Website, Print, and Media Design
1. Australian artist Jeremy Geddes creates astounding photo-realistic oil paintings of figures free-falling or bursting through mid-air. It takes Geddes about one to six months to complete a single painting. Some people are just born with talent. It kills you, right? 2. Draw animals with the help of an iPhone or iPad and the newest…read more…
1. Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty, a documentary by Ben Lewis, combines interviews from renowned economists and historians with animation to tell the story of poor people from the beginning of time to present day. It is an eye-opening presentation. The entire series can now be viewed on PBS. 2. You know what…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…
There is something unique about my job, something that keeps me from becoming complacent and bored. I spend the majority of my day browsing through my Google reader and Tumblr feed, clicking on links, and reading about new artists and designers. Whatever catches my eye, whatever interests me I want to share with you on…read more…
1. Let my people go! I mean, Let My People Vote! Comedienne Sarah Silverman has gone viral with her video urging you, the Democratic voter, to make sure everyone you know gets the proper ID to vote. Otherwise, prepare to get royally shafted at the polls. 2. Multi-faceted artist Mary Mattingly photographs the first and…read more…
In 2007, Google sent a fleet of vans outfitted with a 9-eyed camera on top to record every street, alley and byway for their Google Street View project. What resulted can be called a nostalgia for amateur albeit provocative street photography. Montreal-based artist Jon Rafman has curated these images for your viewing pleasure. The series…read more…
1. Photographer Laurel Johannesson captures an underwater world; a mystical place that slows the pace of life, shifted and distorted by every little movement, every little ripple. 2. It’s a new Apple commercial. Oh, wait, it’s a Stride chewing gum commercial for their Mintacular gum. Genius. 3. Boom! There goes the neighborhood. Or the middle…read more…
1. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Rest in peace, Maurice Sendak, he who helped to define many a childhood. 2. Shake, rattle and roll. Or maybe just shake and fold according to Mr. Joe Smith at the TEDxConcordiaUPortland talk. There is a right way and a…read more…
Following in the footsteps of her sister cities: Boston, Washington DC, Montreal, Melbourne, and Minneapolis, New York City is soon welcoming a bike share for those wanting a better solution to walking and automobile traffic. Choose between a long term or short term membership, locate a bike station, and ride away. At the end of…read more…