Things that make Rory tick

Rory is a designer who works at OgilvyOne London as head of design. He likes to post things that may or may not include:

music, design, photography, art, digital media, social media, film, everyday snaps, inspirations from Africa, maybe some humour, a little politics...

...and he's bound to moan sometimes.

OK, quite a lot.

my outdated portfolio: create:liberate

My Flickr

Twitter: @rufeus

my old hub: rorycampbell.com


my neglected African creativity platform: Swikiri

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A sweet mural for Valentines Day by AM Collective

To celebrate Valentine’s, we at AM Collective decided to create an interactive art piece that hails love in all its shapes and forms. On Monday 13th, we were hosted at the wall of Village Underground in Shoreditch, where we graffitied the piece. With the shape of an anatomic heart from afar and made of numerous graphic hearts from up close, the wall gives people a platform to express their love, or lack thereof. Punters are encouraged to pick a particular heart to write within them, and slowly the piece becomes a fragmented book of many stories – almost like a cubicle toilet but a tad more romantic. Just like our beloved Shoreditch.

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Thanks to @bohellberg for the link

Thanks, Airside, for making the world of design, animation and music a happier place to be. You will be sorely missed. 1998-2012 RIP.

A farewell tribute to the design agency Airside who have announced that they will close in March 2012.

You can read more about Airside's history and story of their closing at Creative Review

A new identity for UK channel More4

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ManvsMachine and Channel 4's in-house agency, 4Creative have created a lovely new identity for More4 comprising hundreds of mechanical flippers. The identity is bursting with character which really comes to life when placed into real world environments and animated delicately for great effect.

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Go read more about the process on the Creative Review website where you can also see a fascinating "making of".

Wow. Wacom's Inkling allows you to capture what you draw on paper in a digital format.

If this works as well as they make out in the video then this is absolutely amazing. I will reserve my excitement until I've tried it out.

Read more about it at Tech Crunch

Nice use of 3D graphic elements and typography for this music video | by UFO

This type of music isn't my usual cup of tea (its not bad at least) but there's great use of graphic imagery and typography to compliment the upbeat energy of the track.

It has been created by French directing collective UFO which has an impressive set of work on its books.

Now you can tell your mum what you do: An Introduction to Graphic Design | Design Observer

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"Albert Einstein once said that the secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. So don’t ask us to explain how kerning works: just trust us."

The Design Observer is an valuable resource for all things design and what can be more valuable than a concise introduction to Graphic Design.

Print the article out and have it handy for Aunties and Uncles who still think you're either and "Artist" or simply "In Advertising".

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Transport For London, 2012 Olympic poster proposals | graphic minimalism illustrates motion

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"Ben Terrett over at Noisy Decent Graphics posted some great Olympics-related work by University College Falmouth student, Alan Clarke. Sadly, the proposed posters aren't set to be part of London 2012's official communications program. If only...

Clarke's work also forms part of UCF's new graphic design BA Hons website at fromfalmouth.co.uk."


More at Creative Review

Money Money Money: "Gettin' Money With a Mouse and a Wacom Pen" a funny design rap geek out.

"Fuck Comic Sans Fuck Papyrus, Too"

thanks to Jamie Romain for the tipoff