tomato was founded in 1991 as a collective comprising artists, designers, musicians and writers. the group develops cross platform, multi-media projects; both commercial and research based.
tomato engage in publishing, exhibitions, live performances, public speaking and hosting workshops as well as working with clients in the areas of advertising, architecture, fashion, public installations, music, television, film and graphic design.
the collaboration continues…
2006
created for the inaugural show of reed space gallery, tokyo. made over a month, the content was inspired by the reading of news events. One or two images were created daily, eventually forming a pictorial newspaper re-presenting the history of the month. August appears in the 2007 TDC annual.
film installation accompanying the 2006 colour splash hair show, tokyo.
Water Drink Life
A project commissioned by Medicom Toy and Helly Hansen. 50+ items, based on the theme of water, ecology and winter sport.
An evolution of the writing that was started with The Floating World and subsequently mutated into the TDC Bccks Project, The Typographic Mind.
design and art direction for the independent uk electronica record label.
Tomato designed film titles for the movie sequel directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Tomato designed the Word Collider for Nokia as part of their in-store content. The generative birth and disintegration of the words all lead back to the original state of “Being”. The cycle repeats once all configurations have been explored.
Films for Vioro fashion department store.
Made for the launch of the 6 story story centre in Kyushu, Japan. The theme is “Bloom”.
Film and sound piece based on the fibonacci sequence.
Tomato directed a sound reactive film to accompany the classical musical performance of Cornelius Cardew’s work in Rotterdam.
tv commercial, art direction and print design for the final release from the leftfield duo.
Film made for the Nokia screens at the Terminal 5 building, heathrow airport.
LASER ETCHED TYPOGRAPHIC SKATEBOARD DESIGN.
FOR AMERICAN EXHIBITION AND AUCTION FOR AIDS CHARITY.
The classic 70’s digital watch adapted with production techniques that allowed combinations of metal finishes. The design concept is derived from the in built location sensor that adjusts to global time frames.
DESIGN & ART DIRECTION FOR the uk ELECTRONICA LABEL.
The Seiko Spectrum is the first watch in the world to use flexible e-paper or electrophoretic display (EPD). Tomato designed the graphics and animations in collaboration with the Seiko Design Centre. Released in January 2006 in an edition of 500 this watch won the 2006 prize as the best Electronic Watch of the Year at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie in Geneva, 2006.
typographic treatments for the cultural centre’s poster campaign.
