Spike Jonze interviews Opening Ceremony about how they got their start as well as a little peek at what it takes to keep it all rolling. Personally, I’m a sucker for behind the curtain peeks at anyone’s operation, but especially young entrepreneurial types. All of this gets me super excited for the next five years.. so much to do so many people to meet.
Make sure to swing by the VBS.tv site to catch the second half of this interview.
Add comment March 7th, 2010
Celeste and I made it to the Drawn Here (& There) lecture last night at The Walker Arts Center to catch a presentation from superduo Non-Format.
We found out that one of the two partners, Jon Forss, had moved to St Paul from their London HQ, just a year before we moved to MPLS. The motivational impact the Non Format mystique generated was enough to keep anyone inspired, but to find out they had an office in proximity to your own was pretty great. Aside from that and some familiarity with their work, we didn’t really know a ton about them or their operating procedure. Needless to say, we both thought it was a great lecture and helped solidify some of the ulterior motives we’ve both been scheming on lately.
We also bumped into a slew of our internet homies in the flesh. Always great to meet up and slap fives. Joy.
Add comment February 19th, 2010
Whether you know a lot about Geoff McFetridge, this video still has a lot of interesting perspective on being a designer. Catching him speak is kind of radical and reveals his very genuine and the “realness” that is so great about humans. Sometimes I love to watch lectures but so caught up in the persona of the speaker… or even worse, their projected persona. Geoff keeps shit real, I think he inspires from a place only the best of us wish we could.
Make sure to peruse the catalog at DO LECTURES. There are a ton of great talks.
Add comment February 8th, 2010
This reel is a demonstration of what can be done with the latest math/drawing/physics/utility code library from toxiclibs, which is made to work with the popular graphical programming language Processing. Creating art with code is becoming easier to achieve, while producing more advanced results. This is largely due to the open source coding community’s spirit of sharing code libraries and snippets.
I’d like to share some of my favorite code-based artists – people who are pushing boundaries and creating beautiful art, often with nothing but the code they’ve written.
These guys are my inspiration when it comes to generative and audio-reactive code, but they’re just some of the names at the top of the game. If this type of art strikes your fancy, check out the links in this post and dig deeper.
Add comment January 16th, 2010
“I know a lot of people who are in our position, who used to work for The Man or whatever, and now are making records or making films or designing clothes or creating products or screening posters or any of a million other things. And all of them, without exception, all say exactly the same thing and they say it in exactly the same words: “I should have done it sooner.”
When you think to yourself, “In 18 months I’m going to start my crocheted beer coaster company,” the problem with that sentence is the 18 months. What you’re really saying is, “I’m afraid.” Do it now. If you bankrupt a company before you’re 25, that’s like a badge of honor! Get out there.”
Find more of these words on Designglut
1 comment January 14th, 2010
Legwork Studio has been whoopin aces since their somewhat recent start a year or so back. Just today they announced their progress over that period of time and to no surprise, they have acquired two new partners and updated their site with a firey hot new motion reel. These gentlemen are no doubt a great addition to the swelling Denver creative community.
Add comment January 13th, 2010
As most of these types of videos do, this one shares a lot of really interesting ideas.. some of which aren’t even being highlighted. I thought it was odd that Ji put Create above Planning on his list, but then I started to think about how that could actually motivate the creative process. To me its like sitting at home and sketching all day ends up being far more productive than planning an illustration or thinking about it over and over again. The bubble project seemed to be a perfect example of an average brand to consumer relationship. People aren’t being tricked as much as a brand might like to imagine, and in this case it’s clear that people have very withdrawn feelings for most products and services. Transparency reigns supreme. Love it.
We should all strive to do work that benefits the people as opposed to the brand. A brand should be seen as a resource to the people.
I haven’t had the opportunity to check out the rest of the 99% videos but will most definitely recommend taking a peek.
Add comment January 11th, 2010
First, I think its awesome that this is a video from the article section on Playboy. Had no Idea they were stepping their content game up. Nice move! Second, I think this video is very telling of the modern street artist’s dogma and way of life. To me, it’s a HUGE fuckin joke to think that these people would serve any prison time let alone as much as they sometimes do. Time and time again, I hear stories about kids getting 5+ years for this stuff. Yeah, you can say they live in terrible places like Texas — where you get more time for writing your name on a wall than selling drugs — but I mean, seriously!? This is an odd custom, humans and it’s even more strange that you think throwing a person in jail will make them “learn their lesson” Nope, they just came out unable to participate in society and now they steal shit and sell drugs and beat old women for fun. I’m exaggerating to some minimal measure, but I think you get the point.
On a positive tip, this guy is getting after his “thing” with supreme dedication, like all of us should with whatever we do. That alone, is far more uplifting and inspiring than most of what I read on the electro-webs everyday. Maybe that’s my whole interest in graffiti to start? Self reliance and dedication equals responsibility. Sounds like a good thing to me. Food for thought.
(via @jedotlu )
More DICK CHICKEN here.
Add comment January 6th, 2010
ARYZ is a Barcelona based graff writer that I stumbled upon thanks to FFF. Check out his site for a healthy dose of radness!
1 comment January 3rd, 2010
If there is one thing that I feel like I’ve failed to talk about enough it’s most definitely Kung Fu flicks. This genre of course includes a plethora of sub-genres as well, but most adequately takes the shape of sword wielding, bandit chopping and sometimes magical or mysterious occurrences throughout medieval Japan and China. The characters and stories in these films are undoubtedly some of my largest influences and were originally (aside from comic books) the reason for my interest in being an artist years ago. Of this long list, Lady Snowblood could be put atop without a doubt.
Add comment January 2nd, 2010
Fuel TV interviews with Denver homies, Scot Lefavor & John Fellows (Fellows may be in Breckenridge now)! Good to see these dudes getting some of the love they deserve…
Add comment December 29th, 2009
There is nothing more pleasing than coming across totally new content by an unfamiliar designer or artist. Serbian designer Nebojsa Cvetkovic has impressed me with simplicity.
Unfortunately the site seems to be temporarily down do to bandwidth, please check out the Nebojsa’s Behance page.
Add comment December 23rd, 2009
Interview Via: MediaMoiselle blog.
There is no doubt that Jasmine Solano is gettin’ after it or that she has earned what she has made for herself. I love that sort of steam and think it’s great when an interview can capture that in such a brief conversation. Regardless, if you haven’t already checked out Jasmine or her music, you need to. I’ve been playing the collabo she did with DJ Wonder, “That’s Not It” on repeat for the past few weeks. And from the sounds of it, she has a handful of other singles that should’ve come out since this Oct. interview. Make sure to have a listen and support what you love.
1 comment December 20th, 2009
Popular Science publisher, Bonnier, teamed up with BERG to make a lot of sense out of piles of rubbish. I think that there are a lot of really important things mentioned here, even outside of the the context of magazines. Pretty amazing stuff. Via: Gizmodo
Add comment December 17th, 2009
This exemplifies the applied intelligence of the 21st advertising mind. In all actuality I like to refer to it as anti-advertising. Once you stop trying to sell things and start trying to address the real issues, things seem to fall into place pretty well. This idea was alluded to in the video when they brought up re-allocating auto industry ad dollars to the transit gentrification agenda… It’s simple and affective. It’s only slightly unfortunate that you need to make something sexy in order to convince people it’s worth a shot.
1 comment December 9th, 2009