Richard Pendavingh

Photographer, designer and weekend historian. Editor of The Unravel. Writes about design, tech, history and anthropology.


Mar
16
2010
Paul Gallo Richard Pendavingh 16.03.10

The good thing about living in Melbourne is that there are very few suburbs suffering from the sort of urban decay that you find in some European and North American cities.

Mar
11
2010
Infographics: Michael Paukner Richard Pendavingh 11.03.10

I come across a lot of high-quality infographics in publications like New Scientists and I'm continually impressed by how designers find new ways to present information.

Mar
11
2010
Vancouver 2010 Richard Pendavingh 11.03.10

With digital video cameras becoming more and more sophisticated there's an argument that, when it comes to sports coverage, still photography will soon be obsolete.

Feb
28
2010
Skeptical Science Richard Pendavingh 28.02.10

A very talented friend of mine working for Shine Technologies here in Melbourne has just completed work on an iPhone application designed to provide easy access to the scientific data that contradicts some of the more popular arguments put forward by 'climate skeptics'.

Feb
24
2010
SLAM Rally Richard Pendavingh 24.02.10

I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.

Feb
21
2010
Corey Arnold Richard Pendavingh 21.02.10

There are some truly remarkable places to work in this world but few opportunities to really see them up close. Corey Arnold is a Photographer who has worked for most of his adult life as a commercial fisherman and his images of life onboard these ships are powerful and frightening but also shot through with humour.

Feb
19
2010
Brian Ulrich Richard Pendavingh 19.02.10

Taking a superbly trained eye to consumer culture we have US photographer Brian Ulrich.

Feb
12
2010
Michael Johansson Richard Pendavingh 12.02.10

Shamelessly cross-posted from Scott Hanson's blog iso50 we have Swedish sculptor and installation artist Michael Johansson.

Feb
12
2010
John Short Richard Pendavingh 12.02.10

I Ffffound British photographer John Short not long ago and discovered that as well as a collection of vivid commercial still life images he also has a great collection of landscape photographs.

Jan
10
2010
Dan Tobin Smith Richard Pendavingh 10.01.10

I was born when this music video was the high water mark for computer graphics and I've watched as 3D modeling software evolved to allow for astounding photorealistic images and animation.

Jan
09
2010
Jeremy Geddes Richard Pendavingh 09.01.10

I came across Melbourne painter Jeremy Geddes on Design Is Kinky.

Dec
30
2009
Noma Bar Richard Pendavingh 30.12.09

Demonstrating a MacGuyver-like resourcefulness with shape and colour we have Israeli graphic designer Noma Bar.

Dec
30
2009
Derek Pendavingh Richard Pendavingh 30.12.09

Every once in a while my dad cracks his knuckles and heads off to the garage and produces some marvelous work of art.

Dec
29
2009
Robert Samuel Hanson Richard Pendavingh 29.12.09

I've been living in illustrator for the last couple of weeks and I thought I'd take a break from grids and pen tools to mention a two of my favourite minimalist illustrators starting with UK artist Robert Hanson.

Dec
14
2009
We Buy Your Kids Richard Pendavingh 14.12.09

Melbourne is amping up for 2010s Laneway Festival and the organisation is busy assuring the local indie music fans that they wont be taking the rough and ready approach they did last year that resulted in a great number of pissed off people in plaid shirts and skinny jeans. But if you dig the lineup for next year, or you've seen the promo posters, then you've seen the work of We Buy Your Kids.

Dec
01
2009
Jacob’s Business Cards Richard Pendavingh 01.12.09

The final printed business cards for sound and lighting technician Jacob Battista.

Nov
28
2009
VCA Graduate Exhibition 09 Richard Pendavingh 28.11.09

Tomorrow is the last day of the VCA Grad Show.

Nov
17
2009
Woefully Inaccurate Richard Pendavingh 17.11.09

I held off posting these photos because I didn't want to inadvertently promote the Star Wars exhibit at Melbourne's Scienceworks. But it's finished now so there's no danger of that.

Nov
17
2009
Seeing the Forest and the Trees Richard Pendavingh 17.11.09

These business cards were made for Thomas Fairman, a Forest Scientist from the University of Melbourne working on land carbon reserves in Victoria. The design was done by yours truly with printing by West-Australian company Saltprint. They offer a range of 100% recycled paper stock which use a mix of totally chlorine-free and elemental chlorine-free pulp fibers and part of their commitment to the environment includes planting one native tree for every order to offset the carbon cost of the printing. They also use renewable energy sources like wind and hydro for most (92%)of their power requirements.

Nov
16
2009
Lens Flair Richard Pendavingh 16.11.09

I updated my print folio with this promo poster for 'Lens Flair'- a fund raising event I helped organise on behalf of latenitefilms.com.

Nov
12
2009
Visiting the Graves Richard Pendavingh 12.11.09

Today marks the 18th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre.