WOW: Monsieur COK
Wow. Just wow. Monsieur COK is a short French film illustrating the struggle between capitalism and communism, labor and money, automation and human labor. Visually stunning and groteschly real, this is a fantastic yet somewhat scary look at the industry that drives our lives, wars, and world. Watch it online. Fantastic! (Found via NotCot.org)
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Etsy Tuesday : Modern Pop is Awesome!
I was searching for something to post here on the ole blog for Etsy Tuesday (which has apologically been on a few week hitatus for no good reason), just typing ‘helvetica’ in the search, knowing something awesome would come up in the results. And boy, did something awesome come up in the return: the Ode...
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Threadcakes
This is such a fun idea : Threadcakes is an online contest for bakers and decorators challenged to recreate a Threadless tee in the medium of cake. Some are awesome and some could use some work, but overall, the gallery of cake submissions features just a ton of great work. Sweet!
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Skinny Ships, Things I Like
I’m going to have to agree with Richard Perez here, the man behind Skinny Ships, and say that these are Things I Like too. This great self-promo poster was a series of hand-screened 5 color posters and were for awhile sold over on Etsy. (I hope they will be again soon, Rich… hook me up!). ...
Grain Edit : Frank Chimero Interview
Frank Chimero, one of my favorite contemporary illustrators and designers, has a great interview over at Grain Edit. Talking about his inspiration for work, his history as an artist, and working at Missouri State (whoop whoop Springfield!), it’s a great interview. He also goes through the development steps he used for the newest addition to...
Robot Wallpaper : Aimee Wilder
This wallpaper, design and found over at Aimee Wilder’s super cool site & store, is awesome! I love robots and I would love to have this hanging in my hall. She also has many other great designs for paper, including stacked analog stereos, pigeons, and squirrels. Cheers!
Apple Computers in 1997
In 1987, Apple put together this stunning video of Apple in 1997, as if Marty & the Doc went to the future and brought it back on VHS. Includes the Apple Therapist, trendy computer sunglasses with a tiny floppy disk, and a cameo of the ’97 version of Steve Wozniak…but no Steve Jobs…? I found...
General Robots = Awesome!
Did I ever mention how much I love robots?! General Robots is an online store out of Germany (Oh, those Germans!) that facilitates every nerds dream in supplying tons of robot-related stuff. Affirmative!