The Weeknd : The Morning
Everyone is trying to put a label on this stuff. I think it should be called “Babies making babies making music”. I’ve been going back and forth with The Weeknd and Frank Ocean for the past month, with The Weeknd taking a slight lead for “This is my slow jam”. The video is nicely done...
Symbol : Angus Hyland and Steven Bateman
“This book features over 1300 symbols, organized into groups and sub-groups according to their visual characteristics. Each category includes a short introduction, with expanded captions providing information on who the symbol was designed for, who designed it, when, and where appropriate, what the symbol stands for. These sections are interspersed with short case studies on...
Park Avenue Armory : Ryoji Ikeda
“Ryoji Ikeda creates a visual and sonic environment where visitors are submerged in an extreme illustration of projected and synchronized data. His work uses scale, light, shade, volume, shadow, electronic sounds, and rhythm to flood the senses. In choreographing vast amounts of digital information, Ikeda conjures up a transformative environment in which visitors confront data...
Oliver Peoples’ Love-In
What is advertising now a days. The traditional means are still around and relevant but the ones that stick out are the artistically and creative. Like this short film by Lisa Eisner for Oliver Peoples. Gorgeous people, beautiful house, cool eye wear and magic hour…what could go wrong? Learn more about the piece here at...
The Joy Formidable
The Joy Formidable is a three piece outfit from across the pond with a great and powerful sound. I first saw them kill their Conan appearance last week and had to learn more. If you’re in the market for heavy and thick licks with a pop melody, then look now further.
It’s a Cosby Sweater…a Cosby Sweater
Google has just ceased their newspaper scanning project, in which the company was digitizing archival publications dating back to late 1800s. It’s a shame that the project is being put on hold, but at least someone out there is doing the lords work and archiving every Cosby sweater shown on the best family sit-com ever,...
Burton Kramer Identities / A Career Retrospective Book
“Burton Kramer Identities is an important and comprehensive book on the work of a leading Canadian designer, educator and painter, who practiced for over 50 years. Kramer began his design career in the New York office of Will Burtin and went on to work at Geigy under Gottfried Honegger. In 1961, he moved to Zurich,...
Sometimes All You Need Is A Pretty Girl : Spectacles Edition
Nothing like eye wear to make you see better. Check out more of my image bookmarking on my FFFFound page. >>>
Cafe Cowboy
Cafe Cowboy is a short doc about Californian bike builder Dustin Kott, who uses spare parts or old bikes to repurpose them into beautiful British-style Cafe racers. Now I’m not a bike person by any means, but I do know when something is good looking. The doc is shot beautifully and elegantly edited. Learn more...
New Museum : Let Us Make Cake
The New Museum down on the Bowery did something, well, new. “On Saturday, May 7th, Flash:Light transformed Mulberry Street, Patrick’s Cathedral and the facade of the New Museum into a spectacular nighttime environment of temporary, site-specific public art. An artist-driven antidote to light-based advertising and the capitalization of public space, the event represents a new...
Cinemagraph
Animated GIFs have been around since the first line of HTML code was typed up. Although, for some reason, it has not developed like code has. It is still the same old technology, which have been primarily used for comedic internet memes. Along come Jamie Beck (Photography) and Kevin Burg (Web Design/Motion), who’ve taken the...
Alex Winston
This singer-songwriter form Bloomfield Hills, MI struck my attention with her pixie voice and catchy pop songs. Signed to Heavy Roc Music, Alex Winston is on the verge of something bigger. I’m very excited to hear her full length but if you need to satisfy your feign, check out her download of covers. She also...
SLAM Magazine Online
SLAM Magazine has been in my life since it’s inception. Growing up playing ball in the golden era of Hip-Hop, it was a must have for us tweeners to read. Check out the new homepage for the site (nicely organized if I must say so myself) and get up on your game.
Sometimes All You Need Is A Pretty Girl : Freckles Edition
Freckles are clusters of concentrated melanin which are most often visible on people with a fair complexion. A freckle is also called an “ephelis”. Freckles do not have an increased number of melanin producing cells (melanocytes). Freckles are good. Via Jun Joseph, via Cira Car
An Evening In Manila
UPDATE: Tickets for the event are now $40.00, so it’s like buy one get one free. Project Heal Manila is a global organization dedicated to supporting sustainable community-based projects designed to empower the youth of the Philippines. It is also a great group of friends who I lend my talents to… I happen to be...
Mason London : Old School Hipsters
There’s just something really hip about these images. I can’t put my finger on it. Check out the very cool work of Mason London here. >>>
Fonts In Use
Trying to choose proper and correct fonts for one’s designs can be very tasking. You look at references, find something interesting, but can’t name the font from the thousands of typefaces in your suitcase. What is a poor-designer to do? Turn to Fonts In Use. A very cool, didactic site that uses popular designs /...
The City Limits
Beautiful time-lapse project from “motion photographer” Dominic Boudreault. Taken over a period of one year, these collections of images really display a city as a living entity. Cities represent in this piece are Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Manhattan and Chicago. ‘My goal was to show the duality between city and nature.’ ~ Dominic Boudreault
Jaume Plensa : Echo
Last week I witnessed the erection of Spanish artist Jaume Plensa’s Echo sculpture in Madison Square Park. It’s a real interesting installation which harkens back to Greek mythology and the daughter of a friend of the artist. Check out write ups from HuffPost and NYT, an overview and a real insightful piece respectfully. If you...
INSA : Gif-itti
The resurgence of animated .gifs is well documented with internet memes and the vast postings on FFFFound. But graffiti artist INSA takes it to a whole new level. Combining huge scale street art with frame by frame animation, the pieces really come alive via the internet. Here’s his latest piece for the White Walls Project....
I “Film” New York
Probably one of my biggest pet peeves of the city… You’re walking to work, running a bit late, trying to get into the office before anyone notices then all of a sudden some 22 year old PA asks you to stop. “You can’t cross cause we’re filming” says the punk with an attitude. I can’t...
WeShouldDoItAll
WSDIA is probably the best name for any design studio. Not only is their name excellent, so is their work. Based in Brooklyn, NY, their expertise lie in a wide arrange of disciplines from interactive, print, motion to architecture. I’m on board with their philosophy. Me being the renaissance man that I am, like to...
Sometimes All You Need Is A Pretty Girl : Alison Brie
It’s a rainy 50º here in gray Gotham, so what better way to brighten up your day then the arresting looks of Alison Brie. You may know her from shows such as Mad Men and, one of my favorites, NBC’s Community. But take a look here and really get to know her. These photos were...
Nike Tennis Classic AC Premium
It’s design like these Nike Tennis Classic AC Premium that get me going. Shown above are the Leather Pack (first two) and the Canvas pack (second two). Ooh, by the way…my birthday is June 30th
Designcollector iPad MAG
Designcollector started out as a Russian blog dedicated to website design by Arseny Vesnin. It has quickly grown into something more of a collection of great design from around the world. “I have started Designcollector in April 2003 as a first Russian blog dedicated to web design sites. Little did I know that it would...
Metropol Parasol : The World’s Largest Wooden Structure
Seville, Spain has a new tourist attraction. It’s the Metropol Parasol by J. MAYER H. Architects, and it’s purpose is to provide shade to a former parking lot that has now been converted to a market, square, and overall cool place. Read more about it from a very cool article on Yatzer. >>> ...
