a visual collective outlet of inspiration
…for all the nonsense one might incur… try embrace it all with a little humor, it helps me at least. by kno of CunninLynguists by jr
musings
grammatical person
ok, so gender-neutral third person singular seems to be a disputed grammatical rule, but it is on the fence, not incorrect. what happened to freedom of speech? by kl
adc – “hall of fame”
isn’t the name of this event the most pretentious thing ever? : “art director club hall of fame” gala. anyway, we’re not here to talk about that… the printed material of this event, designed by pentagram (talking about pretentious?) is nice none the less. the full collection can be seen here
by pp.
what goes around comes around
forget about giant the film (and the poster) being inspired by a certain edward hopper’s famous painting, forget about alfred hitchcock psycho’s famous shot being certainly inspired by both… now, how about this levis ad? yes my friend, what comes around goes around, but more obviously when the purpose is to sell you anything. by pp.
So disappointed with sweden
i have always spoke of sweden and the nordic states as the pinnacle of civilized world, as something US and the rest of the world should look up to. today i am so disappointed to see that even there everything is up for sale. by xy
collage of the day: if you didn’t know, now you know – what a world?
the australian
the swede
the t-shirt
it goes something like this… handsome australian born male, nomad, brain whiz, ex hacker, reveals truth through classified leaks, makes cover of time magazine, is told to stop… refuses, site is shutdown, domain refused, credit card is disabled, citizenship is denied, is accused of rape… by a swede, with CIA links, case dismissed on lack of evidence, outsmarts the system gets site back up, rape charge is reinstated, interpol arrest warrant issued, arrested in london… and were told truth kills in a world where lies apparently… save! merry xmas and happy shopping. if you don’t like reading watch this from svt. by xy
iconic icons
ain’t they the top? by pp.
Stupid love…
if you’re in love, fantastic enjoy the ride, if your not be happy you’re not. it’s like having kids i suppose, having them is great, but not having them is a whole ‘nother life you’ll miss. by dd
haloween may be over but not for alll the cool kids
kids mags are such a bore its nice to see pieces that are actually cool. here’s to all those small cool birds. by xy
yes to Noh Suntag
at least these works from the korean born artist noh suntag, bring to us the eerie beauty of being lost in the masses of culture. coming from a background in political studies which evolved into photography, his main work involves collecting, and communicating through images regarding wars and the division of the korean peninsular in order to expose the way in which various forms of social violence in contemporary korea are linked to the war of half a century ago. by kl
the pathetic state of fashion: kim kardashian W magazine cover
if fashion was to be aspirational i must admit that they have lost their way in the desperate state of economic affairs. how pathetic is the state of the fashion world when you go from creativity, to celebrity, and all the way down to trash. what do these people stand for? what is there to aspire to? why are they pushed onto our consciousness? what have they left behind for us to aspire to? are we to be admire trash talk, lack of talent, lack of intelligence, and lack of any creativity in these beings? the answer is yes of course. fashion’s legitimacy was always in question, but now it doesn’t even deserve the question. i for one canceled my subscription to W, one of the only US pubs that at least in the past had brought some interesting photographers to the mainstream stage, like philip–lorca dicorcia, and ryan mcginley. the biggest faux pas in this whole thing is that W even dared to put kim and the word art on the same page. its a sad grey day indeed! by dd
le corbusier – his true colors
amazing article by alice rawsthorn in the new york times about le corbusier’s wall colors, must read here, a couple of lines for lazies:
“by 1931, le corbusier had settled on a palette of soft pastels and brights to accentuate white, and arranged for them to be reproduced on wallpaper swatches by the swiss manufacturer salubra. esver the control freak, he specified exactly ho salubra should group the colors together to indicate which ones could be combined.”
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“a book of all of the swatches made for corbusier by salubra from 1931 to 1959 was published by birkhäuser in 1997. a young chemist, katrin trautwein, the co-founder of kt color, then started to explore the possibility of manufacturing the paints and secured a license to do so from the fondation le corbusier.”
by ar+pp.
