random things I find interesting
From the monthly archives:
Via Obey Newsletter. Imperfect Union is the largest Los Angeles solo exhibit of new works by Shepard Fairey. This show displays a provocative collection of politically charged paintings, screen prints, stencils, album covers and mixed media pieces rich with metaphor, humor and seductive decorative elements. Imperfect Union is derived from the first line of the [...]
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Via information Aesthetics. A nice collection of information-loaded maps by Paula Scher that focus on the abundance of information that inundates us daily through newspapers, radio, television, & the Internet to reveal the fact that much of what we hear & read is strewn with inaccuracy, distorted facts, & subjectivity. ” More at Pentagram
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The XO laptop is now available as part of a Give One Get One program running from November 12 to November 26. Pay $399 for two laptops. one goes to you, and the other gets donated to a child in a developing country. In case you have been living in a cave the for the [...]
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David Byrne visited an IKEA store for the first time and provided a clever analogy, IKEA is actually a video game:
“IKEA is huge. We went up to the second floor where the shelves, sofas, tables and lamps are all arrayed into tasteful little room settings — rooms, but with mysterious tags hanging everywhere. Immediately I [...]
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“Armed with a camera, tripod and light sources like fire torches, glowsticks and flashlights, light graffiti artists tag colorful outlines of images and abstract drawings outdoors at night while the camera catches the trails via time-lapse. Lichtfaktor are pioneers of light graffiti, check out the stop-motion Star Trek vs Star Trek short movie. Joe Schmoe [...]
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