Archive for May, 2008
Yeondoo Jung
Stumbled upon this artist’s website by way of Illustration blog, Drawn. Took children’s drawings and turned them into photographs–amazing idea and really fantastic results: Yondoo Jung.
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Shanghai Cubism
Read this article in Art on Paper a few weeks ago and wanted to share it because the concept is so cool. It’s about Isidro Blasco, an artist from Madrid who is building ‘photo constructions’ by creating structures made of wood and then collaging his photos onto them, creating fractured cityscapes. It’s pretty sweet.
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New Museum
Check it out if you live in or are ever in New York. Though five or so floors, the exhibits are small, so even if you only have a couple hours you can still get through it. Plus it’s only $12 which is less than most museums and is equal to the price of a movie [...]
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More Art.
Sorry about the lack of blogging–a lot has been going on lately and I haven’t had much time to be on the computer. But now I’m back–you’ll notice that the last couple and this and quite possibly the next few are all about art–for some reason I’ve been seeing a lot lately and have been [...]
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Design & Architecture
The Heatherwick Effect, The New Yorker
The Rolling Bridge by Thomas Heatherwick
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The People of Paper
Not only is this book by Salvador Plascencia really good, it’s also awesome to just flip through and look at. The pages are composed of columns running in all different directions, giving each character a very distinct voice narratively and visually. There are parts of the novel that are covered with large black squares and [...]
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Baghead
A hilarious ‘genre-fuck’ movie I saw at the Tribeca Film Festival–go see it if it comes out near you or get it on Netflix as soon as you have a chance! Here’s the trailer:
Baghead – Movie Trailer
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Steampunking
As someone who likes to have things that are a little bit different than what other people have, the idea of ’steampunking’ really appeals to me. The basic idea of steampunking is taking new electronic technology and revamping it with an Old Victorian twist to make it unique—-taking customization to a new level, beyond [...]
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