Water ink.Campaign against non-potable water

Undrinkable water is one of the world's leading cause of death. And because it’s water – the threat is invisible. And here we are astonished by this minimalistic but strongly build on contrasts approach to the problem: ink reveals the shape of the truth.



The campaign was rolled out in March 2011, on the World Water Day, to build awareness to the problem. Spot was directed by Clément Beauvais, who also created the drawings.

Web site www.votregouttedeau.org collects signatures for the petition, that will be handed to the French president during the 6th World Water Forum in March 2012. (Well, let's hope that also Carla would take interest and care of this problem ;)

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Dark side of human nature. Thomas Ott

The best way to make an international career (especially if you come from German-speaking country) is to create comics completely devoid of text. Thomas Ott's comics, with his distinctive woodcut style, are apocalyptic tales about the end of the world, paranormal phenomenas and death, but above all about the darkest side of human nature.

Thomas Ott. Born (in 1966) and studied in Zurich, lives and works in Zurich and Paris.

Ten Ways to Kill your Husband from 'Tales of Error'

'Dead end' and 'Panoptikum'

O, I hope, Mr. Ott.

website: www.trinity.ch/tott
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Volkswagen - The Phaeton commercial

Isn't it beautiful what hands can do? Yes, indeed. I mean...in some cases.
Nice commercial drawing inspiration from Japanese shadow theater.

Something's out there. Charles Bergquist's photography

Charles Bergquist, photographer from San Diego, California, “currently available for hire” (good ;)

Creates  two-layer images, sometimes with slogans and multi-layered photo collages.

I must honestly say: yes, colorful as well ;)

There is a subtle sadness in his pictures, full of desert landscapes, sea-coasts and twisted clouds.

Amnesty International: Everybody against everybody

Not so easy to find black and white adv, maybe easier when it comes to social communication, where blacks and whites can provide its formal drama, not only sell another color version of the better world (unless you buy something)
This one with the nineteenth century engravings and images builds the drama of the situation perfectly: Everybody against everybody (notice waving Mao in China and nuclear explosion in Japan - the best way to describe mass genocide on such a small space )
I would like to see this poster in a decent (=large) scale and taste the details.

Milk bottles design

Needless to say that our favorite drink is milk ;)

Nice bottle designs by Kenneth Keith: www.kennethkeith.com

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card for DJ

Very nice card for DJ from cardobserver.com

Emerge animation

Since my black and white blog emerges from the whole mass of other color blogs collecting inspirational things, I found the animation that illustrate this particular concept ;)


Motion graphic designed by Jie Wang  www.jiewangdesignstudio.com

Transient beauty.Photography by Daido Moriyama

Daido Moriyama
Critics claim that Moriyama’s photos reflect  the spirit of Japanese wabi-sabi – incomplete, transient beauty. 
Born in 1938 in Osaka photographer rarely uses a viewfinder while taking picture.

Below some of his sensual images.

www.moriyamadaido.com/english/

The Plan - Award Winning Short Film

Our plan is like that: do not quit the job, but leave Los Coloros and go to the land of black and white.
In amazingly colourful world collecting things based on the most basic contrast - black and white.