Futures Calendar

Every week throughout 2012, ThinkActVote will release one illustrative future to help you imagine yours; here are the first five - For more information follow the links.

   The works will be exhibited, and a publication of all the illustrations will be created in book form. If you'd like to help or support this cause, please get in contact with ThinkActVote

David Hawkworth's Future Illustrated by Alison Day

David Hawksworth‘s Future “The Future I Choose is creative, connected, cultured, with less consumption and waste.”  More info here

Shibin Vasudevan's Future Illustrated by Maria Papadimitriou (Slowly The Eggs)

Shibin Vasudevan’s Future is one “where the word waste ceases to exist in our dictionaries.” 
More info here

James Parr's Future illustrated by Gareth Barnes

James Parr’s Future is one “where putting the environment first is a reflex“  
More info here

Ed Gillespie's Future, illustrated by Joana Casaca Lemos

Ed Gillespie’s Future: The Future I Choose is green. Not just a colour. Not just a political party. Not just a term for naivety! ...  More info here

Joy Green's Future illustrated by Anila Babla

Joy Green’s Future: The future I choose is one where the cities are full of birds, the oceans are full of fish and the wild areas are coming back. And we all know how to grow vegetables!”  
More info here

1. The Futures Interview: http://alisondaydesigns.blogspot.nl/2011/12/futured-interview.html

2. Video: http://alisondaydesigns.blogspot.nl/2012/01/futures-exhibtion-think-act-vote.html

3. Book launch and press release: http://alisondaydesigns.blogspot.nl/2012/07/the-future-we-choose.html

Alison Day Designs

Wintery White

Just come back from a mid-week break for a few days in Amsterdam, at a friend's, and this was the view from the apartment. Very pretty to look at, but with temperatures of -5 during the day and a minimum of -10 at night, I think inside is the best place to be. Especially as the return train journey yesterday (normally a two & a half hour journey) took me 6 hours! 

According to the news, 09.00am yesterday morning the temperature was -22.9 in Lelystad - a record - and colder than the inside of your refrigerator.

© Alison Day Designs

Hair today

...gone tomorrow - Graffiti around town  © Alison Day Designs

High Five

 

© Alison Day Designs

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Easy Roast!

On a recent visit to England, I spotted this intriguing combi on offer in the pet food aisle of Sainsburys Supermarket, in Richmond, London. 


Ok chaps, we're all aware of how hard the economic recession is hitting everybody, but I think your marketing division should have a rethink as to the message you're sending by this placement of the Bako Easy Roast bags!


© Alison Day Designs

Invisible Body

Recent artwork of Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes’ has her disappearing into the backgrounds of her artwork like a chameleon to his habitat - not through magic but with paint. Via Design Taxi

Urban Carpet

The Dongsi Shi Tiao [Urban Carpet: Green 2009], is just one of a series of 8 urban carpets, representing different maps of Hutong areas in downtown Beijing. 

Embroidered by hand onto canvas, employing the same technique as on propaganda slogans, used by the communist party in the 1970's. 

Kind of fun to be able to pick out the whereabouts of your house on the carpet! For the other 7 carpets in the series go: here