I just heard that Doc Baily recently passed away. If you have never seen his work, you should check out these links, its wonderful stuff. Actually, you’ve probably seen some of his work in feature films, even though you didn’t know him.
A brief tribute:
http://www.cgchannel.com/news/viewfeature.jsp?newsid=5119
His studio site:
http://www.imagesavant.com/
I met Baily a very long time ago, back in [...]
charmingly idiosyncratic list of great british design projects from doc marten boots(mandatory wearing for me as a teenager, the oxblood version of course) to grand theft auto to the sgt. pepper album cover. compiled by the bbc culture show and the design museum.
nam june paik passed away on sunday. maker of arresting, playful and sharply whimsical video based work. he will be missed.