Justin Quinnell must have the patience of a Saint. He assembled & installed a number of handmade pinhole cameras around Bristol, leaving them untouched for 6 months, yes, 6 months. His project was to record views of Bristol, UK, with the sun trailing across the sky during the Winter Solstice (December 22nd) thru the Summer Solstice (June 2oth).
To better understand the picture below (Clifton Suspension Bridge. Bristol, UK. Dec 17, 2007-June 21, 2008), the wavy light streaks seen are that of the sun...the lowest streak shows the suns path of the Winter Solstice, while the highest streak shows the suns path of the Summer Solstice.
If Eames era, Scandinavian-styled iconography wets your whistle, then friends, Ben Javens is your man. An incredibly talented illustrator from England, whose lighthearted print work at times, channels the spirit of one the of the greatest designers of the 20th Century, Mr. Alexander Girard.
UK designer Harris Elliott asked film maker Manny Bonett to create this film short for Harris' new H by Harris line, an accessories line built around the 'fixed gear' culture. Bonett's "Fixed" short litereraly sets things on fire...and what's sexier than a gaggle of freestylin' UK hipster-fixie-gearheads with flares, in a Jesus Christ pose?
While walking down Pilsen's 18th Street (Chicago), I peeped in a shop window & saw a poster by local artist Roy Villalobos...with its strong, 3-color, stencilized graphic in protest of Arizona's SB1070.
Check out more from ¡Alto Arizona! and their art/poster campaign HERE.
Long before mall-chains like 'hot topic' homogenized the Goth, Industrial & Ambient/ Noise music movements, there were those of us that liked to lock ourselves in dark rooms, smear on some eyeliner and crank up some really fucked up tunes...Skinny Puppy, one of them.
I bought this 12" single in 1987 from Jelly's in Honolulu , Hawaii. They specialized in new & used vinyl and had the sickest import collection. The sickest. It was the late 80s. Cds were just creeping into the music industry, the internet was still almost unavailable to most of us & we relied on rags like NME to tell us what was happening in the music world around the globe...and what the fuck was a YouTube?! I was crazy about Skinny Puppy, Chanting Mongolian Monks & a printmaker by the name Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) and along comes A Chud Convention. I wept.
A Chud Convention (Circle Records) was an experimental ambient/ noise collaboration between members of Skinny Puppy (cEvin Key & Nivek Ogre) & a;GRUMH (SΔ3 Evets & JΔ3 Seuqcaj)...sadly, they only released one record, titled 'Sorrow'.
San Francisco brings us some amazing gig posters via Lil Tuffy. I totally dig on this hand printed, limited edition, 3-D Pavement screen print, don't you? Wander over to Lil Tuffy's FaceBook and 'friend' him, too.
Designer Heo Jeong Im has just introduced the Coffee Stick. Now, the deal with his creation is hot, fresh brewed coffee on-the-go. How's it work? Just grab your cup of hot water, drop your stick in, a few turns of the wrist and wham-o, coffee. Choose from Cafe Latte, Cappuccino, Caramel Machiato, Mocha Latte & Americano flavours.
I think that this is a good looking 'design concept', but not all concepts need be produced and the downside certainly is a downer.
Let's look at some of the negatives, shall we: -a horrible waste of resources...what's the landfill life of the stick? -why not create something somewhat re-usable, say, a spoon for my yogurt instead of the bulbous stirrer? -at a glance, it looks more like a pregnancy test...should I pee on the stirrer before or after I mix my coffee? -the only things I enjoy on a stick are lollipops & corn dogs. -if you really need your 'coffee on the go" wouldn't you rather toss a hand-full of Starbucks' Via's in your pocket or bag? After all, size matters and Heo's stir-stick is flippin' huge!
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