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MAD MARCH

2012-01-19T00:45:00.000-03:00

Mad Men - Season premiere March 25, 2012. Do I need to say more? (click to enlarge)

COINCIDENCE

2012-01-19T00:40:00.000-03:00

“The thing about coincidence is that when you imagine the umpteen trillions of coincidences that can happen at any given moment, the fact is, that in practice, coincidences almost never do occur. Coincidences are actually so rare that when they do occur they are, in fact memorable. This suggests to me that the universe is designed to ward of coincidence whenever possible—the universe hates coincidence—I don’t know why—it just seems to be true. So when a coincidence happens, that coincidence had to work awfully hard to escape the system. There’s a message there. What is it? Look. Look harder. Mathematicians perhaps have a theorem for this, and if they do, it might, by default be a theorem for something larger than what they think it is.”

Link: One Concidence; Two Deja Vues by Douglas Coupland
Via: André Brocatus was here...

DESIGN LIKE NOBODY'S WATCHING

2012-01-05T00:45:00.000-03:00

Via: This Isn't Happiness
Link: Incidental Comics

LEGO MY DEER

2011-12-01T12:30:00.000-03:00

Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit by David Cole

Via: This isn't happiness

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- Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

2011-12-01T12:20:00.000-03:00

Screenprinted poster by Tom Whalen

Via: OMG Posters

MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA - SIMPLE MATH

2011-11-12T12:30:00.000-03:00

Wish I could send this whole vid to my ffffound!, so fuckin' perfect.

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Lyrics:

Hunter eyes…
I'm lost and hardly noticed, slight goodbye
I want to rip your lips off in my mouth
Even in my greatest moment doubt
The line between deceit and right now

Simple math, it's how our bodies even got here
Sinful math, the ebb and flow to multiply
What if I was wrong and no one cared to mention?
What if it was true, and all we thought was right was wrong?
Simple math, the truth cannot be fractioned
Either way

I imply to mitigate the guilt, we could align
A perfectly constructed alibi
To hush the violent guilt that eats and never dies
In actual blame, they call me once the dark divide

Simple math, it's why our bodies even lay here
Sinful math, the truth cannot be fashioned
What if you were crazy, would we have to listen then?

What if we've been trying to get to where we’ve always been?
What if I was wrong, and started trying to fix it?
What if you believed me? Everything is brilliant

What if I’ve been trying to get to where I’ve always been?
What if we’ve been trying to get to where we’ve always been?
Simple math, believe me, all is brilliant
What if we've been trying to kill the noise and silence?

What if I was wrong and you had never questioned it?
What if it was true, that all we thought was right, was wrong?
Simple math, the truth cannot be fractioned
I imply I've got to get it back then.
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Via: CRBlog - UK Music Video Awards 2011 Winners

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- Revelation
- We Miss You
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- Deer Rouge

MEMORY TAPES - YES I KNOW

2011-11-09T14:20:00.000-03:00

Via: CRBlog - UK Music Video Awards 2011 Winners

DULLARDS

2011-10-30T14:20:00.000-03:00

“Only dullards crippled into cretinism by a fear of being thought pretentious could be so dumb as to believe that there is a distinction between design and use, between form and function, between style and substance.”

Link: Steve Jobs, by Stephen Fry
Via: DaringFireball

EAMES: THE ARCHITECT AND THE PAINTER

2011-10-29T00:30:00.000-03:00

Eames: The Architect and the Painter, documentary film will open at the IFC theater in NYC on November 18th, 2011 and will continue with playdates around the country. The film is narrated by James Franco.

“The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood…”

Via: Daily Design Discoveries

PHILOSPHY WITH HEXDIGITS

2011-10-24T23:30:00.000-03:00

Via: and and,

I NEED NOTHING, A NEARLY USELESS ODYSSEY

2011-10-24T23:20:00.000-03:00

From Vimeo: “Repositories of stories and its enriching emotions, the covers, that accomodate the existing panoply of musical genres, are the motto for this exibition. The focus is made on album covers that often conquer our memory even when music slightly reached our ears. Major graphic disasters or deified, unduly ignored or zeitgeists, covers provide listening with a touch and an image, with the act of collection and share. From cover to cover, going thru all the stories (and histories), we wrote a new one to the sound of a song that repeats: I need nothing, I’ve everything I need.”

Via Lost At E Minor

THE CULT

2011-10-20T13:25:00.000-03:00

“The design community is practically a cult. We have our own little language that no one else remotely understands, exclusive networks, propaganda, hype-building conferences and most importantly, a shared way of viewing the world that is unique to the people inside the bubble.

Can you survive outside the cult? Absolutely. But there’s a reason it exists. We designers tend to really love what we do and are eager to interact with others who feel the same. We get excited about fonts for crying out loud, you’re not going to find that quality in anyone normal.”

Read the rest of the phenomenal article here: Surviving on a Creative Assembly Line

Via: EJ Fox

M83 - MIDNIGHT CITY

2011-10-19T14:20:00.000-03:00

From Vimeo: “Midnight City” is the first single of the forthcoming album of M83, “Hurry up, We're Dreaming”.The music video is directed by Fleur & Manu and it's a tribute to Village of the Damned, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and other Akiras.

Via Lost At E Minor

ANIMATED HISTORY OF THE iPHONE

2011-10-17T22:45:00.000-03:00

A CNet UK tribute to the memory of Steve Jobs.

Via: Cool Infographics

THE FUNDAMENTAL SOUL

2011-10-09T21:05:00.001-03:00

«In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It’s the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. »
Steven Paul Jobs

Via: Magnificent Ruin



2011-10-05T21:25:00.001-03:00

apple.com/stevejobs

MOST POPULAR INFOGRAPHICS (YOU CAN FIND AROUND THE WEB)

2011-09-29T23:10:00.003-03:00

I lol'ed @ “Venn Diagram of Something.” So true. :D

Via: This isn't happiness

KASABIAN - DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN

2011-09-28T14:15:00.000-03:00

Days Are Forgotten by Kasabian, from the highly recommendable Velociraptor!

Via: Fubiz

BJÖRK - MOON

2011-09-26T13:45:00.000-03:00

Via: Lost At E Minor

BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER, MAD MEN STYLE

2011-09-17T21:25:00.002-03:00

Illustrations by Ben Whitesell.

Via: This isn't happiness

EVOLUTION OF GAME CONTROLLERS

2011-09-16T23:30:00.000-03:00

Click to enlarge

Via: How To Be A Retronaut

A TYPE OF JOKE

2011-09-14T00:40:00.000-03:00

Via: DailyDCU

RENDEZVOUS - THE MURF

2011-09-08T23:30:00.000-03:00

From Vimeo: A music video for the band Rendezvous, a story about growing up in the universe.

Via SuperPunch

RORSCHACH-ESQUE VADER

2011-09-02T20:40:00.000-03:00

Dark Thoughts - by jerbing

Via: Designers of Tumblr

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DROPSHADOW

2011-09-02T20:10:00.000-03:00

Via: This isn't happiness

PHILOGRAPHICS

2011-08-30T13:31:00.000-03:00

Check the rest of the phenomenal series at The Curious Brain.

Via: This isn't happiness

THAT DAY HAS COME

2011-08-24T16:20:00.000-03:00

«Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward.

And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.»

Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO. … How I wish that day had never come. Thank you Steve.

MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS - WINGS

2011-08-15T22:45:00.006-03:00

I relived so much of my childhood with this song that it almost brought me to tears. From the desperate need of a pair of Nikes, to the poster of Mike above my bed; from the joy of finally having want I wanted, to the disappointment of finding someone else using the same pair; from being robbed on my way back home from school, to growing up and realizing how consumerism plays with a kid's mind. I have lived all those moments. Seeing that collection of powerful images under the light of that gorgeous cinematography gave me real goosebumps.

Probably one of my favourite videos of this year.

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Lyrics:

I was seven years old, when I got my first pair
And I stepped outside
And I was like, Momma, this air bubble right here, it's gonna make me fly
I hit that court, and when I jumped, I jumped, I swear I got so high
I touched the net, Mom I touched the net, this is the best day of my life
Air Max's were next,
That air bubble, that mesh
The box, the smell, the stuffin, the trend, in school
I was so cool
I knew that I couldn't crease 'em
My friends couldn't afford 'em
Four stripes, some Air-didas
On the court I wasn't the best, but my kicks were like the pros
Yo, I stick out my tongue so everyone could see that logo
Nike Air Flight, but bad was so dope
And then my friend Carlos' brother got murdered for his fours, whoa
See he just wanted a jump shot, but they wanted to start a cult though
Didn't wanna get caught, from Genesee Park to Othello
You could clown for those Probings, with the velcro
Those were not tight
I was trying to fly without leaving the ground, cuz I wanted to be like Mike, right
Wanted to be him
I wanted to be that guy, I wanted to touch the rim
I wanted to be cool, and I wanted to fit in
I wanted what he had, America, it begins

I want to fly
Can you take me far away
Give me a star to reach for
Tell me what it takes
And I'll go so high
I'll go so high
My feet won't touch the ground
Stitch my wings
And pull the strings
I bought these dreams
That all fall down

We want what we can't have, a commodity makes us want it
So expensive, damn, I just got to flaunt it
Got to show 'em, so exclusive, this that new shit
A hundred dollars for a pair of shoes I would never hoop in
Look at me, look at me, I'm a cool kid
I'm an individual, yea, but I'm part of a movement
My movement told me be a consumer and I consumed it
They told me to just do it, I listened to what that swoosh said
Look at what that swoosh did
See it consumed my thoughts
"Are you stupid, don't crease 'em, just leave 'em in that box"
Strangled by these laces, laces I can barely talk
That's my air bubble and I'm lost, if it pops
We are what we wear, we wear what we are
But see I look inside the mirror and think Phil Knight tricked us all
Will I stand for change, or stay in my box
These Nikes help me define me but and I'm trying to take mine, off

I want to fly
Can you take me far away
Give me a star to reach for
Tell me what it takes
And I'll go so high
I'll go so high
My feet won't touch the ground
Stitch my wings
And pull the strings
I bought these dreams
That all fall down

They started out, with what I wear to school
That first day, like these are what make you cool
And this pair, this would be my parachute
So much more than just a pair of shoes
Nah, this is what I am
What I wore, this is the source of my youth
This dream that they sold to you
For a hundred dollars and some change
Consumption is in the veins
And now I see it's just another pair of shoes
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BJÖRK - CRYSTALLINE

2011-07-26T17:15:00.002-03:00

Crystalline, from Björk's upcoming album Biophilia directed by Michel Gondry.

Via: ComputerLover

HELVERTICAL

2011-07-18T10:55:00.002-03:00

Via: Type & Design

BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER POSTER

2011-07-17T11:20:00.000-03:00

- Poster Process -

Via: Verlee's blog
Link: DKNG Studios

WE MISS YOU

2011-07-15T23:50:00.000-03:00

Via: Fubiz
Related post: Revelation

ARIA PRO

2011-07-14T23:40:00.000-03:00

From Vimeo: The inspiration for this typeface came from the epigraph on a frame of a nineteenth century painting. I was fascinated by the peculiar capitals of the inscription. The high contrast, and the overall quirkiness, especially the tail of the R and the oblique stems on the M, was interesting.
I decided to draw a display font with high contrast and a vertical axis, in a reference to the transitional form. Still I wanted to capture the spirit of the original letters, which to me are so imbued with Romanticism. This approach allowed for some exuberance on the regular style, but also led to more calligraphic letterforms in the italic – in which "the flow of the curves" lead the way.

Typeface design: Rui Abreu

Via Type For You

TYPOGRAPHY DRESSES

2011-07-14T17:20:00.000-03:00

Ads for fashion magazine Alt for Damene by Norway-based ad agency Kitchen.

Via: MyModernMetropolis
Related Post: Gisele Bündchen Dressed in Water

RISE FOR JAPAN

2011-07-04T00:50:00.001-03:00

From Vimeo: Rise For Japan is a fundraiser project from New York City by an independent collaborative of artists in support of Architecture for Humanity, a non-profit organization helping designers and architects rebuild areas where natural disasters have happened. In this case, Tohoku, Japan.

Get the Rise For Japan poster designed by Milton Glaser to support Architecture for Humanity’s rebuilding efforts in Japan. Limited to an edition of 500.

Link: Rise for Japan
Via: Tputh

ANATOMY OF A COMPUTER VIRUS

2011-06-16T23:35:00.001-03:00

From Vimeo: An infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon made entirely out of code. This was produced for Australian TV program HungryBeast on Australia's ABC1

Direction and Motion Graphics: Patrick Clair
Written by: Scott Mitchell

Via: SuperPunch

LUFTHANSA + GRAPHIC DESIGN

2011-06-07T23:30:00.005-03:00

That beautiful encircled crane in flight has always been one of my favourite logos. I'm so glad that a comprehensive and inspiring book entitled Lufthansa and Graphic Design: Visual History of an Airline, is about to be released this year. It will document the brand identity, the design and advertising history of Deutsche Lufthansa from the 1920s to present day. Definitely a must-have piece for any design nerd.

Via: SwissLegacy

LINKIN PARK - IRIDESCENT

2011-06-05T23:40:00.003-03:00

«Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?
You build up hope, but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go… Let it go.»

Via: ComicBookMovie

A DISTANT THOUGHT

2011-06-01T15:40:00.002-03:00

«Thought creates distance and destroys the immediacy of direct experience, yet it is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a measure of permanence.»

Via: This isn't happiness

FACE-OFF

2011-06-01T00:45:00.000-03:00

Related Post: Self-Examination
Via: This isn't happiness

OKAY

2011-05-31T19:50:00.003-03:00

Via: Typographie

JUSTICE - CIVILIZATION

2011-05-30T09:00:00.002-03:00

Civilization directed by Edouard Salier from Justice's upcoming and yet-to-be-named second album.

Via: Fubiz

THE ANATOMY LESSON

2011-05-21T23:15:00.000-03:00

Evolution of Type by Andreas Scheiger

Via: Typographie

EVEN GREEN LANTERNS STRUGGLE WITH THOSE

2011-05-20T16:30:00.005-03:00

«You’ve just witnessed the TRUE power of the ring. It has helped you find the will to live. It is the most basic element within one’s willpower… For beings like us, overcoming fear is what we do best. But when it comes to guilt, regret, loss… Even Green Lanterns struggle with those. Never forget that, Jordan.»

Thaal Sinestro.

Via: SteenAR

RELIGIOUS

2011-05-19T14:15:00.001-03:00

«The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.»

Via: LsGraylau

COMIC BOOK PIXEL POSTERS

2011-05-17T13:00:00.000-03:00

Via: Fumetti DC Comics
Link: Drawsgood

MOBY - DESTROYED

2011-05-14T15:45:00.002-03:00

After, directed by Ricardo Uhagon Vivas

The Day, directed by Evan Bernard and Eyeball

The first two singles from Moby's tenth studio album, Destroyed.

LETTERPRESS

2011-05-13T20:30:00.002-03:00

Via: SwissMiss

BARCODED

2011-05-13T19:50:00.000-03:00

(A Scanner Darkly by Richard Linklater, 2006)

Via: MovieBarcode

TALKING ABOUT GRIDS

2011-05-10T23:40:00.001-03:00

«Kevin Flynn: The Grid, a digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships, motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day...
Sam Flynn: You got in!
Kevin Flynn: Heh heh. That's right, man... I got in!»

Quote: Tron Legacy (2010)
Image via: Designers of Tumblr

STANLEY KUBRICK, A FILMOGRAPHY

2011-05-08T23:00:00.002-03:00

Via: Fubiz

DANGER BEACH - APACHE

2011-05-05T22:30:00.000-03:00

Via: The Fox is Black

BOREDOM

2011-05-03T15:35:00.001-03:00

«Boredom, the ultimate luxury.»

Via: This isn't happiness

THE NODE

2011-05-03T00:15:00.002-03:00

From Vimeo: “The Node" is a project of time-image represented as pixels, which is connected to its reinterpretations done by various frequency artists.”

Via: Colt + Rane

IN BRIGHTEST DAY, IN BLACKEST NIGHT…

2011-05-01T17:00:00.006-03:00

Official Posters - Click to Enlarge

Banners

Wallpaper

Teaser Posters

Promo Images

I have reached the point where I can't contain my excitement anymore. I have been waiting for this movie since I was a kid and the wait is killing me. Since there's no much I can do about it I've decided to blog a few thoughts on the upcoming film.

When Ryan Reynolds was cast in the leading role I got really worried, his background in comedies was scary and his role as Deadpool didn't help much either, the latter was not entirely his fault tho. But after my initial apprehension I have to say, the dude is growing on me.

If the suit looks too organic or too alien-like, or if the portrayal is more based on Kyle Ryner than in Hal Jordan or if he's wearing Vibram shoes instead of superhero boots, it doesn't matter in the end. Fans are always nitpicking on something, that's what we do. And unlike with other comic book adaptations I'm willing to overlook those minor details, I think these are small concessions that do not affect the core of the story, a reckless test pilot entrusted with the ring from a dying alien that allows him to translate thought into green constructs, and the only limitations are his imagination and will power, with that he's thrown into a cosmic adventure that will help him to learn to overcome his fears and become a better man. Can you see why he's my favourite?

Everything about this movie feels epic and respectful to the source material. From the countless alien forms to the larger than life scale. The CGI has improved massively since the first teaser trailer debuted and I'm pretty confident that the final product will not disappoint.

WonderCon Trailer

Update: Second Theatrical Trailer [05-04-2011]

Directed by Martin Campbell, starring Ryan Reynolds, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett, Tim Robbins and Geoffrey Rush and Michael Clarke Duncan as the voices of Tomar-Re and Kilowog respectively. Green Lantern premiers in the US on June 17.

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Related Post 5: Green Lantern

BULLSH*T

2011-04-27T22:40:00.000-03:00

«It’s difficult to be open-minded. It’s really damn hard to be open-minded and a Graphic Designer. If a Graphic Designer claims to be open-minded they are bullshitting you.»

Via: Signal vs. Noise

FUTURA FUTURAMA

2011-04-27T10:45:00.002-03:00

Via: Ease Up

PAN'S LABYRINTH BY AARON HORKEY

2011-04-25T12:45:00.000-03:00

Via: Poster Shizzle

A FRINGE DARKLY

2011-04-17T19:00:00.002-03:00

Screengrabs from the wonderful episode "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide", Fringe s03e19.

BY DESIGN OR ACCIDENT

2011-04-15T21:25:00.001-03:00

«I don't know if it's design or accident. That gets these things started.
What do we gain with soaking these hills with more blood?»
Justified S02E10.

GO SERIF

2011-04-14T23:40:00.000-03:00

Via: Designers of Tumblr
Related Post: ✁_ _ _ _ Go Sans

COOKIE MONSTER

2011-04-13T23:45:00.000-03:00

Typographic cookies [biscuits] poster by Anna Garforth.

Via: Daily Design Discoveries

ABC SUPERHEROES

2011-04-07T14:45:00.000-03:00

Fabian Gonzalez’s graphic representation of some of the most beloved superheroes of all time.

And yes, I can name them all (My favourite is the "Y", extra cool points for including such an obscure character.)

Via: This isn't happiness

SIX ARCHITECTS

2011-04-07T09:50:00.000-03:00

Via: Fubiz

✁_ _ _ _ GO SANS

2011-04-07T09:30:00.000-03:00

Via: Designers of Tumblr

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - YOU ARE A TOURIST

2011-04-07T09:00:00.000-03:00

«When there's a doubt within your mind
'Cos you are thinking all the time
Framing rights into wrongs,
Move along, move along…»

♫: “You Are a Tourist” by Death Cab for Cutie (from their upcoming album Codes and Keys).

WOODKID - IRON

2011-04-04T12:15:00.000-03:00

Via: Design You Trust

INTEL VISUAL LIFE PROFILE - MICHAEL WOLFF

2011-03-29T12:45:00.000-03:00

Designer Michael Wolff (Wolff Olins), his philosophies and how he sees the world. Inspiring.

«I see seeing as a muscular exercise, like I see curiosity, It's kind of being open really. If you walk around with a head full of preoccupation you end up not noticing anything in your visual life.»

Via: SwissMiss

HEADFUCK THING

2011-03-18T19:50:00.000-03:00

«You are a glorious headfuck thing. Own it.»
Skins S05E08.

Via: OMGSkins

MATTA - RELEASE THE FREQ

2011-03-17T23:04:00.000-03:00

Official video for "Matta - Release The Freq", from the album "Prototype".

Via: ISO50
Related Post: Revelation

SELF-EXAMINATION

2011-03-16T15:25:00.006-03:00

« It is the worst kind of yellowness to be so scared of yourself that you put blindfolds on rather than deal with yourself. To face ourselves - that's the hard thing. The imagination - that's God's gift, to make the act of self-examination bearable.

The imagination. It's there to sort out your nightmare, to show you the exit from the maze of your nightmare, to transform the nightmare into dreams, that become your bedrock. If we do not listen to that voice, it dies, it shrivels, it vanishes. The imagination is not our escape. On the contrary, the imagination is the place we are all trying to get to. »

Six Degrees Of Separation (quote from the 1993 film.)

Image via: This isn't happiness
Recommended viewing: Six Degrees Of Separation (trailer)

LIFE/CAREER

2011-03-02T16:00:00.000-03:00

«I don’t think of my life as a career. I do stuff. I respond to stuff. That’s not a career – it’s a life!»
Steven Paul Jobs

Via: SwissMiss

RADIOHEAD GENRE CHART

2011-02-23T13:50:00.002-03:00

I love King of Limbs but I wish they revisit the Alt-Rock/Folk axis in the near future. Also, it amazes me how Amnesiac is at the perfect center of equilibrium.

Via: André Brocatus was here
Link: I love charts

RADIOHEAD - LOTUS FLOWER

2011-02-18T10:40:00.000-03:00

BOTH AT THE SAME TIME

2011-02-09T21:40:00.004-03:00

«As soon as I say this, everyone will take the piss. It’s just, I think… part of me is always looking for someone to turn around, buy me a drink, give me a hug and say it’s all right… because I just go off on one. For days I can’t talk to people. And it shocks me because I’m still doing it. I want to be alone and I want people to notice me — both at the same time.»
Thom Yorke.

Via: These Are Hard Times For Dreamers

PLAIN HELVETICA

2011-02-08T14:55:00.003-03:00

«I looked at your status:
“In a relationship”
“In a relationship”, an earthquake hit me.
Your status had changed.
You'd never quirked about this, couldn't drag my eye away,
the words on the screen.
Nothing's set between us but you just weren't that keen.
“In a relationship”, plain Helvetica.

So walk away and… let it go.»

♫: “OMG” by The Streets.

SILIAN RAIL BONE BUSINESS CARD

2011-01-31T09:50:00.008-03:00

«Look at that. Picked them up from the printer's yesterday. Good coloring. That's bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Rail…»

*Funny thing, the Silian Rail typeface doesn't exist. Bret Easton Ellis made up the name. The actual font seen in the movie is Garamond Classico SC.

Recommended viewing: American Psycho: Business Card Scene
Via: Fuck. Androids.

MA (間)

2011-01-28T23:20:00.004-03:00

“Jobs's immersion in Zen and passion for design almost certainly exposed him to the concept of ma, a central pillar of traditional Japanese aesthetics. Like many idioms relating to the intimate aspects of how a culture sees the world, it's nearly impossible to accurately explain -- it's variously translated as "void," "space" or "interval" -- but it essentially describes how emptiness interacts with form, and how absence shapes substance. If someone were to ask you what makes a ring a meaningful object -- the circle of metal it consists of, or the emptiness that that metal encompasses? -- and you were to respond "both," you've gotten as close to ma as the clumsy instrument of English allows.

While Jobs has never invoked the term in public -- one of the aspects of his genius is the ability to keep even his most esoteric assertions in the realm of the instantly accessible -- ma is at the core of the Jobsian way. And Jobs' single-minded adherence to this idiosyncratically Japanese principle is, ironically, what has allowed Apple to compete with and beat Japan's technology titans -- most notably the company that for the past four decades dominated the world of consumer electronics: Sony.”

Via: How Steve Jobs 'out-Japanned' Japan (full article.)

EVA UNIT-01

2011-01-25T11:45:00.003-03:00

«Growing up is like donning the Eva shell, it makes you stronger, but often the person you really are gets lost. You are controlled by your robot, instead of the other way around.»

Via: io9

Recommended link: Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance - Official Trailer

GREEN LANTERN

2011-01-25T10:55:00.002-03:00

Via: GreenLanternCorp

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MAKE IT BETTER

2011-01-13T15:25:00.002-03:00

Via: Daring Fireball

613 SADNESSES

2011-01-08T01:45:00.000-03:00

«Brod discovered 613 sadnesses, each perfectly unique, each a singular emotion, no more similar to any other sadness than to anger, ecstasy, guilt, or frustration. Mirror Sadness. Sadness of Domesticated Birds. Sadness of Being Sad in Front of One’s Parent. Humor Sadness. Sadness of Love Without Release.»

Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer

Via: Fuck Androids

20% STATISTICS, 40% TYPOGRAPHY, 10% DESIGN, 30% ADDICTION

2011-01-06T23:00:00.003-03:00

Via: This isn't happiness
Link: Design you trust

STAR WARS TRILOGY BY TYLER STOUT

2010-12-30T20:00:00.000-03:00

Via: Poster Shizzle

1st RULE OF TYPE CLUB

2010-12-23T23:35:00.002-03:00

Via: Typographie
Link: Ink Insurgent's Flickr stream.

DESIGNED BY APPLE IN CALIFORNIA

2010-12-22T12:35:00.000-03:00

«Also, it wasn’t “Made by Apple in California,” it was Designed. I can’t think of another company that holds design in higher esteem or even one that touts every product as designed, not made. This might be the best expression of the company’s mission available.»

Via: 37 Signals

STAR WARS TRILOGY BY OLLY MOSS

2010-12-18T09:20:00.002-03:00

Via: PosterShizzle
Link: Olly Moss

ENJOY THE SILENCE

2010-12-16T14:15:00.000-03:00

«If he has no data to transmit, he abruptly falls silent.»

Time Magazine on Mark Zuckerberg.

Don't know if that's a good thing but I sure can relate to that.

SELF-DEPRECATING

2010-12-16T14:05:00.000-03:00

Via: Designers of Tumblr
Link: Johnson Banks

CONNECTING

2010-12-13T20:20:00.008-03:00

«They make it look so easy… Connecting with another human being. It's like no one told them it's the hardest thing in the world.»
Dexter S05E12.

FOREVER ALONE

2010-12-09T14:30:00.000-03:00

Via: This isn't happiness

SIA - I'M IN HERE

2010-12-01T14:00:00.003-03:00

Directed by: David Altobelli, from Sia Furler's latest album We Are Born.

«I need you to hold all of the sadness I can not… Living inside of me.»

FIGHTING REALITY

2010-11-23T22:50:00.008-03:00

«I just needed time alone, with my own thoughts. Got treasures in my mind, but couldn't open up my own vault.

My childlike creativity, purity, and honesty is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts. Reality is catching up with me, taking my inner child, I'm fighting for custody.»

♫: “POWER” by Kanye West.

ARCADE FIRE - THE SUBURBS

2010-11-19T13:30:00.006-03:00

Directed by Spike Jonze.
Via: Super Punch

MASSIVE ATTACK - ATLAS AIR

2010-11-03T09:15:00.002-03:00

From Vimeo:
Directed by Edouard Salier.
Produced by: Edouard Salier, Svana Gisla and David Danesi
Production Company: Black Dog Films and Digital District Paris
CGI: Jean Lamoureux, Emilie Caudroit, Rémi Gamiette, Kevin Monthureux, Jimmy Cavé, Romuald Caudroit and Thomas Marquet.
2D: David Sapyyapy, Lou Menais, Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka.
Art & Compositing: Julien Michel, Xavier Reye and Damien Martin.

Via: Fubiz

SWAN SONG FOR A BLACK SWAN

2010-10-15T16:50:00.000-03:00

Black Swan - International teaser art (limited edition posters.)

I have said it before and I will say it again: I'm soooo looking forward to see this movie!

Via: Empire

TORO Y MOI - LOW SHOULDER

2010-09-06T16:10:00.005-03:00

From YouTube: For the video to Toro Y Moi's latest single "Low Shoulder" the directors Elisha Smith-Leverock and Chris Murdoch have drawn inspiration from everything from pulp magazines and Cinderella to sploshing and mono-brows. It's a nod to Italo-horror flics form the 70s and 80s. It features an appearance by 60s it-girl Daphne Sherman, wife of the legendary mod tailor Ben Sherman, who stars as a demented ballroom dancing reject/ waitress.

According to Chaz the song was written for his girlfriend asking her to not fall asleep whilst driving. We based the video on the idea of this sleep-deprived girl calling at a roadside diner for a coffee. Next thing you know she's semi-conscious and experiencing some really weird sh**"

Low Shoulder was shot in studio and on location at the Marina Cafe on Mare Street, Hackney on a very low budget with the help of a rather energetic and like-minded crew.
Directed by Elisha Smith-Leverock & Chris Murdoch.

Can't express how much I love this band. I've been listening this album up and down for months now and I still can't get enough. It's pretty good, like in the “potentially-in-my-top-five-of-2010” kind of way.

Via: Urban Outfitters

WHAT WE DO

2010-08-19T18:15:00.002-03:00

«Designers deal in ideas. They give shape to ideas that shape our world, enrich everyday experiences, and improve our lives. Where there’s confusion, designers fashion clarity; where there’s chaos, designers construct order; where there’s entropy, designers promote vitality; where there’s indifference, designers swell passion; where there’s mediocrity, designers imbue excellence; and where there’s silence, designers lend voice.»

Ken Peters

(*) Bold by me.
Via: Quotes on Design

☛ GOOD DESIGN…

2010-08-18T22:15:00.003-03:00

Via: This isn't Happiness

A Scanner Darkly | A Designer’s Life

MAD MARCH

COINCIDENCE

DESIGN LIKE NOBODY'S WATCHING

LEGO MY DEER

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA - SIMPLE MATH

MEMORY TAPES - YES I KNOW

DULLARDS

EAMES: THE ARCHITECT AND THE PAINTER

PHILOSPHY WITH HEXDIGITS

I NEED NOTHING, A NEARLY USELESS ODYSSEY

THE CULT

M83 - MIDNIGHT CITY

ANIMATED HISTORY OF THE iPHONE

THE FUNDAMENTAL SOUL



MOST POPULAR INFOGRAPHICS (YOU CAN FIND AROUND THE WEB)

KASABIAN - DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN

BJÖRK - MOON

BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER, MAD MEN STYLE

EVOLUTION OF GAME CONTROLLERS

A TYPE OF JOKE

RENDEZVOUS - THE MURF

RORSCHACH-ESQUE VADER

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DROPSHADOW

PHILOGRAPHICS

THAT DAY HAS COME

MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS - WINGS

BJÖRK - CRYSTALLINE

HELVERTICAL

BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER POSTER

WE MISS YOU

ARIA PRO

TYPOGRAPHY DRESSES

RISE FOR JAPAN

ANATOMY OF A COMPUTER VIRUS

LUFTHANSA + GRAPHIC DESIGN

LINKIN PARK - IRIDESCENT

A DISTANT THOUGHT

FACE-OFF

OKAY

JUSTICE - CIVILIZATION

THE ANATOMY LESSON

EVEN GREEN LANTERNS STRUGGLE WITH THOSE

RELIGIOUS

COMIC BOOK PIXEL POSTERS

MOBY - DESTROYED

LETTERPRESS

BARCODED

TALKING ABOUT GRIDS

STANLEY KUBRICK, A FILMOGRAPHY

DANGER BEACH - APACHE

BOREDOM

THE NODE

IN BRIGHTEST DAY, IN BLACKEST NIGHT…

BULLSH*T

FUTURA FUTURAMA

PAN'S LABYRINTH BY AARON HORKEY

A FRINGE DARKLY

BY DESIGN OR ACCIDENT

GO SERIF

COOKIE MONSTER

ABC SUPERHEROES

SIX ARCHITECTS

✁_ _ _ _ GO SANS

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - YOU ARE A TOURIST

WOODKID - IRON

INTEL VISUAL LIFE PROFILE - MICHAEL WOLFF

HEADFUCK THING

MATTA - RELEASE THE FREQ

SELF-EXAMINATION

LIFE/CAREER

RADIOHEAD GENRE CHART

RADIOHEAD - LOTUS FLOWER

BOTH AT THE SAME TIME

PLAIN HELVETICA

YOU ARE HERE

SILIAN RAIL BONE BUSINESS CARD

MA (間)