Logos define brands. Think Coca-Cola, Apple, or McDonald’s – what do you instantly picture? Right, their logos. A logo has the power to create a brand association because it is what sticks in people’s minds. So it came as quite a surprise when, just over a week ago, Executive Mayor Patricia de Lille revealed the...
It’s been dubbed ‘the greatest commercial in history’, coming in at an impressive 100-minutes and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The Lego Movie, initially released at the start of this month, is already a blockbuster hit, bringing in $69 million in its opening weekend. As one of the most popular toy manufacturers in...
Beatenberg has a lot to be proud of right now. As a local Cape-Town band consisting of singer and guitarist Matthew Field, bass player Ross Dorkin and drummer Robin Brink, their indie-pop music has been appearing more and more on our radio frequencies, with the melodic guitar twangs of their hit single ‘Chelsea Blakemore’ becoming...
When Madiba passed away in December last year, people resonated with gratitude for the positive change that the legend brought to South Africa and the world. As our country is about to enter into the fifth democratic election that will take place on 7 May 2014, the new Public Intimacy: Art and Other Ordinary Acts...
250gram is a new tech start-up that allows you to print your favourite selection of Instagrams on polaroid-styled paper. Two weeks ago, one small seed collaborated with 250gram to create an exciting competition where we called for all savvy Instagrammers to capture cool things or fun moments and share them with us. Thank you to...
In the last few years, social media has dominated our daily lives, and quite literally changed the way we ‘share’ moments with each other. While technology brings an undeniable value to our world, check out this clever commentary created by Coco-Cola: And you watched this on your phone, didn’t you?
This week’s Album of the Week is entitled Take Me Away and is by onesmallseed.net member Sheldon Evans. In explaining his concept, Sheldon writes ‘have you ever dreamed that you could just float away and come back as you wished? I have, and that’s why I have come up with this personal project showing up...
At the end of each week, we add four more images from onesmallseed.net to the relevant month’s gallery collection on onesmallseed.com. All images are the featured works of members of one small seed network, our creative online community. To have your work featured here, simply sign up as a member and start uploading! Week 02...
The Street Store – the world’s first rent-free, premise-free, pop-up charity store began in January this year. Started right in the heart of Cape Town by Max Pazak and Kayli Vee Levitan, the idea is to set up temporary spaces where clothes can be given away to the poor through a real shopping experience that...
250gram is a new tech start-up that allows you to print your favourite selection of Instagrams on polaroid-styled paper. Named after the 250gsm high quality paper they use to print on, the idea has been readily welcomed by the city’s Instagramming community. If you’re a savvy Instagrammer with a good eye for capturing cool things...
MAKE-BELIEVE presents LUCID ILLUSIONS happens on 22 February at the Nelson’s Creek Wine Estate with a crisp swimming pool surrounded by idyllic grass lawns. On the line-up are PHAT JACK (The Warm-Up/Jhb), SOUND SENSIBLE, (Toy-Toy / Jhb), Afterlife AV, Black Book, Bruno Morphet, Helmut J, One Track Mike, Sadhu Sensi and The Skene Brothers. We...
To celebrate its heritage, Gap launches the global campaign ‘Back to Blue’. According to Seth Farbman, Gap’s Global Chief Marketing Officer, ‘Back to Blue means getting back to what matters most – our truest selves, when we are most comfortable in our own skin.’ The collection includes iconic denim pieces such as denim jackets, sweaters...
From 1975 – 1977, Iranian documentary photographer Kaveh Golestan took photographs of women working in the Citadel of Shahr-e No, the red light district of Teheran. Although his jarring realism and artsy street photography has influenced many Iranian artists, it has not been prized to the same extent in Europe. Yet 11 years after his...
