I came across this project while finally getting to updating my portfolio site. It made me a bit nostalgic, but also reminded me what a great community project this was.

So we were amazed when the artistic diversion that was TEN:15 turned 100 days old. If it were a PROTOZOA it would have reproduced and died several times. But science aside — for the 100th day bonanza, instead of sparklers and dry ice, we introduced a theme: creative self-portraits. We got super abstract ones, like someone’s right cornea, or strand of hair, it was cool to see what kind of artistic license people took; even the straight forward shots revealed something interesting about who was keeping the project going.

We also thought it would be cool to see all the photos from the first 100 days mish-mashed (yes, that’s the technical term) together, a kind of look back in time. It’s fun to see the different themes/shapes that come out of the collages.

Greig Anderson emailed this photo our way to show what he was seeing at TEN:15. Poignant words from a bus station in Glasgow. The photo was cool, but his portfolio was even cooler.

He’s done a huge amount of work but I was most drawn to his self-initiated projects. Anderson is a conceptual designer and I found myself thinking “I wish I had thought of that” when looking through the projects. Simple, smart and really type-driven…SSRTD. Ok, that’s never going to catch on. Anyway, check out his work, it’s fun and I totally regret throwing out my spirograf.

The rumors are true, the Diga/Surtees buttons are finally for sale on TEN:15. It’s the first set of designer buttons for the collaborative photo project, but we want to turn it into a monthly thing. Feel free to sport the flare, they make great gifts…OR just join the collective experiment and take a photo at 10:15 am on any day and email it in.