With A Piece Of Chalk

Classic Wrecks: The Rusted Car as Art

John Findra’s love of classic cars is given creative expression through scale models, affectionately reproducing the rusty beauty of abandoned autos.

 

El Bulli – Cooking in Progress

For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adrià closes his restaurant El Bulli — repeatedly voted the world’s best — and works with his culinary team to prepare the menu for the next season. An elegant, detailed study of food as avant-garde art, EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS is a rare inside look at some of the world’s most innovative and exciting cooking; as Adrià himself puts it, “the more bewilderment, the better!”

On My Block films.

My new found friends at Lucky Branded Entertainment have this cool new project called On My Block. It’s a film challenge that brings communities closer together by inviting
filmmakers of all levels to create short narrative or documentary videos on their block using only their block’s residents as cast and crew. Check it out.

JET LAG

An interesting execution of an interactive video, using the keyboard flick to a chapter and get a short introduction in to a subject like Japan for example.


Jet Lag, in a plane with Jean-Marie Dru; par TBWA365

ASCII STREET VIEW

See it in action here

THE ABC OF MENS FASHION WITH JEFF STAPLE

 

type fight

Type Fight started as a project to distractDrew RoperRyan Paule and Bryan Butler from their day-to-day grind. Each week they ask two designers to create the same letter and pin them against each other in the typographic ring to battle it out for best looking character.

35 Modern Words Recently Added to the Dictionary

  1. Bling (n): Expensive, ostentatious clothing and jewelry.
  2. Bromance (n): A close but non-sexual relationship between two men.
  3. Chillax (v): Calm down and relax.
  4. Crunk (adj): Very excited or full of energy.
  5. D’oh (ex): Exclamation used to comment on a foolish or stupid action, especially one’s own.
  6. Droolworthy (adj): Extremely attractive or desirable.
  7. Frankenfood (n): Genetically modified food.
  8. Grrrl (n): A young woman regarded as independent and strong or aggressive, especially in her attitude to men or in her sexuality (A blend of “Grrrr” and “Girl.”)
  9. Guyliner (n): Eyeliner that is worn by men.
  10. Hater (n): A person who greatly dislikes a specified person or thing.
  11. Illiterati (n): People who are not well educated or well informed about a particular subject or sphere of activity.
  12. Infomania (n): The compulsive desire to check or accumulate news and information, typically via mobile phone or computer.
  13. Jeggings (n): Tight-fitting stretch trousers for women, styled to resemble a pair of denim jeans.
  14. La-la Land (n): A fanciful state or dream world. Also, Los Angeles.
  15. Locavore (n): A person whose diet consists only or principally of locally grown or produced food.
  16. Mankini (n): A brief one-piece bathing garment for men, with a T-back.
  17. Mini-Me (n): A person closely resembling a smaller or younger version of another.
  18. Muffin Top (n): A roll of fat visible above the top of a pair of women’s tight-fitting low-waisted trousers.
  19. Muggle (n): A person who is not conversant with a particular activity or skill.
  20. Noob (n): A person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity, especially computing or the use of the Internet.
  21. Obvs (adv): Obviously.
  22. OMG (ex): Used to express surprise, excitement, or disbelief. (Dates back to 1917.)
  23. Po-po (n): The police.
  24. Purple State (n): A US state where the Democratic and Republican parties have similar levels of support among voters.
  25. Screenager (n): A person in their teens or twenties who has an aptitude for computers and the Internet.
  26. Sexting (n): The sending of sexually explicit photographs or messages via mobile phone.
  27. Textspeak (n): Language regarded as characteristic of text messages, consisting of abbreviations, acronyms, initials, emoticons. (wut hpns win u write lyk dis.)
  28. Totes (adv): Totally.
  29. Truthiness (n): the quality of seeming or being felt to be true, even if not necessarily true.
  30. Twitterati (n): Keen or frequent users of the social networking site Twitter.
  31. Unfriend (v): Remove (someone) from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking site.
  32. Upcycle (v): Reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original.
  33. Whatevs (ex, adv): Whatever.
  34. Whovian (n): A fan of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who.
  35. Woot (ex): (Especially in electronic communication) Used to express elation, enthusiasm, or triumph.
[via thisisnthappiness]

Word

Louis Vuitton pays tribute to The Greatest – Mohammad Ali with the digital experience The Greatest Words. Spoken Word Artist Yasiin Bey and calligrapher Niels Shoe Meulman revisit the poem spoken by Mohammad Ali just minutes before his legendary 1974 match.