Tomoo Gokita

Fantastic work by painter Tomoo Gokita. His work has had a strong presence within the world of contemporary culture internationally for years but only recently he's gained more recognition within the contemporary art world. (via butdoesitfloat)

Urban Camouflage

Ever wonder how to hide out at Ikea or other big box stores? Well, here's your answer. Urban Camouflage "deals with the question how to camouflage oneself and one’s identity in the commercial space. The costumes are inspired by ghillie suits (the camouflage suits of snipers and hunters)." The videos are a must-see.

Yooouuutuuube

Don't know from where this originated, but it's a neat little hack for turning youtube videos into abstract color and motion studies.

Chicago Cubs: A Century of Suck

Manolith presents this great infographic illustrated by Dan Zettwoch. Dan's illustration style has an amazing attention to detail, function and form.

Liverpool Station Dance Off

The Mill, a visual effects company based out of London, NY and LA. created a spot with Saatchi and Saatchi for T-Mobile. The ad was shot live and aired directly over an entire commercial break. The filming and choreography of over 400 people using 10 hidden cameras that was then delivered live to Channel 4 was no easy feat. Idea pinched from the infamous flash mob event last February in NYs Central Station.

Wood

A great little animated short, "Wood" put together by McBess & Simon for McBess' band "The Dead Pirates"

Polluted Pics

Some shocking photos from some of the most environmentally contaminated places on earth.

Vans + Kiss

Time to polish up the Camaro, and dust off the 8-track. Vans and Kis are teaming up again to bring you the "Rock N Roll Over" pack featuring artwork from the 1976 album of the band.

Chaos in the Print Shop

Another great spin on the original kinetic movie by Peter Fischli and David Weiss, "The Way Things Go." This time it's for Clustarack. Here's a short clip of the original film.

The Big Book of Real Trucks

Some great illustrations from "The Big Book of Real Trucks," a children's book published in 1950.

Early Century French Type Book

Beautiful hand-lettered French modern type and design books.

1+1=3

 At Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, the final-year student created an alternative meeting place in Greenhouse at the Stockholm Furniture Fair. As a a bonus this year, the third-year students collaborated with second-year Advertising and Graphic Design students in creating a catalogue and a film. (via Dropular)

Ain't No Rest For The Wicked

Video Fridays: Great new video and album by Cage The Elephant from Bowling Green, Kentucky. A perfect blend of styling, music, and set design. 

Matt & Kim

Before you all get tired of hearing this song in the Bacardi spots, just thought I'd share this great little video by Matt & Kim who are always smiling and giving it their all.

Eye vs Eye

FORMation develops design-based games for creative types who invariably own iPhones. Eve vs. Eye is a fun game where two opponents test their skills at matching a base RGB color within an alloted time. Download it from iTunes.

Mikko Walamies

Some nice work by Finnish illustrator Mikko Walamies. 

City Posters

Ork Posters is offering a nice assortment of City posters. Graphic and bold with interesting colorways, they'd be a nice addition to any wall. If you're local and want to save on shipping, The Curiosity Shoppe has them on hand.

Quimby The Mouse

Was so happy to find this today. Chris Ware is one of my all-time favorite illustrators and storytellers. (via Dropular)

Shake Some Photos

Nick Campbell developed a cool little polaroidish app for the iPhone called ShakeItPhoto. Takes already-aged photos from your iPhone and is pretty addictive. Download it here. (via The Post Family)

Green Gifts for Mom

Mother's Day is fast approaching. Inhabitat has a good list of green gift ideas for your one and only Mom. I think I'm going with the newspaper roses this year.

Hauschka - Morgenrot

A beautiful short film by Jeff Desom utilizing old photos from the Library of Congress.

BART Swing

This Flickr set of a swing on the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train are great.

Private Property

Amsterdam artist Amie Dicke creates uniquely inspired pieces from various mediums. Her work that involves wrapping objects entirely with black electrical tape produces elegant forms with a displaced context of surface and texture.

The Silo Competition

Amsterdam City Council recently held 'the silo competition' which involved the adaptive and reuse design for two former sewage treatment silos in the city's Zeeburg district. NL Architects proposed turning the silos into a climbing facility with spaces for exhibitions, workshops, music studios and a restaurant. A wonderful solution embracing reuse and culture.