Twitter offers opportunities that yield thoughtful, well crafted, delightful experiences masterminded by real people going out of their way to turn the mundane into something special.
Posted by: Dana Deschene on Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
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The ligature: music to your eyes or an outdated typographic nuisance?
Posted by: Dana Deschene on Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Categories: Design, Fun, Industrial Brand, Learning, Pop Culture, Technology, Typography, Uncategorized, We love | 2 Comments »
Though a relatively famous short film, I saw C’était un rendez-vous by french director Claude LeLouch for the first time this morning. In short, it’s an 8 minute tour through Paris by way of a camera strapped onto the front of [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
There’s an old saying about 15 minutes of fame—that “all publicity is good publicity, as long as they spell your name right.” Well maybe my appearance this week on ESPN’s Jim Rome is Burning was the closest thing t [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
Categories: Fun, News, Pop Culture, Vancouver, Video | 1 Comment »
DOXA Documentary Film Festival is launching something new at this year’s festival-their first-ever celebrity camera auction. Equipped with single-use cameras, some of our favorite famous people have unleashed their point & shoot c [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Categories: Art, Events, Pop Culture, Vancouver | 1 Comment »
Not sure if Bansky has hit Berlin or not really, but now you have a better chance of finding out. Adidas has created an iPhone app that acts as map and guide for locating street art in Berlin. So, if you’re tired of yet another museum [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, May 7th, 2009
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In case you hadn’t heard, a few things changed south of the boarder today (something about a new president I think, not really sure…), and along the way the White House website relaunched (even if it does opt to use ASP in favou [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
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That’s right, someone has gone there. Star Wars Yoga. Rad!
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Categories: Design, Fun, Pop Culture, We love | 1 Comment »
I guess this isn’t anything new since we’ve seen choreographed dancing en mass (in a Philippines jail), performance in subway stations (Joshua Bell), and flash mob performance in many other forms the advertising side of this is [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, January 16th, 2009
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Dutch design firm SPRANQ has developed a new typeface that incorporates their concern for the environment. Ecofont is a typeface similar in look to Vera Sans, but resembles Swiss cheese in its makeup. The aerated font uses 20% less ink to p [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Categories: Design, Pop Culture, Sustainability, Typography | No Comments »
Oh boy. It’s back. A few years ago we were amused by the Maya Hee kid and his silly video and our blog post shot to the top of our stats, getting thousands of hits as people Googled the song looking for this silly boy. Well today I he [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, December 20th, 2008
Categories: Music, Pop Culture | 3 Comments »
Corporate level Viral marketing has, for the most part, appeared insincere and often completely backfired. Tiger Woods ’08 was released by EA sport and earlier this year a fan posted a video outlining a bug where a player could walk o [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, December 19th, 2008
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During my daily Google search for “Phone Sex” I stumbled upon something slightly unusual given my expectations. Photographer Phillip Toledano, documented a photo essay of phone sex operators in their work environments along with [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, December 19th, 2008
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Almost a month ago, we launched our new identity: new logo, new website and blog, door sign, nice t-shirts and jackets, a big paaarty….and when you think it’s all over, here it comes: an amazingly long list of financial document [...]
Posted by: Mathilde Salvert on Friday, December 12th, 2008
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I hope that most readers of this blog are familiar with our Stefan G. Bucher and his daily monster drawings. His book—a signed copy with intro by Ze Frank is sitting on my bookshelf right now—contains 100 drawings done over 100 days, ma [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Categories: Art, Fun, Industrial Brand, Inspiration, Pop Culture, We love | 1 Comment »
I don’t usually re-post from Gizmodo since so many of you are already following that blog, but since today is Halloween and this kid’s mech costume is so freakin’ cool, I couldn’t resist. This costume would probably [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, October 31st, 2008
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We all hate junk mail, and it seems like it will never stop jamming up our Inboxes. Whether it’s elixirs for male enlargement, vacations to nowhere, or the infamous Nigerian bank scam, we all wish someone would do something to end the [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Categories: News, Pop Culture, Technology, Websites | 1 Comment »
With the recent fad of celebrities using their status to get the American people to vote, here’s one PSA directed towards the Jews of America. Side note: Jimmy Kimmel’s an idiot for letting this funny lady go.
Posted by: Steph Co on Friday, October 3rd, 2008
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This came in today via LiquidTreat. It’s a documentary called Died Young, Stayed Pretty which is billed as a candid look at the underground poster culture in North America. These artists dig deep into the culture of our times, and pas [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, August 15th, 2008
Categories: Art, Film, Pop Culture | No Comments »
I hope one day I am invited back to my high school or university to give a commencement speech like Patton Oswalt. Simply put, he rules.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
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Keeping up with the craze over the new Batman movie, I thought I’d add to the hype by posting this nicely designed poster. The chorus of ‘hahaha’s’ written to form the bat symbol is a neat detail. Props to Warner Bro [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Friday, July 18th, 2008
Categories: Art, Design, Movie, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
For years, British graffiti / guerrilla artist has operated in anonymity. With “art” like spreading doctored versions of Paris Hilton’s album in UK music stores, erecting a life size sculpture of a Guantanamo Bay Prisoner [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, July 14th, 2008
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Apparently this has been going around for a little while, but the sheer effort, not to mention volume of paint, of this street art (I hesitate to call it grafitti) is impressive. Muto is “an ambiguous animation painted on public walls [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
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What do Nigeria, Algeria, Isreal, India, Brazil, and Russia have in common?
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, May 30th, 2008
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Rachael Ray has in recent months been the face of Dunkin Doughnuts promoting the brand in different campaigns. Recently one of her online ads came under fire and has been removed under pressure from conservative bloggers. Why you ask? Becau [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, May 30th, 2008
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When you participate in a communication mechanism, do you hold responsibility to check it? For example, I am frequently frustrated by people who have cell phones, give out their number, but never have their cell phone on, leave it at home, [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, May 16th, 2008
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A good friend of mine, Brendan – originally from Vancouver but now in Cambridge via Australia and Senegal, wrote a great article on the perspective he’s gained from being a Canadian abroad. It’s a great read that I encourage a [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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Pitchfork Media has released it’s list of the 20 worst album covers of 07 and the list is worth a look if you’re looking for some creative inspiration! ;) Unlike many “worst of” lists, this one includes some big name [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 14th, 2008
Categories: Music, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Because other people’s music always sounds better. Muxtape.com could be the best online music sharing site I’ve found since Pandora announced it was deeply, deeply sorry to all Canadians. Care to share more sites? Comment below.
Posted by: Graham Huber on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Categories: Music, Pop Culture, Websites | 2 Comments »
A few months back I wandered down to my usual watering hole, The Jazz Cellar, to see singer songwriter Jesse Harris perform. Normally a jazz venue, the Jazz Cellar is a remarkable live music venue of all styles. Harris played a a great set [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 7th, 2008
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I don’t know if this would qualify as a mature or informative post but hopefully will provide you with a quick distraction and laugh. It’s a Star Wars Rap. (NSFW) Enough said. (via Geekologie)
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 7th, 2008
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Do you have some vinyl records lying around collecting dust? Well, it’s time to bring them out and join Sleeveface. This widely popular online phenomenon is where people post creative images of themselves with their vinyl sleeves. To [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Friday, April 4th, 2008
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Arcade Fire is fairly awesome. We play them often at the studio. And their videos are often pretty darned cool, like this version of “Neon Bible” recorded live in an elevator. But nothing tops this interactive video for “N [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Categories: Design, Fun, Inspiration, Interactive, Pop Culture, We love, Websites | No Comments »
Looking back to my childhood memories, playing dodgeball was on of my favorite forgotten activities. Even the very first time I was asked out on a date at the tender age of 12 was during a dodgeball game. Oh Jordan… wonder where he is [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture, We love | 2 Comments »
Not sure how this escaped our blog until now. For the last while many of us here have been afflicted with sleep deprivation as a result of having access to complete seasons of the best episodic television has to offer. Case in point: Life o [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Categories: Film, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Have you seen these Garfield comics with Garfield removed, rendering them insane nonesense? I can’t explain why I think this is so funny, but I almost peed when I saw them. [kudos to Kevin for the heads up]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, February 29th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
Some lovely Flash work, great infographics and an interesting idea, all mashed up.
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Pop Culture | 2 Comments »
People using desktops (complete with CRT’s) in Starbucks and zillions of people freezing in Grand Central. Urban Art by Improve Everywhere. Short and sweet this morning! (via Geekologie)
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
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Okay so I might not be the first to tell you that Indiana is back and so what if you already knew this last year – it’s new to me! So let me revel for a moment in the glory of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Monday, February 25th, 2008
Categories: Film, Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Here is something that’ll throw you back a few years and remind you of what it is that people do all day. Hope you enjoy the journey back to early childhood fantasmill-ville!! Don’t forget to send love out to Mr. Scarry while yo [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
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Keming. I give this about a week before it’s used industry wide. And it’s available as a t-shirt.
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Categories: Pop Culture, Typography | 2 Comments »
This blog has sure gone stale, hasn’t it? I wonder if we have any readers left? We sort of suck, you’re right. Anyway, I’m still blogging, which is ironic as I used to be the lame infrequent blogger at IBC. Here’s a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Categories: Design, Film, Fun, Pop Culture, Typography | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 7th, 2008
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My passion for samurai films is really unreasonable. Well, for that and Yakuza films. And the films of Takashi Miike, Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli, anything Takeshi Kitano was ever in (especially Brother), Japanese serials like Lone Wolf and [...]
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Monday, January 7th, 2008
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Everybody seems to post “Best of” lists of all sorts, but fimoculous.com has published is a terrific aggregate selection of the Best of lists for 2007 with something for everyone. Happy New Year from Industrial Brand.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
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While I know a few people that have been know to say, “My name is blah, blah, Google me.” This new product may be just a little excessive. It’s called the Vanity Ring, a ring with a small display that—when plugged in to [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Sunday, October 14th, 2007
Categories: Pop Culture, Technology | No Comments »
What I love most about Photoshop on the iPhone is the functionality. Adobe has really thought of everything. Designers, prepare to throw your laptops and towers away. The iPhone is really all you need.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, September 17th, 2007
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You’ve probably secretly fantasized about having Wikipedia on your iPod, right? Just imagine, a friend asks you a perplexing question and with a flick of a thumbwheel you’ve got an answer. Well, wait no longer. You can now take [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Sunday, August 19th, 2007
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These silkscreened posters by Jason Munn, the man behind ‘The Small Stakes’, make me want to rack up a really big visa bill…
Posted by: Sarah Reid on Thursday, August 16th, 2007
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For fans of Vice Mag’s Do’s and Don’ts, is a slightly more serious take on street fashion. Billed as “an international style competition between blogs & photographers around the world”, round one got underw [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
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Our friend Kuba has been on a creative streak lately, releasing a new single and a sexy music video call Brotherman, directed by Noah Davis. Listen carefully to the lyrics, they’re quite moving.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Categories: Inspiration, Music, Pop Culture, We love | No Comments »
This skit cleverly makes fun of both Apple’s Steve Jobs and GW.Bush. Is MadTV now part of the Axis of Evil?
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, May 28th, 2007
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Man, I remember when I used to sit around listening to the Beatles, thinking “this is really cool and all, but I’d like to hear some of these songs as James Hetfield would sing them.” Thanks to Beatallica, I no longer have [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
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Today I stumbled upon this map of online community dominance represented in a geographical format. An interesting way to look at the prevalence of some of these communities and their relationships to one another. Also, if you read some of t [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
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What is wrong with the people at YouTube? It seems every time I’m uploading a video I cannot seem to find a category that fits. Pets? Gadgets? How to? DIY?!? And why is the language always set to French by default? Oh I know, because [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
Categories: Industrial Brand, Pop Culture, Websites | 1 Comment »
I always enjoy seeing what Google comes up with when specializing their logo for holidays and events. They must have been in a hurry to get their Valentine’s Day logo up (what with taking over the world and all) because their designer [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Categories: Pop Culture, Typography, Websites | 1 Comment »
With the iPhone topping Saddam’s hanging (an ’06 event but one that was conveniently slipped in after all of the Year in Reviews had gone to press) as the top story of this young year, it seems everywhere one clicks someone is d [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, January 11th, 2007
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I just came across this list of the top ten most dangerous toys of all time. This might be a little late to factor into this year’s holiday shopping, but then again, I doubt you’ll be able to find the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Categories: Marketing, Pop Culture | No Comments »
There seems to be an entire culture surrounding moleskine notebooks, to the point where there are galleries on the net displaying the contents of people’s moleskines. Behold the perfect gift for the moleskine-obsessed loved one: elect [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Categories: Design, Pop Culture | No Comments »
The real lyrics were: She moves in mysterious ways But I misheard them as: Shamu the mysterious whale More aural blunders over at kissthisguy.com
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, December 14th, 2006
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A couple of years back there was a mass reclamation of perfectly preserved lumber that had been submerged up to 50 years ago in transport through rivers; useful, but modern design now has a way to get a little more profit from that which li [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
Categories: Design, Learning, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
At last. This year Schwinn is bringing back it’s classic stingray. According to Schwinn’s website, in 1968 70% of all bikes sold in America were either Sting-Rays or Sting-Ray knock-offs. The frame design was influenced by muscl [...]
Posted by: Colin Kohler on Thursday, November 30th, 2006
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Is Chris Ware the Norman Rockwell of our generation? Browsing through his Thanksgiving-themed cover series for The New Yorker magazine, it seems an appropriate comparison. Happy Thanksgiving to our friends south of the border. (Via The Skin [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, November 24th, 2006
Categories: Art, Pop Culture, Reading | 1 Comment »
Our friend and colleague Haig has been showing up in the office in all sorts of snazzy CBC-branded clothing to the point we aren’t sure he has much else in the wardrobe. Admittedly, he worked at the CBC, so for now we’ll forgive [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
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And he called VFS out. Let me start by saying that the youtube generation is for the most part lazy and uneducated, but here comes a young man with a little more thought than the average internet troll. Charlie Winter, when finding a VFS fi [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Categories: Inspiration, Pop Culture | 2 Comments »
Stumbled upon a South Park character generator and took a few minutes out of my day to make one of the guys in our office. (There are only 5.) Take a guess at who this is and visit the Generator Page to make your own. When you’re done [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
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Astronauts, geographers, and typographers alike can all find joy in the impressive world of Geogreetings. Geogreetings are in my definition, “The combining of a sattellite’s view of landmarks, algorithmic(seemingly, but not real [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Friday, November 17th, 2006
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For those of you not camped out outside of a FutureShop or BestBuy, the US ads for PlayStation 3 really pack a punch. Kickstart your Friday morning with Baby, Eggs and Rubik.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, November 17th, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Walking to work this morning around 4:00am, I saw a lineup of eager, hopeful, geeked-out soon-to-be Playstation 3 owners. Although very cold and windy, they were huddled together camping in front of Futureshop with lawn chairs, flannel jack [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Thursday, November 16th, 2006
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Now I’m not one for burning incense, feng shui or other slightly wacky ideas, but this one I can’t say no to. Global Orgasm Day….. how can this be a bad thing? Well, if you ignore STD’s, unwanted pregnancies, awkward [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, November 16th, 2006
Categories: Events, Inspiration, Pop Culture, Tips | 1 Comment »
I’m sure this is popping up on every other website but I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that there is a Simpsons Trailer out. After what was, in my opinion, a pretty weak teaser trailer I wasn’t sure what to expect an [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
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I came to the office today with the US Mid Term elections on my mind and wanted to blog something with these events in mind. During my morning website visit I checked a new website to my list and found this video about the new vote counting [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Categories: Film, News, Pop Culture | No Comments »
A lack of.. uh, hmm… courage, has for many years been keeping men from showcasing their toolbags, it is no secret. Now, the pros at AussieBum have begun using “Wondercup” technology to create “appearance flattering u [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Monday, November 6th, 2006
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What to do with your left over pumpkin? Make a computer of course. Time to go home and steal candy…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
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It’s Halloween tomorrow. I don’t like halloween and this time of the year makes me feel ostracized from society simply because I don’t like to dress up. (although a bar in town is having a Dirty Pirate Hooker HalloweenR [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, October 30th, 2006
Categories: Film, Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
With a tip of the hat to Crocodile Dundee (THIS is a knife!) and The Simpsons go to Australia (I see you’ve played knifey spoony before!), I present to you, the ultimate knife! (via Miho @ Mira)
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
Categories: Design, Pop Culture, Technology | 1 Comment »
Here’s a new fun game to take on the bus. Someone always gets on or off at your stop. (…… almost always) Therefore Steve’s First Law of Transit says that you never need to pull the stop signal and you’ll always [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture, Travel, Vancouver | No Comments »
I guess Viking is the UK equivalent to our Staples or Office Depot. Anyway, they’re running an inventive online promotion right now called Stationery Movies. There are 20 scenes made entirely of office supplies and you have to guess t [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, October 20th, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Film, Pop Culture, Websites | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, October 12th, 2006
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With increased CCT coverage and greenspace disappearing all over the world, teenage pyros have no place to practice their craft. In addition “grown up” pyros (note the large quotation marks and lack of use of the word reformed) [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
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I stumbled upon these ads for Fearfest at Paramount Canada’s Wonderland. One would be hard pressed to argue that they aren’t effective, but are they in good taste?
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
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The day after finding a bus that had crahsed into a building, I found myself wandering aimlessly around London’s South Bank and found what vaguely resembled an empty orchestra pit. In fact it was a project put on by the Philharmonia O [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, October 6th, 2006
Categories: Music, Pop Culture, Technology, Travel, Websites | No Comments »
I first heard Madeleine Peyroux on her album Careless Love about a year ago and fell in love with her dynamic, sultry voice. I had envisioned a sexy chanteuse emerging from a smoky Parisian cafe, and listening to her transported me back to [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, September 29th, 2006
Categories: Music, Pop Culture | 2 Comments »
This is just the thing to knock you out of your Monday morning fog…and get your juices flowing for a night at the disco come Friday.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, September 25th, 2006
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The problem with having the ability to recognize great artwork, is also having the ability to label something a steaming pile. Usually the notion can be combated or questioned, as art is and always will be subjective; the exception to this [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Sunday, September 24th, 2006
Categories: Art, Learning, Marketing, Pop Culture | 8 Comments »
Ever felt the need to take self help classes from Mr. T? Well, wait no longer, because apparently he’s using tough love as he “Teaches fools some basic rules,” since “there’s no shortage of fools that needs his [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Friday, September 22nd, 2006
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture, Tips | 1 Comment »
Photoshop and photo manipulation at this point have very few limits; luckily, many people know this and continually produce amazing work. One of such organizations doing so is Brazil’s Platinum, FMD, who not only pushes composite phot [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Thursday, September 21st, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Art, Inspiration, Marketing, Photography, Pop Culture | No Comments »
It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Here be a link to get ye inspirrrred.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
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Photos from Banksy’s LA exhibit “Barely Legal”. Plus an interview with the artist himself.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
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Every once in a while a special piece of cinema comes along that can sum up a certain point in your life; in this instance it is the BBC series titled “The Catherine Tate Show” and it has hit in a series of three. These small sk [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Once again Apple has released a few new toys but it’s time to turn back the clock. Remember those old Apple computers we all had in our elementary schools (well at least I did!). About the only thing they were good for was playing bri [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
Categories: Design, Guest, Pop Culture, Technology | No Comments »
The inimitable McSweeneys pitches a few Mac Ad Ideas of their own. (via Coudal)
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, September 8th, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Fun, Pop Culture, Reading | No Comments »
Nothing like a biting, almost nasty, roast on a Thursday morning courtesy of Comedy Central and Jeff Ross. William Shatner is the perfect mark for this. And if you haven’t seen his 1978 rendition of Elton John’s “Rocket Ma [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, September 7th, 2006
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Banksy has doctored copies of Paris Hilton’s album in stores all through the UK. Personally, I think it is an improvement. Read about it at frederiksamuel.com
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
Categories: Music, Pop Culture | No Comments »
All day, every day, the effects of downloading are constantly making news on one wire service or another. Looking to shake things up and give people a reason to buy a CD instead of downloading the single, Beck (also a cool site!) throws a w [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, August 28th, 2006
Categories: Guest, Music, Pop Culture, Technology | No Comments »
From Robert Wurth of Freshly Squeezed Design: So, what do you do when you’re an internationally recognized, successful band with millions of dollars in CD and concert ticket sales? If you’re the Barenaked Ladies, you slap an ind [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Categories: Design, News, Pop Culture | 2 Comments »
If you like David Hasslehoff, or the spectacle of him, you’ll love these 50 “Best Of the Hoff” videos. Nothing else needs to be said.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, August 17th, 2006
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Yeah, yeah…ethos, zeitgeist and all that rot, but imagine being the graphic designer on some of these hilarious, shocking and creepy vintage ads from the past century?
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
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Take a bunch of treadmills, add some clever choreography and your independent band’s music and what have you got? A unique music video. Kind of renders MJ’s moonwalking redundant.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
Categories: Music, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
Remember the infamous 1984 Mac commercial that started it all? I don’t because sadly, I wasn’t born yet, but I do love Lego. Today PodBrix releases their 1984 Playset at 9:00pm eastern time, a current day mock up of that very co [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
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Perry Farrell Interviews Shepard Fairey on Banksy, street art, and how Andre the Giant came about. Part One + Part Two
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
Categories: Art, Pop Culture, We love | 1 Comment »
For my first offical post to this blog I give you…a David Hasselhoff music video. That’s right, your favourite TV sex icon (ick) has recorded a cover of the Ted Mulry Gang tune “Jump In My Car”. The only thing is, I [...]
Posted by: Dave Delibato on Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
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Without offending too many people, I’d like to introduce Buildering as a current day rendition of breakdancing; Buildering is an energetic mix of bouldering, gymnastics, stage fighting, and the style of BMX riding/skateboarding. To th [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
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In the afterglow of Vidfest with the word “crowdsourcing” buzzing in my head today I read a great article on do-it-yourself design over at Design Observer. Then I came across the Jackson Pollock Simulator. Use your mouse and cli [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, July 6th, 2006
Categories: Art, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
Douglas Coupland doesn’t want to end the Book Club meeting on a positive note. They always end upbeat he explains. For once, he wants things to end darkly. “Doomed. We are all doomed.” He throws this out there as his final [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
Categories: Events, Pop Culture, Reading, Vancouver, We love | 1 Comment »
Next time you are planning a picnic at the beach this summer, grab a few extra 2L bottles of Coke and a dozen rolls of Mentos… Yes, you too can create your own “hysterical and spectacular mint-powered version of the Bellagio Fou [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
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Appropriately timed with much of what was being discussed at Vidfest last week, the New York Times has created a new blog called Screens. Written by Virginia Heffernan, the Times TV critic and former editor at Harper’s and Talk magazi [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, June 23rd, 2006
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Here’s a good one for Friday afternoon surfing: A site featuring 30 second versions of classic movies re-enacted by cartoon bunnies. It’s surprisngly hip. Thanks to our friend Ryan for this one.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 23rd, 2006
Categories: Film, Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
In 1969 the US Senate had a hearing on funding the newly developed Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The proposed endowment was $20M, but President Nixon wanted it cut in half because of the spending going on in the Vietnam War. This vid [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
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Saturday June 17, American Apparel will open the doors to their newest retail location, on their own private island. They are entering into the virtual world of Second Life and will be selling 20 of their most popular styles for $1 USD per [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, June 16th, 2006
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The V&A in Britain is running an exhibit showcasing the image of Che Guevara as pop culture icon. In the Curator’s Intro, Trisha Ziff states that the portrait of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara as photographed by Alberto Diaz K [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
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From our friends and super design duo The Smith Brothers: I don’t know if you’ve seen these yet, but the new sites for Ikea are amazing (well if you’re totally nuts for video like we are), it takes a combination of the cam [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, June 8th, 2006
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I like to read the “I saw you” section of the paper. Not because I’m hoping to be some stranger’s muse, but it feeds an aspect of the voyeur in me that also loves the interesting snippits gleaned from overheard conve [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
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I was at Chapters the other day checking out some magazines when I came across a fashion magazine that had a piece of paper attached to the cover. It read: The confessions of a generic magazine: “We loaded this issue with more adverti [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
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There have been numerous arguments and theories – not to mention a few postgrad theses – postulating the Simpsons to be the most intelligent, moral, culturally relevant, Freudian, feminist, multi-cultural, political, socially sa [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, May 5th, 2006
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Check out this innovative music video for the Presidents of the United States of America, for their Australian single “Some Postman”. This is the first music video in the world to be shot using mobile phones. Film Headquarters&# [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
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We recently blogged about the art installation Vancouver School by artists Douglas Coupland, Graham Gillmore, Angela Grossmann, Attila Richard Lukacs and Derek Root. So this weekend I made my way to North Vancouver and checked it out. Wow, [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, April 24th, 2006
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Came across this insane Norwegian group called Hurra Torpedo that’s part Stomp, part…oh I give up. You just have to see them doing this cover of Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart. Percussion is a large chest freeze [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, April 13th, 2006
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It’s no secret that many designers, including us, have a real problem with the process used to select the Vancouver 2010 Olympics identity. But it’s done and now we have to live with it. However, some people are clearly still ve [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, April 13th, 2006
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C-Mon & Kypski is a four man band from the Netherlands that compose original tracks in their home studios from funk, rock to polka and hip hop. They’re sort of the Dutch Beastie Boys. This innovative video for their track Shitty [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
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Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate good graffiti. I especially groove on intricate stencil art when it’s done well. It can be a beautiful expression of both art and message revealing much about the days and times in which we live. [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, April 10th, 2006
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In January 2000, Woods was featured in Maclean magazine’s “Faces of the Future” issue as one of 100 Canadians to watch. In February of the same year, he appeared alongside Generation X author Douglas Coupland on the CPAC c [...]
Posted by: rae paziuk on Thursday, April 6th, 2006
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Interesting Wikipedia entry on the origins of the OBEY giant.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, April 6th, 2006
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I’ve recently stumbled across a television series which originated out of Vancouver and has made it’s way to broadcasting in 44 countries. Oasis International (televsion and film distribution company) says “fat blue sky [...]
Posted by: rae paziuk on Monday, April 3rd, 2006
Categories: Art, Film, Fun, Inspiration, Music, Pop Culture, Travel | 3 Comments »
I took a break from hunting down misplaced quotes in ridiculously long strings of cryptic text for a few minutes today and stumbled across WORN|AGAIN shoes on the make blog. Based out of London, WORN|AGAIN takes sustainability to a whole ne [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Monday, March 27th, 2006
Categories: Pop Culture | 2 Comments »
A few months ago, we blogged about an urban marketing campaign by Sony Playstation that was met with a very hostile response from the street artist community. The lesson learned from that experience might be summed up as “don’t [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Inspiration, Marketing, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
What happens when the Beastie Boys hand out 50 video cameras to their fans at a concert at Madison Square Garden? Always pushing the limits, Awesome..I F**ckin’ Shot That looks…well…f**kin’ awesome. Another brilliant [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
Categories: Film, Music, Pop Culture, We love | No Comments »
Even if you’ve only recently started reading our blog you might have picked up on the fact that we like Michel Gondry. His latest feature film project, called The Science of Sleep, looks well, Gondryesque. It’s about an artist w [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, March 20th, 2006
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“Editing is crucial, maybe even more creative than the actual shooting. Every time you juxtapose two images, you say something. Editing is how you transmit your message, even if the message is that there is no message. You can make so [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, March 9th, 2006
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We’re big fans of designer Charles S. Anderson and have been on the receiving end of many a French Paper promo featuring his work. Hell, a couple years ago I even made a special trip down to Bellingham to see the Halloween decor he di [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
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Why is it every time I’m in Seattle I find myself in some intimate little venue enjoying an amazing music performance? They get such great acts here and have such a healthy music scene in Seattle. After a long day of seminar presentat [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
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As we had our staff Big Mac eating battle today (Paul Wallace won easily) it reminded me of how great it is when you first bite into the lovely bit of sour pickle in your burger. This moment of delight and others are included in IBC’s [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
Categories: Food, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
Solar Initiatives from the Netherlands has created the first full motion postage stamp in commemoration of the Olympics using lenticular technology. This goes way beyond those Cracker Jack prizes that we used to get as kids. Amazing.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, February 16th, 2006
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Our good friend Ryan Murphy writes about Five New Frontiers for Advertising on AskMen.com. My favourite: He concludes that “Only time will tell if the Big Dipper will one day be blotted out with an electronically generated billboard f [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Marketing, Pop Culture | No Comments »
I work in detox! Take care of me and live forever! Visit I Heart Guts for more information about me and my friends.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, February 10th, 2006
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Created by Unirrelevant, here’s a great fan made video celebrating 30 years of Apple, showing their progression through the ages. [Kudos to Piers at PSFK for the link]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 30th, 2006
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If you took the time to click on the list of sites in the “Blogroll” on this site, you’ll find serious sites about marketing, culture, literature and design. Then there’s a link to a site named after it’s famou [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 28th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Interview, Pop Culture, We love, Websites | No Comments »
Happy Robbie Burns Day! Raise a lovely glass of single malt scoth whiskey as you fill yourself on haggis and read his poems tonight. Don’t worry, as much as we love eating sheep’s stomach, you won’t be finding haggis in th [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
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This made my morning. So simple and yet so effective.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
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In its 16th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted truthiness as the word of the year. Recently popularized on the Colbert Report, a satirical mock news show on the Comedy Central television channel, truthiness re [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 23rd, 2006
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Monday, January 23rd is the Canadian Federal election. And what a joke it has become with ridiculous platform promises and seemingly insignificant issues being used as mud by Conservatives and Liberals as both sides engage in silly attack c [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, January 22nd, 2006
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A collaboration between Urbanmedium and DJ Spider, The Heavy Ammunition Project” is a limited edition mix of urban sights and sounds from the streets of LA. Love the Che Troopers. Eye Candy Galore!
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
Categories: Art, Design, Music, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
While recently visiting my buddy Piers at his office in New York, he ran off excitedly returning with a few small soft-cover books called The Royal Magazine. Holy man is this ever up my power alley. Their website claims the publication is a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 16th, 2006
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You’ve heard us talk about Canstruction before, but now’s your chance to get involved. If you are in the Vancouver area and are on a team or interested in entering a team in this year’s (or even next year’s!) competi [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Sunday, January 15th, 2006
Categories: Canstruction, Food, Fun, Inspiration, Pop Culture | No Comments »
If your still reading this post after seeing a title with the phrase ‘IT’ in it you just passed the test. The IT Crowd is a new comedy set to appear on the Channel 4 network in the UK. The first episode, and all subsequent episo [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Thursday, January 12th, 2006
Categories: Pop Culture, Technology | 2 Comments »
Since I’m going to be out of town during the upcoming federal elections on January 23rd I thought I’d look up some info on advance voting on the Elections Canada website. In my search through the FAQ section I learned that, no, [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
Categories: Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
What if our favourite uncle were perhaps the most famous graphic designer alive today, having given the world such cultural iconography as the famous Dylan poster and wildly popular I Love New York logo and dozens more? What advice would he [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
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Count down from 60 as you watch the QuickTime movie (11 MB) that Clive Piercy of PhD presented at the opening night of the AIGA Voice Conference in 2002.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 2nd, 2006
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Early on in my consumption of podcasts I discovered Kurt Anderson’s Studio 360. Kurt covers the arts and culture scene on KCRW, the California based public radio station that used to be home to another favourite, Joe Frank. Anyway, in [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, December 23rd, 2005
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Here are some of the most popular searches this year on Google. Google Zeitgesit 2005.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, December 22nd, 2005
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I love giving our resident pop culture princess a hard time about the new Madonna album, but the fact remains: Madonna is one of the most successful marketers of the last century. Now she seems to have caught a new wave: social software. He [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
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It’s not too early for holiday posts yet, right? Good Grief. Get your exact replica of Charlie Brown’s pathetic christmas tree over at Urban Outfitters. [via The Skinny]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, November 28th, 2005
Categories: Pop Culture | 2 Comments »
If you are one of the many unfortunate people who were devastated by the hurricane’s in the South, Kenneth Cole is here to help you sift through the rubble in style. Does anyone know who convinced Kenneth Cole to run this billboard?
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
Categories: Pop Culture | 2 Comments »
While out drinking in Williamsburg, Brooklyn last week I met the infamous and perpetually hilarious Jimbo Matison of ImaginAsianTV fame (among other more dubious things). While we wasted the night away, he regaled me with stories of his new [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, November 17th, 2005
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I could have titled this entry “Taking Liberties with Taxidermy”, or should that be “Mouse-a-dermy”? For Jeanie M it started out as an obsession with taking photos of roadkill. One thing led to another and a friend g [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
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Last week while in NYC I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Jon Stewart of Comedy Central‘s The Daily Show. He told me he didn’t view his position as a popular comedian and political satirist as signficant, despite my [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
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The Beastie Boys have posted a cappella versions of their songs for free downloading, encouraging their fans to create remixes of their own. Then they invite all comers to share results by sumitting to their Beazley Boys Remix Forum.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, November 14th, 2005
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I didn’t think I’d be a big fan of Broadway musicals, but when a new friend starring in the hit Rent got us 3 tickets, we figured when in New York… Wow. It was incredible! Our kind host, Merle, plays Joanne in this emotion [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, November 10th, 2005
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Tonight we had VIP tickets (thanks Keith) to a taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and was thrilled to get a chance to talk with Jon directly about his role as a political satirist affecting an entire generation. After the show we wen [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, November 9th, 2005
Categories: Pop Culture, Travel | 2 Comments »
This is way too good not to post. This guy is a total screamer. Hilarious.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, November 4th, 2005
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Here, you have definitive proof that Paris Hilton is an android from outer space with deficient artificial intelligence. See, it seems her facial expressions have unfortunately been frozen into one, single, somewhat bland look of pseudo-amu [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
Categories: Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
There is a new pony in town. Following in the footsteps of the Do it yourself Qee, The Pony Project is inspired by every girls favorite toy. Fourty-two – 18″ My Little Pony figure’s will be customized by some of the best w [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, October 19th, 2005
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Nadsat lexicon is a combination of Russian-based slang and rhyming slang found in the book by Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange. Grab a moloko, mix in some synthemesc and read on. [via Coudal]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, October 18th, 2005
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Coudal.com’s usual Friday Drink Links was superseded today by a string of links about their “patron saint” Stanley Kubrick, including this brilliant essay on William Gibson and the Garage Kubrick. The inspiration for this [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, October 14th, 2005
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What if more people made the places they ARE the places they WANT TO BE? Akayism shows you how.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, October 13th, 2005
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Forget ever having to light a match or spraying noxious aerosol after a trip to the loo. Now there’s Whiff. What a blessing this will be for all of us here at Industrial Brand! (via Strange New Products)
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, October 5th, 2005
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“The inspiration for this raw, primative boutique comes from a post-punk, do-it-yourself attitude, akin to the early 90′s Berlin night club scene. the store will move location every 6 to 12 moths, advising clients via email of t [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
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Wired interviews Jon Stewart and Ben Karlin — the Daily Show’s executive producer — on the future of television and how they are leading the charge to get there.Copyright 2005 Industrial Brand Creative
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
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If Christopher Walken really runs for president, I might actually like the US again…well, maybe not. Copyright 2005 Industrial Brand Creative
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, August 17th, 2005
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While teaching my design course recently I started hearing students using terms to describe each other’s projects I couldn’t believe were for real: blingin’ and mingin’. Blingin’ is apparently a derivative of & [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, February 15th, 2005
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Women’s bags and accessories constructed with recycled skateboards. I want one!
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, January 28th, 2005
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Not to get all political, but even though I am a Canadian, just thinking of how the next 4 years are going to be makes me puke a little in my mouth. It really is unfortunate. [UPDATE: In case you hadn't heard, he is also man of the year. Bu [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, January 20th, 2005
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