“and the Faber15 award goes to…:)”

The Faber15 award is taking shape.
A small step for creativity...:)

It is not everyday that you receive an award but it is even more rare to have an award named after yourself. Nevertheless now that has happened to me!

Last year when I decided to leave my perfect job for 28 years as art director and partner at Advance Copenhagen to pursue my wild creative dream. The good people at Advance created a prize that would be given once a year to a person or team for outstanding and courageous creative work at the agency. At the Advance Christmas party last Friday it was given for the first time and before that I had taken the task to do the statuette (oh-oh, what to do?).

The astronaut theme came natural. When doing creative work it often feels like floating in free and unknown space with the hope that you are on the right track and that you will get back to earth at some point. Hopefully you will be able to depict and describe what you have experienced and make it into communication.

I found a box of Super Sculpey and started modeling. I cut up an old IPhone cord for the tubing, then paint and stickers. The statuette ended up as a desktop pencil holder and I placed a Faber-Castell pencil in the small crater so the ultimate creative tool “the pencil” (or apple pencil) would always be close at hand. For the other hand I did a jerry can full of Faber Fuel (New Anti-gravity formula). The box is a reused IPad package and there you have it: The Faber15 award. Handmade, sustainable and made from recycled materials and creative hope for the future.

Super Sculpey before oven

The devil is in the detail

Recycled box and stickers

Back to 21-10-2015. Now we don't have to wait for the future

Just an image from Copenhagen morning traffic to celebrate the fact that now we are living in the future. There is no need to wait anymore. Go and do what you have to do! #RebelNature

Finding inspiration for Res Waveborn of RebelNature in surfmode

Denmark is not the biggest surfnation but the first weekend of august I went surfing in some small (1m) waves in the north of Sealand with my 2 daughters and this gave plenty of inspiration for Res from RebelNature in her surf mode. Here my oldest daughter poses in silhouette. I think I'm going to use that silhouette for something in #RebelNature

Turaga Files - Unboxing the Legend - Exhibit 021

https://youtu.be/Isuzfov350M

This is an old piece of preview animation made for fun to showcase the size relation between Mata Nui and Earth, given that a Toa was 2,3 meter high. Thak you Ghost for your great sense of humour through all the years of 3D production.

Testing out the new follow by e-mail function with a spoof from the past

Now you can get new stuff from this blog direct in your mailbox (I will try not to spam you)
This is just a test of that function showing an old spoof from when the Ironman 2 came out. At that time I was shopping for a new iron and thought it would be a fun piece of merchandise (love that suit!)

"Seeing faces" - The DR Ironman rebuild

I recently visited the DR City. The headquarters of the Danish national broadcasting corporation (DR) It is great when architecture is this bold and daring and gives associations.

Being a compulsive "face finder" I couldn't help reimagining one of the structures in the inner hall of the main building:)
 Here is the transformation in 4 steps. The first picture is how it actually looks.

The "smart" generation

Smart tech is redefining us as human beings and we are constantly checking our artificial handheld new brain. I wonder how the coming generations will look back at this point in time.
Below you can see the original Giacometti sculpture at Louisiana museum of modern art north of Copenhagen.

Rocket - custom LEGO edition

Celebrating all the years with Advance and LEGO I got a custom build Rocket at the Advance christmas party last friday and I think it is simply the coolest thing so here it is. Many thanks to the LEGO designer who build it. I will add your name as soon as I get it confirmed.

This Rocket is an extremely flexible craft. 

The Imaginaut (who in this case will be me) travels on a combination of imagination, passion, curiosity and skill. 

Currently it has one seat but it can easily expand to seat more travellers. The Spherical design and special tri-engine setup gives it the ability to hover, fly backwards and land on any surface. It is under constant redesign and will be adjusted to handle any specific situation, even time travel or hostile conditions. I can instantly shrink to pocket size or go invisible if required.

HF MOC "cleaning" the basement of Hero Factory

Here is a big HF Special-Ops Moc on location in the wrecked basement of the Hero Factory. He is carrying the prototype "Hero Booster". A weapon that de-materializes and compresses the target into a small container inside the weapon. The contained target can later be decompressed in a secure location. The weight of the weapon has required a major rebuild of the basic hero frame.

Just another morning on my way to work in CPH:)

 Copenhagen is a beautiful city but right now most of the town is undergoing construction work. The new Metro is being build with stations popping up all over the city. In this case at the Town hall. This morning it looked like the prep for a rocket launch with astronauts boarding, tall cranes and dramatic haze so I gave the thought a little help:)