IKEA | 'Bright Shiny Colour' | TV Commercial
TINIE TEMPAH | 'Frisky' | Music Video
Dir. Tim Brown
COLONEL BLIMP
Shot in the vaults beneath London Bridge train station, this was our first video for Tinie. We worked alongside the boys at US design studios who created the projection sequences.
We used 5 tons of black shot blasting sand for the Black sand set, so feel sorry for the poor dancer who had it blown off her with a heavy duty leaf blower.
Dir. Tim Brown
COLONEL BLIMP
Shot in the vaults beneath London Bridge train station, this was our first video for Tinie. We worked alongside the boys at US design studios who created the projection sequences.
We used 5 tons of black shot blasting sand for the Black sand set, so feel sorry for the poor dancer who had it blown off her with a heavy duty leaf blower.
Fields
Art Direction, Music, Set Design
Date
2012
TINIE TEMPAH | 'Frisky' | Music Video
- Tinie tempah | FriskyDir. Tim BrownColonel BlimpShot in the vaults beneath London Bridge train station, this was our first video for Tinie. We worked alongside the boys at US design studios who created the projection sequences.We used 5 tons of black shot blasting sand for the Black sand set, so feel sorry for the poor dancer who had it blown off her with a heavy duty leaf blower.
Other Projects
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GUINNESS | 'MADE OF MORE' | MONUMENT
GUINNESS | 'Made of More' | Monument
Creative Director. David Wilson
BLINK ART
Guinness commissioned us through Saatchi & Saatchi and BlinkArt, to design and build a 3.5m, carved wooden pint glass sculpture to tell the story of Arthur Guinness on his journey to creating the black stuff.
It is part of the company's slogan update to 'Made of more'.
The whole project took six months, from our first involvement until final delivery.
It is constructed of 72 upright staves of American Ash wood stuck together in groups of six. This creates 12 sectional pieces that are then held together under tension. This was a logistical requirement of the design to allow the sculpture to be installed on the second floor of the Guinness Storehouse. The reason it was designed to be under tension was to to allow the wood to swell and contract as is unavoidable with such a natural material.
Once the construction process had finished, the carvers set about hand carving the 6.8m x 3.25m image onto the structure.
The final sculpture also now resides in the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin, and acts as a signpost to the main attractions within the museum.
Photos credits. Jake HOPEWELL/Josh HINE www.cargocollective.com/jakeandjosh
Carpenters - Shap Mcdonnel + Joe Oliver
Head Carver - Corin Johnson (+ colin)
Carvers - Tom Ball, Chris Burbidge, Orlando Campbell,
Saena Koo, Julius Lightfoot, Artsem Malakhoushi, Clementine Nuttall, Maureen Otwell, Joseph Stokes
Thanks everyone. 2012 Advertising, Art Direction, Sculpting -
MATTHEW WILLIAMSON | 'Changing seasons' | Installation
MATTHEW WILLIAMSON
'Changing Seasons' | Sculptural Installation
Concept Direction. Kyle Bean
The lovely Kyle Bean came to us looking for help to create a new window idea that he had for the Matthew Williamson shop on Bruton Street, Mayfair.
We made the sculpture over six days in our Stoke Newington studio with the help of collaborator Sam Rinaldi.
The very commercial purpose of the tree ended up taking a journey into the world of Fine Art, much to Sam's enjoyment. To use square section, processed timber, to create the naturally occurring form that it had been in the first place is to travel full circle so to speak, and acts as a great metaphor for life...........
Even more great is the fact that the the tree will reside in Matthew's window for a year and will be repeatedly redressed as the seasons/collections change. It will be very exciting to see the beautifully simple methods, as is Kyle's style, used to update each season.
We will record the changes as and when they happen right here.
Photo Credits: Kyle Bean + Sam Ludgate 2013 Creative Direction, Fashion, Sculpting -
MICROSOFT WINDOWS PHONE | ANTHEM | COMMERCIAL
MICROSOFT WINDOWS PHONE
'Anthem' | Pretty Bird
Dir. Isaiah Seret
We had to re dress a variety of locations for this shoot with a complete build required for the market scene. 2012 Art Direction, Set Design -
URBAN OUTFITTERS | AW2012
Urban Outfitters | AW12 | Set Design
INT Works
Urban Outfitters wanted a backdrop for their AW12 campaign without going all the way to iceland, so we created 4 backdrops using polystyrene in a studio. Each set had to hold different textures and surfaces, and had to have to option to showcase multiple products from clothes to homeware.
All of the polystyrene was completely recycled at the end of the job. 2012 Art Direction, Fashion, Set Design -
IKEA | 'Bright Shiny Colours' | Commercial
IKEA | 'Bright Shiny Colours' | Commercial
Dir. David Wilson
BLINK INK
This is another chapter in our relationship with David Wilson and his wonderfully playful style, shown to great and sometimes extreme effect in his commercial for Swedish furniture giants, Ikea, where we follow our lead character on a Flashdance style through an abundantly colourful Ikea parallel universe.
It was lots of fun to make. Firstly the whole set had to be designed around David's vision for the choreography whilst still retaining the feel of a large and spacious New York loft apartment. We built the large set at Wimbledon studios over three days in August.
There were multiple technical challenges to overcome. David wanted to have his character exit the set into a dreamworld and then back again, however he wanted the dishwasher to be the exit point and the wardrobe to be the re-entry point, and of course in true David style it was all to be in camera. This made for a very interesting period of testing to achieve the required effect.
2012 Advertising, Art Direction, Set Design -
Saatchi & Saatchi | 'Meet Your Creator' | Flying Robot Lightshow
Saatchi & Saatchi | 'Meet Your Creator' | Flying Robot Lightshow
Creative Dir. Xander Smith & Jonathan Santana
SAATCHI & SAATCHI
Marshmallow Laser Feast
KMel Robotics
Sam + Arthur
We were asked by Xander and Jonathan to be involved with the most incredible project.
Every year they design the intro and outtro sequence to the New Directors Showcase at Cannes Lions Festival. It is essentially a run down of some of the best emerging talent in the world of commercial directing. The reels however take a bit of a supporting role to the intro show.
This year we were privileged to work alongside KMel Robotics (www.KMelrobotics.com) and Marshmallow Laser Feast (www.marshmallowlaserfeast.com) who are both unbelievably technical and very talented in their various fields.
Essentially the show consisted of a large clear pyramid that was filled with moving smoke and light. That was where our input stopped. KMel designed a system of programming 15 quadrotors, essentially flying robots, that can be controlled by infra red cameras and programmed to fly in exact formations. MLF then got involved and fired light beams at the quadrotors. The end product is an incredible show of creative technology.
It was a pleasure to work with everyone involved in the project, we even broke the world record, twice, for most amount of programmed robotic vehicles flying together. 2012 Advertising, Engineering, Set Design -
NIKE 1948 Store | 'Flyknit' Workshops | Store Re-fit
NIKE 1948 Store | 'Flyknit' Workshops | Store Re-fit
INT WORKS/It's Nice That
Sam + Arthur
INT Works approached us to design and build a space at the 1948 Nike concept store in London. They were running a series of workshops with local designers, photographers, runners and members of the public in relation to Nike's brand new shoe design 'Flyknit'.
Our brief was to create a functional workshop space that could accommodate 30 people.
The style and design had to echo 'Flyknit's' main ethos which are Performance, Lightness, Formfitting and Sustainability. The workshop elements had to fold up and be stored quickly and easily to enable the variety of workshops they had planned.
Using steel and timber we designed and fabricated tables, benches, stools, blackboards, pin-boards, and a display unit for the space.
The addition of some light boxes with graphics and our 'flyknit butterflies' where we used the actual knitted uppers from the shoes, gave the space a lovely playful design feel. 2012 Art Direction, Furniture Design, Interior Design -
PREEN SS11 | NY fashion week show design
PREEN SS11 | NY fashion week show design
Designed by SAM AND ARTHUR
Justin and Thea, the Designers at Preen wanted a set designed for their New York show that separated them from the usual run of the mill catwalk set up.
It was quite a challenge as they wanted something that accentuated, but didn’t take up the very limited space at Milk Studios where the show was to be held.
It had to be fresh, sculptural and organic but the set ultimately had to accentuate the clothes, not overpower them.
It also had to fold up and be transportable, needing to go across town and up five floors in an elevator. Logistics and Beauty fought hard that day, but we hope that beauty won. 2012 Art Direction, Fashion, Set Design -
ALL SAINTS | 'We are All Saints' | Commercial
ALL SAINTS | 'We are All Saints' | Commercial
Dir. Tom Beard
Partizan
This was our second outing with the excellent director, Tom Beard.
He wanted to create various backdrops for all the creative cats in his commercial for All Saints, their first ever TV commercial incidentally.
We designed and built an artists studio, a dance studio, a bedroom (which didn't make the cut) and then dressed the banqueting location which was actually the All Saints warehouse in Kent where they keep all their amazing shop fitting kit. 10,500 original singer sewing machines reside there.
Any way we hope you like it. 2012 Advertising, Architecture, Art Direction -
DANCING PIGEONS | 'Ritalin' | Music Video
DANCING PIGEONS | 'Ritalin' | Music Video
Dir. Tomas Mankovsky
COLONEL BLIMP
Tomas came to us and asked if we’d be involved in a fight between a flame thrower and a fire extinguisher film he wanted to make....a bit of a no brainer really and we jumped at the chance. We shot in the first week of january, all night, in -3 celcius conditions, but boy was it worth it. 2012 Art Direction, Music, Set Design -
BOBBY WOMACK | 'Bravest Man in the Universe' | Album artwork
BOBBY WOMACK | 'Bravest Man in the Universe' | Album artwork
Photographer. Jamie James Medina
XL
Jamie James wanted to shoot the artwork for Bobby Womack's new album 'The Bravest Man in the Universe'.
He brought the soul legend to our studio in Stoke Newington and we created a few different backdrops for him to shoot all the different artwork for the album. 2012 Art Direction, Photography, Set Design -
JESSIE J | 'Who You Are' | Music Video
JESSIE J | 'Who You Are' | Music Video
Dir. Emil Nava
PULSE FILMS
Jessie wrote this song whilst living in a horrible run down LA hotel, so it was very important to get the right feel to the design as it is an emotional number for her.
We built two identical sets and then proceeded to destroy them. Everything was done in camera and Jessie deserved a medal for working in such intense conditions whilst always keeping a smile on her face. 2012 Art Direction, Music, Set Design -
THE DO | 'Gonna be sick' | Music Video
THE DO | 'Gonna be sick' | Music Video
Dir. NEZ
BLINK
We were asked to create a sea scape plus some other elements for a music video. The band were The Do and Nez Khammal the director. We created a 40' square sea made from satin, and with the help of lots of fans, runners, real spraying water, it ended up looking fantastic on camera. 2012 Art Direction, Music, Set Design -
HASTINGS INSURANCE| 'Accident' | Commercial
HASTINGS INSURANCE
'Accident' | 'Something Useful' | 'Full Picture'
Dir. Simon Willows
This was our first job with not only the very talented Director Simon Willows, but also the brilliant puppeteers Johnny and Will and Rose Popham made the cuddly toys, she is 'sew' talented. The whole crew were an absolute pleasure to work with and made it a really fun shoot.
The 8 foot statue was our first proper foray into 3D printing. It was printed in sections in London and assembled on site at Black Island studios.
Very much a job full of firsts. 2013 Advertising, Art Direction -
FORD | '&' | Commercial
FORD | '&' | Commercial
Dir. OneinThree
BLINK
Stopframe animation from oneinthree. 2012 Advertising, Art Direction, Set Design -
OLLY MURS | 'Heart Skips a Beat' | Music Video
OLLY MURS | 'Heart Skips a Beat' | Music Video
Dir. Corin Hardy
ACADEMY
Olly Murs needed a massive, working, record player for his new video. So we set about creating it. The surface of the record was the difficult part, an unknown entity and all the testing couldn’t guarantee a successful finish when made on such a scale. We ended up using a high gloss floor lino, and physically scratched the tracks onto the record....all in all a lo-fi solution to a hi-fi problem......oops 2012 Art Direction, Music, Set Design -
10:10 | 'Climate change' | Charity Film
10:10 | 'Climate change' | Charity Film
Dir. Dougal Wilson
10:10
This video was written by Richard Curtis, shot by Dougal Wilson, worked on by a very hard working and charitable crew, highlighting a very important issue that faces the world. It was banned from british TV the day after it was released.....Understandable, but it was fun to make. 2012 Advertising, Art Direction, Set Design -
RIMMEL | 'Return of Kate' | Eye Pencil Sculpture
RIMMEL | 'Return of Kate' | Eye Pencil Sculpture
Designed by Kyle Bean and Sam + Arthur
BLINK ART
We installed a sculpture in collaboration with the lovely artist Kyle Bean at Blink Art.
He designed the image and we stepped in to help him facilitate its making. We used over 9000 Rimmel eye and lip liner pencils, with the team painstakingly placing each one in its relevant hole. It was a promotional tool for Kate Moss’ return as the face of Rimmel. 2012 Advertising, Product Design, Sculpting -
PLAN B | 'Ill Manors' | Music Video
PLAN B | 'Ill Manors' | Music Video
Dir. Yann Demange
ROKKIT
Yann wanted to recreate the riots that hit london in 2011 for a hard-hitting Plan B video. He wanted it to be gritty and be a real social commentary reflecting the lyrics of the song. 2012 Art Direction, Music, Set Design -
SATURDAYS | 'All Fired Up' | Music Video
SATURDAYS | 'All Fired Up' | Music Video
Dir. Hope
STAMP
Hope who is now at Blink, came to us whilst signed to Stamp, with a video for the pop sensations The Saturdays. Their new song was dancier and a bit more grown up.and he wanted a glossy video to accompany it.
We created four sets for the video, the first was a 30' square black pond with over 3,500 litres of water and food colouring. 2012 Art Direction, Music, Set Design -
KASABIAN | 'Rewired' | Music Video
KASABIAN | 'Rewired' | Music Video
Dir. Tom Carty
GORGEOUS
Kasabian, fast cars, a race track, car flipping and barrier crash need we say more. 2012 Art Direction, Music -
TINIE TEMPAH | 'Wonderman' | Music Video
TINIE TEMPAH | 'Wonderman' | Music Video
Dir. Robert Hales
WARP FILMS
This was our second video for Tinie Tempah, following Frisky last year. It was hard to say no to the director, Robert Hales, when he came to us saying he wanted our help to remake the opening sequence to the TV classic, the six million dollar man. 2012 Art Direction, Music, Set Design -
AGENT PROVOCATEUR | 'Superheroes AW 09'
AGENT PROVOCATEUR | 'Superheroes AW 09'
We designed the props for this Agent Provocateur shoot way back in 2009. 2012 Advertising, Art Direction, Fashion -
AETN | 'Crime Stories' | Ident
AETN | 'Crime Stories' | Ident
Dir. Alon Ziv
TH1NG
This was a very quickly turned around piece for the TV Network AETN. The idea was to animate a timeless detectives desk. The guys at Th1ng know a thing or two about animation and it was a pleasure to work alongside them making it. 2012 Animation, Set Design -
SKY | BROADBAND & 3D TV | COMMERCIAL
Dir. Ben Dawson
BLINK
We art directed these two commercials for Sky. It may look like a very minor art direction job, but on the Broadband commercial the whole exterior of the house needed to look like mid winter snow on a warm September day.... 2012 Advertising, Art Direction, Set Design