Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love. Kara Walker’s catalog for her Walker Art Center was featured in I.D. Magazines Annual Design Review. I think it’s stunning! The catalog was designed to resemble a slave narrative from the mid 1940’s: brilliant! Designed by Andrew Blauvelt and Emmet Byrne.
Entries from September 2008
September 15, 2008
Addicting.
One Sentence is an incredibly addicting web site that allows users to post one sentence stories. It’s amazing how you can just get stuck there reading and reading. Also I think it’s an interesting way to simplify the creative process. Think of your goal in the simplest of sentences and it could very well reveal [...]
September 15, 2008
Beat the Mondays
This lovely necklace Rainy Days n Mondays by Arete can help you beat the Monday blues $24.00
September 15, 2008
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Awesome!
Love it. Love it. Love it!! Awesome job done by SNL this past weekend!Sign the petition, No Way, No How, No Sarah Palin
September 15, 2008
The New Vibe
Luke Hayman, partner at Pentagram, strikes again with yet another great magazineredesign. This time Luke Rami Moghadam teamed up to redesign Vibe for it’s 15thAnniversary. You can read all about it on Pentagram’s blog.
September 11, 2008
Banksy Hits New Orleans
Just days before the 3rd Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, NoLA was bombed by famed graffiti artist, Banksy. On his site, Banksy explains that he originally came to NoLA “to do battle with the Grey Ghost, a vigilante who’s been systematically painting over any graffiti with the same grey shade of paint since 1997″. I [...]
September 11, 2008
Buy Vodka, Make a Donation
Absolut Vodka has launched an Absolut Cities campaign featuring different U.S. cities to be featured as the bottle’s design and unique limited-edition flavor. Absolut Los Angeles is now available and when you buy the pomegranate flavored booze you’ll also help do some good! Absolut will be donating $250,000.00 to Green Way LA from this bottle’s [...]
September 10, 2008
The Goats Are Here!
Oh this is just too awesome! The lovely city of Los Angeles is trying to make “greener” efforts at clean up. Rather than the typical controlled fires burning on freeway embankments and empty plots the city has resorted to goats. Yes, a herd of 100 goats was released onto an empty plot on 4th and [...]
September 10, 2008
Supermarket Finds!
Great Supermarket finds today! Stay Fresh Necklace by Melanie Favreau $50.00. Whirl Serving Dish by Kim Westad $200.00. Type Coasters by .acd $25.00. Great Ideas Bottle Journal by Andy Pratt Design $17.00. Rope Tape by BeBack/Soon $15.00. Awesomeness all around!
