The submission for "Monsters & Mayhem" has just closed and now it's time for you to cast your votes!!

Which ones are the coolest, funniest, best illustrated designs? Which ones should we print for you?

The choice is Yours!!

For all the newcomers to the site: you can score points for each design once.
0 points means: "Na, I really don't like that one" and 5 points means: "Yes, this is so cool that I want to see it in print".

Remember that you don't have to score all designs at once. You can score a few, have a coffee and return later to score the rest. Our server will remember you and tell you the ones you already scored by fading the image into black and white. Neat ;)

So, go ahead and have fun going through the cool designs that we have received...
some real treasures among them!!

Scoring Ends on Monday, 11th June.

SCORE DESIGNS HERE

Just a quick reminder to our dear members and new visitors that the submission deadline for our "Monsters & Mayhem" T-Shirt competition is tomorrow, Wed. 30th May 23.00GMT.

We have recieved some great designs and can not wait to share them with you.
The scoring starts on Thursday, around 9-10am in the morning GMT.

Help us decide best designs that should scoop the prizes! Score as many designs as possible!! If you are not sure how it works, please check our FAQ here.

Also, dont forget about out 'Daily News' in the member section of the website (My Allmightys). Here we will keep you up to date on how the voting is going. Please note you need to be logged in to see these.

If you have any questions, or if your designs are not appearing as you intended, please let us know and we will try to make corrections. Please note though that you are not able to alter the designs during the voting.

Yours,
Allmightys Team

Two new shirts have arrived in our store:

The Mother Nature Gold Prize: "Invisible Form of Life" by Jessie Yan and the Mother Nature Bronze Prize: "Trash Root" by Yonil!

They are avaiable in the shop NOW, so go get 'em :)

Hanneke sent us her site yesterday. Its absolutley fantastic! You have to check it out. A wonderful mix of drawing, photography, illustration and animations.... You can actually draw on the site ...I love it.

Must see : handiedan

By the artist:
my name is hanneke and me like; drawing, grapefruits, photographic design, shanghai, new zealand, ‘quantum therapy’: sitting under a tree in the sunshine and waiting till the appel bounces on my head, digital revolution, black gell pens, old paper and books, my little cousin puk when she smiles to the world when after her afternoon nap, listen to peoples stories, eating with friends, black and white negatives, making pictures with ......read more

You can also find Hanneke on myspace

A wonderful collection of adds for Robinsons. I saw this on TV few days ago and was wondering who did these.

All the adds here

Our new friend Rachel Lewis did some digging and this is what she found out:

He's called Adrian Johnson and his stuff is AWESOME. I love it way too much.
Hehe. His website is Www.AdrianJohnson.org.uk. Everybody go there!
Think I may even add him to my inspiration list. Get me eh.

Really nice work by Adrian ..a must! ...and dont forget to Check out Rachel's blog here ...really nice posts.

Two new designs from the Mother Nature competition have just arrived from the printers and are for sale now:

"SEED" by Gary Milne and "Ceci n'est pas une Pèche" by Kanella Arapoglou.

Grab them while they're fresh!

In the mood of our current competition "monsters & mayhem" check out this blog by Stefan G. Bucher. Its a blog about "a growing collection of curious creatures and the stories behind them".
A wonderful collection of monster illustrations.

Daily Monster Here

Stefan is - 344 Design

Thanks Joe.

This is a must for all you transformers fans out there. Michael Bay (Producer-Director of the movie) has posted on his blog these amaizing renderings of the transformers. The detail is incredible, i just wish you could buy these. Surely, today, the tech is out there to manufacture these at this kind of detail..

Wonderful ...

For the film site, go here

Check out this short film on youtube by Sam Arthur.

The storyline is sad and comical at the same time. The film itself is very well scripted and executed. I especially like the cartoon elements in it.

I feel sorry for the guy though...

watch it here...

This is brilliant: a site where anyone can continue working on an endless image. Your image has to connect to the one before, so the whole image looks like one continuous wallpaper.

I check it regularly to see how it is evolving. It's a cool idea and does actually get longer and longer... a huge online mural!

have a look...

Here's a really cool music site I found recently:

"Every week, artists, DJs, music tv networks, newspapers, magazines, retailers, and bloggers recommend hundreds of their favorite new songs.
Critical Metrics keeps track of recommendations and playlists across all media so you can easily find, try, and buy the best new music."

I think it's a brilliant music compandium. The selections are cool mostly and done by people who (again mostly) know what they are talking about.  You get a lot of background info too and, where available, a link to the youtube video.

My only problem is the buffering takes too long sometimes, but maybe my DSL is lame again ;)

have a listen here...

Fantastic vintage computers photography produced for the book Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers by John Alderman. Check out Mark Richards website and navigate to "Core Memory" section.

Mark Richards

(Via BoingBoing)

Book Description
An unprecedented combination of computer history and striking images, Core Memory reveals modern technology's evolution through the world's most renowned computer collection, the Computer History Museum in the Silicon Valley. Vivid photos capture these historically important machines including the Eniac, Crays 1 3, Apple I and II while authoritative text profiles each, telling the stories of their innovations and peculiarities. Thirty-five machines are profiled in over 100 extraordinary color photographs, making Core Memory a surprising addition to the library of photography collectors and the ultimate geek-chic gift.

To buy from Amazon.com go here

To buy from Amazon.co.uk go here

Something for Friday:

Here is a really cool and funny site which deals with all sorts of "worst case" scenarios and how to deal with them. There are hilarious situations like "How to control a runaway camel", situations that we really don't want to find ourselves in, like "How to Survive If Your Parachute Fails to Open" and stuff that will make you smile, like "How to Foil a UFO Abduction".

Some are really interesting, others will just make you laugh, but the site is well worth a visit on a relaxed afternoon.

My favourite is the one "How to Survive If You Are Caught Slacking". It comes with a nice drawing of the best sleeping position at your desk ;)

browse here...

T-Shirts from the "Mother Nature" competition have started coming in!! First one to go into the store is "Bad Planet" by Si-Clark. There will be many more in the next week. One more tomorrow, then one on Monday, etc.. We think we have a fantastic bunch ...grab them while they are HOT!

Also, for you to stay up to date here is a little Mac OSX widget that shows you the tees that are in the store. As soon as the new one comes in, you widget will update. Apologies to PC users, but we could only make these for Mac. If there are any PC users out there good with Yahoo or Vista widget making and want to have a go, please let us know.

Mac OSX users download Here

Check out this movie about a suitcase-turns-into-bicycle.

A cool gadget for the weekend city breaks, as long as it doesn't weigh too much.

A neat idea nonetheless...

watch the film here...

Not sure if you've seen these, but BMW has launched a new advertising campaign and these ads look amaizing. "'See How It Feels'"

Directed by Warren & Nick

Check out the clip here

I saw another version of this ad on TV but i cant find it anywhere on the web. Anyone know?...

What would we do without keyboards, eh?... there have been numerous attempts to change the way we input data ...a mouse was that second invention but the keyboard always stuck around ... and i really wonder how many people actually use voice recognition ..anyone?..

So, i am not sure if you've head about Optimus Keyboard, but this little piece of kit will set you $1564. You can pre-program all the keys ..and i am talking about actually programming the letters that appear ...each key is a mini screen.

The description and detailed specifications will be published on May 20, 2007 at 3 p. m. Moscow time. On the same day they’ll start accepting limited pre-orders.

Production schedule:
Beginning of December 2007—200 keyboards
End of December 2007—200 keyboards
January 2008—400 keyboards

i will personally settle for this for the time being...but if you still think Optimus Keyboard is your thing ..then go here.

Here is another one of those products that you have to love!  I have been thinking of picking up one for a while now but never got around to it. I just love the "penelope" headset in maroon for a skype phone and it looks amazing. I think its also hilarious to use it as a hands free for your mobile phone ...imagine pulling this out in the street..

Check out the shop here ...

For blog here ..very cool products and updates...

for mocoloco review, go here

I came across graphikland on myspace. Don't kow much about him/her, a bit of a mysterious character. Never the less, you must check out some of his collages and drawings; a beautiful collection...

more here : graphikland

Sometimes you come across a site that you just cant help coming back to. Dark Roasted Blend is a collection of wondefully interesting things. I've got it on RSS feed and every time a new post arrives I am reading it. Its probably one of the few sites I thoroughly go through , but i just cant help it. Fantastic posts, images, topics, and wonderfully funny.

Here are some recent posts:
Putin's Emotions
Mystery Devices Issue 2
Spectacular Lightning Strikes
Strange Towers of the Third Reich
All Cranes Are Doomed

and they just keep coming.

Keep up the great work guys!!

Dark Roasted Blend

We've been widget busy today..here are two great allmightys widget to keep you in touch with the site.

Allmightys News Widget
Keeps you up to date with the news as they come in.

Monsters & Mayhem Widget
Tells you how many days left to submit designs.

You will need Mac OSX 10.4.3 minimum to run these.

Download both widgets here

Here is something for your Friday lunch breaks...

check out this speed painting video. Quite cool the way that the canvases rotate to form the beginning of a totally different image.

watch it here...

Thomas sent us a link to his 'new' website. We think it looks fantastic and so does the work. Please go and visit and let us know what you think. Wonderful portfolio online.

www.tomodesigns.com

Thanks Thomas.

Here is a neat little link for anyone who plans on travelling soon or just wants a closer look at the architectual highlights in your own city.

Basically you get an overview of architectual landmarks sorted by city that come with a bunch of photos and some description. You can most likely find some of this info in any decent travel guide, but this site gives you both recent and historical images and a good amount of historical background info more than would fit in most guides. I find it well composed and researched. For instance, did you know that Angkor Wat in Cambodia was built on a square island? I didn't...

so, if you're planning to travel soon, go ahead and have a browse here...

These two guys had a really neat idea. Looks like a lot of fun if you have a place that's big enough to play table tennis in...

designer's own words:
ready to build in ping pong table door. raising the handle allows you to swing the table and fasten it in position. Enjoy all the benefits of ping pong playing in your place, no matter how big it is. A conventional door connects rooms, this door connects people.

(via designboom)

I just love sites like these...

This always reminds of an astronomy teacher I used to have, who had a really fascinating way of explaining the relative sizes and distances of the planets in our solar system to us. I could spend hours looking at stuff like this!

Check it out here!

If you havent seen or heard of Klaus Obermaier then this post is a must. He is a media artist, director and composer who mainly works in the area of dance, music and theatre. He combines video art with thatre and dance to produce some very interesting overlays. Well worth a look.

Check out some movies here

Even More Here

Upcoming events:
April 25, 2007 - lecture
'interactivity in stage performances'
at: institute of media design, interface culture lab,
Art University Linz, Austria

"Welcome to museumr. In just one minute, you will be famous, and your photographs will be displayed in halls all around the globe. Eternal fame is just around the corner!"

Ever wanted to see one of your images in a virtual museum? This is a site where you can upload images either from your computer or flickr and see what it would be like to look at your stuff framed an on the wall.

try it out here...

Ever wondered where did those original Mac OS Sys 6-7 icons come from?
Susan Kare is the answer.
Its fantastic now looking back, its hard to imagine that they were actually designed just because they are sooo mac. I remember sitting hours in front of them and using Photoshop 2 and Mac Paint. Oh, those were the times...none of this dock scalling up and down stuff and eyecandy..

Check out the site.

Hello All,
We have launched our new competition today!

The theme this time is MONSTERS & MAYHEM!

We hope you all enjoy this theme as much as we do!
We think that this is a fun challenge to your imaginations out there!
All of you submitted such excellent work for the last competition, so we hope you are all ready for this one and getting the brain cells worked up ;)
The competition will run until Wednesday, 30th May. After this the voting will take place as usual...

Until then, ENJOY and give us your best!!

to submit, click here

Here is something really interesting. A mix of photography and vector art. Produced by an Italian artist Alberto Sevess. Well worth a look.

More here

(Via ComputerLove)

Mother Nature Competition

We asked you to think trees, plants, airplanes (hmm), CO2, renewables, cars, electricity, water, waste....everything ...

We had some really great submissions for this competition. Thank you all for submitting great designs!. The three winners are a result of all the votes that came in. As you can see from the score, the gold winner average score was 2.71 with the total of 325 voters!! Quite amazing in comparison to other designs. Someone has a lot of friends :) Apart from these 3 winners, we decided to print another 6 designs as Allmightys Special Selections. It was very hard to choose these designs and our choices were based on the voting result, the design, response to the theme and the quality. For example, Drying UP was in the lead for 12 days, ceci n'est pas une peche received a large number of votes in the last few days but did not reach 3rd place, Da Zi Ran is a great design,  Mother Vomit Earth is fantastic, Bad Planet very well drawn and produced design and SEED is just cool.

As we mentioned before, we are donating to 'Friends of the Earth' environmental organisation 1 EURO to for each and every 'Mother Nature' t-shirt we sell!

Here are the full results:

Winners (Printed)
(Order by Score)
1.  Invisible Form of Life by Jessie Yan, Average=2.71, Voters=325 (Com: 2EUR per shirt sold)
2.  The BIRDS and The BEEZ by Jonathan Lax, Average=2.51, Voters=242 (Com: 1EUR per shirt sold)
3.  Trash Roots by Jonathan Lax, Average=2.42, Voters=242 (Com: 0.50EUR per shirt sold)

Special Selection (Printed)
(order by score)
1.  Drying UP by Joe Gonzalez (Commission: 0.50EUR per shirt sold after first 100)
2.  ceci n'est pas une peche by Kanella Arapoglou (Commission: 0.50EUR per shirt sold after first 100)
3.  Da Zi Ran by Chua Kim Meng (Commission: 0.50EUR per shirt sold after first 100)
4.  Mother Vomit Earth by Brian Harsanto (Commission: 0.50EUR per shirt sold after first 100)
5.  Bad Planet by Si Clark (Commission: 0.50EUR per shirt sold after first 100)
6.  SEED by Gary Milne (Commission: 0.50EUR per shirt sold after first 100)

Special Mention (Not Printed)
(order by score)
1. mama by matteo zanotti
2. yusyuvarlak by isil uzum
3. Second Growth by Saman Bemel-Benrud
4. crows by Federico Gonzalez
5. Orpheus by Katja Aalto
6. Destroy Mother Nature by Nemanja Nikodinovic
7. birds by Sven Palmowski

For full info, including images see here

Thank you all again!