January 30, 2008
Said Osio
Adidas Original Festival
Adidas Originals in Australia teamed up with Vice Magazine to launch an online game for Australian users to create and promote the Adidas Original Festival with virtual a budget of $100,000.
They select the venue, design promo posters, and select bands from a list of 200, then "promote" their virtual festivals through social networks and email. The festival that gets the highest virtual attendance wins a trip to a music festival in Berlin.
They select the venue, design promo posters, and select bands from a list of 200, then "promote" their virtual festivals through social networks and email. The festival that gets the highest virtual attendance wins a trip to a music festival in Berlin.
January 29, 2008
Bill Bowers
Low Budget D-Day
The limitless world of CGI. Here's a great example of how a small production budget can net pretty amazing results. Here's what can be accomplished in 4 days with 3 graphic designers, a station wagon, soldier uniforms, a rope, 2 rifles, and a digital video camera.
January 28, 2008
Bill Bowers
Paper Cut
Some of you may or may not have received an email about a paper art contest exhibit at the Hirshhorn Gallery in DC. Well, I did. Upon further investigation, I came to learn this exhibit never existed and that the paper art is the collected work of Danish artist Peter Callesen. So, if you want to spread the word about his art, do so from here. And if you get that e-mail, you might want to send the sender there too.
January 28, 2008
Bill Bowers
Return of the Dunes
Some amazing photos taken by Richard Ehrlich of the crumbling town Kolmanskop in southern Namibia.
A little about the town: It developed after the discovery of diamonds in the area in 1908, to provide shelter for workers from the harsh environment of the Namib Desert. The village was built like a German town, with a hospital, ballroom, power station, school, theater, casino, and ice factory. The town declined after World War I as diamond prices crashed, and was abandoned in 1956.
A little about the town: It developed after the discovery of diamonds in the area in 1908, to provide shelter for workers from the harsh environment of the Namib Desert. The village was built like a German town, with a hospital, ballroom, power station, school, theater, casino, and ice factory. The town declined after World War I as diamond prices crashed, and was abandoned in 1956.
January 22, 2008
Eric Einwiller
iGuitar
PocketGuitar is a virtual guitar for iPhone and iPod touch. You can even have guitar sessions with the songs in your iPod.
January 11, 2008
Eric Einwiller
Simply IKEA
Working around art, information technology, and daily life, Chicago based artist Jason Salavon has created a full-size, 374-page reproduction of the entire 2007 IKEA catalogue, reduced & abstracted to only averaged color & lay-out structure.
With an estimated 175 million copies distributed in 2006, the IKEA catalogue is thought to have surpassed the Bible as the most published print-work in the world.
Using software processes of his own design, Jason Salavon generates and reconfigures masses of communal material to present new perspectives on the familiar. Reflecting a natural attraction to popular culture and the day-to-day, his work regularly incorporates the use of common references and source material. The final compositions are exhibited as art objects, such as photographic prints and video installations, while others exist in a real-time software context.
With an estimated 175 million copies distributed in 2006, the IKEA catalogue is thought to have surpassed the Bible as the most published print-work in the world.
Using software processes of his own design, Jason Salavon generates and reconfigures masses of communal material to present new perspectives on the familiar. Reflecting a natural attraction to popular culture and the day-to-day, his work regularly incorporates the use of common references and source material. The final compositions are exhibited as art objects, such as photographic prints and video installations, while others exist in a real-time software context.
January 9, 2008
Bill Bowers
Be Kind Rewind
A new film by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine), releasing Feb 22nd, looks quite interesting. Starring Jack Black and Mos Def as befuddled and incompetent video store clerks, they "creatively" recreate past movie classics – a method they coined as "sweding". You'll see. Here's the trailer.
January 9, 2008
Stephanie Radakovich
Jeff Soto
Every once in a while we shake things up around here. Like a 7.5 earthquake hitting our brick building, three new paintings came into the studio. One of them is by Jeff Soto, a painter from southern California whose work is inspired by childhood toys, the lifestyle of skateboarding and graffiti, hip-hop and popular culture. Check out his website.
January 7, 2008
Bill Bowers
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
A new documentary by Sara Lamm tells a complex story of a Dr. Bronner, a man "who cares more for humanity than for his own children."
From Ghost Robot: Dr. Emanuel Bronner was a master soapmaker, self-proclaimed rabbi, and, allegedly, Albert Einstein's nephew. In 1947, after escaping from a mental institution, he invented the formula for 'Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap,' a peppermint-infused, all-natural, multi-purpose liquid that can be found today in every American health food store. On each bottle of his soap, he printed an ever-evolving set of teachings he called 'The Moral ABC,' designed, in his words, 'TO UNITE ALL MANKIND FREE!'??
From Ghost Robot: Dr. Emanuel Bronner was a master soapmaker, self-proclaimed rabbi, and, allegedly, Albert Einstein's nephew. In 1947, after escaping from a mental institution, he invented the formula for 'Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap,' a peppermint-infused, all-natural, multi-purpose liquid that can be found today in every American health food store. On each bottle of his soap, he printed an ever-evolving set of teachings he called 'The Moral ABC,' designed, in his words, 'TO UNITE ALL MANKIND FREE!'??
January 2, 2008
John Barretto
Blackle.com
Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all that every little thing counts when it comes to conserving energy. Blackle is just like Google but has a predominantly black screen that saves energy because of the concept that a monitor requires more power to display a light screen than a dark screen.
