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Entries from August 2009

Advertisements from Adam Witten

August 31st, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Having previously completed campaigns for Scion, Converse, Washington Mutual and Gieco, short-film maker and “ad man,” Adam Witten, was gracious enough to send over this slick new advertisement he directed for Cisco.
“Creation” spins the ubiquitous tale of Adam and Eve on its head, making way for the story to be re-told for the Google generation–where [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Design · Technology · Trends · Videos · What Is Art Anyway?

Battle of the Blogs

August 31st, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

So we’ve found our way into a little competition called The Battle of the Blogs, and we’re pretty stoked about it.
The voting begins today and runs through next Sunday, so if you have a chance head over to their site and vote for us.
Thanks for the love!
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Keith Haring Chairs

August 30th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Even though he was mostly out of commission by the time I was born, Keith Haring was the first artist who ever truly resonated with me. And he still does.
Anyhow, he’s been popping up quite a bit lately. Last Monday we showed you the Haring-inspired domino set from Vilac, (available through Paul Smith) and now [...]

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Tags: Design · Photography · Public Art / Street Art · Toys · Trends · What Is Art Anyway?

Evolve/Devolve

August 30th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

We’ve shied away from too many Shepard Fairey-related posts in the past couple of weeks, but his new print is worthy of sharing on a number of levels.
First: Fairey is probably the most important artist in the world in terms of his ability to pick a cause, create a print about that cause, and subsequently [...]

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Tags: Corporate Evil · Design · Events · Photography · Politics · Public Art / Street Art · Toys · Trends · What Is Art Anyway?

Photo of the Day: Cookie Allergy

August 30th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

This insanely cool photo is the fifth in a series titled, “allergies” by New York City-based photographer Horacio Salinas.
His entire portfolio is outstanding and definitely worth checking out. You can do that here.
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Tags: Design · Photography · What Is Art Anyway?

Saturday Roundup

August 28th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

•”It’s Nice That” ran a brief interview with artist Aakash Nihalani who works mostly with squares and rectangles in an effort to accentuate “unexpected contours” around NYC.
•Wired redesigned Craigslist for shits and giggles because Craigslist apparently isn’t interested in a much-needed face lift. They did a good job, too.
•Time Magazine’s ‘50 Best Websites of 2009‘ [...]

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Tags: Design · Events · Interviews · Jailbreak News · Photography · Public Art / Street Art · Technology · Trends · What Is Art Anyway?

This is Japan!

August 28th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

More often than not, time-lapse videos about cities fail to capture its subject’s heartbeat due to a focus on the mundane. Sure watching a sky turn from day to night is cool, but cool doesn’t always equate to interesting. I want to see something actually happen.
Set to the song, “All My Friends” by LCD Soundsystem, [...]

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Tags: Animation · Photography · Technology · Trends

Photo of the Day: Hand Fixing Hand

August 28th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Hand Fixing Hand is an homage to the great MC Esher.
By Shane Willis.
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Tags: Photography · Technology

HP – Invent

August 28th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

I may have completely missed this one in the past couple of months, but it’s so cool I’ll share it anyway.
HP – Invent was directed by Matt Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth.
Music by Round Table Knights.
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Artist Max Papeschi

August 28th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

The irreverence in these new works by artist Max Papeschi is stunning. And I didn’t even include his Nazi Mickey Mouse.
For more info on Papeschi check out his myspace page or his website.
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