Compose yourself and four other finds
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Relaxed, revived and raring to get cracking? Hopefully this collection will provide some inspiration (or a welcome distraction). Happy New Year.
Compose yourself
Blob Opera is a new machine learning experiment by artist David Li that lets you create your own opera-inspired song and it’s amazingly addictive.
© Brian Bilston
Consult the calendar
With not a lot planned, poet Brian Bilston has captured all of our ‘switching over the calendar’ feelings with his New Year poem.
Stills from Freeze Frame © Soetkin Verstegen
Take five
Brussels-based director Soetkin Verstegen’s short film is a meditative stop-motion short exploring preservation and decay through a tedious ice harvest. The repetitive movements reanimate the animals captured inside.
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin cover created by Jonas Natterer, art direction by Thomas Kartsolis
Covers covered
Creative Review has compiled a list of the best magazine covers of 2020. Among them is this graphic take on Trumpian visual language from Germany’s sharp-witted Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin.
Drawing a smile
Things I have drawn is a project showcasing the drawings of Al and Dom, brought to life with a little help from their dad Tom Curtis. They’re terrifying and hilarious.
Studio news
Brand identity
New year, new work
There’s a new case study up on the Lark website, a leadership consultancy identity for Kim Newton-Woof (with illustrations by Anthony Zinonos) that lets clients take the spotlight.
