RottenEggs The Blog of Scott Hansen » Websites Boards Of Canada website Less than 2 hours until Boards Of Canada will be streaming the new album here. My old buddy Nick Felton spends a lot of time tracking his every move. After years of hanging with him knowing at the end of the year my stats would also in some way be immortalized in that years annual report, I decided to make use of one of the tools he created to track all that data: Daytum. It might be old news now, considering he’s moved on from Daytum, but it’s taken a while for the type of data I’ve been tracking to reveal something, hence the late-to-the party post. I started obsessively keeping track of all of my music purchases via Daytum mostly just to keep tabs on myself – to make sure I was in fact supporting artists like I claimed I was. But most telling to me is how the formats break down. It may be a hold over from the vinyl and cd days, but no matter how hard I try, I can’t commit to the Rdio’s and the Spotify’s out there. Room 205 Mr.
Beautiful/Decay Cult of the Creative Arts Design Inspiration Design Inspiration DesignWannabe in association with Ingimage presents ‘Two’s Company‘ … an exciting opportunity to show off your Photoshop skills and win prizes! Your task is simply to create a piece of digital art using one of the 15 images below as a base. Step 1: Sign up for a free trial at ingimage.com – which gives you one week to download any 35 high-res images on their site for free.Step 2: Choose and download one of the images below to use as the base for your Photoshop creation. Each of these “Subject Photos” have two human subjects.Step 2: Combine your Subejct Photo with any of the millions of other images/graphics available on ingimage using your free trial. You can create any type of compilation, collage, poster or any other graphic design concept you can visualize. Read More→ To find our next retoucher we’re heading north to Sweden (of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ series and ‘Volvo fame’) … it’s Scandinavia’s finest photo-shopper Erik Johansson. Observe carefully.
Nomad by 1/100 This disco-cum-caravan is one of five timber-clad cabins installed by Swiss architects 1/100 in the garden of the Quai Branly Museum, Paris. Each mobile pavilion folds open to reveal a different function, offering a sheltered information point, an ice cream vendor, a sound-system, a kindergarten and a stage. Scattered across the site, the Nomad caravans are decorated with disco lights and surrounded by carpets, stools and chairs to encourage social gatherings. At the end of the summer each caravan will be folded up and towed to a new location. More stories about pavilions on Dezeen » Photography is by Thomas Mailaender. Here are some more details from the architects: NOMAD Museum Quai Branly, Paris The installation NOMAD squats the garden of the Museum Quai Branly for the summer months. The installation NOMAD chooses to inject programm into a hyperarchitectural environment. Second-hand caravans, transformed and tuned, build the heart of those mobile units.
Comics, Quizzes, and Stories Wine Bottle Design | Recycled Wine Bottle Torch | Package Design Firm | Sustainable Packaging 08.09.09 | by Erik Anderson Whether it’s product branding, package design or projects for ourselves, we’re pleased when we find a solution that’s very effective and creative, while keeping resources to a minimum. This idea is very inexpensive idea and it’s a great way to recycle a wine bottle. See how this simple idea inspired this brand and wine bottle design. It’s been a record year for mosquitoes here in Indianapolis, Indiana and I’d been wanting to add some Tiki-esque torches to the patio to combat the little buggers, and add a little ambiance. After searching the world over to find a torch that was affordable and atypical I came to the conclusion that unless I wanted wicker or bamboo, I needed to be a bit more resourceful. Here’s what you’ll need. Empty Wine Bottle (Use any bottle as long as it’s glass and the neck is 1” in diameter. Helpful Tools: Channellocks, adjustable wrench, hacksaw, power screwdriver, and a funnel. Safety Note: This is for outdoor use only. The Hanger -Erik
All Entries | Arkitip Intel Qué es un Hipster El Hipster es un Tribu Urbana cuya línea evolutiva se remonta hasta principios del siglo pasado. Para poder identificar sus características principales es bueno detallar los eventos históricos que propiciaron su nacimiento: -1917 Converse presenta su zapato "All-Star", que se mantendrá a partir de entonces entre la popularidad y la infamia intermitentemente. -1944 Aparece por primera vez la palabra Hipster en un glosario de términos que acompaña al album de jazz de Harry Gibson Boogie Woogie in Blue. Se usa para definir a "una persona que disfruta del jazz duro" -1950 John Deere lanza el característico gorro de influencia determinante en el nacimiento de la gorra de camionero que a su vez es influencia en el nacimiento de Punk`d (el Reality Show de Ashton Kutcher) -1966 La modelo Twiggy posa para unas fotos por primera vez. -1970 Nace la cadena de tiendas Urban Outfitters en Philadelphia. -1977 Elvis Costello inmortaliza los lentes de pasta en su Album My Aim is True
Dream Big by Peter Fecteau “Dream Big” was a year-long project in which Pete created a mosaic of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. using 4,242 Rubik’s Cubes. > petefecteau.com