SICK SICK SICK i want to live in it. ok not really. but kind of.
thats probably bigger than someone’s apartment right? #thingsmyfriendssayconstantly
really curious who did this. that’s some impressive freehand paintwork over a stencil.
// photo by Alexis Hyde in LA via The Tao of Dana.
(via sympathyfortheartgallery)
Incredible interactive animation that brings Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” to life!
Sound responds to the visual flow. Made with openframeworks by Petros Vrellis
What brands could make use of this technology?
Peter Jaworowski (of Syzygy) has taken 20 seminal events from the Internet in 2011 and weaved them into a single artwork. Your challenge? Name all 20.
I can name 12, how about you?
This is basically how the internet works now, and it’s wonderful: a manifesto on sharing.
interesting is in the mind of the beholder. by mads lynnerup
Some of my stash back in the day, when Krylon was dat good good. Yes kids, Krylon had its days.
stunning!!! ahhhh would have loved to be there— i completely love satellites for the way they bring empower communication. theyre the hardware that connects us. transmitters to outerspace & between you and your world. what could possibly be better than that?
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photo from Jodrell Bank Live, July 2011: OK GO, British Sea Power and The Flaming Lips live underneath a massive radio telescope/ satellite
(Source: pikatron, via thedrollhouse)
Chicanery: re: my post as: Reblogged as link: image of gory flesh chair
Why is it a first world problem that a piece of art startled me? I was taking notice of the relative mildness of this as a problem. I’ve got food / shelter / water / a job / healthcare and so anything else is in the realm of luxuries. It’s a luxury to be spending time thinking about art. I was simply calling that out, because I feel like it’s an important thing to frame in an esoteric conversation as wide angle context. Re: the rest of the world’s artist and art critics, of course — but again, sitting around and fretting about how unnerving a piece of art was is a rather frivolous thing.
Perhaps it’s an unnecessary addition? Rather like the “Feminine Disclaimer” - a phrase I was introduced to in college relating to the frequency with which female students start a really smart comment with “I know this is probably stupid but…” or other similar disclaimers that only showcase their poor self esteem and serve as a self-fulfilling prophecy, possibly even impacting how the listener hears what they say. Maybe that’s the same impulse that I had in framing the conversation about art as First World.
I guess what I was trying to say is that there are a lot of very real things to be afraid of and a provocative chair is not one of them. It’s certainly doing something if we’re still talking about it. And I always am happy to take part in dialogue. Especially one where issues are tackled head on vs calling me a pretentious introspective wanker. And come to think of it, isn’t having a problem with my first world problems rather first world of you also? ;)
(Source: hinternetz)
![Wow. This chair scares the crap out of me. How often are you truly afraid?
I’m not afraid that much. Being startled by a piece of art is unquestionably a first world problem. But I doubt I’ll be able to get this out of my head. At least it’s provocative for a slightly higher purpose than gory flicks I can’t bear to watch. Spicy food and horror movies: things I want to like that so many people I adore seem to love but that I despise. That sentence probably needs 18 more commas in it. But the two things seem to go together. In college I became a broken record bugging my housemates to add the Sriracha AFTER I grabbed a bit of whatever they were cooking. Sriracha on everything and super gory movies: hello 2005.
I love some of the older scary flicks. Where it’s more than CGI— where it’s campy or psychological. Hitchcock films where the fear brewed is artful don’t bother me. It’s the scary for scary’s sake ones. There’s already so much creepy awfulness in the world, even fake blood spurts and the like make me nervous. Action movies are another story. Something hilarious about them makes them amusing. Gun violence and car chases aren’t as rattling as monsters and predators stomping around manifesting Jungian shadow archetypes.
In any case, I thought that this piece was worth documenting for that reason alone. Anything that makes your heart beat a bit faster.
To me, this chair immediately rendered awareness of FRAGILITY. Humans. We’re all so prone to tearing and we’re all so full of delicate guts. Delicate and horrible guts. Perfectly engineered guts that are frankly, rather impressive in function, but wow, so utterly horrible to behold. It really is best they stay inside. Slashing the upholstery was probably much like surgery. I wonder if the look of the guts was something the artist created or if it was added digitally? Either way it looks as real as I can imagine intestines or whatever that is looks.
I’d love to learn more about this piece. I came across it on some random design site and it was of course, not sourced. So frustrating and irresponsible. It’s such a pet peeve to me that people don’t think it urgent to SOURCE work. Ugh. So if anyone knows the artist responsible, please let me know. Reblog to help me find out? [thx]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv0h1s7asL1qbnq8oo1_500.jpg)
Wow. This chair scares the crap out of me. How often are you truly afraid?
I’m not afraid that much. Being startled by a piece of art is unquestionably a first world problem. But I doubt I’ll be able to get this out of my head. At least it’s provocative for a slightly higher purpose than gory flicks I can’t bear to watch. Spicy food and horror movies: things I want to like that so many people I adore seem to love but that I despise. That sentence probably needs 18 more commas in it. But the two things seem to go together. In college I became a broken record bugging my housemates to add the Sriracha AFTER I grabbed a bit of whatever they were cooking. Sriracha on everything and super gory movies: hello 2005.
I love some of the older scary flicks. Where it’s more than CGI— where it’s campy or psychological. Hitchcock films where the fear brewed is artful don’t bother me. It’s the scary for scary’s sake ones. There’s already so much creepy awfulness in the world, even fake blood spurts and the like make me nervous. Action movies are another story. Something hilarious about them makes them amusing. Gun violence and car chases aren’t as rattling as monsters and predators stomping around manifesting Jungian shadow archetypes.
In any case, I thought that this piece was worth documenting for that reason alone. Anything that makes your heart beat a bit faster.
To me, this chair immediately rendered awareness of FRAGILITY. Humans. We’re all so prone to tearing and we’re all so full of delicate guts. Delicate and horrible guts. Perfectly engineered guts that are frankly, rather impressive in function, but wow, so utterly horrible to behold. It really is best they stay inside. Slashing the upholstery was probably much like surgery. I wonder if the look of the guts was something the artist created or if it was added digitally? Either way it looks as real as I can imagine intestines or whatever that is looks.
I’d love to learn more about this piece. I came across it on some random design site and it was of course, not sourced. So frustrating and irresponsible. It’s such a pet peeve to me that people don’t think it urgent to SOURCE work. Ugh. So if anyone knows the artist responsible, please let me know. Reblog to help me find out? [thx]
I want to start recalling when I have a mental image and sound combination that synchs up to an emotional state or particular thought. As such, i’m going to start documenting my interiority AV moments here.
Audio Visual Interiority #1:
this missive to creatives by Pixar is beautiful. inspiring. and beautiful and inspiring for creatives. it’s meta sweet and it’s meta meta.
PERSIST!
Berlin’s startup and app development landscape extends far beyond Soundcloud — it’s best known app. Clips from this really great piece from RWW, both explain how and why the startup scene in Berlin seems to be growing with a particular strength in visual equity and also providing some specific fruits of this cultural and tech explosion:
“The new-generation startups and their founders no longer shoot for successful companies in their country (or in Europe), their mission is pure world domination,” says Reber. Reber says that Berlin startups who emphasise design “live perfection,” something he sees as a key to success:
“Users can see the passion of the team behind their products. That’s my number one advice for everyone; take the time you need to create the best result you’re able to create, forget ‘release early, release often’ and move to ‘It’s done, when it’s done’.”While for a long time it was regarded as the home of ‘clone’ startups that copied successful American ideas, Berlin’s reputation is changing, and a unique flair for design is helping to drive that message forward. Indeed, 6Wunderkinder posted a ‘call to arms’on its blog earlier this month when it called on fellow startups in the city to ‘Stand up’ and declared that “The anti-copycat revolution starts now”:“We’re now in an era of immense innovation and, in the words of Dylan, the times they are a-changin’. Germany, and in particular Berlin Mitte, is growing organically once again – in a crazy, outside the box kinda way. Fresh ideas are now finally bringing fresh money.”
Some particular examples of killer design in startups coming from Berlin right now:
- EyeEm is a photo sharing app that takes a little bit of Instagram, a pinch of Color and a sprinkling of Photovine and creates a new way of sharing photos that automatically adds context based on who you’re with, where you are and what you’re photographing. A beautifully simple interface makes some powerful behind-the-scenes technology easy to understand for anyone. While its location-centric approach to photo sharing might not be for everyone, there’s no denying that it’s a beautiful app to look at and use.
- WahWah.fm (pictured above) is an app that allows you to share the music you’re listening to on your iPhone with other people, so that they listen to exactly the same thing as you. It’s something of a Turntable.fm for people on the go, creating a radio station right from your phone. The design flair in the interface is stunning.
- Wunderlist from 6Wunderkinder is a cross-platform to-do list service that shuns the usual functional look of the genre for something a lot more stylish. (pictured above)
- SoundCloud is perhaps the best known Berlin startup right now, and the UI for its social audio platform is a thing of beauty. Just look at these example shots from its iPhone app, for example.
- There are many more examples out there, Readmill, which we praised for its looks just this week, for example. There are others which we can’t mention yet, as they want to keep below the radar. However, Amen and Gidsy (both yet to officially launch) are getting tongues wagging in the cafes of Berlin amongst those who have used them.
i completely adore these still life scenes. what an incredible way to create an immersion around the time and place of such glamour. we should do this for brands as an exercise in focusing on their key aesthetic as it fits into the life of users.
For V73 The Heroes Issue, V create still life scenes in honor of the style and spirit of Elizabeth Taylor. Here,Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). V73 The Heroes Issue is on sale September 8th.
Photography Metz + Racine
Styling Catherine Newell-HansonFrom left:
Gold, mother of pearl, and diamond
“La D De Dior” watch Dior Timepieces
Fragrance Chanel
Sunglasses Tom Ford Eyewear
Swimsuit Michael Kors
White gold and diamond “Lotus” ring Van Cleef & Arpels
This series of Astronaut suicides by Neil DaCosta is so dark it almost comes off as funny at first, but I find it extremely striking. As a visualization of the NASA program ending— it takes an emotional spin on the American fixation on the astronaut as a hero transcendent of time & what the end of that dream looks like in a sense.
I prefer the mattress image above to some of the others, as it’s less violent and more just about capturing helplessness. My other favorites of the series would have to be this one, this one, or this one in terms of preference based on their composition. I find it fascinating that the helmet is totally gold and it makes the whole thing sadder somehow and less maudlin — not seeing the face of our hero.
ANIMAL magazine seems to think it’s more of a flip, morose thing, but I read it as more earnest than they did:
This darkly absurd photo series stars a spacesuit-clad astronaut dramatically attempting to kill himself after reading about the end and last hurrah of NASA’s shuttle program in the newspaper. Portland, Oregon-based Neil Dacosta’s Astronaut Suicides features wrist slashing, car gassing, pill chugging… You know, the classics.
Oh woe. The sterile interiors give this an extra chill.
Is this morbid Harold-type extravaganza insensitive, is it poignant critique or is it… sick ‘n’ silly?
I’d say the former: absolutely a poignant critique, while of course espousing some dark humor in its content. I saw this series first elsewhere so seeing it in ANIMAL was a positive I think, but I worry that it encourages a quick read on the work to map it back to Harold and Maude (as much as I loved that film). What do you think of the series?
