Archive for June, 2010
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
A friend passed along this cool project called CitID. According to their website “CitID is a ambitious project aiming to gain global consciousness by giving a (type)face to every city worldwide; big or small, rich or poor, famous or infamous, well-known or unheard-of”. Artists and designers can submit their work to honour their city, or a city they’ve been to or would like to go to. All submissions will be reviewed for publication in the CitID book. Now, here’s a shameful fact: Canada is unrepresented as of now! Let’s get on it, shall we?
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Sofia Coppola returns with Somewhere, the 4th feature film addition to her modest, yet accomplished body of work. The film stars Stephen Dorff as bad-boy actor Johnny Marco who lives at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood and gets an unexpected visit from his 11 year old daughter, played by the stunning, Elle Fanning. I loved all 3 of Sofia’s feature films (despite her fascination with casting Kirsten Dunst) and I’m looking forward to December when this latest gem hits theatres. There are already whispers of another Oscar nomination for Sofia, while other critics are cringing at the decision to cast has-been Stephen Dorff in the lead role (come on, everyone loves a come-back story). I predict that this film will be much like her previous 3, full of breath-taking visuals, emotional performances and perfect musical scoring. (I can’t wait to hear what Phoenix comes up with for the score.)
Tags: film, Inspiration, Music, Phoenix, Posters, Sofia Coppola
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Congratulations to our wee Tyler and his lovely bride Jessie who got hitched this past weekend. We wish you all the best and thanks for including our families in your celebrations. I’m sure there will be more pictures to come but here’s a quick snapshot of the festivities.
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
The idea was to attach a camera to a million billion helium balloons and see what happens and that’s exactly what we did. It was poorly planned but filled with excitement and potential. That camera did go into the sky tonight and we were the very first to ever go onto the roof of the convention centre to attempt any kind of footage or anything that wasn’t maintenance related. Here are a few shots from the evening with a video to come.
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Most designers need to sketch. Whether it’s just scribbles to organize random thoughts on a post-it, or elaborate drawings in a sketchbook, it becomes an essential part of you as a creative person. If you’re like me and can’t leave the house without your sketchbook, then The Sketchbook Project may peak your interest. They describe the project as “A concert tour, but with sketchbooks”. I describe it as “Awesome”. All you need to do to be included in the tour is purchase a sketchbook for $20 from here, choose a (loose) theme, and sketch away until January 15, 2011 when all of the books must be returned to the Library. In March, the tour will take the thousands of sketchbooks that they receive on an Art Gallery tour. You will receive email/text updates when someone takes out your book, so that at any point in the tour you will know where it is and who is reading it. You also have an option to get your book digitized for the Brooklyn Art Library website. Sign me up!
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
If you haven’t seen Hubble 3D at IMAX yet, I think you should. It’s an interesting documentary based on the Hubble Telescope that is in orbit around Earth and takes images of the furthest reaches of the universe. Who knew space was so beautiful?
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
While perusing the aisle at the local liquor store this past weekend I stopped dead in my tracks at this excellently packaged Dark Rum. This bottle literally had my name all over it. I am a Dark Rum drinker and a fan/collector of unique glass bottles and jars. The label uses a pen and ink style illustration and a varied type palette prominently featuring Neutraface, which combine to form an elegant tongue-in-cheek design. In a rare instance of getting completely sold by a product’s packaging, I marched immediately to the till, pulled out my plastic gold and sealed the fate of my night to come. Suffice to say, I was not disappointed. Upon further research I now realize this particular brand of rum has a highly imaginative story, featured on it’s one-of-a-kind website. Full of motion graphics and witty dialogue you have to see it to appreciate it. Furthermore, it has been featured on Lovely Package and is but one of many bottle and label designs from a company called Stranger & Stranger. Now, if this studio doesn’t have one of the greatest client bases I could ever imagine, then call me Kraken.
Tags: dark rum, stranger & stranger, the kraken
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