riannawilliams.com

Now that I have graduated, I am looking for a job and so I thought it would be a good idea to makeover my website. It contains a lot of my university projects, as well as some personal ones and hobbies.

I designed the website completely myself and Blake Suarez built it for me in HTML. I shall take this opportunity to thank him again for all his hard work. Thank you Blake!

Anyone interested in employing me, feel free to download my resume and contact me.

If you have any ideas about how to improve this site, or any issues you may find whilst browsing, please leave a comment or email me.

Enjoy!

riannawilliams.com

Thai Art and Culture

Recently I spent a month travelling around the North of Thailand, touching upon Myanmar (Burma) and Laos. The vibrancy of the land and the rich detail of the art will undoubtedly play a part in inspiring some of my future design work and has informed my knowledge of cultural differences in art and design.

More photographs of this trip can be seen on my flickr

Blu

I have always been a fan of stop motion animation as you can tell by most of the content of this blog. This is a great example of primitive film using basic materials and investing plenty of time and effort. Visit Blu's Blog and play the trailer for MUTO, Blu's latest painted wall animation. It will blow you away.

blublu.org

Somethings Hiding in Here

I have always collected things. When I was small I collected foreign coins, which naturally progressed into notes and old English currency. I even collected old tooth brushes at one, not-too-glamorous stage of my childhood. I never really had a purpose to these collections, other than to pore over them late at night and marvel over the extensive mass of different shapes and colours which I had managed to accrue.




Recently I came across a blog, Poppytalk that had interviewed a couple of collectors called Somethings Hiding in Here from Philadelphia. Their collections are housed in their home and very sensitively displayed.

Poppytalk
Somethings Hiding in Here at Etsy

Asko Washing Machines

I had no idea what Asko was, until today. I was flipping through Archive magazine in the bookstore and just loved the characters in their ads. The ads were designed by SFMB in Oslo, and Chris Sickels of Red Nose Studio is our creative genius today. Not only are his characters amazing though, his set design and environments are intricately detailed, creating a brilliant world of "wit, intelligence, and charm"

Check out his portfolio here:
Rednose Studio

I'd also suggest having some fun browsing the SMFB web site. There is not an English version, so to view their work, click "Jobber": SMFB Site

And for more Asko ads, click here: Asko Ads

More Stop Motion by Sprint

A while back Rianna posted an entry on Sprint's stop motion commercial. Ever since they have been coming up with new and amazing advertisements, following the same methods. I'm not sure about the complexity of an ad that was shown today, it seems they have added a bit of computer animation with a flying phone; otherwise the same effects were achieved using only light captured on long exposures. The video will be posted when the commercial is found online.

In the mean time, here is another one they made for Valentine's Day.

Polaroid Kidd 2

Something about this photograph is very compelling. The colours are beautiful and it looks almost theatrically staged. Another Brody masterpiece. I haven't seen a modern photographer match him yet.

Bad News for Sugar

London based agency Mother created this poster campaign for Fanta's new 30% less sugar version of the original Fanta soft drink. Characterising inanimate objects related to the product has been seen before, with the likes of Peperami and in the recent Cadbury Creme Egg campaign. For me this particular advert works because of its subtle wit of the innocent looking sugar cubes and the simple strap line.

Sony Bravia Bunnies

I have waited for this ad to come out for so long, and it was well worth the wait. Just look at the detail. Apparently hundreds of play-doh rabbits were shipped in from the UK and then animated in New York city by an animation team. I do not need to say much about this. Another great and original advertisement for Sony Bravia televisions.

Diesel Website

This is one of the most interesting websites that I have come across in a while. On a sheerly interactive level, this could keep me entertained for a long time. It seems that the aim of the website is not to provide direct information, but instead it is experiential providing the user with an insight into Diesel's 'world'. It is more of an adventure than an information based site. That is not to say that it isn't functional. It is. It works very well and seems to be very intuitive.

The screen shot below is what most impressed me on the site. This section appears to be stitched into the screen by two enchanted needles. The design is beautiful. Type is just right and on brand. Is this the future of the website? A complex all singing all dancing space which leaves the user engrossed? It could just be.


www.diesel.com