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Allie Pohl’s MFA show

Todd Berger — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:10:45 +0000

Allie Pohl is interested in commenting on the female body in its idealized form. If you’d like to see precisely how, attend her MFA Thesis show at Hinterland.

Broken Crow

Josh Wills — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:02:18 +0000

Images, video, and an interview with Broken Crow have been posted up on the Burlesque of North America’s blog. It makes my heart smile when those who inhabit cities help shape and define the spaces we all share with the gift of art.

DBA Biodegradable Pen

Lucian Foehr — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:36:26 +0000

Let me start by saying this is only a band-aid solution (yes the pen is biodegradable, but it still takes energy to make the pen). Unfortunately there are still situations where disposable pens are the go-to option (banks, booths, promos) and DBA’s biodegradable pen is certainly a step in the right direction.

On a side note, DBA has some other great products in the works that deserve a looksie.

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Haiti Poster Project: Preview

Todd Berger — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:40:52 +0000

When the Haiti Poster Project invited us to produce a piece to help them reach their fundraising goal of $1,000,000.00 for Doctors Without Borders we leapt at the opportunity. We spent a solid block of time on concept and settled on a typographic statement imbued with positive vibrations and seven colors of ink. We reached to our friend Ray McDermott at Good Thoughts 4 All and got down to business on the ole automatic. Here’s a little peak between screens four and five and five and six. More soon.

Sketchbot Custom Show / MyPlasticHeartNYC

Todd Berger — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:49:01 +0000

We’ve followed our friend Steve Talkowski’s progress designing, prototyping, and eventually producing his signature Sketchbot for about 2 years now. It’s been a wonderful process to witness and a testament to Steve’s talent, commitment and vision. To kick off what Steve’s calling “Phase 1″ of Sketchbot he’s teamed up with MyPlasticHeartNYC to throw a massive Sketchbot custom show. He’s assembled a spectacular cast of 50+ customizers. We’re humbled to have been invited and to have the opportunity to take part. We couldn’t be more psyched for Steve.

Participating artists:

64 Colors / Aaron Stewart / Andrew Bell/ Argonaut Resins / Brent Nolasco / Brian Flynn / Chauskoskis / Chris Krebs / Chuckboy / Chris Raab / cypher13 / Dacosta! / Dave Gittleman / Dead Presidents / Mr. Den / Gods and Monsters / Dril One / Dustin Cantrell / Entae Kim / Frank Mysterio / Jared Deal / Jason Limón / J-Bat / Jeremiah Ketner / JESTER / Motorbot

/ J-ROO / kaNO / Keithing / King Abnon / Leecifer / LJ Lindhurst / Lou Pimentel / MAD / Manny Galan / Matt Doughty / Moopf / NEMO / OsirisOrion / Patrick Francisco / PHONETICONTROL / Pon / Reactor-88 / Sam Fout / Mr. Shane Jessup / Steve Talkowski / Sket One / SUCKADELIC / TOYSREVIL / veggiesomething

C13 HEX

Lucian Foehr — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:27:41 +0000

Our latest typeface, C13 HEX, is now available through YouWorkForThem. Extra geometric in nature and intended predominantly for display and logotype utilities, C13 HEX was built atop an isometric triangular grid. The typeface includes 8 fonts, Regular, Alt, Outline, Outline Alt, Round, Round Alt, Round Outline, and Round Outline Alt.

Suprb Type Collection

Lucian Foehr — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:07:47 +0000

YouWorkForThem is selling a collection of typefaces from Suprb, including Capset, Myld, Wyld, ASCA-D, ASCA, CLOUD.DOT.TWO, Quick 16, Quart, and Swem.

Mrzyk & Moriceau x Sebastien Tellier

Celeste Prevost — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:01 +0000

I enjoy this. Exclusive Sebastien Tellier video for the 10th anniversary of Record Makers. via Viewers Like U

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“EDEN” – SHORT FILM BY SEAN MULLENS

Juan Alberto De la Roca — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:32:51 +0000

This short film makes you feel the sand on your feet and water in your face…ah, who doesn’t need a little beach time?

EDEN from Sean Mullens on Vimeo.

Main Entry: Eden
Pronunciation: \ˈē-dən\
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Hebrew ʽĒdhen
Date: before 12th century
Definition: Paradise, a place of pristine or abundant natural beauty

NOBODY BEATS THE DRUM – GRINDIN’

Lifter Baron — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:51:35 +0000

Nobody Beats the Drum is new to me.. and needless to say they’ve left a stand-still, jaw-dropped impression on me forever with their video for Grindin’. The whole thing is made from more than 4000 still frames and animated together to give us the piece you see below. I would have to say it’s probably the most complicated way to make a video, especially one that relies so much on the audio sync up, but the finished bit is simply outstanding. Snap shot gentlemen! You can take a listen to the full album, Beats Work, on iTunes.

RECAP: WE LIVE IN PUBLIC RELEASE PARTY IN DENVER 3.1.2010

Juan Alberto De la Roca — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:25:49 +0000

Monday nights are always a tough night to host events, but Denver creatives came through and represented our city well for the “We Live in Public” release party on March 01, 2010. The night saw some technical difficulties, but in the end I think the screening did it’s job. It got people thinking and talking about what’s happening to our society as we increasingly embrace the internet. Our crowd consisted of advertising/marketing representatives, designers, filmmakers, writers/bloggers, architects, musicians, and various other influencers who have the ability to affect others… Hopefully all of you who attended are telling others to see this film. It’s important for people to make themselves aware of the pitfalls associated with living in public.

I would like to thank the following folks for the help in making the evening possible. Futuristic Films team, especially Monique Weiring and Richie Kendall. Director Ondi Timoner, for making such a thought provoking film. I first met her in 2002 while working at Radar Communications. I remember her telling about the two these two films she was working on for a long time. The first was “Dig,” and the other was “We Live in Public.” Both won grand jury prizes at Sundance. Proud to call her a friend. If you haven’t seen Dig, hustle on over to Hulu, as it’s one of the most popular downloads there. You won’t be disappointed, its a great rock n’ roll film…

Thanks also go out Open Media Foundation for hosting the event. If you aren’t aware of what they do stop by or visit them on the Web. Anyone who’s an independent film maker in Denver should know about this valuable resource. Jason Stoval, DOM board member, did a great job hosting our, brief, Q&A session with the other cities.

A big shout out also goes out to my friend Steve Nilsen (Lifestyle Marketing Manager at Pabst Blue Ribbon) for donating the libations for the after party. Mega hug goes out to DJ Ginger Perry for setting the mood with tunes. I know you were tired girl from other gigs over the weekend, so thank you again for making it out. Also to our VJ’s (Doug and Alie) and live painters (Kamla and Audrey.

Last, but not least, THANK YOU to all my friends who made it. There were a lot of you there and it meant a lot to see you there! It never ceases to amaze me how deep my network runs with solid peeps!

Segmentus Clock

Lucian Foehr — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:11:41 +0000

The Segmentus Clock is Art Lebedev Studio’s solution to a digital clock with hands.

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