An interview with House of Campari curator Simon Watson and Campari Commission Artist Mickalene Thomas. Mickalene Thomas’ Campari Commission has been accepted to the permanent photography collection of the SFMOMA.
Color Dial Spray: Graffiti on demand
(red dot award: design concept 2009)
The refillable Color Dial Spray is a novel design for a spray can that contains four colour cartridges (CMYK) in the one can. Two dials (for hue and brightness) help the painter achieve the exact colour required.
In South Korea, around 180,000 tonnes of cans are produced every year. The recycling rate for these is only around seventy-one per cent. Those that are discarded lead not only to the wastage of metal and an increase of garbage, but also to a greater consumption of raw materials and energy in order to produce more cans.
According to South Korea’s metal can resources society, the country’s use of metal cans is gradually reducing, but the consumption of aluminium cans in particular is increasing due to a greater consumption of beer. Plenty of spray cans are wasted as well, being discarded after a single use. Color Dial Spray aims to reduce their consumption.
Generally, spray cans contain only one colour. If only a small amount of paint is required, there will be considerable wastage. Color Dial Spray is a new type of spray can that contains CMYK colour cartridges in the one can. The user can immediately change the colour by turning the colour dials near the top of the can.
There are two dials: one for hue and one for brightness. These allow for precise mixing of the particular colour desired. The colour cartridges can be refilled many times over. This helps with the reduction of waste. The compact form of Color Dial Spray is convenient and portable.
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Beyonce Heat Fragrance Commercial
Mumble uh trynta wanna say somethin' ummmm, mumble, finta say somthin'...mumble, uma gonna, mumble sommo umm ah *pant-pant* Hot! umm... mumble. Drool. Seriously.
I'm honestly not a big Beyonce stan, shocker right? The one thing I can say is no one is going to out work her! You can never take that away from her. But this commercial/thang here really captures sensuality while short skirting it's way around the sleaze factor. It kinda spells H.O.T. without spending too much time around the H.O. parts. That says a lot in this show-it-all, blow-it all - sex cum sleaze world we live in today. The lighting, atmosphere, soft focus, slinky corridor vamp walk & over-the-head neck rubbing shot all borrows heavily from the George Michael "Freedom" video from back in the day, but who cares. I'm a firm believer in stealing repurposing imagery and ideas for new uses in different contexts. We do it all the time in advertising but some people get all bent out of their own brilliance when they spot it happening. For me it works and Bey is a queen when it comes to studying here image and music history. Like when she killed with the Josephine Baker moves and everyone got pissed saying she was biting Tina Turner. The lady know her shakes. She once again masterfully applies her craft. Sex may sell, but sensuality moves minds and just maybe a whole load of parfum. (That's right I said Par-fum.)
P.S. Is that the same voice over guy from the new Jeep commercials?
P.S. Is that the same voice over guy from the new Jeep commercials?
Advertising Campaign Inspiration: Josephine Baker
The Boondocks Set To Return in 2010
Published by Michael Arceneaux on Monday, December 28, 2009 at 12:00 am.
Finally, Aaron McGruder has shed light on just when the third season of his critically-acclaimed series, The Boondocks, just might return to airwaves.
The show, which has tackled a number of topics in the most controversial of ways, hasn’t aired a new episode since spring 2008 – leaving fans wondering just if/when the show may return.
But the show ‘s creator McGruder took to Twitter to shed some light on the series and though no definite air date has been set, fans can at least expect some new signs of Huey, Riley, and Granddad in the New Year.
Found here.
Lil Wayne Rebirth Commercial
Director: Jake Davis
Creative Director: Oliver El-Khatib
Animation & EFX: Ebis
Label: Cash Money | Universal | Young Money
Illustrator: Charis Tsevis
South Africa 2010
A personal experimental project. Studying the richness of the African patterns heritage and the modern football (soccer) subculture.
Very well executed.
cred:
Film Poster: The Limits of Control
Poster design by The Refinery
www.rehescreative.com
Prints for sale @ http://www.rehescreative.com
Nike Christmas with the MVPs
Continuing the campaign Most Valuable Puppets (MVPs), Nike Basketball is back, the brand now decided to bring versions featuring rappers KRS1 and Lupe Fiasco (giving one of Santa Claus, complete with reindeer and everything). To give it a Christmas rap, along with the already known characters of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
The campaign is created by Wieden + Kennedy in Portland.
Gallery Show: The Art of Prince
San Francisco Art Exchange
The Art of Prince
The Art of Prince
Opening Night December was 16th, 2009
7 Unique Works from Prince
7 Unique Works from Prince
Each work is:
Signed by lead designer Anthony Malzone
Love Symbol Stamped
Approximately 36″ x 24″
Giclee Printed
Signed by lead designer Anthony Malzone
Love Symbol Stamped
Approximately 36″ x 24″
Giclee Printed
If you interested in owning one or more of these they are $1,000 apiece for a giclee edition of 99.
((Jayanta, how did we miss this show!?))
((Jayanta, how did we miss this show!?))
Milton Glaser's: 10 Things I Have Learned
{Excerpt}
1. You can only work for people you like
2. If you have a choice, never have a job
3. Some people are toxic, avoid them
4. The Good is the enemy of the Great
5. Less is not necessarily more
6. Style is not to be trusted
7. How you live changes your brain
8. Doubt is better than certainty “One of the signs of a damaged ego is absolute certainty”
9. It doesn’t matter
10. Tell the truth
Damn I needed that!
Damn I needed that!
Ryan Leslie raps up the Holidays for charity with One th1ng
The message is a simple one: “There is one country where one in four babies die before they are five, where one in eight mothers die in childbirth – it is one of the least developed in the world. That country is Sierra Leone. “There is one charity with an orphanage, a school and a medical centre that is committed to helping all the children. That charity is All As One.”US chart-topping singer/songwriter/producer Ryan Leslie has added his voice to a Holiday charity campaign film to raise money for children’s orphanages in Sierra Leone. Like the UK production company that made the film – th1ng – Leslie gave all his time for free.
chris brown: graffiti album art
Modern Day Mammy -or- New Liberated Cleaning Lady
Is this an example of the new Black woman or a rehashed stereotype? I noticed Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemimah got nip/tucked as well. Are these memes well worn and past their time of demise? Or should they live on as some form of homage to African American strides in America?
Just what does this image represent?
I forgot to mention I mopped this up @ MulticultClassics who says she looks like she fell down while mopping... in a designer gown... at a ball... the bump on the head resulted in a the mild state of euphoria shown above.
This is a dramatization, no real mammies were injured during this ad production.
African Diamond Council: Conflict Diamonds
This commercial is somewhat shocking but very well done. It was created by Y & R in South Africa for African Diamond Council, an organization that seeks to reveal the truth about the rare diamonds that came from Africa. Anyone who has watched the movie Blood Diamond (Blood Diamond) should already be up on the reality of Africa and the diamond business. It is a cruel market that is killing many Africans each year.
cred:
Young & Rubicam Cape Town, South Africa
Production Company: Blue Panther Films
Producer: Warren Meltz
Director: Grant De Sousa
Cinematographer: Roy Zetisky
Editor: Eben Smal - Priest
Soundtrack: Simon Malherbe
Creative Director: Clinton Bridgeford
Copywriters: Emily Veitch, Ismaeel Chetty, Deanne Longmore
Adidas Basketball 2010: Lesson In Style ad
Via: http://adsoftheworld.com/media/tv/adi...
Advertising Agency: 180LA / TWBA, USA
Executive Creative Director: William Gelner
Creative Directors: Gavin Milner, Grant Holland
Art Director: Erwin Federizo
Copywriter: Tom Hamling
Executive Producer/Managing Partner: Peter Cline
Senior Producer: David Emery
Account Director: Chad Bettor
Account Managers: Kirk Johnsen, Jared Jue
Production/Design Company: Elastic
Director: Andy Hall
VFX/Finishing Company: a52
CG Supervisor: Kirk Shintani
2D VFX Artist: John Roden
2D Artists: Henry De Leon, Jahmad Rollins
3D Artists: Adam Newman, Than Lane, Tom Connors, Kevin Culhane,
Assistant Producer: Heather Johann
Producer: Sarah Haynes
Executive Producer: Jennifer Sofio Hall
The best commercial of the past decade...
Talk about your brain tattoo -- this spot stays with you. For this was hands down the best of the last ten (or more) years.
Morgan Freeman - Chain of Command
A pimp is next to a principal, an inmate exceeds a freed slave... who did this list?
Everybody's mad @ Publishers Weekly...
For this cover?
Why. Admittedly the context is a little weak and the pun a little, well, not funny at all. But it should not be a twitter-rage. Just like the Tiger Woods thing, we can sometimes be so off topic. Can we rage on about healthcare or Global warming, what about two wars going on... soldiers dying? How about banking corruption or good old fashion, I'm gonna-hold-you-back-because-of-your-skin-color racism!
By the way, the book the image comes from Posing Beauty is GAW-JUS!!!
Interview: Brianna McCarthy
Accidentally. I’m not even sure. I’ve always, for as long as I’ve known myself, been attracted to creating things. I come from a resourceful family; a low income background has a tendency to provoke that! So, I knew that it was possible to alter most things, do without some things and make completely new things. Art was and escape for me too – I daydreamed too much as a child, drew too much, wrote too much – gave me the opportunity to be somewhere else constantly.
How is your ethnicity a source of inspiration or strength in your work?
Or is it just sort of a default setting that has little bearing.
It's both. I just am what I am, the product of many things and that's both mundane and exciting. I’m certainly influenced by my ethnic make-up or cultural influences as I want to know them intimately – it’s all very beautiful. Someone asked me once why all my paintings were of Black women. I had to think about it. I knew the answer, but what was it? I happen to be Black, female and West Indian; it’s what I identify with and influences how I see myself – therefore, it comes out in my expression.
Is being a woman artist different from being a man designer, do you find it liberating or challenging?
Liberating. I love being female and I love that men are different. I think male designers are quite different from female artists. My partner is a male designer and the differences between us, which I can attribute to creative differences, are fascinating. I make things I think are gorgeous to look at and that bring positivity because of that; he seeks to solve a problem through design. It’s quite interesting.
Is that question irrelevant?
Haha! I think it's relevant if you're into that dynamic.
What aspect of your art do you really love?
The reactions my work provokes. When someone really enjoys what I’ve made, it’s a good feeling. When I’m done and I know, from the piece, that it’s done and I’m happy with it, it’s a good feeling.
What's the most challenging part of what you do?
Figuring out exactly what it is that I do! My call card says “Brianna McCarthy – Makes Things”. Seriously though, being self taught is awesome I think but I wonder what I missed out on sometimes. I went with my other loves (Literature, French) for university. I didn’t ever consider studying art. I might change that at some point though.
Finding a way to create for a living outside of working at an agency or design company. I actually enjoy, if that's the right word, working in the corporate field -- it provides me a little balance.
Can you discuss any specifics about the process of creating a few of the pieces you sent.
The portraits of the 5 girls were done on a four day family vacation on the south coast of Trinidad. It was beautiful – the weather, the sea, the people – a great vibe. But I was pretty pensive that weekend – these girls were done during and after that time – a period of clarity. They’re honestly some of my favourites.
Any advice for neophytes?
Being a neophyte myself, I’d have to say – keep learning, stay focused, be smart about who you take advice from and trust yourself a little. Risk is good most times, even though I don’t often take my own advice in that regard. Most of all, be honest with yourself about yourself.
Photographer: Yann Gross (Kitintale skates)
A story about the first skateboarders in Uganda, how some youngsters were
influenced by a game they saw on TV and decided to construct themselves the
only skatepark of East Africa in Kitintale, a working class suburb of Kampala,
since there wasn’t any concrete around.
With no assistance from government or large NGO’s, kids from Uganda took
significant steps to overcome boredom and poverty throught skateboarding.
Built from the bottom up, the grassroots construction of the first skatepark engender
a sense of pride and empowerment in the community of Kitintale.
By learning how to skate, the kids developped a sense of belonging to a community
and realized a dream. Skateboarding keeps the youth busy and combats the
developement of negative habits.
The elder skateboarders became also kind of educators. They talk about the
problems that many Ugandan families are facing like HIV or malaria and try to
inculcate values such as respect and solidarity among the younger skaters.
http://www.yanngross.com
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