Cut Scene

Pacific Coast. Sitting in the office late with a lady named Tor. Wrapping up a major presentation for tomorrow.

Happened upon a very wise message from a good friend.

"I thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities. Well done. That is what all parents should do."

Right on.

It's gotten me this far.

Thanks Joyce!

Venn Diagrams are cool.

Especially when they can tell you Why We Drink.

It's Back, Baby!

Proving once again what goes around, comes around:
Elizabethan style revisited as out-of-the-box couture.
Fig 1:


Fig. 2:


After all, the Neck Ruff is already on its way back.
Fig 3:


Fig. 4:


...and I think I like it.
Besides, Queen Elizabeth would be proud.

Fashion lust.

Quite possibly the Best. Hat. Ever. <--Click it, it's got a © so I don't think I can copy it.

Need a hint?

Procrastination

For weeks, I've been collecting things to post.
Now I've got a pile to work through.

Here's a brilliantly tactile web interface for snowboarder clothing, of all things. Go play!


Also: Oldie but goodie.

Potty Mouth

I've aways found bathroom graffiti fascinating.



Why do people scrawl their thoughts in such an exclusive place, for intimate viewing only? Are they just bored?

It's the only place where striking insights share the wall with random phone numbers.


Anyways, I've started a collection.

Anger + Art = Change?

My first year at Adcenter, we were assigned a project: "Anger + Art = Change" in our Creative Thinking class. Being irked by the snowballing violations and dismissals of habeas corpus, I created this.



In the same spirit, I found a piece which reminded me of several reasons why jumping on the Beijing 2008 bandwagon might not be so hot.
Fifteen reasons, to be exact.



In a consumer culture, money speaks louder than words. I recommend boycotting tyrants.

Smile, You're on Closed Circuit MTV

In Manchester UK, Big Brother's watching, and so is everyone else. A rookie band with zero budget created a great-looking music video using the city's surveillance cameras. Well done, guys.
(The song's okay too.)


The best part is that they obtained the videos through the Freedom of Information Act. Use that surveillance state to your advantage!

Very clever use of media: playing to cameras in the street, in taxis, even on a bus. Videos capture reactions from passersby, and the use of frames warps space and time in smart ways. I guarantee this mechanism will be used to execute an ad or viral video (if it hasn't happened already).

Read the full article and band interview here.