Inspired by vocalist/guitarist Ben Gibbard’s up-close-and-personal encounter with the devastating 2007 California wildfires, Death Cab For Cutie’s latest music video, Grapevine Fires, is directed by Walter Robot, also known as the team of multimedia artist Bill Barminski and writer Christopher Louie.
The song, Grapevine Fires, motivated Walter Robot to create an animated short film which [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Bond no. 9 Bottle Design Competition: Make Sure Yours Doesn’t Stink
Posted in Bond no. 9 Brooklyn, Bond no. 9 bottle design competition, Bond no. 9 fragrances, bottle design, design contest, interesting perfume bottles, limited edition perfumes on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You may or may not be familiar with Bond no.9. Recognizable by the unique bottle design, Bond no.9 makes 34 different fragrances inspired by the city of New York.
The name of this fragrance collection, Bond No. 9, is also the address of its headquarters boutique at 9 Bond Street, in NoHo. They explain their [...]
The Most Outrageous Watches I’ve Ever Seen & I Still Can’t Tell What Time It Is.
Posted in 6timezone Snow watch, HD3 Biaxial watch, HD3 complications, couture watches, hautlence watches, horology, icelink watches, luxury watches, skeletal watches, watches, wristwatches on March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
HD3 Complications, Icelink, Hautlence and are three companies that make very high-end complicated timepieces that, although very pricey and admirably designed, are super difficult to tell what time it is. If you can get past that simple fact (lol) , take a look at the design, the workmanship, technology and plain audaciousness of these [...]
The Unusual Art of Christian Faur
Posted in Director of Collaborative Technologies in the Arts, christian faur, contemporary art, crayon art, crayon paintings, cut paper art, encaustic paintings, paintings made of paper on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Artist Christian Faur is the Director of Collaborative Technologies in the Arts at Denison University in Granville Ohio and his title couldn’t be more apt. He works with shredded paper, hand cast encaustic crayons and mathematical formulas to create pieces that in addition to being aesthetically pleasing, say much more. But I will let his [...]
Vanity Fair Photographers’ Funny Folks Compared To The Originals
Posted in Comic legends, Vanity Fair covers, annie leibovitz, buster keaton, celebrity photos, charlie chaplin, comedy's new legends, jonah hill, paul rudd, seth rogan, vanity fair photos on March 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Various Vanity Fair photographers shot portraits of today’s funniest folks in an homage to tv, movie and historical legends of the past. The photos are of the hottest comedic actors in tv and movies, either recreating some of classic film’s best moments or adding a funny bent to cultural and historical icons. Either way, they [...]
Spend Ten Minutes In The Graveyard, You Won’t Be Sorry
Posted in Auriea Harvey, Michaël Samyn, computer animation, free computer game, tale of tales, the graveyard, the making of The Graveyard on March 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Graveyard is a very short computer game designed by Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn. You control an old lady who visits a graveyard with your keyboard or joystick. Not the type of computer games you may be used to. There’s no Wii controller, no jumping around in your living room, you just make [...]
Purisme: Light Luxury Products With A Heavy Price Tag
Posted in carbon luxury products, carbon pipe, carbon yoyo, hi-tech carbon letter opener, purisme, purisme products on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PURISME CARBON LUXURIES is the first global brand for design products made of carbon fiber and aims strictly at the premium market. PURISME GmbH in Vienna, Austria was founded by three designers and one business economist and has joined a strategic partnership with a leading carbon-processing company.
Their products are luxury design products, made of highly [...]
Matryoshka Madness (Or Babushka Bounty) Part 2
Posted in babushkas, chanel, designer russian dolls, hand painted nesting dolls, matryoskas, nesting doll products, russian doll milk commercial, russian doll rug, russian dolls, russian nesting dolls on March 6, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Just about a year ago, I did a very large post on the popularity of Russian Nesting Dolls aka Matryoshkas, Metroshkas, Babushkas, etc. Designer versions, hand painted artist versions, modern versions and their appearance on everything from textiles to jewelry.
Clearly, the trend has not subsided. So, I bring you Part 2 with more available items [...]
