live, love, create

flash splash

2011-05-23T15:48:00.019-04:00

kidult

i'm not promoting graffiti nor am i saying i'm against it either. here, i'm
intrigued by the effect the paint made when sprayed by a fire extinguisher.
i'm loving the colors used and wondering why these stores were targeted.

wine and design

2011-05-20T15:39:00.010-04:00

mucca design

identity and packaging design for french restaurants (from top):
balthazar, pastis and parc.

legendary man

2011-05-18T10:44:00.008-04:00

milton glaser

from top: i love new york rebus logo, 1977. bob dylan poster, 1967.
hologram font, 1970. video by hillman curtis.

soul pop

2011-05-10T12:47:00.020-04:00

kimbra

a 20 year old new zealand singer/songwriter based in melbourne, australia.
her debut album "vows" is expected to be released this year.

physical attraction

2011-05-06T16:18:00.010-04:00

lotus elise
i don't know too much about cars, but i saw this tiny thing on the road and
was quite impressed by its design. definitely an eye catcher. photographed
by ken brown.

class act

2011-05-05T17:07:00.009-04:00

héctor mediavilla
sape is french slang for "dressing with class". the french often use the
expression "il est bien sape" to talk about a sharp dressed man. the term
"sapeur" is a new african word that refers to someone that is dressed
with great elegance. (congo, africa)

model drawings

2011-05-03T00:01:00.008-04:00

danny roberts

louder than bombs

2011-05-02T12:22:00.014-04:00

alexandre "andy wall-hole" farto

modern warfare

2011-05-02T11:40:00.003-04:00

taking shape

2011-04-29T14:37:00.021-04:00

joan miró

"how did i think up my drawings and my ideas for painting? well i'd come home
to my paris studio in rue blomet at night, i'd go to bed, and sometimes i hadn't
any supper. i saw things, and i jotted them down in a notebook. i saw shapes on
the ceiling..." (from top: bleu II, singing fish and ora dell azzurro)

sole provider

2011-04-28T15:05:00.022-04:00

a love of mine. air jordan 3 black/cement retro will be released this fall. this
will be the fourth time this colorway will be retroed since its initial release in
1988. designed by tinker hatfield. (photo: red.mcleod, flicker)

tooned in

2011-04-28T14:33:00.005-04:00

joe ciardiello

known for his portraits of authors in the ny times book review as well as
for his musician portraits. from top: bob dylan, muddy waters, eric clapton.

square one

2011-04-27T00:01:00.029-04:00

coldplay

from top: album cover for x&y. singles covers for: "fix you", "speed of sound",
and "talk". designed by tappin gofton (mark tappin and simon gofton) using
baudot code-encoding (ita2). you can play with a code generator (here).

sweet tooth

2011-04-26T10:27:00.009-04:00

sugar chair
designed by pieter brenner. made completely out of 60 pounds of confectioner's
sugar. priced just around $11,000.

king tut

2011-04-26T00:03:00.002-04:00

richard tuttle

from top: lable 13-16 (2004-05), lable 5-8 (2003), for ron (2009),

galisteo paintings (1993), edges (1999)

stretched canvas

2011-04-25T13:28:00.009-04:00

i was very fond of walking through the lower east side of nyc and seeing
wk interact's works on the streets.

california dreaming

2011-04-25T13:25:00.005-04:00

one of the ads from my last post reminded me of one of ed ruscha's works.

scootin' around

2011-04-22T00:01:00.040-04:00

vintage ads for vespa scooters.

cliff hanger

2011-04-21T12:37:00.001-04:00

d house, matanzas, chile. designed by panorama.
photographs by cristobal valdés.

everyday people

2011-04-21T10:07:00.007-04:00

yum yum

beyond print

2011-04-20T10:32:00.013-04:00

petronio associates

a creative resource company serving the world’s leading brands in the
fashion, beauty, fragrance, music, and art industries. the company thrives
off of new developments in design, research and experimentation.

days go by

2011-04-19T10:28:00.005-04:00

richard phillips
paintings used for dirty vegas' album covers.

chromantic

2011-04-18T10:57:00.019-04:00

shiro to kuro

shirotokuro is a shortened form of 'shiroi to kurio' which is japanese for

'black and white'. website design and concept by kwame busia and
neue themes. images (from top): shrimp armchair by jehs+laub, the lost

weekend (1973), and olga kurlylenko.

in print

2011-04-17T11:15:00.014-04:00

katsushika hokusai

woodblock prints. from top: gaifa kaisei (south wind, clear sky also known
as red fuji). kanagawa oki nami ura (the great wave off kanagawa). both are
part of the series thirty-six views of mount fuji (1826-1833).

up close

2011-04-15T12:38:00.014-04:00

chuck close is known for his paintings. but his photos have been quite
fascinating to look at as well. from top: kate moss, brad pitt, and chuck close.