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Go ahead and follow the link to see Yoda’s fate, but be warned… it ain’t pretty. 100 Iconic Movie Characters – Can You Name Them All?
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
in Feeling Creative, People, illustration, mashups, pop culture, star wars
In brief, Dutch artist Joep Gerrits designed this poster depicting his subjective list of the 100 most iconic movie characters. The icons are clever and minimalist, almost South Parkian, and come from 68 different films. It’s been raining here in Brooklyn for the past three days, so trying to name each of the characters seems like an appropriate activity at the moment. I’ve started off by identifying 32 of them and now I would like you, dear readers, to help me fill in the rest. Gerrits lists the films he used on his Deviant Art page, so I suppose you could just IMDB it … but that wouldn’t be as fun, now would it? Gerrits also gave the same treatment to Star Wars characters, an image which I’ve also included after the jump. Get to it! [Spotted at Neatorama]
One thing I often find lacking while covering many of today’s creative scenes, especially the pop culture-inspired ones, is meaningful social commentary – or in plainer terms: a message. As pop culture and art merge into one, it’s easy to forget that art is more than just visual entertainment (aka: eye candy). Artist Ron English, for one, knows tapping into characters and archetypes that are familiar to us all, like, say, Voltron, is probably the best way to reach the younger generations, and, done right, it may be one of the best ways to foment thought and questioning – two activities that are notoriously low on the list of pop culture priorities. So, with all that said, how about The Fleet of Doom, a 3′ by 4′ print made by Pale Horse for an exhibit at the Tampa Museum of Art, back in 2008. It’s 100% pop culture certified and ripe with meaning all at the same time. Watch out for his left hook. Trendspotting: 14 Cassette-Inspired Products That Rewind Time
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
in Features & Interviews, Spotlight, Tech, Trendspotting, inventions, mashups, products
Above: Tape Dispenser | J-Me (UK) | $20 While some readers out there might not know it, our main activity here at the Jailbreak is designing products. And because we’re always looking around the web for stuff that’s already been made, not to mention our time spent at gift and toy fairs throughout the year, we tend to see product trends develop among other companies in our industry. From that, we’ve already devoted entire posts to trendy stuff like ice-cube trays, weapons of mass production, and the mighty moustache. Today we’re back with the fourth installment of our semi-regular trendspotting feature: products inspired by the cassette tape. After the jump check out 13 such products, including everything from doormats to iPhone skins to tote bags and ties. Things I Need: The iCade
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Monday, August 23, 2010
in Creative Company, Product Art, Tech, Things I Need, mashups, pop culture, video games
Once again, we must tip our hats to the mad geniuses (and our good friends) over at Thinkgeek. They have won the X-Prize of unnecessary iPad accessories with the iCade, a real-life iPad dock that doubles as an old school arcade. It works in conjunction with an iCade app that includes hundreds old standards like Donkey Kong, QBert and Dig Dug in addition to a Super Mario riff called Super Steve Bros, featuring Steve Jobs and Segway-riding Steve Wozniak as the eponymous heroes. Yours for the low low price of $149. *Update Turns out the iCade was an April Fool’s joke (just like Thinkgeek’s infamous canned Unicorn Meat). Thanks to the astute reader who actually hit the buy button for letting us know we got punked. Heads will roll! Hello Kitty As Everyone
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Monday, August 23, 2010
in Features & Interviews, Feeling Creative, Tech, Toys, Trendspotting, Turning Japanese, illustration, mashups, pop culture, star wars
In one of the more epic mashups we’ve seen, an illustrator named Joseph Senior from New Zealand has taken Hello Kitty and combined her with a number of pop-culture mainstays, including Darth Vader, Buzz Lightyear, Iron Man, Homer Simpson and Mr. Spock. It’s a shame these are only illustrations — they would look fantastic sitting on our toy throne. Hit the jump to see 12 more. [Spotted at Toysrevil]
One of our endeavors here at the Jailbreak is to bring the best of the designer toy movement to our audience (or vice versa). Unbeknowst to many, there is a huge and tremendously popular scene out there centered around art toys (aka: designer toys or Urban Vinyl). At our days jobs with the Jailbreak Collective, we dabble in this scene though we’re not really a full-fledged part of it. We do, however, strongly stand behind the idea of the “product” as one of the most meaningful and vital pop-art mediums of the moment. So, for the uninitiated, meet Bearbrick by Medicom. It’s one of the two granddaddies of the whole designer toy genre. (The other being Dunny, who we covered just a few days ago.) These toys, which are used as platforms to design on, have seen hundreds, if not thousands, of variants, ranging from standard pop culture icons, like Darth Vader and Spiderman, to totally obscure characters created by random artists. The pic above is just the latest and greatest from Bearbrick – a cross-pollination with Uglydoll. It’s safe to say that Uglydoll has become a designer toy icon in its own right, by the way. So this is a pretty nice little mashup. We’ll be trying to keep our readers current on new editions of these figures as they arrive because, well, they’re cool and you should know about them. [via plastic and plush]
[via Geeks are Sexy] Wookiee the Pooh
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
in Art, Features & Interviews, illustration, mashups, pop culture, star wars
A pretty adorable pop-culture mashup by artist James Hance. There are a bunch more illustrations from this series after the jump. [spotted at Buzzfeed]
“Diamond Lights” by product designer Eric Therner, who aptly describes his creation as “functional sculpture.” Pick one up for around $35.00. [Spotted at Might and Wonder]
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