Danny Perasa and his wife, Annie, went to StoryCorps to recount their twenty-seven-year romance.
Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category
HitRECord.org
I’m not sure how I haven’t heard of this project before (it started 5 years ago), but it’s blowing my mind. I’m a big fan of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and his project hitRECord.org has to be his coolest so far. HitRECord is a professional open collaborative production company where anyone can create and develop art and media via the HitRECord site–videos, writing, photography, music, anything goes. Check out the demo reel below, I think you’ll be inspired.
Throwies and Skycams
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.
The Sketchbook Project
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!
I always wanted to get chased by Smokey.
As LOST draws to a close, we Losties are left struggling to find a purpose. I mean, what will I do with myself? Ok, I’m being (a tad) dramatic. But anyone who has devoted hundreds of hours over the past 6 years to LOST as we Neuhausians have can relate to the forthcoming feeling of loss. Here is a great little video and subsequent photoshoot with some of our favourite LOST characters from the past 6 seasons who met their demise along the way. We have a feeling that after Sunday’s series finale this list will be a wee bit longer.
They Can’t Print What We Paint
There is something to be said for doing things by hand. Whether you’re talking about silkscreening, thumbnailing, inking, painting or operating a letterpress, there is always that feeling of getting lost in your work. That feeling that what you’re doing is the most important thing in the world, that feeling of being fully absorbed. Our industry is a very fast-paced one, and perhaps the quickest evolving industry on the planet. Sometimes it’s good for us to take a step back and revisit what led us into this field in the first place. This little documentary was floating about the office today, and it captures the spirit of sign painting in an absolutely honest and poignant fashion. You can literally see the worry lines on the faces of these artists as they struggle to find relevancy in a digital world. In Winnipeg, more specifically the Exchange District, we are particularly lucky to have remnants of these hand painted signs littering the walls all around us. This film was a welcome breath of fresh air, and for me, this line from the film sums it up perfectly. “They print in little dots, blue and yellow make green. But we paint green.”
Screen Printing 101
A couple of weeks ago, my friend Angela and I signed up for Martha Street’s DIY Show Posters class. It was a “crash course in screen printing” that was 10 hours long spread out over a weekend. This was my first time going to Martha Street, and I’m very disappointed I didn’t know about them a couple of years ago when I was in school - I would have had the coolest posters in town! I spent the first day of the class sketching and inking an image that I wanted to print, and day 2 was spent printing and trying out different techniques. I have to say, I have a lot of respect for screen printing artists - there is a lot of work that goes into a print and I don’t think you can truly appreciate it until you attempt it yourself. That being said, it was also a lot of fun! I definitely want to go back to try out a few other posters.
If you missed this spring’s sign up, don’t fret! They offer fall classes as well. I think my next attempt will be letterpress…
Milk
Love these simplified vintage-inspired posters from Milk for Match Cup Sweden. From what I can tell, it is a sailing event held in Sweden… obvious? Maybe. But Sweden to English translators aren’t very helpful.
Little Bits of Vintage
I thought I’d share a few of my favourite vintage compacts that I’ve been collecting. And by collecting, I mean I’ve been filing the images in my wish list folder, hoping that one day I’ll be able to buy some of them.
