flash splash

kidult

i'm not promoting graffiti nor am i saying i'm against it either. here, i'm 
intrigued by the effect the paint made when sprayed by a fire extinguisher.
i'm loving the colors used and wondering why these stores were targeted.

wine and design

mucca design

identity and packaging design for french restaurants (from top):  
balthazar, pastis and parc.

legendary man

milton glaser

from top: i love new york rebus logo, 1977. bob dylan poster, 1967.
hologram font, 1970. video by hillman curtis.

soul pop

kimbra

a 20 year old new zealand singer/songwriter based in melbourne, australia. 
her debut album "vows" is expected to be released this year.

physical attraction

lotus elise
i don't know too much about cars, but i saw this tiny thing on the road and
was quite impressed by its design. definitely an eye catcher. photographed
by ken brown.

class act

héctor mediavilla
sape is french slang for "dressing with class". the french often use the 
expression "il est bien sape" to talk about a sharp dressed man. the term 
"sapeur" is a new african word that refers to someone that is dressed 
with great elegance. (congo, africa)

model drawings

danny roberts

louder than bombs

alexandre "andy wall-hole" farto

modern warfare

taking shape

joan miró

"how did i think up my drawings and my ideas for painting? well i'd come home 
to my paris studio in rue blomet at night, i'd go to bed, and sometimes i hadn't 
any supper. i saw things, and i jotted them down in a notebook. i saw shapes on 
the ceiling..."  (from top: bleu II, singing fish and ora dell azzurro)

sole provider

a love of mine. air jordan 3 black/cement retro will be released this fall. this 
will be the fourth time this colorway will be retroed since its initial release in
1988. designed by tinker hatfield. (photo: red.mcleod, flicker)

tooned in

joe ciardiello

known for his portraits of authors in the ny times book review as well as 
for his musician portraits. from top: bob dylan, muddy waters, eric clapton.

square one

coldplay

from top: album cover for x&y. singles covers for: "fix you", "speed of sound",
and "talk". designed by tappin gofton (mark tappin and simon gofton) using 
baudot code-encoding (ita2). you can play with a code generator (here).

sweet tooth

sugar chair
designed by pieter brenner. made completely out of 60 pounds of confectioner's 
sugar. priced just around $11,000.

king tut

richard tuttle

from top: lable 13-16 (2004-05), lable 5-8 (2003), for ron (2009),

galisteo paintings (1993), edges (1999)

stretched canvas

i was very fond of walking through the lower east side of nyc and seeing 
wk interact's works on the streets.

california dreaming

one of the ads from my last post reminded me of one of ed ruscha's works.

scootin' around

vintage ads for vespa scooters.