Monthly Archives: July 2010

Troika’s Kinetic Sculptures

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

Eva Rucki and Sebastian Noel’s London based Troika is an art and design practice that most recently made the news with their kinetic* palindrome sculpture- installed in July for the Victoria and Albert Museum in Kensington. Watch the video here. In 2008, … Continue reading →

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‘Helvetica’, ‘Objectified’… Now ‘Urbanized’.

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

Chalk it up to filmmaker Gary Hustwit to keep up his job as the chronicler par extaordinaire of society’s current passions in design and design discourse. His deep look into a typeface resulted in his 2007 documentary Helvetica. In the … Continue reading →

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Send Camille to film school with IndieGoGo

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

My young friend Camille Manybeads — a teenage Navajo filmmaker from Arizona — just got accepted to Idyllwild‘s Moving Pictures Program. She needs to raise about $5000 for a laptop, Final Cut Pro, a hard drive and a printer. Help … Continue reading →

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Zeitguised

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Wow. If you haven’t seen Peripetics by Zeiguised yet (on Kanye West’s blog, of all places), than you’d better watch it now. Here are some stills.

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Milton Glaser’s Great Rules For Life

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Go check out Milton Glaser’s site, where you can find the essay quoted below in its original context. This came to me from Frank Lentz, via Micah Hahn, and is an excerpt from a talk Glaser gave at AIGA in London on … Continue reading →

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The Date Farmers

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

I’ve always been a big fan of art collaboratives. As such, Micah Hahn recently introduced me to the work of The Date Farmers. From their site:  “Artwork by The Date Farmers echoes Mexican-American heritage rooted in California pop culture. Their … Continue reading →

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Os Gêmeos

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo are twin brothers from São Paulo in Brazil. Going by the name Os Gêmeos they’ve been painting walls since the 80’s. Some liken them (and their work) to the Rococo painters of yore. I like to think … Continue reading →

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Low Res & Pixelated Things

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

Pixelated Portrait Todd Knopke As early as 1999, artist Todd Knopke was producing pixelated versions of things: Skulls and whatnot, but also – of course – the inevitable self-portrait. ———- Lo-Res Typography Zuzana Licko/ Emigre The brilliant minds at Emigre … Continue reading →

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Concrete Vs. Wood

Posted on July 21, 2010 by
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Khmer Music

Posted on July 16, 2010 by

The “Emperor” of Khmer music, Sin Si Samuth, was born in 1932. He was an integral element of the Cambodian pop scene in Phnom Penh, along with other musicians such as ‘The Golden Voice of the Golden Capital” Ros Serey … Continue reading →

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