Thank you for a great semester…have safe & happy holidays!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
70 adverts that make you look twice
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
PETA XXX
PETA to launch its own porn site: Does exploiting women promote animal rights?
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the animal-rights group known for its controversial ads featuring nearly naked starlets, is taking their "I'd rather be naked than wear fur" idea to a new level by launching their own XXX porn site.
That's right: The same organization that fights to protect animals plans to do so via a medium that often exploits and denigrates women.
"We're hoping to reach a whole new audience of people, some of whom will be shocked by graphic images that maybe they didn't anticipate seeing when they went to the PETA triple-X site," Lindsay Rajt, PETA's associate director of campaigns, told Reuters
The X-rated site will show pornographic content and images from PETA's more risque ads, Rajt said. Those images will be interspersed with pictures and videos showing animals being mistreated-and (we're not making this up) links to vegan and vegetarian "starter kits" and recipes.
"When people first visit the site, it will be very enticing and once they go just a little bit deeper, that's when they'll be confronted with images that we hope will make them stop and think and get them talking and hopefully encourage them to make a lifestyle change to a plant-based diet," Rajt said.
Yes, they expect it to be "enticing." But to whom? People who like crush films, porn that shows women killing small animals by stomping them to death?
It seems unlikely that people who are drawn to both pornography and violent video about abused animals would be looking for a way to convert to vegetarianism. But that's PETA's plan.
Other animal rights activists are skeptical about the idea.
"It's like promoting robberies as an alternative to assaults," said Brian M. Messenheimer, an Army veteran who does animal rescue work in the Boston area.
Adult film stars Sahsa Grey, Ron Jeremy, and Jenna Jamison have all appeared in PETA's ads and have had very successful careers in porn, and PETA insists that the women they'll feature on their port site are willing participants as well, so exploitation doesn't enter into the equation.
"Our demonstrators, the models, all chose to participate in our campaigns," Rajt pointed out, before invoking the "F" word: "It's not a very feminist thing to do to turn to women and tell them whether or not they can use their voices, their bodies to express their voice."
But for countless other women who were forced into the porn industry or are stuck in sexually violent relationships, being a "willing participant" doesn't mean they aren't also victims of abuse. Messenheimer looks at it in terms of animals. "Does it lessen the fact that dogs trained to fight are willing participants?" he asks.
Pornography and feminism aside, PETA has also been criticized for its treatment of the animals it claims to have rescued. According to their own data, filed with the Department of Agriculture in Virginia, in 2010 PETA took in 2,345 homeless dogs and cats-and euthanized 2,301 of them.
What do you think? Is pornography a valid way to promote animal rights?
That's right: The same organization that fights to protect animals plans to do so via a medium that often exploits and denigrates women.
"We're hoping to reach a whole new audience of people, some of whom will be shocked by graphic images that maybe they didn't anticipate seeing when they went to the PETA triple-X site," Lindsay Rajt, PETA's associate director of campaigns, told Reuters
The X-rated site will show pornographic content and images from PETA's more risque ads, Rajt said. Those images will be interspersed with pictures and videos showing animals being mistreated-and (we're not making this up) links to vegan and vegetarian "starter kits" and recipes.
"When people first visit the site, it will be very enticing and once they go just a little bit deeper, that's when they'll be confronted with images that we hope will make them stop and think and get them talking and hopefully encourage them to make a lifestyle change to a plant-based diet," Rajt said.
Yes, they expect it to be "enticing." But to whom? People who like crush films, porn that shows women killing small animals by stomping them to death?
It seems unlikely that people who are drawn to both pornography and violent video about abused animals would be looking for a way to convert to vegetarianism. But that's PETA's plan.
Other animal rights activists are skeptical about the idea.
"It's like promoting robberies as an alternative to assaults," said Brian M. Messenheimer, an Army veteran who does animal rescue work in the Boston area.
Adult film stars Sahsa Grey, Ron Jeremy, and Jenna Jamison have all appeared in PETA's ads and have had very successful careers in porn, and PETA insists that the women they'll feature on their port site are willing participants as well, so exploitation doesn't enter into the equation.
"Our demonstrators, the models, all chose to participate in our campaigns," Rajt pointed out, before invoking the "F" word: "It's not a very feminist thing to do to turn to women and tell them whether or not they can use their voices, their bodies to express their voice."
But for countless other women who were forced into the porn industry or are stuck in sexually violent relationships, being a "willing participant" doesn't mean they aren't also victims of abuse. Messenheimer looks at it in terms of animals. "Does it lessen the fact that dogs trained to fight are willing participants?" he asks.
Pornography and feminism aside, PETA has also been criticized for its treatment of the animals it claims to have rescued. According to their own data, filed with the Department of Agriculture in Virginia, in 2010 PETA took in 2,345 homeless dogs and cats-and euthanized 2,301 of them.
What do you think? Is pornography a valid way to promote animal rights?
Stone Type Is Awesome
http://imprint.printmag.com/typography/stone-type/
Here are some great stone type movie posters. If only it were easier to incorporate stone type into every project that you do, but sadly it wouldn't be appropriate.
The Branding of the Occupy Movement
Kalle Lasn, the longtime editor of the anticonsumerist magazine Adbusters, did not invent the anger that has been feeding the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations across the United States. But he did brand it.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Best Fries on the Planet
McDonald's just launched a new campaign promoting their fries. This billboard in Chicago projects "Fry lights" that can be seen from three miles away and lead you to the restaurant.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Digital Drugs
Weirdest thing about how people can now get high off of listening to music from youtube. Not really graphic design related but I found this and I thought it related to web design in a sense and where the web is going now days. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/digital-drugs/
Sunday, November 20, 2011
ASICS Run With Ryan
A really fun out of home ad for ASICS sneakers, encouraging people to race against marathon runner Ryan Hall.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Logo Evolution
My dad sent me this in an email, and it was really awesome to see. It shows the evolvement of the pepsi and coca cola logos over the time since their creation. Link to website here
Terry Richardson's "Mom and Dad" at Half Gallery
Photographer Terry Richardson's new show "Mom and Dad" at the Half Gallery (208 Forsyth St.) shows a very different side to Richardson's photography. Instead of his usual sexually explicit fashion photography he takes on an intimate subject, his mother and father (Schizophrenic photographer Bob Richardson). The image above is him sitting on the floor of the show which is covered in family photographs.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
ScreenFonts
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Rashaad Newsome
http://www.rashaadnewsome.com/work/performance/
The performance pieces are quite interesting. Brings together a crazy array of performers and visual elements.
Barry Jazz Finnegan
Friday, November 4, 2011
1% PROPAGANDA
amazinggggggggg graphic 1% propaganda posters. check it out.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/9z7tQV/www.visualnews.com/2011/10/24/the-propaganda-posters-of-the-1/
inkbutter -- tattoo's galore
hey i don't know if you guys have ever heard of INKBUTTER -- website dedicated to tattoos, tattoo artists, tattoo inspired art and photography. check it out
www.inkbutter.com
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Here is an article about awesome tv ads
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/25-most-epic-ads-arent-apples-1984-130551
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Dan Mumford
Here is Dan Mumford, one of my favorite illustrators. I find inspiration from his colors, detail in line, and great way of drawing forms. I never knew that I had known who Dan Mumford was a long time before I actually knew his name. He did album art for A Day To Remember, Miss May I, The Devil Wears Prada, The Plot In You, Scarlett O'Hara and many more. Even if you don't like the subjects that he draws, you can still really appreciate his line work and color pallets.
http://www.dan-mumford.com/home
Also, here is Jordan Buckley, who doubles as the bassist of Every Time I Die and an awesome Illustrator. His line work is awesome, and he really has a great sense of color and the balance between color and line thickness. At times his subjects can get pretty dumb, but overall I think his work is pretty intriguing.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Art inspired by Design
Cuore by Pierpaolo Ferrari and Maurizio Cattelan. This piece was inspired by Milton Glaser's famous I heart NY for Ferrari and Cattelan's magazine Toilet Paper. Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian artist known for his satirical sculptures , which include pieces like The Ninth Hour which depicted Pope John Paul II being struck down by a meteorite and Not Afraid of Love which depicted an elephant in a Ku Klux Klan robe. Cattelan's retirement show begins on November 4th at the Guggenheim and allegedly many of his sculptures will hang from the ceiling of Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic viewing gallery.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Life in Lists
Highlights from an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum. Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumerations from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art featured an amazing array of historically/artistically significant lists. Includes a quick interview with Liza Kirwin, the Acting Director of the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution, who curated the exhibit.
Monday, October 24, 2011
IBM Billboard
This billboard by IBM changes color based on what the person viewing it is wearing!
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/ibm-billboard-changes-color-based-your-clothing-135035
Food Truck Race
The Great Food Truck Race is Kicking Off
August 11, 2011 1 Comment
The Great Food Truck Race is a welcome departure from the standard food network reality show featuring master chefs and elaborate kitchens. The Great Food Truck Race focuses on ‘gourmet’ food trucks, as they are pitted against each other to sell the most lunches and escape weekly elimination. The show offers unexpected insight into the daily lives of mobile food vendors, and travels with them as they travel from coast to coast selling their often unique signature meals. A large portion of the country is still weary at the thought of eating from food trucks, and something this show does well is advertising the true value of mobile food. The chefs who operate these trucks are often professionally acclaimed, and their food is nothing to look down upon.
Season 2 premieres August 15th on the Food Network, and will feature eight new trucks from around the country. One of these trucks is New York City’s very own Korilla BBQ, though the vast majority is from California. Hosted by famed restaurateur Chef Tyler Florence, the show will certainly kick up some appetites and raise some awareness for gourmet food trucks. We’ll be back with our very own take on the premiere, come two weeks.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Vursa Limited
Vursa Limited is a great clothing line run by lead singer, Levi Benton of Miss May I. Not only are the designs really clean and great looking but each design is printed in limited qualities and once they are sold out they won't be printed again. Benton said in an interview that if he wasn't in Miss May I, he would have followed through with his plans to get a degree in advertising.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
They Draw They Cook
For those who like to draw and cook! This blog showcases artists and designers around the world who also enjoy the culinary arts. They also just published a book of all the most popular recipes from the blog.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Thinking outside the Billboard
Levi's explores billboards in 3-D. Inspired by the artwork of by Katsushika Hokusai, this billboard uses Levi's to form the iconic waves of The Great Wave. This is not Levi's first 3-D billboard they also created one in San Francisco of unbuttoned jean revealing a 501.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Student TV Contest DEADLINE Oct. 19!
Get something for your reel, a produced PSA (public service announcement) and $500. Read the brief, as I've been saying, it's all about the idea. If anyone wants to pursue, I'm happy to look at storyboard ideas. Good luck!
Monday, October 10, 2011
SOPHIE CALLE
In association with Crossing the Line 2011, France's most eminent conceptual artist, Sophie Calle has a very special exhibit on view continuously from Thursday, October 13th at midnight through Sunday, October 16th at midnight at The Lowell Hotel. If you've ever wanted to spend some time in her hotel room, this is your chance.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Liam Brazier
These are great illustrations by Liam Brazier. His style is unique and executed beautifully. Each one has an element of surprise and takes the vectoring of an image one step further. Those Star Wars portraits are amazing!
Kyle Crawford aka Electric Zombie
Here is one of my favorite illustrators, Kyle Crawford. Regardless of whether you like the music he does artwork for, appreciating his skill in design, typography, and illustration is easy. His textures, and loose style of typography is excellent, as well as a great use brushes in a non corny way. While i think this is great and innovative as well as doing artwork supporting the music i enjoy, others I have shown him to haven't been impressed with his work and think it's run of the mill. What do you think?
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Reebok Sued
The federal government says Reebok’s advertising is a bit too cheeky.
In a complaint filed Wednesday in federal court, the Federal Trade Commission said Reebok could not back up its “better way to a better butt” advertising claims in marketing the popular EasyTone and RunTone shoes. The company has agreed to refund $25 million to consumers.
The settlement, which awaits court approval, bans Reebok from making further unsubstantiated claims about the strengthening and toning benefits of its entire line of toning shoes. Reebok started making the pitch in print, television and Internet advertisements in 2009 but pulled the ads in the midst of the FTC probe.
“Advertisers can’t make claims about their product without having some basis for it,” said David Vladeck, director of the FTC’s Consumer Protection Bureau. “That’s the law.”
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Occupy Wall Street
With Occupy Wall Street in its Third Week Pratt students have organized Pratt Student Walk Out in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street on Wednesday. 700 Protesters were arrested Saturday on the Brooklyn Bridge. Police have been macing protestors as well as locking up Photographers attempting to document the protest.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
words on paper
A free, drop-in, on campus resource for writing help with your resumé? Awesome. It's never too early to start working on your resumé, especially as it relates to internships, work, contests, etc.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Volkswagen Silent Band
Ogilvy Cape Town’s Silent Band commercial for the Volkswagen Golf 6 has won a Grand Prix and Gold Loerie Award award at The Loerie Awards, for live events, activations and sponsorship: live activations. A brass band was marched around the esplanade at Sea Point, Cape Town, with only the sounds of their feet on the ground heard by passersby. “Enjoy the Silence. The Quitest Cabin in its Class. The New Golf”.
Lecture Series
D CRIT is an excellent, free design lecture series hosted by SVA, this year's schedule of speakers looks great.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Toilet Paper/Cut Paper Roll Sculptures
I often find myself lurking Behance to gain inspiration. What I like about Behance is that not only can you gain inspiration from professionals in all different fields of design, but you can also find some inspiration from students in college. New design is added everyday, and it gives you a great chance to interact with professionals in the field if you have an account.
Looking at it tonight, I found these delicately beautiful cut paper sculptures made from toilet paper rolls. The use of shadows and silhouettes are great. Check it out.
Microscopic Sculptures
Some of you may have already heard of Willard Wigan. I recently was told about him, and still have a hard time believing what I see. He creates microscopic sculptures with grains of sand and dust. He was working on an Alice in Wonderland sculpture and suddenly couldn't find her. His conclusion was that he may have inhaled her.
View his gallery online: http://wiganart.com/content/gallery-online
A Interesting Portfolio
Designer Kyle Bean graduated in 2009 from University of Brighton and specializes in hand crafted models. In October he will be showing at the Art Directors Club Gallery in New York as part of their Young Guns 9 show.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Jonathan Hobin : " In the playroom "
Amazing photography based on real life catastrophes.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2twu7Z/www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/14285/jonathan-hobin-in-the-playroom.html
NASA: Re-entry of satellite into atmosphere imminent
Late notice, but watch out!!!
http://m.cnn.com/primary/_WYgTQo-iYTPbdSJtgY
http://m.cnn.com/primary/_WYgTQo-iYTPbdSJtgY
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Volkswagen Silent Band
Ogilvy Cape Town’s Silent Band commercial for the Volkswagen Golf 6 has won a Grand Prix and Gold Loerie Award award at The Loerie Awards, for live events, activations and sponsorship: live activations. A brass band was marched around the esplanade at Sea Point, Cape Town, with only the sounds of their feet on the ground heard by passersby. “Enjoy the Silence. The Quitest Cabin in its Class. The New Golf”.
Game leads to possible AIDS breakthrough
Online video game "Foldit" leads to a possible AIDS breakthrough. Gamers solved a puzzle that stumped scientists.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
MoMA's Talk to Me
MoMA's exhibit Talk to Me (third floor of the museum) is focused on the interaction between humans and objects, objects and objects and the design aspect of communication. "Talk to Me explores this new terrain, featuring a variety of designs that enhance communicative possibilities and embody a new balance between technology and people, bringing technological breakthroughs up or down to a comfortable, understandable human scale. Designers are using the whole world to communicate, transforming it into a live stage for an information parkour and enriching our lives with emotion, motion, direction, depth, and freedom." -MoMA
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Retro posters, for modern movies
Check out these highly inspirational and graphic retro movie posters for modern movies. The colors, textures and simplicity are all so beautiful.
More here
Sunday, September 11, 2011
New Wacom
Wacom just released the Inkling. The Inkling registers what you draw onto paper, and when transfered onto your computer your drawing becomes vectorized
Friday, September 9, 2011
Sveltely Smidgen
Shuffling the Famous Logos
This project visually portrays a sort of a brand war between famous brands. The designer, Stefan Asafti, has taken two top rivals from 5 different industries and switched the logo design of both rival companies to make a sort of visual confusion for the brand lovers.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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