Responding to The Responsive Eye
In this short  film, director Brian De Palma approaches the 1965 Museum of Modern Art exhibit The Responsive Eye, through the observations of experts—a psychologist, a ophthalmologist, and the exhibition curator—and the varied reactions of the opening night attendees, ranging from artist David Hockney to anonymous New York Society types, like the woman in the ...continue reading
Novel Designs
“Books are awfully decorative, don’t you think?” —Gloria Upson, Auntie Mame With sales of e-books increasing and the technology of iPads, Kindles, and Nooks improving, books, the old-fashioned textural and tactile conveyance for text, are looking more cumbersome and falling further out of favor. An editor by trade and book lover by nature, I’ve ...continue reading
The Strokes’ Angles + Crystal Castles (arcade) album cover mashup
I really like the new Strokes album “Angles” Every time I see the album cover I can’t help but think of the old Crystal Castles arcade game by Atari. So through the magic of Photoshop, I created this little mash-up. I can finally get this out of my head and move on with my life. ...continue reading
Awesome mystery box marketing ploy
What do we learn from this? Always push random buttons (I would have totally pushed that button without hesitation) ...continue reading
How Jeans are Made
Ever since I changed jobs from a corporate stuffy position that made me wear slacks and ties to a more relaxed position about 6 years ago, I have worn nothing but jeans. Â I love jeans and will probably be wearing them for the rest of my life (or until I can transcend into pure conscious ...continue reading
Horror Film Festival Ad
Clever and awesome poster for Portugal’s FantasPorto Horror Film Festival. via Computerlove. ...continue reading
The true name of Oprah’s new network
just a little graphic I came up with. Â Everytime I see the posters around the city I can’t help but convert OWN to PWN. Â Because you know Oprah totally PWN’ed you, America, and the WORLD. ...continue reading
Cute crafty pin-hole camera post-card
This is an interesting and creative little concept. Â It’s a pinhole camera that you send to a friend via post. Â It arrives flat like a postcard. Â They open it up into a camera and take one photo using the pinholes. Â Then you re-flatten it, cut it in half, and open it all up showing the ...continue reading
Beautifully illustrated iPad game – Hunter’s Moon
Love the illustration in this iPad game. Â Well, actually I think it’s more of an interactive story. Â You swipe around the image to progress the story or discover more lines of text. Best heard with headphones on. More info at:Â Creative Applications Network ...continue reading
Blog love: Movie Title Stills Collection
I just discovered this amazing blog by graphic designer Christian Annyas. It’s called MOVIE TITLE STILLS COLLECTION. He’s building up a collection of stills from film title sequences spanning the entire scope of film history. His focus is on the typography used in the title sequences. The images I’ve included in this post are all ...continue reading