from The DO Lectures on Vimeo.

I've already talked about my Do Lectures experience here. A summary video of the lectures has just been made. Watch it. Please watch it. And hopefully after watching it, it'll inspire you to watch a couple of the actual lectures.

Thinking back to the five wonderful days always makes me smile : )

Come Back of the Year

In six days time, at the Tour Down Under, Lance starts his come back to international racing. I'm sure he's hoping it'll end on the last weekend of July with an eighth Tour title. Time will only tell. Who knows if he'll even get to the start line?

I've been following his twitter feed and it's really cool to be able to get a close insight into what he's up to. Today he posted photos of his new Trek for the Tour Down Under. It's an absolute beauty.

Just like his final Tour TT bike, his new one has codes and numbers that relate to his passion, motivation and the like.

According to the visible numbers on his bike, the 1274 is the number of days since his last pro race and the 27.5 is roughly the 27.5 million people globally that have passed away from cancer in that time. Moving stuff. I maybe be wrong with the story behind each number so drop me a line if you find out anything different.