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Sanky
Guest Posting 15 - 18 December 2009
Sanky is one of the five partners at AllofUs, an interactive design agency that looks at how technology can work with other creative disciplines. His daily role as art director has him casting an eye over all projects whilst also working closely with specific clients on creative direction, branding strategy and new business ideas. He also still gets his hands dirty and knuckles down with pencils and software.
Having worked on projects for the likes of Creative Review, Nike, TBWA, GGT, Stella McCartney, The Design Museum, Sky, Sony, Universal Music, Channel 4 and many others it’s clear he know’s what he’s doing as a ‘specialist electronic graphic designer’ (see below). As if that isn’t enough he is also the deputy president of D&AD and is currently (trying) to research a novel.
What have you got planned this week?
Building a wardrobe, dinner with former dandad presidents, buying flights to ny for valentines, wearing santa hats as much as possible.
What do your parents think you do?
Wednesday 2nd December, 11.26 am
Me “Hi dad, it’s Simon”
Pater “Hello, hello, hello, hellooooo, who’s that… oh hello Simon…” (I’m on my mobile and so is he..?)
Me “Dad, I’ve been asked what my parents think I do”
Pater “Not alot”
Me “Thats’s not funny”
Pater “Hahaha, you mean work yes..?”
Me “Yes”
Pater “When I tell people what you do I say you’re a specialist electronic graphic designer”
Me “Hahahahahahhahahahahahah…perfect”
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Who do you look like?
Moira Stuart, or David Badiel.
What’s your favourite sense?
Nonsense.
Tell us something people don’t know about you…
I’ve never drank a can of coke, or played a video game and I believe in miracles.
Did your education count?
The education no, the people I met, yes.
What word can’t you spell?
Tommorow…
Tell us a good fact.
In the intro scene in 007 Tomorow Never Dies 1.21 minutes in the Panther A5 attack helicopter is a cardboard cutout… have a look…
What’s Next?
Buying Hermes from Optimo, then drooling.
What’s your ‘Plan B’?
Plans, yes, I’ve hear of them… erm…
Guest Posts
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Helmut Smits
- Guest posted by Sanky 15 December 2009
I stumbled across Helmut’s work a few years ago and he always makes me smile with what he’s been tinkering about with, whether it be installations, design or other late night weirdness… He’s got that serious/witty Dutch droognesss about his work which makes me a little more than slightly envious and makes me want to get off my ass and do something (check out ‘the real thing’ in installations or public spaces ‘tree in front of billboard’).
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BIG
- Guest posted by Sanky 16 December 2009
Danish architecture has been somewhat transformed by the brilliance of Bjarke Ingels. Formerly working with Rem Koolhaus you can see the humanist approach in his work when you dig around (which I would thoroughly recommend)... amongst a frightening workload he’s building the danish pavilion in Shanghai and shipping Danish water there so we can all have a paddle whilst looking at the mermaid) which he’s also persuaded the government to ship there too… he also likes the young ones and does a great impression of rik!?.. go to TED and watch what he’s all about.
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John Haddock
- Guest posted by Sanky 17 December 2009
Victorian mouse porn, Wounds of an Iraqi Child Transferred to the American President… indeed the slightly odder side of the internet… I’d go straight for the Internet Sex Photos, which don’t quite deliver what you may think and may make you rethink what you are looking at. I love the way the slightly rushed manner in which these images have been created make eerie and uncomfortable viewing.
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The Big Debate
- Guest posted by Sanky 18 December 2009
I loved the work VW produced in it’s fun theory initiative, it reminded me of Miranda July’s LTLYM project in a lot of ways… VW’s world’s deepest bin and the musical stairs had all the things I like about interactive work – invisible tech, no learning curve and something that brightened up your day… then I remembered Fabrica’s project Tuned Stairway in 2006 and Tom Hanks in Big and Sony’s stairwell in Tokyo and all the debate around creative ownership that have raged the past year came flooding back… for me there’s a place for all these things but may the debate continue…
