Artist and comedian, Ursus Wehrli, makes me feel like I'm not alone with his new book, The Art of Clean Up. In the book, Ursus rearranges everyday objects and environments as he sees fit. See more pictures like above at PSFK.
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Essential Organization
Artist and comedian, Ursus Wehrli, makes me feel like I'm not alone with his new book, The Art of Clean Up. In the book, Ursus rearranges everyday objects and environments as he sees fit. See more pictures like above at PSFK.
Friday, July 8, 2011
N SKY C
Every five minutes, NSKYC, a site by web designer Mike Bodge, updates with a new snapshot of the average color of the city's sky at that moment. It may sound mundane, but the result is actually fascinating and beautiful. The page has been dominated by varying shades of gray today, but scroll down to the early morning hours to find vibrant blues around 5 a.m., or skip past the black of night for yesterday evening's maroon sunset.
Mike Bodge is one of the cofounders of NY based digital agency, Lolz LLC. They are mad talented and their site (as well as Bodge's blog DeleteYourself) are highly entertaining. Funny side story, I read about five different articles about N SKY C before I realized who made it haha. Read the rest of the snippet above here.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, November 22, 2009
MoMA Welcomes Tim Burton
Friday, June 12, 2009
Panasonic 21:9
I just re-watched Panasonic's first commercial to promote their "true cinema" 21:9 ratio tv. How could I forget to post this?? It was directed by Adam Berg, and it came out of Tribal DDB Amsterdam. Anyways, it is well worth the watch (in HQ if possible).
Some interesting opinions about the spot:
Who made it and how:
Who Loves Conan O' Brien?
Check the pictures of Conan on his new set below and enjoy.
The resemblance is uncanny. Go Super Mario Bros!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Paint with Bob Ross
You heard me. Now is your chance to paint with one of the greatest. Yubby.com has a whole channel devoted to the master himself, Bob Ross. I can't believe I found this. Enjoy as much as you can before it's taken down.Friday, April 3, 2009
Finally
I've been so busy (lazy) that I haven't been able to put this up. I'm sure you've all seen Google's awesome version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar that they had on their homepage a few days ago. That book has some nostalgic value to me.
Did any of you get those scholastic book orders in class when you were in 3rd or 4th grade? You know, the ones where you could order books for fun etc? Well, my parents never let me order any, but one day I got like 3 books in my cubby hole. I didn't question the logic and took them home. My mom asked where I got them and soon realized that they belonged to some poor sucker in my class. She took me back to school and made me return them to my teacher. My teacher thanked me for my "honesty" and asked me to pick out any book from the pile she had just ordered. Guess which one I picked?Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Write Like You Design
Core77.com has 5 tips to help designers write like they design. The site explains how designers and writers are alike, they just use different tools to create their art. Even if you are just writing a paper, these 5 tips can help you create something decent. Tip #2 is a problem I see a lot in people's work as well as my own. We tend to use bigger words than necessary. Here's an excerpt:2. Kill jargon. Like any field that has to fight for relevance, design is mired in jargon. I’m talking not only about technical terms, Adobe-isms, and that sort of thing, but also verbal SUVs—big, pointless words that look fancy but don’t do anything. Dialectic. Utilization. Orchestrate. Dynamic. Synthesis. Do what Michael Pollan tells us to do with food: ask, would my grandma use this? If not, scrap it, and tone things down. Remember, design is a mystery to most people. Make it real and relatable—and yes, relevant—by using real and relatable words.
Click here to read the rest of the tips...
Monday, March 9, 2009
Dang, that's neat.
Christian Faur does some amazing stuff with crayons.You can check out his site and more pictures here
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Adidas & Street Art
This was a blank billboard campaign done in Germany quite some time ago. The concept was to put up a blank board and allow street artists to mark it up with graffiti and art. After the board was covered, a silhouette of an Adidas shoe was put over the art. The campaign emphasized originality and customization. I think it turned out pretty good.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Art of Title Sequences
You know those credits that roll through the beginnings of movies and tv shows? That's what I mean by a Title Sequence. Some people enjoy them, some could really care less. I think the beginning is just as important as the movie. To me, it sets up the initial mood/how you feel.
The picture above is for HBO's show True Blood. This is one of my favorite sequences for TV. Artofthetitle.com says that the creators of this sequence were inspired by a documentary called Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus.
If you want to watch True Blood's title sequence or any other movie/TV sequence, visit their website below. You'll be able to watch the sequence in normal or HD quality with a little bit of background information provided for you to read.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Artist Sweatshops?
I've always thought that famous artists produce every single piece of artwork that has their name attached to it. Apparently, bigger artists have studios where hired painters are paid an hourly salary to create work for them. Keep in mind, this is no new concept, artists have been doing it for centuries. It just devalues the art show much knowing that there is a large chance that it wasn't even created by the named artist.
Snippet:
Jeff Koons has 87 of them laboring in shifts. Damien Hirst employs several teams, as needed. Jasper Johns has had the same one for 23 years. (…) What is curious is how differently the market treats work done by assistants in different eras. Consider how quickly a putative Old Master painting priced in the millions is devalued should new evidence prove it to have been made by other hands. (…)
Jeff Koons has 87 of them laboring in shifts. Damien Hirst employs several teams, as needed. Jasper Johns has had the same one for 23 years. (…) What is curious is how differently the market treats work done by assistants in different eras. Consider how quickly a putative Old Master painting priced in the millions is devalued should new evidence prove it to have been made by other hands. (…)
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