Radiohead's Nude played through electronics

Somebody synchronized all these electronics so that they would play Radiohead's "Nude". Check it out its impressive.

Gadgets

Masaru Tatsuki’s Decotora

Decotora, short for decorated trucks. This is a colourful aspect of Japanese pop culture , and has been extensively explored by photographer Masaru Tatsuki who spent ten years with the truckers of Japan’s highways. I think they're amazing. So, much better than lowriders... some lowriders i should say.

Newest poster design.

Oh Mah Gawd! FIVE color (gold, yellow, magenta, cyan, black) screenprint at 22"x30"! Yeah, i'm surprised too. It's a poster for Nasa's 5oth anniversary (for those who might have a hard time reading what it says. I'm sure you can read it but just in case). I went a little crazy with this design, but you know what I don't care. I love it. This is one of the few designs I am truly proud of. I feel like so much of the work I've created over this summer has been fairly mediocre. If anyone actually reads this... which I have a feeling not many people do, if any, some feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!



Note: the diamond isn't that gold color in the final print. It's white with parts of the diamond shaded with cyan so it looks like purdy diamond.

Vader Project

I stumbled on this when my friend sent me a link to a toy version of general grevious's starship. Anyways, I've always had a secret crush on these sort of events/projects/qee toys. I always love how many different versions there end up being. I remember going to the OX-OP show when they commissioned people do a toy dog. Man, was that sweet. Let's hope the OX-OP gallery opens again soon. I miss that place.

http://www.rebelscum.com/CJ/VaderProject/default.asp

Jeff Soto.


I can't remember who did this one


Niagara!! Pure Awesomeness.

Serato!

Yesterday my friend drew came over and we played around with his Rane Serato Scratch Live set. Oh. My. God. I am in LOVE! There is no way I'm not going to get this thing. It's a digital DJ set that can be used alone or in combination with Vinyl or CD turntables so you can scratch mp3's. It's stupidly simple too. Most brilliant thing ever invented. When I get this trust me there will be a dance party with out a doubt.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Rane-Serato-Scratch-Live?sku=700624

Maybe it isn't such a bad logo after all

I just found out that Enron's E logo was actually designed by Paul Rand! I couldn't believe this. I guess it was designed so late into his life that it usually doesn't make it into books about him. Plus, I don't know if the publishers would want to have Rand associated with that company.



If you want to read more about it heres the article I read.

Massive Amount of Vintage Logos posted on flickr

There's a huge amount of vintage logos that has recently been posted on flickr. They are from a book called World of Logotypes that is actually in the MCAD Library.

Vintage logos

Ludacris’ Rap Map of US Area Codes

This is a map that shows the areas codes that rapper Ludacris has according to his song "Area Codes."
I had to post this. It was too funny.





According to the map Ludacris:
- heavily favors the East Coast
- there is a 'ho belt' that is similar to the 'bible belt'
- he has hoes in the entire state of Maryland
- he has a disproportionate 'ho-zone' in rural Nebraska
- I-95 is his 'ho-highway'
- doesn't like Minnesota ho's I guess

When your brand doesn't have a prayer.

http://www.christvertising.com/

I'm starting to enjoy blogs.

Recently, I've really begun to enjoy sharing my findings with people. It helps me appreciate the things that I've found. I've also had fun looking through other peoples posts. The only thing I think that could be better is if people commented more on each others postings. Sometimes I feel I'm doing a pointless act, and that I'm only doing it for myself when I think others would benefit and enjoy viewing my posts. I can't say I've been practicing what I'm saying here either. I do want to start commenting on other peoples blogs too. So, be ready to see comments from me on your blogs... if anyone is actually is reading this.

Most beautiful planetary maps

(The moons dark side)

These maps were made by the United States Geological Survey. The colors on the maps correlate to the geological materials and phenomena found on each planet surface. These were produced in partnershihp with NASA between 1971 and 1998.

What is amazing about these is that we are so used to seeing maps as a reflection of what we see and imagine. They are cultural as well as geographical. These maps, in part due to what they are maps off, are completely foreign to us. I have no idea where these sections are on the planets and/or moon this causes me to view them more as an abstract shape and form not a map.


(the moons western hemisphere)

Note: click on the image of the planet then click on the map .pdf

Moon:
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/DIGGEOL/moon.htm
Mercury:
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/DIGGEOL/mercury.htm
Mars:
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/DIGGEOL/mars.htm
Venus:
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/DIGGEOL/venus.htm
Jovian moons:
Io:
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/DIGGEOL/galsats/io.htm
Ganymede:
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/DIGGEOL/galsats/io.htm
Callisto:
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/DIGGEOL/galsats/callisto.htm

Bad Ass Crayon Game.

Just watch it. You'll be amazed.



http://www.kloonigames.com/crayon/

BBC - Colourful Notions documentary

I found this cool documentary on color on youtube today and I thought people would be interested in them. It's amazing some of the tests they do. I didn't know there was so much information on color alone. I'm color blind and this documentary showed me a lot about how the human eye and brain read color. It's incredibly interesting. Once you start watching one it's hard to not watch the rest.

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Library Music

A couple months ago I bought this book called The Music Library which was published by FUEL. The book is dedicated to a form of music that was completely disregarded and for the most part forgotten about. Library music was music that was created for TV, radio and movies from the years vinyl was the mainstay of music format. This music wasn't composed for the purpose of the mainstream audience. Most of the music was created without it even knowing if it was going to be used. What makes this genre interesting is that these musicians had complete freedom when it came to making this music. Because they didn't know what the music was going to be used for they created bizarre combinations of genres that is actually very similar to modern music.

Why I decided to put this on my blog is because this music, like all music, required some kind of packaging. What makes this packaging interesting is that the artists were given as much freedom as the musicians. Also, because the music didn't necessarily fall into any certain catagory or have a specific audience the cover art could be as bizarre or simple as the designer felt was appropreiote. The only problem was that most of this art had to be made on a very small budget. This combination of complete freedom and small budget made for some very interesting cover designs.

The Music Library on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Music-Library-Jonny-Trunk/dp/0955006112/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203126785&sr=8-1

Here are a few images of the covers. They aren't the best examples of what's in the book but it gives you a taste of what I'm talking about.

Stephan Balleux

Stephan Balleux's body of work encompasses several mediums. He mainly works with paint but he also expands his work into mediums such as 3D animation and sculptures. The main idea behind his work is to take the characteristics of painting and transfer it into other media. For instance, he borrows from photography it's the quality of focus, blur and texture. His paintings are based on how the medium of painting has always been confronted to technical evolutions (optical with lenses, chemicals with photography, algorythmical with computers).

I'm not exactly sure why his subject matter is usually skulls or things covered in paint. I have thought that it could be about how the medium of painting is a decaying medium within the modern technological world. This would explain his ideas of painting being influenced by technological advances.

http://www.stephan-balleux.com/

DADA!!!

Back in the beginning of my sophomore year at MCAD I took a class about Dada. I thought this would be a great art movement to study for our Form Making Studio class. We’ve been discussing how to balance the unconscious mind with the conscious mind. They were one of the, if not the, first groups of artists exploring this idea. They were mainly pursuing how to detach themselves from their work and trying to challenge the ideas of what art is.

I’m sure most of you already know about this stuff from taking art history classes but I though it would be good to mention this again.

Artists such as Kurt Schwitters and Hannah Hoch were some of the first to use the technique of collage. I think this ties in very well with our last assignment.

http://www.the-artists.org/movement/Dada.html

First posting for class

I'm sure a few people have seen some of this stuff before. Especially if you're interested in interactive media and motion graphics. They work a lot with lights and how to use light as a graphic element in their presentations. They've done several light displays for musicians. Some of their bigger clients include U2 (2005-2006 Vertigo World Tour) and Massive Attack. I've been interested in this groups work for a long time. They don't work with any print medium, but they have been very influencial in my work.

http://www.uva.co.uk/