Time Out London x Bansky
Today the much anticipated cover art by Banksy for Time Out London has been revealed. The magazine includes a 6 page interview with the artist and is now on sale here. It comes with a large poster of the cover art as well.
Source via: High Snobiety
Same Effort for Chile
An 8.8 earthquake hit just off the coast of Chile early Saturday morning, killing at least 122 people and creating tsunami warnings in more than 50 countries across the Pacific ocean. Thousands are believed to have been left homeless due to the widespread destruction of buildings.
Text Your Support for Chile: Text a donation to Chile through one of several organizations via the Mobile Giving Foundation.
* Text CHILE to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross
* Text CHILE to 23583 to donate $10 to Habitat for Humanity
* Text CHILE to 20222 to donate $10 to World Vision
* Text CHILE to 50555 to donate $10 to the Friends of World Food Program
* Text CHILE to 52000 to donate $10 to the Salvation Army
* Text REBUILD to 50555 to donate $10 to Operation USA
* Text 4CHILE to 50555 to donate $10 to Convoy of Hope
* Text CHILE to 864833 to give $10 to the United Way
Video: J. Cole @ The Loft
J. Cole is that dude! I can’t believe I missed him when he was in New Haven for the Yale Black Solidarity Conference. Believe we will be front lining for Cole at the next concert.
Still Work’n in Japan
Photos by Thomas A. Crossland
For those unfamiliar with woodblocks, let me briefly explain. First off, it’s a real painstaking process in my opinion. It requires unconditional attention and precision. Woodblock printing is a long and tedious which starts from concept, to paper, to woodblock. It’s the technique for printing text, images, or patterns on wood. It’s a process somewhat similar to “inking a handheld rubber stamp which is then pressed against a blank sheet of paper,” only in this case it involves a complete set of illustrations carved on cherry woodblocks, a separate one required for EACH color used. The inking and actual printing process produces wonderful gradations.
The content of woodblock prints are usually of Fujiwara/Mt. Fuji [wara, Japanese for Mount], the mystifying geisha women of the pleasure quarters, life in Kyoto and/or Edo and chonin, and samurai.
Cubestormer Madness!!
Back in middle school I remember always having fun in robotics class. I always loved Legos as a kid, so adding a computer into the mix was mind-blowing. And Lego Mindstorm does just that. By attaching a small computer and a motor to your Lego vehicle, you can program it to do simple tasks.
But this guy takes the cake. He built a set using Lego Mindstorm where you simply put in a random Rubik’s Cube and it’ll solve it on the spot… in less then 12 seconds. I can barely do 1 side in a minute. Technology is a scary thing.
News: Matt W. Moore, Crystals x Lasers Exhibition
We’re kinda late on word of this event, but better late than never. Thanks to the web as a new media, we’re granted unlimited to access to information. Matt Moore’s work with patterns and color pallets pulls your eye from point to point on the composition. View photos from the opening reception.
MWM (Matt W. Moore) has traveled to Paris for one month to prepare, from scratch, for his first Paris Solo-Exhibition. He arrived with no art, no supplies, and no firm plan for this new series of canvas paintings. The ideas for the artworks have actualized while processing time spent absorbing French Culture, exploring the City Of Lights, the vibrant colors, the exaggerated geometry, and the diverse architecture and fashion of Paris.
These paintings were created entirely with spray paint, one of Matt’s favorite mediums. But the designs are very clean, and appear almost digital in their precise details and craft. An honest, analog attempt to achieve the same depth and abstract geometry of his digital “Vectorfunk” style. The goal with each work is to have the viewers eye fall into the piece and get lost in the optical illusions, trying to figure out what is up, down, left, and right.
MWM : Crystals & Lasers.
Since.Upian Gallery. Paris, France
February 5 – March 12, 2010
View images from the opening reception
*Series of 18 New Canvas Paintings and a Mega-Mural in Paris District 10.
News: Pop-up Design Museum ['n] Boston
Founders Sam Aquillano, Bose Corp. product designer, and Derek Cascio, Philips Color Kinetics designer, were discussing ways to boost the profile of the Massachusetts design community, sketched on the back of a pizza box. These two guys decided to look a organizing a museum in a different way. Because traditional museum hadn’t been an appealing market, Sam and Derek looked into bringing the museum to the public. Design Museum Boston will be separate installations scattered through multiple retail locations. Design Museum is about bringing education in design [animation, print, fashion, architectural, industrial] to the public and that there are designers and there is a design scene in Boston. The New England area and its designers are putting that traditional and colonial essence into the design scene that’s heavily influenced by a ever-changing modern world.
I proposed an idea for the Design Club here at my school to make a trip to Design Museum Boston’s launch party, considering how many designer’s will be there. It’d be a great way to network and build a name in a region different from what you already know.
Design Museum Boston is a non-profit organization with the goal of creating, establishing, and operating virtual and physical design exhibit spaces online, in Boston, and all over New England. These spaces will exhibit design work and host events and programs related to design education.
Design Museum Boston Launch Party
March 16, 2010 7:30 pm
West End Johnnies
138 Portland St.
Boston, MA
Check out Design Museum Boston to R.S.V.P
Branching Creativity
A very warm hello to my new audience. My name’s Jeff Meda, and I’ve been honored to have been invited to write Keep It Surreal. I’m a junior Interactive Digital Design major like Goldie, and enjoy exploring and contributing to the art world. I’m going to be writing about the interests that I pursue, such as popular media, technology, art, etc. Hope you guys enjoy the ride and spread the word.
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