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Apr 19
Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition
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During the 1970s and 80s, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the burgeoning New York City graffiti movement.
After twenty five years and more than a half a million copies later, Chronicle Books is happy to offer their book Subway Art in a large-scale, deluxe format.
Apr 18
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Grafica Fidalga
Posted in: UncategorizedGrafica Fidalga, a printing press in São Paulo, Brazil, makes posters on a 1929 German letterpress using hand-carved wooden letters. In this video, we visit the trio of friends who make up Grafica Fidalga to watch them make a poster we commissioned for our 99% conference.
Called “lambe lambe,” the lightweight paper used for the posters was designed for wheat-pasting and, before São Paulo’s “clean city” initiative, could be found throughout the city. Thanks to the gallery Choque Cultural, who regularly makes posters for their shows with Grafica Fidalga, they’ve been able to stay alive but they could still use more help. If you’re in the market for an inexpensive poster that will put any slick offset version to shame, email the gallery’s director Edu (esaretta [at] gmail [dot] com).
Apr 14
The Bay vs. The Bag
Posted in: UncategorizedDig this stop motion inspired video by Save the Bay as part of their new campaign to rid the bay of plastic bags. While the city of San Francisco has made a lot of progress to banish plastic bags, there are still a whopping 100 bags in the bay per seal, duck, and pelican.
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Apr 11
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Baggu Bags
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Baggu’s ingenious design makes for the most functional and stylish eco-bag out there—an example of how one small, well-executed idea might just change the world. In this video, co-founder Emily Sugihara fills us in on the design process and shows us some of the more unusual uses for a Baggu.
Apr 09
Virtual Graffiti
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WiiSpray Teaser from Martin Lihs on Vimeo.
The WiiSpray conceptualized by Martin Lihs at Bauhaus-University for his final diploma presentation enables users to bomb virtually. Martin Lihs explains the project in detail at the WiiSpray website:
The foundational basis for the project goes well beyond replacing real graffiti as an art form. Moreover, WiiSpray is to be seen as an interface to give graffiti a new virtual level surpassing tactile boundaries of the tangible world.
Within the system, there is a symbiosis of digital and analog as well as overcoming restrictions of distance and time. An advantage of the system proves to possess a user-friendly design simple enough for children to use. The virtual canvas allows the user to decide what is saved and what is discarded, all the while keeping the surrounding area clean and free of what otherwise would be a messy form of media.
The actual hardware tool of the artist – the spraying can – remains constant in its shape and function and is a catalyst for this software supporting innovative computer interaction. The self-explanatory program requires no previous knowledge or reference of a user’s manual. This software allows users to make the game all their own, offering a wide range of colors, interchangable caps, along with the possibility to incorporate the user’s personal photos, graphics, and backgrounds into the setting.
The WiiSpray provides a framework of different possibilities yet without any specifications on how to use it. Every user decides for themselves what his or her creative expressions might be.
WiiSpray is independent of platforms and is based on »Adobe Flash«, a »WiiiSpray server« which is based on the »WiiFlash server«, and standard »Wii« technology.
WiiSpray, a technical experiment with a lot of potential for expansion and application.
Apr 08
Can design save the newspaper?
Posted in: UncategorizedGiven the current state of the newspaper industry we felt this talk with Polish designer, Jacek Utko was appropriate. He sheds some light into his thoughts on the future of the industry while sharing his personal experience of reenergized newspapers in countries throughout eastern Europe with his stunning, bold layouts. To see an interview with Jacek head over to the Ted Blog.
Thanks Todd for the tip.
Apr 06
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Cool Hunting’s 48-Hour Shop
Posted in: UncategorizedCool Hunting’s recent retail experiment took the form of a weekend-long concept store at Brooklyn’s popular Winter Market. This video gets a few words on it from local designer Kiel Mead, who helped hand-pick the inventory of independently-produced goods and created the attention-grabbing installation.
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