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Using a wide range of media and techniques to explore my fascination for creativity, I work in many fields including fine art, photography, graphic design, web design, 3d modelling, visualization, product design, HCI, UX and user interface design.
Before moving to Bali, I was Director of Research and Development at Jawbone. I now work mainly on product design focused on sustainability. I ran a lecture series in London at Tate Modern on computer graphics under my company Supernatural and continue to work on speech writing and presentation development.
I currently use this site as a portfolio of recent projects and concepts and also home to my blog where I discuss ideas, news and areas of this great wide world that pique my diverse interests ...and yes, my real name is zissou.  

Sustainability


Since moving to Bali in 2010 I have become far more deeply involved in sustainable thinking and design. I have built a bamboo home in the jungle, grow a wide range of fruit and vegetables and make a concerted effort to become more aware and considerate of nature and it's vital role in allowing us to live on this planet. To this end, should you have a creative project you feel could advance this type of neo-realism and are looking for creative assistance, you can contact me via the link above.

Focus without having to focus

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One of the most exciting aspects of technology and creativity is that as soon as we have made a rule, someone figures a way to break it. In this case, a new camera is about to be launched that flips a commonly accepted workflow in photography on its head. Based on some discoveries made by a Stanford student, Ren Ng, the camera turns the normal process of compose-focus-shoot on its head. Instead you just point the ‘Lytro’ at whatever you want to photograph, then you can retrospectively focus in on any part of the image.

Got to the Lytro site here and have a play with the images in the gallery section by single-clicking on them in different areas to change the focus.

Guardian review here.

Oh, and if you think that’s cool, those crazy cats at Adobe have managed to pull off a similar move in software! Although, to be fair, this technique addresses motion blur rather than depth of field. Still amazing though. (warning: very geeky video)

 

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Erik Spiekermann… speaks

Lovely introduction to the inner workings of the fascinating type designer, Erik Spiekermann. Read on…

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Youth movement

Oh bless the children! While I was away they wrote a sign for their bedroom door. It just says “No”. Read on…

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Electric Theatre Collective

I am delighted to announce that Electric Theatre Collective have opened their doors for business. Read on…

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Thank you

If there is one thing I have noticed in my past year in Bali it would be how much more I have had to use the expression ‘thank you’ Read on…

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Who knows

Who knows what tomorrow will bring… Read on…

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Clean me

Directed by two great mates of mine from London. Read on…

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The Wellcome collection

The permanent exhibit at the Wellcome Trust near Euston station in London is an extraordinary collection of the weird and wonderful from the world of medicine and beyond and well worth your time if you’re in the neighborhood. Read on…

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Django Mango shows how it’s done

I recently had the honor of being introduced to one of the most inspirational creative souls I have yet to encounter. Read on…

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Focus without having to focus

One of the most exciting aspects of technology and creativity is that as soon as we have made a rule, someone figures a way to break it. Read on…

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Why art matters

Eloquent speech by writer, film-maker Shamim Sarif on why art, or more accurately, independent thought matters.

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Lesser spotted

Anywhere else this would look odd. It is not the gun toting driver, a common sight up here, but the extraordinary pattern on his dog that caught my eye. Read on…

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less stuff, more happiness

Having been brought up suckling at the teat of consumerism, it was only in my later teenage years that I started to notice that the more stuff I was collecting around me, the more hollow I was actually feeling and yet the more I felt was missing Read on…