Celebrate International Museum Day 2012!
According to the International Council of Museums (ICOM), every year since 1977 International Museum Day is organised worldwide around May 18. This day is an occasion to raise awareness on how important museums are in the development of society. ICOM Advisory Committee organises the theme of this event that, given the high number of countries … Read more
May: The Anti-Apathy Assignment
Stop. Unhand that computer mouse, that tablet, that phone, or that pack of large potato chips. After you read this paragraph, look up from the screen and look around you. Take it in, whatever you see happening around you. Acknowledge it, understand it, and come up with an idea from it. Doesn’t matter if it’s … Read more
2012 First Quarter Design Challenge Winners!
Hello hello, Apologies for the delay! It’s Friday and we’re keen on getting the news out! Here are the winners and prizes of the First Quarter Design Challenge! Three Random Single Items Winners! Rabbit “The rabbit is inspired by the rabbit in the Alice in Wonderland, I just added a diabolical aura in it through … Read more
April: Build on your Brilliance
Fourth month of the year – the excitement of a new year has died down, things have settled, and for some, another school year has just ended. We are at the brink of a new quarter (90 days of 2012 have passed can you believe that?), and most of us are starting to question what … Read more
February Sloot Winner!
HELLO HELLO! Happy Friday, happy Sloot Winner announcement! Here are the placers for February’s Continue This Doodle Design Challenge: THIRD PLACE goes to PAOLO GANGOSO! A bittersweet poison we ingest – two parts curiosity, three parts regret. SECOND PLACE goes to ANDIE CARMA! Overthinking Kills FIRST PLACE goes to MARIANE GO! NegaMonsters The things that … Read more
Doll Fins
Captain Slate and several planeteers had a blast last February coloring dolphins and getting a little messy. The World Wide Fund of Nature (WWF) had its very very first Mural Painting Marathon for the benefit of their Adoption Program. Hundreds pledged by painting outlined images of dolphins in four colorful walls to show their support and … Read more
Some Photos of Angkor
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –Mark Twain
2012 First Quarter Design Challenge
The first quarter of 2012 is about to end and we’re closing it with the biggest design challenge yet! Prizes for this Sloot giveaway will be bigger and we’re awarding more than one winner! Yeah! We’ll let you know more about the awesome prizes in the following weeks. For now, kindly read the mechanics: 1. … Read more
FOUND: VVG Something in Taipei
Even if there’s very little time left from the set itinerary for my trips, I always make sure that I visit a local bookstore and get myself a copy of a wonderful children’s book/art book to add to my collection. Just a few days ago, a trip to Taipei brought me to one of the … Read more
Slate Reel: Balance (animated short)
Before February ends, here’s a treat to honor our Attack the Addiction month. One of the classics, Balance (this month’s antidote!), won the Oscar for Animated Short Film in 1989. Directed and produced by German twin brothers Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein, it is simple and unpretty, yet affectively powerful. Some may find it a bit … Read more
