Erasing the lines
Noise for your eyes. A place to browse through some articles, videos and other features that all feed into the idea of sameness. And it's an eclectic mix. From features aimed to inspire, to spark creativity, to restart the heart, all the way to features that will challenge and possibly break the heart, sameness is just like the Transformers - more than meets the eye*.
*the [sameness] project is not a robot in disguise.
Put your hand up if you enjoy hospitals… The technology isn’t quite available yet to make that a smart question, not being able to see you and all, but lets assume most people raised their hand because generally, hospitals are not nice places to visit. Being that hospitals treat the sick, the people that […]
Pack your suitcase for procrastination land if you’re not there already, because once you start clicking on the Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards videos you may find yourself cutting a few productive hours out of your day. Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is a “global, online competition that encourages youth to creatively express their vision […]
“In March 2013 we set out to show that what unites us is stronger than what divides us.” – Coca-Cola Yeah, we know, it’s not the kind of quote you expect from a multi-national soft drink company that is considered by some to be the worlds most valuable brand, having it’s product in every country except North […]
Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness is a documentary following the victims and the perpetrators of conflict as they walk a journey of personal and corporate reconciliation. With examples drawn out of the Rawandan genocide, the conflict in Northern Ireland and Britain, and the Israel/Palestine violence among others, the film talks to those that […]
If you were to head to your pantry/cupboards/food storage places at home and pull out one weeks worth of food, what would it look like? Photographer Peter Menzel wondered enough to take a trip through 24 countries, documenting families and the food that they consume over one week. From the multi-coloured wrappings of supermarket shelf […]
The internet is an easy land to get lost in, jumping from page to page, following links and getting dizzy amongst all the pretty code. Every now and then though you stumble across something completely awesome by mistake and all the aimless clicking seems worth it. This is one of those good “by accident” finds […]
Nothing bad ever came from sitting in a ball pit. The good peeps over at SoulPancake proved this fact with a little experiment that will definitely add a dash of happiness to your day, restart your heart, and restore a little bit of your faith in humanity. City streets are full of strangers and it’s […]
Quite a wee while ago we posted THIS clip about French street artist JR and the Inside Out project. What started out as JR getting a bit cheeky with pasting some posters in public places turned into a worldwide movement as others caught onto the idea, and giant black & white posters of faces started […]
Not many people would give up the good old American dream, or any kind of half-decent dream, to move to India for what is probably closer to a third world nightmare. Rocky Braat however, decided to suspend all normality and cross some massive cultural and social lines, moving to India with the sole aim of […]
Hopefully somewhere on your clicking journey across the internet and through the [sameness] project website you have come across Soles & Stories, the [sameness] project that was part art, part empathy, and all good. If not then click HERE The nine nannies/domestic workers, their shoe art and their personal stories, offered a little window into […]
