Website, Print, and Media Design
1. Artist Jay Shells takes his Rap Quotes project to the streets, literally. Shells creates official-looking signs and posts them at specific locations as rapped by famed lyricists including Mos Def (aka Yasiin Bey), Jay-Z and Nas. 2. An Aurora Borealis occurred on March 17th. How did I know about it? I saw this video…read more…
1. From Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins, Girl Rising tells the global story of what happens when girls demand an education, one that releases them from child marriage, sex trafficking, and hard labor. If we educate our daughters, we change the world. It’s a profound ripple effect. 2. Oh color, you make me so…read more…
1. The world mourns the deaths of those who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. This picture captures a park service employee lowering the flags to half-staff at the base of the Washington Monument as ordered by President Obama. Click here to see other heart-wrenching photographs. 2. Time named President Obama as their Person…read more…
1. The city that never sleeps comes to a halt. This is what Lower Manhattan looked like with no power during the night of October 30th. Thank you Jonathan Percy, who captured the skyline from neighboring Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 2. As viewed from the New York Times building at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, here is…read more…
London-based artist Slinkachu creates miniature worlds amidst the hustle and bustle of grand cities, hopefully encouraging people to stop and notice their surroundings. Each installation showcases everyday life, one that can overwhelm even the most die-hard urban dweller. But along with that sense of isolation and loneliness, Slinkachu always adds a bit of humor to…read more…
For some odd reason, kids just know more than adults. I think it may have to do with the fact that their imaginations are incredibly active and they say what comes to mind in a completely uninhibited way. The creative team at Audio Tour Hack took this to heart and decided that there was no…read more…
Designer Roni Lagin has set up a Kickstarter page for his Delicious City prints. Like Lagin, I do believe that the love of a city can be summed up by the classic dishes and treats that creates its cultural landscape. By pledging, you will be able to choose one of fifteen cities (or more depending…read more…
Singer Frank Ocean took a huge risk, one that will change the homophobic landscape of hip hop and R&B, by coming out as bisexual. While I feel his sexuality does not affect my admiration for his music and mastery at speaking the utmost truth, some have tweeted their negative feelings calling him a faggot and…read more…
1. This is too cute not to mention. Animator Gabriel Smetzer wants to introduce the world to his interactive animation, Flewn. In order to keep the story moving along, the reader must keep our frog friend well-fed and flying through his journey. Check out Smetzer’s Kickstarter page (which has already exceeded its goal) to view…read more…