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Australian Mugshots

Richard Pendavingh

From the archives of the New South Wales police department- some beautiful mugshots from an era before fluorescent lighting.

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Dec
13
2010
Alex Roman Richard Pendavingh 13.12.10

This video by Spanish director Alex Roman has been making waves at the moment in all sorts of technology and design fields by introducing hyper-realism to the field of 3D animation.

Oct
22
2010
Spencer Elden Richard Pendavingh 22.10.10

Found this great little interview many moons ago of a little-known graphic designer that now works for Shepard Fairy at his studio in New York. It's amazing where you end up when you've got a really good personal anecdote to break the ice at job interviews.

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Oct
21
2010
Thomas Mankovsky; Ritalin Richard Pendavingh 21.10.10

Carlton Draught's take on Nessun Dorma taught us all that everything looks good in slow motion.

Sep
21
2010
BERG; iPad light painting Richard Pendavingh 21.09.10

A friend of mine recently describe the iPad as not being a very pointy device.

Sep
12
2010
Sam Griffith; Walk Across America Richard Pendavingh 12.09.10

Loving this stop-motion piece for Levi's by American director Sam Griffith.

Sep
01
2010
Let’s Colour Richard Pendavingh 01.09.10

The 'Dulux Walls' film (part of their latest advertising campaign) has to be one of the most beautiful commercials of the last few years.

Aug
24
2010
David McCandless’ Carbon-Neutral Volcano Richard Pendavingh 24.08.10

If you've got a spare 20 minutes watch David McCandless' talk about data visualisation at the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference.

Aug
21
2010
Aimee Fairman Richard Pendavingh 21.08.10

I was lucky enough to be invited along to the opening of a couple of exhibitions at Craft Victoria including the work of Melbourne installation artist Aimee Fairman.

Aug
20
2010
Hayaku; Brad Kremer Richard Pendavingh 20.08.10

Wonderful rolling time-lapse video of Japan by American Director Brad Kemer using the Canon 5D MarkII.

Aug
15
2010
Dan Kelly’s Dream Richard Pendavingh 15.08.10

Caught a wicked set from Dan Kelly at the Corner Hotel here in Melbourne on Friday night for the release of his new album 'Dan Kelly's Dream'.

Aug
10
2010
Keith Schofield Richard Pendavingh 10.08.10

K-Swiss recently hired Keith Schofield to put together a fairly awesome commercial with the tag line 'Have an Awesome Day. Which is timely, because 2010 has turned out to be the year of the word Awesome. Personally I'm hoping the word 'splendid' makes a revival in 2011.

Aug
04
2010
Black Saturday. Aftermath. Richard Pendavingh 04.08.10

After months of deliberation the Royal Commission report into the 2009 bushfires has been released and its findings have been made public.

Jul
26
2010
ASIOKE Richard Pendavingh 26.07.10

ASIOKE is a short motion graphics piece I put together a few years ago using After Effects. It combines two of my favourite things; karaoke and paranoia.

Jul
17
2010
Sensory Overload Richard Pendavingh 17.07.10

Some shots from the Sensory Overload installation at the Workers Club on Wednesday.

Jul
05
2010
Phaedra Hairdressing Website Richard Pendavingh 05.07.10

Dave and I here at Riddip have finished work on an in-house website redesign for local hairdressing salon Phaedra.

Jul
03
2010
Fiona Banner Richard Pendavingh 03.07.10

I came across this conceptual art piece by British artist Fiona Banner which is currently on display at the Tate in London.

Jun
30
2010
Roald van der Meer Richard Pendavingh 30.06.10

Some labour-intensive identity work from Dutch designer Roald van der Meer using forced-perspective to bring the MTV logo to life.

Jun
24
2010
Samurai Branding 101 Richard Pendavingh 24.06.10

In keeping with the last few updates on branding and Identity design I've scanned in some excerpts from this book of Japanese family crests and heraldry.

Jun
18
2010
Logo Design: Thinking Inside the Box Richard Pendavingh 18.06.10

The first post on this blog is more than a year old now and it was a link to the 'World of Logotypes' book published in 1976 and re-discovered and scanned by designer Eric Carl.

Jun
06
2010
Fontana Transport Richard Pendavingh 06.06.10

Thanks to Benny and Matty for letting me ride shotgun yesterday.