The Black Keys

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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.

http://www.jordanbuckleymadethis.com/

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.

This is really cool

This is a really cool ad for L'Oreal

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.

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 by dailyfoodtoeat 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 15^th 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.

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.

http://store.vursalimited.com/

for all those living in willoughby!

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.

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.

HERE YA GO.

we heart it - get inspired by what people love, and show them what inspires you.

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!

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.

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!

http://www.liambrazier.com/

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?

http://kyleisez.com/

In Memory

STEVE JOBS
1955-2011

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.”

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.