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LOST AND FOUND : TREASURE TROVE OF PHOTOG’S MISSING IMAGES FINALLY ON VIEW TO PUBLIC AFTER DECADES!

“A marvelous and delightful way to earn a living” is how American photographer Marilyn Stafford describes her career in an…

contemporary art, fashion photography, henri cartier-bresson, marilyn stafford, photographer, photography, photojournalism, photojournalist, street photography

CURRENT EVENTS : POLISH ARTIST’S POSTER CAPTURES ESSENCE OF RUSSIAN-UKRAINE WAR!

The geo-political conflict and humanitarian nightmare unfolding in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s horrific, invasive military aggression has captured…

charity, geo-politics, graphic design, humanitarian aid, lego, legos, news, pawel jonca, poland, poster, russia, ukraine, war, world news

BRIMFUL OF “MEH!” : LATEST INSTALLATION OF STAR WARS BOBA FETT SPIN-OFF LEAVES US “JUST BARELY ENTERTAINED!” MEANING OF LIFE QUESTIONED!

We finally got around to watching “The Book of Boba Fett” on Disney+ TV. We hate to admit it but,…

baby yoda, boba fett, book of boba fett, disney+, entertainment, film, luke skywalker, mandalorian, movies, sci-fi, science fiction, star wars, tv, tv series, yoda

STREETSY : BAFFLINGLY ABSTRACT MURAL CONFUSES VENICE BEACH LOCALS!

The Venice Beach area of Los Angeles, its fashionable neighborhoods and adjacent districts, is home to a lot of street…

abbot kinney, abstract art, alec monopoly, contemporary art, dylan egon, j goldcrown, kelsey montague, la, la graffiti art, la street art, los angeles, modern art, mural, murals, post modern, public art, venice, venice beach

BRUSHED UP : HOW A GIANT COMB SCULPTURE BLEW OUR MIND!

The first time we saw Latvian artist Vija Celmins’ giant plastic comb at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art…

art museum, art world, artists, california, consumer culture, contemporary art, giant comb, industrial design, la, lacma, los angeles, modern art, museum, pop art, sculpture, vija celmins

GIANT STEPS : LEGENDARY MOVIE DIRECTOR’S DISTURBING OBSESSION WITH STAIRS COMPILED INTO SUPERCUT!

The filmography of legendary British film director Alfred Hitchcock is studded with iconic movies that defined the modern Hollywood suspense-thriller.…

39 steps, alfred hitchcock, cinema, film, filmmaking, hollywood, movies, rear window, stairs, steps film production, supercute

SO JUDGY! BEST BOOK COVERS OF THE PAST YEAR!

We all know the adage “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” That’s a pretty good nugget of popular wisdom.…

best book covers, book cover design, book covers, Books, graphic design, lit, literature, print mag

NEW ISSUE OF BELOVED, ARTSY INTERNATIONAL SHELTER MAG HAS ARRIVED AND WE FEEL BLESSED!

The new issue of Apartamento magazine arrived in the mail from Barcelona, Spain last week ands we’ve been savoring its…

apartamento, apartamento magazine, artists, arts, creators, Culture, decor, designers, graphic design, interior design, magazine, print design

MOVING PICTURES: THE LITTLE MOVIEMAKING TECHNIQUE YOU’VE SEEN A MILLION TIMES BUT NEVER HEARD OF!

You’ve seen this a gajillion times in tons of movies: At a critical moment the shot you see on the…

camera techniques, cinema, cinematography, dutch angle, film, film production, filmmaking, films, movies, video

NO LOGO : ARTIST RENDERS FAMOUS BRAND MARKS IN CHROME!

For this “36 Logos” project German artist and designer Martin Naumann re-worked the logos of some of the world’s biggest…

SELLING THE SIZZLE! : JAPANESE CAR COMPANY UNLEASHES AN EPIC NEW COMMERCIAL!

The 60-second commercial is for Honda and is called “Origin of Determination.” The spot features 100 Honda products, from race…

FLIP MODE! SHREDDED BANKSY RE-SOLD AT AUCTION FOR MORE THAN $25 MILLION!

We’re in the wrong business. We should be in the business of flipping infamous Banksy artworks. Especially the kind that…

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“LIT A.F., DUDE! “: SEEING THIS ICONIC L.A. ARTWORK NEVER GETS OLD!

Artist Robert Irwin’s wall of multi-colored fluorescent tube lights at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art serves as post-modernist…

contemporary art, images, la, lacma, light artwork, lights, los angeles, minimalism, miracle mile, modern art, museum, post modern, robert irwin

BEAN HERE NOW : OUR NEW COFFEE STATION UNVEILED

Here’s the coffee set-up at our headquarters. We put up these shelves above the counter where the coffee-making gear is…

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ULTIMATE PAINTING: ARTIST SARAH CAIN PAINTERLY PROVOKES ART WORLD GATEKEEPERS!

The New York Times arts section has turned a deservedly keen eye towards Los Angeles-based painter Sarah Cain. Cain’s paintings…

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RUB A DUB: FAREWELL THE LEGENDARY UPSETTER! LEE “SCRATCH”PERRY, R.I.P.

Has it already really been a week? Yes. Actually, it’s been just over a week since news hit us that…

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STOP MAKING SENSE: NEW WORK FROM TEXAS ARTIST RAY DUNLAP DRIVES DEEPER INTO GLORIOUS ABSTRACTION!

Houston, Texas-based artist Ray Dunlap has unleashed a new series of paintings dubbed “American Made Witchcraft.” This new work delves…

abstract art, abstraction, art world, artist, artwork, contemporary art, dunlap, dunlapian, houston, minimalism, modern art, painter, painting, ray dunlap, texas

SPARKLING COLLAB: TAKASHI MURAKAMI BRINGS “SUPERFLAT” TO A PERRIER BOTTLE NEAR YOU!

It was only a matter of time until we see a contemporary art superstar lend their artwork to a major…

branding, collab, contemporary art, murakami x perrier, package design, perrier, superflat, takashi murakami

SMELLS LIKE LAWSUIT SPIRIT: “NIRVANA BABY” SUES ICONIC GRUNGE-ERA BAND!

The guy who was the baby on the iconic cover of Nirvana’s”Nevermind” album is suing the influential Seattle grunge pioneers.…

album art, album cover, baby, indie music, kurt cobain, Music, nevermind, nirvana, nirvana baby

INEDIBLE EDIBLES: ARTIST CROCHETS PASTA!

Somebody’s got a lot of free time on their hands. They’ve got vision. They’ve got yarn. They’ve got a crocheting…

contemporary art, craft, crochet, crocheting, fettuccine, food, gnocchi, italian food, linguine, modern art, noodles, normalynn ablao, pasta, penne, yummy

BUILT FOR SPEED : JAPAN’S NEW “BULLET TRAIN” DESIGN REVEALED!

Japan Railways (JR) recently unveiled the design for its newest shinkansen, a.k.a., “Bullet Train.” It’s called the “Kamome,” which translates…

asia, bullet train, high speed rail, industrial design, japan, Japanese culture, kamome, kyushu, shinkansen, trains

WEIRD FLEX BUT OK: FREESTYLE COMPETITIVE CANOEING! FOR REAL! SEE FOR YOUR SELF!

Soooo, today we learned there’s such a thing as competitive interpretive freestyle canoeing. It’s really a thing. Think of it…

101-ISM : HOW TO DRAW YOURSELF AS A PEANUTS CARTOON CHARACTER! FOR REAL!

Happy Monday! And we know what you’re thinking! Wouldn’t it be cool to draw yourself as a character from a…

apple, cartoon, charlie brown, comic book, comics, drawing, graphic novel, illustration, peanuts, snoopy, the snoopy show

PHOTOGENIC : NEW SHOW REVEALS DEEP TIES OF TWO JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS!

A new exhibition at the European House of Photography in Paris (Maison Européenne de la Photographie or MEP) showcases two…

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EXHAUSTIVE : NEW DOUBLE EXTRA-LARGE BOOK OF EVERY FRIDA KAHLO PAINTING EVER!

Taschen’s new XXL-size coffee table book contains the entire set of artworks by the late great artist Frida Kahlo. Aptly…

artist, biography, coffee table book, frida kahlo, mexican art, mexican artist, mexico, modern art, paintings, taschen

SUPER COOL COFFEE-TABLE BOOK! “AFROSURF” CELEBRATES AFRICA’S RICH SURF CULTURE!

As regular readers of this blog know, we love to surf every chance we get. So when a new artful,…

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SHAMEFUL OR SMART? : TOKYO OLYMPICS ARCHITECTURE LACKS OVERPRICED, PRETENTIOUS NEW TROPHY BUILDINGS!!!

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will open this week in the here and now of 2021. The world’s biggest sporting and…

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BAD DESIGN: A COLLECTION OF THE “WORST VOLUME CONTROL USER-INTERFACES IN THE WORLD EVER”!!!

This collection of extremely poorly-designed volume-control user interfaces (UI) is curated with tongue very firmly in cheek. It’s a hilarious…

computing, digital, digital design, funny, graphic design, hci, ui, ui design, usability, user experience, user interface design, ux, ux design

POP CULTURAL: A “SEINFELD” TV SHOW LEGO SET WILL BE RELEASED THIS SUMMER!

Yes, Danish toy-maker LEGO will be selling a set of their iconic bricks to build your very own set of…

Culture, lego, pop culture, seinfeld, television, toys, tv

DESIGNED TO DEATH : AWESOME POST-MODERN VERSIONS OF CLASSIC MOVIE POSTERS!

Check out these retro post-modern movie posters designed by Patrick Concepcion. These are so good. Concepcion’s graphic design manages to…

cinema, concepcion studios, film, films, movie, movie posters, movies, patrick concepcion

TATTOO YOU! : ARE “PANDEMIC TATTOOS” REALLY A THING?

Maybe. The New York Times is reporting that for some tattoo aficionados and newbies alike, getting a tattoo commemorating the…

covid, current events, new york times, ny times, pandemic, pop culture, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo design, tattoos

ADVENTURES IN AUDIO: NEW AMBIENT CHILL-OUT MUSIC BY ALOHA DEATH

We produced a new original piece of music for Aloha Death. The song is called “Gallery Meditation” and is a…

aapi, aloha death, ambient, band, chill, edm, electronic music, electronica, gallery meditation, indie music, meditation music, Music, sharing our light, soundtrack, synth music

TOUR DE FORCE: OBAMA PORTRAITIST AMY SHERALD’S BRILLIANT “THE GREAT AMERICAN FACT” EXHIBITION IN L.A.!

It’s a small show, but one that packs a punch. Amy Sherald’s collection of five new paintings manage to fill…

amy sherald, arts district, contemporary art, exhibition, Hauser and wirth, los angeles, modern art, obama

LIKE A VERSION: 100 INTERPRETATIONS OF ANIMATION SEQUENCE ARE MIND-BLOWING!

This short montage video showcases 100 animation interpretations by 100 different animators. It’s absolutely wonderful. The video reveals all the…

animation, animators, anime, cgi, dystopian, film, movie, scifi, technology, vfx, video

SUBLIIMELY CAFFEINATED: THE INTRIGUINGLY MINIMALIST COFFEE THERMOS!

We recently got this ultra-minimalist travel mug for our coffee. The form factor and style of the container can’t get…

caffeine, coffee, coffee culture, espresso, fellow, industrial design, product design, thermos, travel mug

CALIFORNICATION!: THE SURF-INSPIRED ART OF DJ JAVIER!

One could draw a Venn diagram with one circle for artists, designers, musicians, actors, and all manner of creators, and…

california, contemporary art, dj javier, Graffiti Art, magazine, skate culture, street art, surf culture, surfing, the surfer's journal

TRANSPARENT THINGS: THE MINIMALIST GLASS CUBE THAT TURNS THE WORLD RED!

Artist Larry Bell’s red, glass cubes at MOCA Los Angeles are a masterful use of color, materials and space. The…

contemporary art, glass cube, la, larry bell, los angeles, minimalism, minimalist, moca, modern art, museum, post modern

LIGHT LINES: THE STUNNING IMMERSIVE SPACES OF BRAZILIAN ARTIST BLOWS OUR MINDS!

Last weekend we went to the new exhibition of artwork by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape at Hauser and Wirth Los…

art gallery, brazilian art, brazilian artist, contemporary art, exhibition, Hauser and wirth, installation art, latin american art, los angeles, lygia pape, modern art, op art, optical art, sculpture

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: “DON’T SURF!”

“Don’t surf!” We found this message scrawled into the layer of road dust caked onto the rear window of a…

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CAFFEINATED DESIGN: CRUSHING HARD ON THIS COFFEE BRAND’S DUSTY PINK PACKAGING!

If you’re a regular visitor to this blog then you probably already know by now how obsessive we are when…

branding, coffee, espresso, graphic design, joshua tree, joshua tree coffee, logo design, package design, yucca tree

SO VIRAL IT’S SICK! VIDEO OF THE LINDA LINDAS PERFORMING “RACIST SEXIST BOY” DINGS INTERNET!

By now you may have heard of and seen the Los Angeles power-pop indie-punk band the Linda Linda’s. A YouTube…

band, concert, indie rock, la, los angeles, punk, racist sexist boy, song, the linda lindas, video, viral

JUST FOR KICKS: THE ART OF THE SNEAKER

A new exhibition at the London Design Museum offers a closer look at the evolution of sneaker design and innovation.…

adidas, exhibition, fashion, footwear, kanye west, kicks, london design museum, nike, shoes, sneakers, style, tennis shoes, trainers

EXHAUSTIVE: AWESOME 12-MILE, HI-DEF FIVE-AND-A-HALF HOUR REAL-TIME VIDEO WALKING TOUR OF PARIS!

. . . . . This video of a real-time walking tour of Paris is awesome. The video covers a…

4k video, Culture, french, hi def video, paris, travel, video, video walking tour

DRAWN TO DISTRACTION: DAVID HOCKNEY FLIPPING THROUGH HIS SKETCHBOOK IS BRILLIANT!

. . . . . This video of British artist David Hockney flipping through his sketchbook without commentary is a…

artist, contemporary art, david hockney, drawing, painter, sketchbook, video

REVEALED: BEST TYPOGRAPHY DESIGN OF 2021!

The Type Directors Club (TDC) recently announced the winners of its annual type-design competitions. The TDC is part of the…

best design, fonts, graphic design, one club, type design, typography

PUMPIN’!: THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED GAS STATIONS IN THE WORLD!

Gas stations tend to be pretty bland and merely functional when it comes to architectural design. Many are drab, dirty…

architectural design, gas stations, petrol stations, post-modernism

FANTASTIC PLASTIC: GIANT YELLOW CUBES MADE OF WEST-AFRICAN WATER CONTAINERS!

On the edge of a Native American land tract on the outskirts of Palm Springs, California, stand a pair of…

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UPDATES: HEARING NEWS THAT NYC STREET ARTIST BAST HAS PASSED AWAY!

We’re still in a bit of shock this morning after hearing about the passing of the artist BAST! We learned…

bast, bast artist, new york city, nyc

ALL OF THE LIGHTS: “EX STASIS” BRINGS L.E.D. MAGIC TO BEAUTIFUL NATURAL LANDSCAPES

. . . . . This video of four audio-visual artworks by artist Reuben Wu are sublime and otherworldly. The…

artwork, ex statis, lux noctis, photography, reuben wu

KOOK SLAMS: BEER CAN DESIGN INSPIRED BY INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT HAS US IN DRUNKEN STITCHES!

Kook Slams, the beer. For real, it’s here! It’s a limited edition I.P.A. from Duck Foot, a brewery from the…

ale, beer, beer can, beer can design, design, duck foot, illustration, ipa, kook, kook slams, kook slams beer, retro, style

WATERING HOLE: HOTEL BAR EVOKES BYGONE ERA OF CALIFORNIA DESERT GLAMOUR!

“Hola, Amigo!” That’s what you should say when you enter the hotel bar of the Ace Hotel and Swim Club…

ace hotel, amigo room, architectural design, architecture, bar, boite, coachella, decor, desert, drink, hipsters, interior decor, interior design, lounge, mid-century modern, palm springs, saloon, southwest, southwestern, style, watering hole

ICONIC: IMAGE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH AT HUSBAND’S FUNERAL SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT MONARCH IN THE PANDEMIC ERA!

Prince Philip, a.k.a., the Duke of Edinburgh, and husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, past away last week. There was…

Culture, duke of edinburgh, england, essay, funeral, image, journalism, media, monarchy, photo, photography, photojournalism, politics, prince phillip, queen, queen elizabeth ii, social media, uk, united kingdom

EXPLODED VIEWS: ARTIST SLICES UP EVERYDAY OBJECTS!

Artist Fabian Oefner’s Heisenberg Objects is a collection of sculptural works created by slicing objects — sneakers, a clock, a…

art world, artist, artwork, contemporary art, fabian ofner, heisenberg, heisenberg objects, heisenberg principle, modern art, post modern, sculptural object, sculpture, sneakers

TRUE GRIT: SURFER-MUSICIAN’S VINTAGE, STICKER-FIED STATION WAGON

Would you drive this stickerfied vintage station wagon? We spotted this car parked along a remote stretch of Pacific Coast…

auto, bumper stickers, california, car, classic, classic car, design, la, los angeles, musician, retro, station wagon, sticker bombed, style, surf culture, surf wagon, surfer, surfing, surfmobile, vehicle, vintage, vintage car

MEDIA DIET: WHAT WERE WATCHING, READING & LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW!

Here it is, folks! A brief run-down of our current media diet: Some of the TV shows and movies we’ve…

Books, cinema, Culture, film, media, media diet, movies, podcasts, pop culture, rick and morty, television, tv

CRYPTIC: HIPSTER-BEVERAGE GUERRILLA MARKETING AS STREET ART!

We saw this wheat-pasted poster on an electricity utility box on Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood on Monday. And we thought…

advertising, branding, coffee, graphic design, guerrilla marketing, la, los angeles, minor figures, oat milk, street art

BACK TO THE MUSEUM!: WE VISIT OUR FIRST EXHIBITION IN OVER A YEAR! PANDEMIC BE DAMNED!

On Monday we went to our first art exhibition in over a year. Our first since the start of the…

architecture, art exhibition, art museum, art world, california, contemporary art, covid, exhibition, la, lacma, los angeles, los angeles county museum of art, pandemic, reopening

NIFTY: WE’VE MINTED AND RELEASED AN NFT!

We’ve actually minted and released two NFTs! These are original images of surfers on waves at a couple of legendary…

artwork, california, cryptocurrency, globalgraphica, los angeles, nft, non-fungible token, photography, surf, surf culture, surf photography, surfers, surfing

ESCAPE ARTIST: NEW BANKSY STREET ART DEPICTS MAN SCALING PRISON WALL IN U.K.

. . . Banksy recently painted this stencil street art work on the wall of Reading Prison in the U.K.…

banksy, banksy street art, prison, reading, uk

MARK THE SPOT!: EPIC, SPRAWLING “DESERT X” CONTEMPORARY ART EVENT RETURNS TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY!

It’s back! And we are so very happy to see it! Desert X has returned. What’s Desert X? It’s the…

art world, coachella, contemporary art, desert x

REMOTE CONTROL: AWESOME ONE-TAKE P.O.V. VIDEO OF DRONE FLY-THROUGH OF A BOWLING ALLEY!

. . . . . You’ll want to watch this video at least a couple of times. This well-choreographed and…

bowling alley, bryant lake, drone, drone video, film, video

ABOUT FACE: MASKS OF THE WORLD, UNMASKED!

. . . . . “Beyond Noh” is short documentary film by Patrick Smith that dives into the subject of…

beyond noh, film, Japanese culture, Japanese theatre, mask, masks, noh, Patrick smith, pikachu, pokemon

NIFTY!: DIGITAL N.F.T. ARTWORK SOLD FOR $69 MILLION AT AUCTION! JAWS DROP!

In a groundbreaking auction sale a digital artwork in the form of a JPG file as non-fungible token (or NFT)…

art world, artwork, auction, beeple, contemporary art, digital art, nft, nifty, non-fungible token

HOME RUN: ARTISTS COMMISSIONED TO RE-IMAGINE ICONIC BASEBALL CARDS!

The Topps chewing gum and baseball card company has launched Project 70 to celebrate seventy years of producing annual baseball…

artists, artwork, baseball, baseball cards, graphic design, project 70, topps

WHAT PARTY?: FIRST MAJOR KAWS RETROSPECTIVE OPENS IN BROOKLYN!

The New York Times has published a review of the new KAWS exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. KAWS…

brooklyn, brooklyn museum of art, contemporary art, kaws, kaws art, New York, new york city, new york times, nyc

A NEW FONT FOR OUR TIME: “CLIMATE CRISIS” TYPEFACE REFLECTS REAL-TIME CLIMATE-CHANGE DATA!

A newspaper in Finland has launched a new variable font called “Climate Crisis.” The font was designed to reflect the…

climate crisis font, design, font, graphic design, helksingin sanomat, typeface, typography

WHAT DA FUNK? FAMOUSLY UN-FAMOUS FRENCH DUO DAFT PUNK SPLIT UP!

. . . . . Daft Punk has split up. Has ended things. Called it quits. Called it a day.…

band, club music, daft punk, dance music, edm, electronic music, electronica, french, Music, music video, pop culture, pop music, style, video

“PRETEND IT’S A CITY”: WHY MARTIN SCORSESE’S NETFLIX SERIES WITH FRAN LIEBOWITZ IS MUST-SEE TV!

Netflix’s “Pretend It’s a City” takes its title from a remark by Fran Liebowitz. It’s a command to the tourists…

Alec baldwin, fran liebowitz, netflix, New York, new york city, pretend its a city, tv

THE UNLIKELIEST ART STAR: HOW KAWS WENT FROM GRAFFITI-TAGGER TO GLOBAL ART WORLD MEGASTAR!

The New York Times has published an excellent profile of artist Brian Donnelly. Who is Brian Donnelly you ask? He’s…

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ADVENTURES IN AUDIO: BRILLIANT A CAPPELLA VERSIONS OF WINDOWS & iPHONE SOUND FX + SUPER MARIO BROS., TETRIS SOUNDTRACKS!

. . . . . This South Korean vocal group’s a cappella versions of Windows and iPhone sound effects and…

a cappella, audio logos, sound effects, tetris, windows

FUZZY LOGIC: CULTURE OF MISAKI KAWAI!

Artist Misaki Kawai‘s current exhibition of new work at the Hole Gallery in New York City could at a brief…

artist, contemporary art, cult of kawaii, cute, hole gallery, japanese artist, kawaii, Misaki kawai, modern art, New York, osaka, paintings, plushies, pop art, the hole

WORLDS COLLIDE: FILMMAKER WERNER HERZOG INTERVIEWED BY SKATEBOARDING MAGAZINE!

Skateboarding magazine Jenkem interviewed Werner Herzog. Yes, THAT Werner Herzog, the auteur German film director and actor whose directorial credits…

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IN PASSING, IN MAKE OUT CITY: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF IAN HOLWORTH

British photographer Ian Holworth‘s images remind us of the work of another photographer, William Eggleston, and the painter Edward Hopper.…

book, british, contemporary art, Ian holworth, photos

IN MOTION: OREGON TOURISM CAMPAIGN LOOKS LIKE A JAPANESE ANIME FILM!

. . . . . Travel Oregon‘s newest campaign promoting tourism to the state includes an animated commercial that’s a…

animation, commercials, hayao miyazaki, Japanese animation, Japanese anime, japanese pop culture, oregon, Oregon tourism, pop culture, psyop, studio ghibli, travel, travel oregon, video, wieden kennedy

FLAKEY: WEB-BASED SNOWFLAKE GENERATOR IS SUBLIME (AMONG OTHER THINGS)!

Here’s a fun way to wile away a couple of hours. The Snowflake Generator is the awesome work of California-based…

contemporary art, digital, digital art, interactive, snowflake, snowflake generator, Vivian wu

BEACH GRIT: THE CINEMATIC ART, MUSIC, SURFING AND LAUGHS OF “FREE SCRUBBER”!

. . . Regular readers of Global Graphica will know that among our many passions is surfing. (Or is it…

baja, film, free scrubber, mexico, surf, surfing, tom curren, travel, video

FORCE BE WITH YOU: U.S. POST OFFICE ISSUES STAMPS CELEBRATING “STARS WARS” ANDROIDS!

The United States Postal Service has announced that this spring they will be issuing a new series of stamps featuring…

c3po, cinema, droids, Lucas films, movies, pop culture, r2d2, robots, stamps, star wars, the mandalorian, usps

EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: ENOUGH WITH THE BUNDLED-UP BERNIE MEME ALREADY!

It was brilliant and funny for the first 24 -48 hours. The meme of U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate…

bernie, bernie meme, bernie sanders, bundled up bernie, funny, humor, humour, inauguration, internet culture, meme, politics

HOT TYPES: LIST OF SOME FAVORITE NEW TYPEFACES FROM 2020!

I Love Typography’s “My Favorite Typefaces of 2020” is a list of notable new fonts produced last year. The typefaces…

design, fonts, graphic design, type design, typefaces, typography

MAKING WAVES: OLAFUR ELIASSON’S “ATMOSPHERIC WAVE WALL” BREAKS IN CHICAGO!

Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has built a career on ambitious, large-scale and innovative public installation art projects that lean into…

atmospheric wave wall, chicago, olafur eliasson

VISUAL CULTURE: THE TIMES’ BEST OF 2020 ILLUSTRATION!

The New York Times art directors have picked their favorite illustration of 2020. It’s an excellent survey of some of…

2020, animation, art director, art directors, artwork, digital, digital art, graphic design, graphics, illustration, media, new york times, print design

SKATE BRAZIL: MESMERIZING VIDEO SHOWS OFF SKILLS OF BRAZILIAN SKATEBOARDING CREW!

A short skate film called “The Girls of Guanabara” is a mesmerizing clip that showcases the dance-like skateboarding moves of…

brasil, film, guanabara, longboarding, rio, rio de janeiro, skate, skate film, skate video, skateboarding, video

WHOPPER: GLOBAL FAST-FOOD CHAIN ROLLS OUT NEW LOGO AND BRANDING!

Worldwide fast-food restaurant chain Burger King has revamped its brand identity, including its iconic burger logotype, color palette, typography and…

brand identity, branding, burger king, food, graphic design, logos

NAILED IT!: GERMAN MAGAZINE DER SPIEGEL’S UNCANNILY PREDICTIVE COVERS OF TRUMP AND THE WASHINGTON CAPITOL RIOT!

Like many news magazines around the world, the highly-respected weekly German news magazine Der Spiegal has over the past five…

current events, donald trump, magazine covers, politics, trump

AUDIO FILES: THIS IS POSSIBLY THE COOLEST MUSIC PODCAST IN THE UNIVERSE!

The podcast Lost Notes 1980 from the massively influential Los Angeles public radio station KCRW takes deep dives into significant…

john lennon, lost notes, lost notes 1980, oyko ono, pop culture, song xploder, the beatles, the germs

STREET ART: SPEAK NO MONEY, SEE NO MONEY, HEAR NO MONEY!

This wonderful mural in Downtown Los Angeles is a visual play on the age-old proverb “Speak no evil, See no…

contemporary art, downtown, la, los angeles, modern art, mural, murals, public art, street art, street art mural

DOING IT FOR THE GRAM: IT’S JANUARY! JANUARY JONES, THAT IS!

January Jones, star of such television shows such as Madmen and the Last Man on Earth, is a celebrity who…

celeb, celebrity, comedy, fashion, fun, funny, gram, humor, instagram, january jones, last man on earth, madmen, social media, style, tv

HAPPY NEW YEAR! WE WENT SURFING!

Happy New Year, everybody! We’ve started 2021 right by going surfing! The waves have been pumpin’! Hopefully this is the…

california, style, surf culture, surfing, wave, waves

LIVIN’ LARGE: WHAT A HOME FILLED WITH MINIMALIST ART LOOKS LIKE!

The MoMA dives into what it’s like to live with some amazing minimalist artwork in the home and workplace. In…

interiors, judd, minimalism, modern art, moma, museum of modern art

TRAIN STATION FROM HELL FINALLY SAVED FROM ARCHITECTURAL DAMNATION!

If you’ve ever been to New York City’s Penn Station then you are familiar with one of the world’s most…

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AMERICAN “DEAD MALL” GOTHIC: PHOTO ESSAY DOCUMENTS THE EMPTYING OUT OF ABANDONED SHOPPING MALLS

Cool article and photo essay in the New York Times on dead malls, how these are emptied out through the…

america, architecture, mall, ruin-porn

REVEALED: LONGEST PHOTO EXPOSURE EVER — 8 YEARS! — CAPTURED WITH PIN-HOLE CAMERA MADE WITH BEER CAN! REALLY!

True story: An MFA student at the University of Hertfordshire in the U.K. made a pin-hole camera using an empty…

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PRIVATE EYES: MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR TOILETS WITH A VIEW AND MORE!

Artist-photographer Andi Schmied’s latest project called “Private Views” is a photo collection documenting the incredible views from some ultra-luxury high-rise…

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WATCH: MIND-BLOWING OPTICAL ILLUSION FUN WITH ROTATING CIRCLES AND ARROWS

This mesmerizing animated GIF is an excellent illustration of an optical illusion where our human cognitive system plays a trick…

mind blowing, op art, optical illusion, optics, spinning circles

FROM LONDON WITH LOVE: MASTER OF THE SPY NOVEL COMES IN FROM THE COLD! RIP JOHN LE CARRE !

British novelist John le Carré passed away this past weekend at the age of 89. As the Guardian newspaper reported…

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BREAKING! NEW BANKSY “AACHOO” ARTWORK GOES UP IN U.K.!

The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. has reported that a new work of street art has been put up by…

banksy, banksy art, Graffiti Art, street art, uk

IT’S HERE! THE “ALOHA DEATH” PLAYLIST!

Yup, by popular demand we’ve finally set up a proper playlist for GlobalGraphica’s indie-rock-electronic soundtrack music project “Aloha Death.” AND…

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MUSIC: OUR NEW WINTER 2020-21 PLAYLIST IS HERE!!!

Our new Spotify playlist for Winter 2020-21 is here with lots of new tunes, lots of favorites and some obscure…

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MEDIA DIET: WHAT WE’RE WATCHING, READING, AND LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW!

In a new installment of “media Diet” here we’re sharing some of what we’ve been consuming across the cultural landscape.…

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ADDICTIONS: COFFEE, IT’S NEVER ENOUGH!

As many Global Graphica readers will know, we’re big — BIG! — coffee drinkers here. We drink a lot of…

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