Alessi has been part of the Italian product design industry since the 1920′s and they have made some of the most iconic everyday kitchen utensil items as well as watches, tabletop products, clocks, etc. They have collaborated with designers and architects such as Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, Toyo Ito, Michael Graves, and Achille Casiglioni to [...]
. . I am coming with a double wammy this week and man I know that I am going to get so much shit for this. Planet Patrol I know everyone is feeling, but All Night Passion…….I can feel the guido comments coming, but what can I do, I have a small part of my [...]
I have been going through True Blood withdrawal since the last season ended. At least I can watch the creative True Blood Main Title and behind the scenes doc over and over by Digital Kitchen. True Blood Main Titles from DIGITALKITCHEN on Vimeo. True Blood Making of and Featurette from DIGITALKITCHEN on Vimeo. http://www.d-kitchen.com/ Oh [...]
“We are an arts and culture digital content delivery platform, a subsidiary of advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy. Our goal is to renegotiate the relationship between art, media, advertising and the consumer.” by Wieden+Kennedy Entertainment Check out their D.I.Y. America Series featuring Skate + Create 1&2 and Swoon http://www.wk.com/wke/show/DIY/episode/3
Here’s a “best of” pick I can definitely get behind… AP Magazine gave Taking Back Sunday’s “New Again” the top spot on its Best Albums of ’09 list. Not only did “New Again,” debut in the top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart this year (the third consecutive Taking Back Sunday release to [...]
Decode by Karsten Schmidt [Processing] from CreativeApplications.Net on Vimeo. “Decode: Digital Design Sensations showcases the latest developments in digital and interactive design, from small, screen-based, graphics to large-scale interactive installations. The exhibition includes works by established international artists and designers such as Daniel Brown, Golan Levin, Daniel Rozin, Troika and Karsten Schmidt. The exhibition features [...]
Eb Hu creates great motion graphics. Check out the work below and his website as well. Lucky from EB Hu on Vimeo. http://hybworks.co.uk/
Michael Appleton is a great photo journalist and here is an example of some of his work. Go check his website out as well http://michaelappleton.com/ New Orleans / Katrina American Chain Gang American Chain Gang Haiti
Justin made a post yesterday about Radio Raheem from the movie Do the Right Thing. After he did that post, I started watching other clips from that movie. I came across this one clip where everyone in the movie is just ragging all these other races of people. I was like “this reminds me of [...]
Nine Inch Nails has been one of my favorite bands since I was in 8th grade, but I was always intriguedby the well produced art direction, package design, and video/film production that has been incorporated into the multi-media identity of NIN. He has worked with such artists as http://www.billviola.com/, Russell Mills, David Carson, and Rob [...]
For a long time street artists have been used to spread propaganda and political messages. Recently I ran across a blog posting regarding Shepard Fairey and his support for the Obama Administration. You can check out the original article here Shepard Fairey Declared New Propaganda Czar
During a recent holiday party my co workers and I got a bit nostalgic. We were all chatting about the boom boxes that took 20 D energizer batteries. I’m relatively young compared to them. They are 70′s babies… myself an 80′s baby. Therefore, I never actually own the boom boxes with the 20D batteries, but [...]
Every now and then I get into this Joy Division / New Order kick and listen to all the albums on repeat. I was looking at the Joy Division artwork for Unknown Pleasures when I realized that most people will read liner notes and thank yous to see what bands that artist may be friends [...]
This will be going in my DVD collection as soon as it is available. It has one of my favorites of all time George Louis who is most recognizable for his Esquire covers. I saw his work at MoMA awhile back and it was great! “It could be said that George Lois is one of [...]
Great Video showing how Burton fabricates a snowboard
Font Shop was created by Erik Spiekermann in 1989 with Neville Brody and in this fontcast he talks about the interesting parallels of using web fonts as a service and typesetting the old way. FontCast #5 — Webfonts Week: Erik Spiekermann from FontShop on Vimeo. If you desin websites or just interested in typography you [...]
I am addicted to the New York Times and also to their LENS Blog http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/ and today I found another great photographer Damon Winter that shoots for the LA Times as well as the NY Times. And if you read my last post here is an example of the snow we got in New York [...]
The East Coast got hit pretty hard with snow the last couple of days so I went out and picked up some Brooklyn Pre-Prohibition Lager and “The Hangover” to watch with my wife while my son went to bed. After a while I started staring at the Brooklyn Lager Packaging design for the 6pix travel [...]
In 6th grade I begged my Mom for a skateboard, but she always said NO! Since my parents were divorced since I was young my Dad had no clue that my Mom didn’t want me to skate. For my birthday my Dad bought me a Powel Peralta Ray Barbee board with clear grip tape. I [...]
I totally forgot about this song. I remember this from when I was like 3 years old….this is one of the best finds in a long time. Enjoy
FREE LUNCH with Fred Gall – watch more skate, snow, surf, and moto videos
“TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with the annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK, TED includes the award-winning [...]
If you’re in the mood for a good tear jerker, check out this short film by PhosPictures — it’s heartbreaking and speaks in volumes about the human condition. Even you cat-lovers will shed a tear. Watch it here.
I was going through the daily blogs I review and came across that I.D. Magazine is over. This was one of my favorite magazines to read again and again on the train to Manhattan. Very sad to see this great magazine only on the web. I will always have a very strong connection to printed [...]
Going on my Xmas list! For the Fall/Winter Collection 2009 Carhartt is cooperating exclusively with Japanese company Vestax to bring a limited edition of the Handy Trax USB turntable into the shops – a portable record player for all-round use. This vinyl player is the perfect pulse generator for picnics that turn into cosy open-air parties. It is [...]
