These amazing photos capture the true essence of everyday life in Vietnam. The country has it’s own heartbeat with the buzzing and beeping of these motorbikes and without them their economy would come to a halt. From hoses to pigs to people, the Vietnamese transport anything on their scooters. I just bought the book and you should too. Get “Bikes of Burdon” here.
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Check out these photos by Patrick Runte. His new series titles “Jump ‘n’ Run,” displays scenes from old videos games in a real life setting. “The work is inspired by Oskar Schlemmer and his idea of the ‘Triadic Ballett’ and the term ‘Streetplay’”, Runte explains. “I wanted to compile old video games, which are based on simple geometric forms and make them able to be experienced / felt by the human body.” I think they are hilarious. =)
More photos here.
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Those poor grass-eating vomiting San Franciscan dogs. They can’t help it they have low self esteem and need to see a counselor. Thankfully the community has gathered together to help address this dangerous and potentially deadly problem. But how do you think they get their paw down their throat?
So, if you don’t know by now… Comic Con is a big deal. Even google got the memo. Comic Con is a 4 day event held at the San Diego Convention Center. It was originally created to feature comic books, and science fiction film and television, but has now expanded to pop culture artists, anime, manga, video games and all things sci-fi. You can find guest appearances by celebrities, artists and pop-culture icons and of course LOTS and LOTS of costumes! The convention is the largest of its kind in the world, filling to capacity the San Diego Convention Center with over 125,000 attendees in 2007. Everyone is tweeting and posting pics from the event AS WE SPEAK. Here are some good ones from the past 2 days:
(Photos by Lantern Waste)
See more photos by Lantern Waste and Crazy Critics.
Learn more at The Official Comic-Con Website
As I sit here and eat my free Starbucks pastry, I am reading about the next big change for Starbucks. Turns out that people actually miss the integrity of their local coffee shops with art and music and sincere help. According to The Seattle Times, Starbucks is dropping their corporate logo and re-branding the shops to fit their environment. They are testing this out in Seattle and are preparing to open “15th Street Coffee and Tea.” All of the bags and mugs will be branded as 15th Street and they will serve wine and beer, host live music and poetry readings and sell espresso from a manual machine rather than the automated type found in most Starbucks stores. Not sure they will be able to hide the corporate beast behind a friendly logo, but we shall see. Read more about the switch here.
I must tell you that my experience at Starbucks today was very random. Everyone was wearing some sort of animal mask on their head, the lady behind the counter asked me “if my adventure was complete,” and a Starbucks employee yelled at a woman for setting her coffee on the window sill. It reminded me why I love my local Cafe Calabria so much!
I found a great post of beautiful photos that I wish I could crawl into with a book and spend all day. 
Thanks to the community of laceandflora over at livejournal for the inspirational post.
Marketing for a soft drink can go many different ways. I saw this commercial for Sierra Mist Ruby Splash last night and I immediately searched for the creator. It’s true… when I watch TV, all I see is the animated elements, the fonts and that great shot with a jib arm. The campaign was run by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. That’s all I have for now, but when I get more details, I’ll pass them along. See the commercial:
This got me thinking, is this funny to the general public? Is humor the way to go? What do you think?
I was reading through HOW’s design blog and found this gem. Tantoo. The project entitled, “Tan the Man,” from Janine Rewell of Finland pushes the idea of what graphic design means. Vinyl stickers + tanning bed = sweet temporary tattoo. Ouch, my skin hurts just looking at it. I hope someone gave him some aloe.
If I get this error one more time I’m going to throw my computer out the window. Is that extreme?
Mel was explaining me the awesomeness of StumbleUpon and this is the first thing I found. Right up my weird art school alley. Thanks Mel!
The work of Bart Hess will be shown as a part of the “Dutch Invertuals” exhibition during the Milan design week 09.-designboom.com LucyandBart is a collaboration between Lucy McRae and Bart Hess described as an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body. They share a fascination with genetic manipulation and beauty expression. Unconsciously their work touches upon these themes, however it is not their intention to communicate this. They work in a primitive and limitless way creating future human shapes, blindly discovering low – tech prosthetic ways for human enhancement.
Check out these great collaborations from LucyandBart.
