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Incredible, inventive VW flash site
I spent quite a bit of my Saturday morning exploring the Fox Volzwagen flash site. Definitely worth the load time.
No comments. Posted by tanner in experimentation, interwebs, motion on 22 November 2008.
WOWOW ONLINE presents “12 Cams, Create Your Rainbow“. Radiohead’s “15 Step” as performed recently in Japan, with 12 camera angles from you to choose from and switch between while you watch. Neat. (Via GP.)
No comments. Posted by tanner in color, experimentation, music on 19 November 2008.
Behind the scenes studio visit with FAILE
Last week Mark posted about FAILE’s upcoming show “lost in glimmering shadows” at Lazarides Gallery in London. Manuel Bello from FECAL FACE DOT COM was reportedly lucky enough to be blindfolded and led to FAILE’s undisclosed studio locations.
The dewds from FAILE have been up to their old tricks again and added a big-ass bag of new ones. I have been pretty fixated on these guys work for some years now and every time I feel like they can’t impress me any more, they do. I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to swing by their undisclosed studio locations and pretty much get the run of the place while they dialed in the last minute details of their London schooling.
More pics following the jump.
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No comments. Posted by tanner in exhibition, picture, streetart on 19 November 2008.
YouWorkForThem: Grid Systems Shirt
Grid Systems is a limited edition T-Shirt designed by YouWorkForThem. Yes, please. (Via Swiss Legacy.)
No comments. Posted by tanner in limited edition on 19 November 2008.
If you’ve ever had the impression you were unique, I’ve got a project to share with you.
Exactitudes kicked off 14 years ago when Rotterdam-based photographer Ari Versluis and stylist Ellie Uyttenbroek noticed that their city’s youth were expressing their mass nonconformity by wearing nearly identical outfits. (The name is a mash-up of exact and attitude.) The project grew exponentially from there — you’ll meet tattoo babes, grannies, punks, and preppies — and its excellent website now includes subjects from London and Paris. (They, too, look eerily alike.) The overall effect is cool but disconcerting: Isn’t this how Invasion of the Body Snatchers began? (Via VSL)
Check out the mind-numbing collection at exactitudes.com
No comments. Posted by tanner in exhibition, photography on 13 November 2008.
Postage stamps by type designers
The Offices of Kat Ran Press present a series of postage stamps designed by Neville Brody (pictured above), Wim Crouwel, Adrian Frutiger, Eric Gill, Erik Spiekermann, Hermann Zapf and the like.
Although a field that is often overlooked by bibliophiles and historians of printing and typography, several of the most important contributors to twentieth century book and letter arts have made significant contributions to the design of the seemingly modest postage stamp.
Its not every day I get a chance to say: I would be honored to lick nearly anything on this site.
(Via Zeldman)
No comments. Posted by tanner in exhibition, typography on 12 November 2008.
I found this on reddit. (I’ve no idea who the original source is. It seems there’s a URL in the bottom right corner, but the resolution is too low to read it.) Click for a better view.
UPDATE No leads here, but someone else was curious: Guess the URL
Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging
Amazon recently announced “Frustration-Free Packaging” which is recyclable, sans excess packaging materials (hard plastic clamshell casings, plastic bindings, and wire ties) and designed to be shipped in their own boxes without an additional shipping box.
They are working to, essentially, cut out the middle-man and not create the wasteful packaging in the first place.
We work directly with manufacturers to box products in Frustration-Free Packages right off the assembly lines, which reduces the overall amount of packing materials used.
You may not notice Frustration-Free Packaging right away. They point out “this is just the beginning of a multi-year initiative. It will take many years, but our vision is to offer our entire catalog of products in Frustration-Free Packaging.” Here’s to the future!
No comments. Posted by tanner in social change on 3 November 2008.
The above image reminds me of the importance of context within design. I honestly believe the general population feels they are looking past the issue of race in this election. However, its another ballgame when you get the opportunity to see Obama in the context of a white man and McCain in the context of a black man.
Mr Miessler wonders “would Obama even be noteworthy if he were white? Would McCain be in the race at all if he were a black 72-year-old”? I know your response; it wouldn’t matter to you because you’re above that kind of thinking. But, I want you to really consider the above renderings before you answer. Think of the candidates and where they stand on issues that matter to you, as you take it in.
Context is incredibly powerful, and this is an extremely good example of that.
Here’s some information on the renderings; from thecoolhunter.net:
Created by creative director - Tor Myhren from Grey NYC, the posters slice through the race issue between candidates - acknowledging that much of this campaign has predictably but stupidly been re-cast as a battle between black and white. Myhren’s powerful imagery rightly implies that this is all just distraction, seeking to refocus our attention onto what really matters - the issues.
1 comment. Posted by tanner in opinion, politics, social change on 2 November 2008.
