Sunday, June 20, 2010
The Last Detail
Handmade Bank Note by Xavi Garcia
Money as art ~ or faux money as art, rather. Spanish illustrator Xavi Garcia created his stunning ‘Handmade’ banknote illustration as a reaction to soulless digital design. “This note pretends to remind the viewer the amount of work, hours, patience and love that artisans put into the handicrafts they produce and stress how valuable they are, replacing currency for the amount of time spent working on it (3 months were given for this project). Entirely drawn by hand, using different printing techniques, it features security measures common in banknotes such as watermarks, tactile elements, see-through images and invisible UV ink.” On the front it says “Tempus Neminem Manet” meaning “Time waits for no one” and on the back it reads “Tempus Fugit” meaning “Time Flees.” As you stare at his work, it makes you wonder about the world it may have come from… and i love the concept of time as currency. After all ~ Time is Money, right?
via notcot
Friday, June 11, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Locally Known, Internationally Copied?
Graff Artist NORM (AWR-MSK) was recently in Japan, when he stumbled upon a McDonalds and to his surprise, his art work was on display. Someone has reproduced his artwork illegally and has put them inside almost every McDonalds in Tokyo. They even kept the MSK and AWR. Cha-ching! I smell a golden arches lawsuit. NORM is about to roll around in some Ronald McDonald's money. Lifetime supply of food?
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Follow the Rainbow to Toronto
FriendsWithYou brings color and festivities to Toronto for the Wish Come True Festival in what will be their largest interactive installation to date. The Luminato Festival of Arts and Creativity has commissioned FriendsWithYou to spread their universal message of magic, love, and friendship throughout the city. During June 10th – 20th, 2010 visitors can enjoy larger-than-life inflatable installations, a gallery show, several pop-up shops, community events, speaking engagements, and more. The highlight of the 10-day event is Rainbow City at Queen’s Park. The Luminato 2010’s festival Mascot Rainbow King leads a host of celestial characters in transforming Queen’s Park with larger-than-life dimensions of giant totems, bounce houses, and inflatable friends.
June 16th – 20th – Rainbow City Installation at Queen’s Park
Rainbow City welcomes all into a world of Magic, Luck, and Friendship! As the highlight of the 10-day festival, FriendsWithYou transform Toronto’s Queen’s Park into Rainbow City from June 16th-20th with their largest and most impressive installation to date. The Rainbow King and a cast of celestial pals embark on a mission to delight citizens by welcoming them into Rainbow City, a magical kingdom where happiness is the key and the more you play the better you feel! Bounce, dance and chill as the Wish Come True characters bring you into their colorful alternative dimension of gigantic totems, mushrooms, and bounce houses while inflatable friends shower you with magic, color, and love! FriendsWithYou and Luminato are offering this unique experience with the hope of bringing people together to find a central happiness that is common inside of everyone. In addition to the installation, FriendsWithYou will also feature several pop-up shops showcasing a full line of new limited edition Wish Come True merchandise including apparel, tote bags, fine art prints, toys, accessories, and more!
June 10th 6-10pm – Day Dreamers – FriendsWithYou Solo Exhibition at Narwhal Art Projects
Narwhal Art Projects and FriendsWithYou kindly invite you to Day Dreamers, a bright and beautiful solo exhibition of artists Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III’s rarely seen fine art flat works and sculptural pieces. On this special occasion the artists allow you to venture into the secret workspace of the duo to witness the precious seeds of their inspiration and the birthplace of all things FriendsWithYou. Day Dreamers portrays an intimate series of portraits and magical moments that seem to drift in and out of the artists’ personal dream worlds – a place where everyday holds a dream.
June 12th 5-8pm – FriendsWithYou Pop-Up Shop & Artist Signing at Magic Pony
During the FriendsWithYou Wish Come True Festival, longtime friends and supporters at Magic Pony open their doors for a very special FriendsWithYou pop-up shop and artist signing on June 12th. As the first home for FriendsWithYou toys and art products in Toronto for over 8 years, Magic Pony has been actively promoting FriendsWithYou’s positive message of Magic, Luck, and Friendship since the beginning. This is going to be an amazing opportunity for long time fans and admirers to experience a one-of-a-kind FriendsWithYou pop-up shop, get all new products and prints, meet the artists, and interact with all of the FriendsWithYou family and friends! Limited edition Wish Come True items will be on sale exclusively at Magic Pony during the event.
via Bernstein&Andriulli
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
REMINDER: PASSION PIT at The Fillmore Miami Beach
PASSION PIT at The Fillmore Miami Beach
with Tokyo Police Club
Sunday, June 13th
Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater
Tickets for this will sell out FAST so be sure to catch the presale.
click here for tickets
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Rest In Peace Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010). An American actor, filmmaker, artist, and counter-culture icon.
DENNIS HOPPER X MADSTEEZ from MADSTEEZ on Vimeo.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
My Dream Finally Came True...
French artist Nils Guadagnin has made my dream into a reality. Ever since I first watched Back to the Future II, I've been waiting for the millennium to get a Hoverboard. Now thanks to Nils I might be getting one sooner than later.
"The board floats through simple electromagnetism, but the more brilliant part of the design seems to be a laser stabilization system that, we're assuming, dynamically adjusts the magnets to keep the board afloat under duress. Just watch Nils push on the board near the end of the clip. It responds with little more than a shrug."
(via:gizmodo)
Friday, May 14, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
OHWOW Book Club designed by Rafael De Cardenas
Drawing inspiration from stepping patterns commonly found in Navajo blankets, Rafael de Cardenas constructs a new retail space for OHWOW, the creative collective spearheaded by Al Moran and Aaron Bondaroff. The OHWOW Book Club is located below street level in a landmarked historic brownstone on Waverly Place. At 150 sq ft, this pocket-sized store was conceived by de Cardenas to echo a classic black & white, pre-war NYC bathroom. Its shelving units appear stacked one atop the other and the negative space behind the shelves lends a floating sensation. A layered pattern of stream-lined brushstrokes on the walls, coupled with reflective angular mylar shapes and sharp fluorescent lighting give the space a sense of disorientation and chaos, fitting in OHWOW's vision of creating a heterotopic arena for cultural projects.
OHWOW Book Club
227 Waverly Place
New York, NY 10014
Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 8pm
Sunday Service at BARDOT
Gorillas and BARDOT proudly bring you...
the SUNDAY SERVICE
by Max Pierre of Gorillas and Maseo of De La Soul
9pm 'till the party stops
With Resident DJ's:
Maseo of De La Soul
along w/ Stevie D - Fresh Kid Cue - Culture Chris - Keen One
Maseo of De La Soul
along w/ Stevie D - Fresh Kid Cue - Culture Chris - Keen One
Bardot
34th Terrace and N Miami Ave
Miami Fl, 33127
For Reservations, call 305 576-5570
Check out our Sunday Service Confessions blog
www.sundayserviceconfessions.blogspot.com
Check out our Sunday Service Confessions blog
www.sundayserviceconfessions.blogspot.com
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Body Language
The some of the most intriguing concepts are often stemmed from the simplest of ideas and Amandine Alessandra, a British graphic designer, is living proof. Amandine created a project called "Wearable Lettering', which is changing the way we define body language. These performance typefaces play with bodies which are unconscious of the message they are conveying and plus they set an estranged scene.
(Click on the image above to see it in motion.)
The image above references the (real) passing of time in an everlasting choreography, with people standing as the Hours moving only once every 60 minutes, while the individual acting as the tenths of Seconds executes a very fast routine in a continual move.
Used in this specific context and by using people as a medium, this temporary letterform confronts the economic value of time (as in time is money) with the individual perception of it. What was achieved with this experiment with wearable type was a hic et nunc letterform, a letterform for the here and now, finding its raison d’être when used in real time.
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