Clean Graffiti
This is beautiful. Something that has been covered in dirt for years can become a work of art. Sound familiar?
HT: VLU
Filed under other, simplicity, video | Comment (1)TOGETHER with art
Catalyst posted a pretty cool invitation yesterday. Here is the low-down, create art that reflects “Together”. I am personally very excited to see how this looks. Everyone has their own art style, world view, and experience and I love to see companies harness that for a common good. My bible study has been going through Galatians, and yesterday we hit this section. That is what together means to me, Christ. 
Let me know what you think, I have not yet submitted it.
Filed under other, simplicity | Comments (10)What Lovely Design
Are you ready for some design hotness? I hope so, cause here it comes!
These taken from Dirty Mouse
This next one will need some explaining. Make sure you read this, awesome stuff.
On major streets and spaces throughout the city of Gothenburg a number of small brightly coloured houses appeared, featuring provocative statements about homelessness and the homeless. At each house the public were asked to critically respond to these statements with their own messages by writing on the houses using pens provided. The houses also contained lighting which would illuminate a pictogram of a homeless person at night.
The statements, written in both English and Swedish, were created to be deliberately inflammatory so they would receive the strongest possible responses. Featuring statements such as ‘It’s a person’s own fault that they are homeless’, ‘Homeless people don’t deserve sympathy’, ‘Homeless people shouldn’t be helped with public money’ and ‘Most homeless people are addicted to drugs or alcohol’ caused the public to react strongly on one side of each argument or the other.
The team hoped that the project could in some small way help to improve communication between homeless people and people with homes, closing the mental gap that exists between these two groups. By reading other peoples statements it was hoped people may begin to question their own views about homelessness.
These taken from Ad Blog Arabia
These taken from Advertising/Design Goodness
What I love about all these designs is the simplicity.
What I love about all of these designs is that the simplicity is powerful. These are all simple concepts but will make you stop and look. The items will make you think, and this is what the church needs to do. Make sure you check out all these blogs and be inspired.
Filed under design, simplicity | Comments (2)simplicity screams
In our world of buzz words, marketing trends and relevance, we can lose the simplicity of the biblical illustrations that we have been given. The bible uses 2 contrasting ideas to describe christian life—darkness and light, and death and life. These ideas can be understood by any culture, sex, race, or age at any period of time.
We were given the task to come up with a series design called “Come Alive” that focused on “ identity, freedom from sin, and power in Christ”. When we started reading the description of each week the image of Lazarus and the Widow’s Son came to our minds. When Jesus commanded Lazarus to “Come Alive” it was nonnegotiable, his eye’s were opened. When Christ calls us our eyes are opened, and we now live in the light. That was what inspired us with this art. The visual of a dead man opening his eyes again in world of darkness to see the light. We wanted the art to be so simple that the message would scream though it. The bible is filled with powerful, challenging, beautiful and simple messages that are sometimes best to be keep as is. Let the simplicity of scripture scream.
