Climate Control

Since winning the World Cup bid in December, football fans have questioned whether a summer World Cup in Qatar would be fair on players or spectators.
Temperatures in June and July can reach up to 50C, however FIFA president Sepp Blatter has stated that the tournament will not move from its traditional dates in the summer.

To help fight against these unbearable temperatures Qatar plan to air condition their World Cup stadia via solar power.
Recently the latest development in Qatar's bid to control the climate is an artificial cloud.

Qatar scientists have designed the 'clouds', which can be produced at a cost of $500,000 (about £310,000) each.
The 'clouds' are made from a lightweight carbon structure, and carry a giant envelope of material containing helium gas.
Four solar-powered engines move the structure via remote control.

Looking at the shaded stadium designs featured below, this may work overhead , and help Jack Wilshire from getting cramp.

Man's wife says "NO" to IPad 2, Apple says "YES!"

This is a great little story that hit the news today about a man returning an iPad 2.

Apple keeps track of why people return iPads, sticking post it notes on the returned iPad with the reason.

A source close to Apple says an iPad 2 came back with a post it note that said, "Wife said no." This amused Apple employees.

Eventually, two Apple VPs heard about it, and decided to send the iPad back to the man with a post it note that read, "Apple said yes."

Absolutely brilliant!

Marek Okon

Welcome to a new generation of artist. Marek Okon, a 27 year old concept artist from poland is currently working for crytek on one of the biggest games of the year, CRYSIS 2. We have seen skills in photoshop and painter progress through the years, But you've seen nothing until you view Okon's portfolio. 

Ill let his work do the talking.

To view more of Okon's work visit his site at:  okonart.com

 

Sovibrant / Artist of the week

SoVibrant's NEW Website!

Today we've launched our brand new website, showreel, forum and interactive portfolio!

Take a look at http://www.sovibrant.co.uk/

In case you have any problem accessing our site please be aware we are having some difficulties with the sheer volume of hits today.

If you log on to our website and it looks like our original site, please use "Ctrl + F5" (on your keyboard) to refresh your browser. 

We hope you like it!

http://www.sovibrant.co.uk/

Interior design, interior graphics, branding and identity, bespoke artwork, 3D CGI, workplace consultancy

New Design Classic

Following our series of blogs on Design Classics, I thought it would be nice to mention a potential new Design Classic.
It takes a few decades to achieve this status, however the winner of this year’s Brit Insurance Design Awards could be a future candidate.
Making the ten o'clock news last night is a good start.

The stylish energy saving light bulb, the Plumen 001 was crowned the overall winner of the Design Awards after topping the product category.
Judges said the design by Hulger and Samuel Wilkinson brought "a small measure of delight to an everyday product."

As well as looking good, the Plumen is said to use 80% less energy and to last eight times longer than a traditional incandescent bulb.

Test post for Twitterfeed

Post by Admin for twitterfeed

Japanese Earthquake

A message from all at SoVibrant to say our thoughts are with all the people affected by the earthquake in Japan. It is a truly terrible catastrophy.

Vacancy - Graphic Designer - does your work have the 'Wow!' Factor?

Calling all graphic designers....

We are looking to recruit a graphic designer to work within our design team. The successful candaidate will be an intelligent, motivated, passionate and highly creative individual who will want to become part of a rapidly growing and successful creative business with the confidence and skillset to match.

The successful individual will be able to work on projects spanning brand design, interior graphics, multimedia and bespoke artwork and will work on much of our internal work such as marketing collateral and brochures. 

This is an opportunity to join a renowned design team, to get yourself and your work into the design industry and to grow with our business and achieve real long term success. Our artists and designers have work installed the length and breadth of the UK and work with some of the UK's most well known companies and organisations.

We are inviting applications from all levels of experience and will be making our final decision based on the individual who Wow's us the most with their passion and skills and fits into the dynamic creative culture we have at SoVibrant.

Those who stand out will be invited in for an interview and given a short tester project for us to evaluate your skills.

 If you are a designer that stands out from the crowd and you want a career with real prospects working for a company that truly values creativity, surrounded by talented people you can learn from and collaborate with, we want to hear from you. Please register your interest by emailing your CV and some work examples to our MD, Adam Atkinson on info@sovibrant.co.uk

Please consider your application carefully. We recieve many applications every month and we are looking for an individual with real flair who stands out. Be creative.

The deadline for registering your intial interest is March 11th 2011

We look forward to hearing from you.
 

Save an enormous amount of time!

For those of us looking for inspiration and motivation

At some point in our lives we tend to feel beaten or down and like to whole world is against us.

Watch this video, it will be 10 minutes of your life but will change it dramatically!

SoVibrant

The NEW eco friendly city!

After watching The Human Planet this week I found myself being completely taken back by Norman Fosters new venture.

Norman Foster and Partners are creating the world’s first zero-carbon and zero-waste city in Abu Dhabi. The new 6 million square metre sustainable development Masdar was driven by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company.  The city will contain their new headquarters along with a new university devoted to new ideas for energy production.

To remain zero-carbon, the city will be entirely car free. Carefully planned public transportation will ensure that none of the city’s inhabitants will have to walk more than 200 metres before meeting some part of the transportation link.

We’ve all seen sustainable structures from Foster before, but this takes Foster’s green initiatives to a whole new level!

To find out more about Masdar, check out this brilliant link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyghLnbp20U&feature=related

http://www.sovibrant.co.uk/
Design, Architecture