14 ugly, dull and tagged electricity houses are about to be remade in prague. the new designs wil be chosen from public contest held on predelejtoposvem.cz. aargh entered with this kaiju themed design with other czech designers. check the contest entry here and download kaijumodpack, unique set of 4 wallpapers (ideal for lion’s spaces) and 6 icons, in this post. YO! (also in the download venue if you want it fast)

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3D vizualization from predelejtoposvem.cz/navrh/372/1337184413

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the kaiju modpack is set of 4 wallpaper that ideal used with mac os x lion’s spaces (where you can have different wallpaper for each space). the wallpapers come in 1920×1200 standard widescreen resolution but feel free to request other sizes at hello@aargh.cz, there are also 6 os x icons with instructions on how to apply them to your folders/files. download.

hopefully there will be more reports on this case soon. the winners will be announced on 21st may. fingers crossed! big up emil norm/luketomski/lazybastard/macomix/yunk and others who submitted their artworks! also check the predelejtoposvem facebook page for first hand updates.

aargh out.

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custom lettering experiment that started as an entry for supremebeing™ design-a-typeface competition. gothicecream is exploring a mash-up between esthetics of a bubble-style typeface and blackletter typeface. i like to think of the result as a ideal typeface for gothic ice cream packaging. the new born letters does not respect traditional blackletter construction rules. let’s call it pinkletter typeface.

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objectives of the contest were all the characters of alphabet and composition of brand name – supremebeing.

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the typeface clearly does not match supremebeing’s visual identity (however it was part of the briefing), but it took the runner up prize in the competiton.

to test the letters out i created a kawaii version of motörhead’s hammered cd cover including fragments of original japanese obi-stripe. the original hammered artwork done by ©Joe Petagno. think of any motörhead song in a nightcore remix while watching…

the poster is available as a desktop wallpaper in the aargh download venue and for sale at society6 and artflakes.

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Gothice cream font is now available exclusively at tendollarfonts.com, version 1.1 is manually-kerned lowercase only with few gothicons. some of the letters were reedited during the process. all planned future updates (including missing uppercase and more gothicons) are guaranteed for life.

have fun with it and feel free to hit me with you creations! hello@aargh.cz

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en: come to see 2 hours of aargh work in progress projection at koleje jizni mesto – otava building (prague) as a part of the lunchmeat festival wall art battle warmup whatever. it’s today at 20:00. action time.

cz: prid na dvouhodinovou aargh work in progress projekci na budovu otava v komplexu koleji jizni mesto (praha). dnes od 20:00 jako soucast lunchmeat festival wall art battle warm up. cas na akci!

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bus: 177/197/511 station: volha / N50.020287 S14.496589

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aargh on the spot navigation

come, you will!

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along 7 other super creatives aargh made it to the finals of cut&paste berlin design battle. on 02/02/2012 in volksbuehne, berlin we were supposed to create a t-shirt design with the topic ‘facebook is watching you’ in 15 minutes live on stage. it seems hard but you would be surprised what ammount of work you are able to create within 15 minutes after a intense bootcamp.

so this is the rough result and a screencast so you can see how it went. it was a really tight schedule, mostly because of my plot to keep the crowd wondering what am i doing for as long as possible.

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fcbk is watching you on youtube.com // fcbk is watching you on vimeo.com

editing: honzahytha.com / music: korsakoff – voices / wannabe animation: aargh

here are few event pictures from platoon’s flickr photostream:

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these are my eight practise runs

safe from the 15 minutes presure at home with my 2nd place award, I decided to create unlimited time version of the same composition.

the t-shirt is now up for voting at threadless. if it get enough votes it will get printed. feel free to rate it, if you like it. thank you. http://www.threadless.com/submission/404248/fcbk_is_watching_you/

and thanks for wonderful event to the cut&paste crew, platoon crew, all competitors, monii, cedrik and sponsors. if you have a chance to compete yourself, do not hesitate and go for it!

cut&paste / platoon / honzahytha / korsakoff

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en: what! aargh lab was updated couple of months ago and the next update is this ‘old-news’ story about the evisu + don’t panic 20th anniversary contest painting? short answer: yes, but… long answer: continue reading…

cz: cooze! aargh lab byl aktualizovan pred nekolika mesici a dalsi update jsou tydle ‘stare-zpravy’ o obrazu do contestu k vyroci 20ti let evisu ve spolupraci s don’t panic? kratka odpoved je: ano, ale… dlouha odpoved: pokracuj ve cteni…

en: facts first. so this is aargh’s entry to the contest, the topic was ‘make the rules’. only rules that one cannot disobey are the rules of nature. this is a painting of aargh interpretation of a spirit of nature, not a god or ruler, but keeper of the forest (森神). feel free to think of him as a totoro. the painting was done on A2 size natural plywood sheet with water based acrylic markers. the wood texture expresses the nature theme better than usual stretched canvas. only 3 hues were used, darkblue to represent indigo the color of raw denim and white+red which represent the colors of evisu selvedge. the painting was not coated and will age with it’s years, which is a reference to the way raw denim ages. it was printed out and displayed in the idea generation gallery in london during the evisu 20th anniversary party along with 19 other artworks from the competition and evisu commisioned artists including pete fowler, insa, jerremyville to mention few (what an honor!).

cz: nejdrive fakta. tak todle je soutezni obraz, tema bylo ‘nastavovat pravidla’. jedina pravidla ktera jsou pevne nastavena a nejde je obchazet jsou zakony prirody. toto je aargh interpretace spravce lesa, ne samozvaneho ale prirozene ustanoveho. predstavte si ho jako totora od aargh. obraz je namalovany na A2 preklizku akrylovymi fixy na vodni bazi, textura dreva vice podporuje prirodni tema nez bezne natazene platno. pouze tri barvy byly pouzity, tmave modra znazornujici indigo barvu nepraneho denimu, cervena a bila jsou tradicni barvy evisu selvedge. obraz nebyl lakovan takze bude starnout, blednout s nastupujicimi roky, coz je reference k tomu jak se dziny odiraji s nosenim. obraz byl vytisten a vystaven v idea generation gallery v londyne behem vyrocni evisu party spolu s dalsimi 19ti dily ze souteze a dily od autoru vybranych primo evisu a to pete fowler, insa, jerremyville a dalsi (jaka pocta!).

en: image courtesy of evisu’s facebook. visit the gallery.

cz: obrazek vzan z facebooku evisu. projdi si celou galerii.

en: so where the news at? here! starting early MMXII two aargh printed&co. outposts were launched in partnership with society6 and artflakes. in other words you are now able to purchase aargh prints and some other souvenirs! let the spree begin!

cz: takze kde sou ty novinky? tady! na zacatku MMXII dva aargh printed&co. zony byly spusteny v partnerstvi s society6 a artflakes. jinymi slovy muzete odted nakupovat aargh tiskoviny a dalsi suvenyry. nakupni psycho muze zacit!

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en: 22 individuals were briefed to recreate 20 iconic paintings by alfons mucha from the slav epic series to present new approach to the themes and contemporary club culture. all 20 artworks were exhibited on designblok2011 in the pepsi-refresh your world booth. aargh was one of them, check the result and making of pictures, yeah!

cz: 22 osobnostem bylo zadano predelat 20 legendarnich platen alfonse muchy z cyklu slovanska epopej. platna mela predstavit novy pristup k puvodnim tematum a soucasnou klubovou kulturu. vsech 20 del bylo vystaveno na designblok2011 v pepsi-refresh your world zone, mezi nimi bylo i aargh platno, podivej na vysledek a fotky z vyroby, jeah!

en: all the paintings from the series are presenting important moments from slavic history. printing of bible kralicka is the one to be remade by aargh. the painting represents important place in the history of education and christianity in bohemian countries. so the task was: what is so important for the club culture as a czech translated bible for czech people? the answer is event posters and flyers so the aargh version will present oversaturated version of how the posters are made in the aargh world.

cz: vsechny obrazy v cyklu slovanske epopeje zobrazuji dulezite momenty v historii slovanu. bratrska skola v ivancicich je nazev puvodniho obrazu ktery dostal novou aargh interpretaci. obraz znazornuje dulezite misto ve vzdelani a krestanske historii zemi ceskych. ukol byl: co je stejne vyznamne pro klubovou kulturu jako prvni preklad bible pro ceske lidi? odpoved znela plakaty a letaky na klubove eventy, takze aargh verze bude schema jak s velkou nadsazkou se plakaty vyrabeji v aargh svete.

en: this is 3x2m canvas painted with acrylic paints and molotow markers with total around 100 hours:

cz: toto je 3x2metry velke platno malovane akrylem a molotow fixama. celkem to zabralo tak 100 hodin:

exhibited pictures / z vystavy:

en: respect and thanks to the remaining 21 artists and markbbdo staff for making this happen. here is selection of aargh’s personal favorites from the exhibition (maroDSGN, YUNK, illastration, neo ien):

cz: respekt a diky zbyvajicim 21 umelcum a markbbdo crew ze toto uskutecnily. zde je selekce oblibenych z vystavy (maroDSGN, YUNK, illastration, neo ien):

en: there will be a roadtour with the display of all the artworks in czech republic next year, follow aargh so you know more details.

cz: pristi rok by mela byt roadtour vystav vsech obrazu po ceske republice. sleduj aargh at vis detaily.

© pepsi RYW facebook / maroDSGN / YUNK / illastration / neo ien / MARK-BBDO / AARGH

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yo few stickers from the cote d’azur tour, black ink on white foil hand drawn, SUP!

gendarme et hellzeah (saint-tropez)

st-cyr sur mer:

boulodrome:

mars:

the only stickers in monte carlo before the principal wedding:

nice:

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en: this is eep, the first aargh custom that was available to public. to get him all you had to do was to download the paper model of hellzeah spraypainted booth, build it and submit best picture on aargh! facebook. this is eep and the results.

cz: toto je eep. prvni aargh custom ktery byl dostupny pro kohokoliv. abys ho ziskal musels stahnout vystrihovanku hellzeah pomalovane budky, postavit ji a poslat nejlepsi fotku na aargh! facebook. tak todle je eep a vysledky minisouteze.

en: so this is the package that goes to Roman Liebich who took the first place with shin tanaka’s toys gathering around the booth. (roman if you are reading this claim your prize by emailing hello@aargh.cz). second place was taken by Veronika Pesatova with her model and tokidoki ammunition posing around. Martin Krutina took the third place with no paper model but him posing next to the real thing. Them entries:

cz: tak todle je baleni ktere dostane Roman Liebich ktery vyhral jeho fotkou hracek shina tanaky obklopujicich budku. (romane jesi todle ctes prihlas se o vyhru emailovanim na hello@aargh.cz). druhe misto obsadila Veronika Pesatova s fotkou modelu a zevlujicima tokidoki naboji. Martin Krutina vzal treti misto aniz by mel vystrihovanku, ale s realnou budkou kterou se vydal do milovic navstivit. Tady:

en: if you want to have an aargh piece in your collection too, wait for another creative contest coming let’s say next month (july) or email aargh with your custom request.

cz: jesi chces mit ve sbirce taky neco aargh, pockej na dalsi kreativni soutez ktera bude rekneme pristi mesic (cerven) nebo posli email s custom poptavkou na hello@aargh.cz

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en: yeah, zeah summertime is coming with the smell of spraypaint, eating out and burned necks. the weather was so good, that we decided to have a small (9 hours) waste-a-can session with junk+lndt at milovice. have a look at the attacked whole rooftop construction here. team hellzeah!

cz: jeah, zeah leto prichazi a s nim i vune spreju, svaca venku a spalene krky. pocasi bylo tak supa ze sme se rozhodli vydat se do milovic na malou (9 hodin) odpal-ten-plech session s junk+lindt. podivej se na prepadeny whole rooftop tady. team hellzeah!

en: feel free to download the free paper model of the rooftop here. print it, cut it, fold it, glue it, take pictures of it and post them on aargh facebook fanpage. the best picture will get…let’s see, maybe a custom dunny. good luck!

cz: stahni si zdarma vystrihovanku rooftopu tady. vytiskni, vystrihni, naohybej, slep, vyfot a postuj na aargh fanpage na facebooku. nejlepsi obrazek ziska…uvidime, treba custom dunnyho. hodne stesti!

UPDATE.en: the downloadable file was revised and the contest deadline was set on 31th may.

UPDATE.cz: soubor ke stazeni byl updatovan a uzaverka souteze byla nastavena na 31. kveten.

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the complete munny world set is customized and submited on the kidrobot‘s munnyworld mega contest website. have a look at the results and if you fancy ‘em enough give ‘em a like (all entries/page 3/somewhere in the bellow middle of the page). thank you!

mu and du were hidden in the bushes looking through window of that family and watching cartoons on their abandoned tv when du felt asleep. now mu is taking his spirit sister sleeping. as you can see even spirits wear pyjamas:)

rooza is typical harajuku station snap shot allstar. today she is in her gothic uniform.

05 V6 twin turbo kersal massive style rollin tha hood, backseat hoes not included.  raff rider to the max!

vicious villian trikky is armed to the teeth, wearing the guy flawkes mask if he wants to put the v in vicious and hide his kawaii face (kukuč). in tigercamo his karate gimmicks are even more unpredictable. watch out big brother, watch out!

wearing the colours of popular japanse productivity doll mashed up with a bit of streetsteez and white lens.

foomi with a special robotic arm extention made for tug of war contests and arm wrestling tournaments (not to win a truck). you better not challenge him.

怪獣クラッカ(kaijukracka) is a good example that crushing skyscrapers with your teeth is not really good for them. currently retired from the city attacks spending a lot of time in spas. hold on, there is someone in the costume! seems like this case is solved scoobydoo style.

also check out the production log to see how it happened.

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