Pimped-Out Kettles? Who Knew

I love found art sculpture, though these are a bit different. Some of them are pretty cool. An idea for creative departments that need a little outlet and a break from client work? I'd love to see transformed irons (surely we all have one sitting around that we don't use, ne?).

OOH Rainbow

Forget that the rainbow is WAAAAY over done for lottery, just enjoy the work.

Green Green

The movie is the spotlight, but love the logo treatment at the end.

Help Needed

The Need:
PlatteForum is in need of borrowing one or more 11x17” black and white laser printers for our current artist workshops with at-risk youth. We would need the printer from September 15 – October 15, 2008.

The Organization:
Through the creative process, PlatteForum gives hope and direction to underserved youth who collaborate with master artists from around the world. This experience transforms the lives of the youth, the artists and the community. PlatteForum received the 2006 Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.

The Project:
Workshops with Creative Resident Gail Watson who is working with at-risk youth in PlatteForum’s ArtLab to create hand-made artist books. Exhibition opens October 16, 2008.

The Contact:
Judy Anderson, judy@platteforum.org
303.893.0791

The More:
Gail Watson is a book artist and proprietor of Birdwood Press in Rollinsville, Colorado. In describing her work she comments: “I made my first book in the third grade at P.S. 37 in Queens, New York. I wrote, illustrated and bound the book, “A Trip on a Ship”, when I was eight years old. I grew up in a home with lots of books – art books in the living room and books of a more scholarly nature in my father’s study. It wasn’t until I was in my late 20’s that I returned to making books and realized that it is a perfect format for communicating ideas and imagery in a very intimate way. Holding a book in your hands starts a physical, tactile connection with art that allows the images and words full access to your senses. The book or codex lets the artist tell a story or explore a subject but the reader is empowered to linger, flip, twist, and turn at his or her own discretion.” During her residency she will work with ArtLab students interested in exploring their relationship with dominant culture, how ever that presents itself. Are they African-American in a still mostly white America? Chicano? Gay in a still very homophobic America? How aware are they of the historic presidential nomination of a person of color? The resulting work will comprise Dominate Culture: Outside & Other, at PlatteForum that opens during October’s National Book Month.

Any one out there that can help?

If Wikipedia was a Professor

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Zune Masks

Zunes answer to iPod's advertising. Doesn't make me want to switch, but does make me want to make friends.

Chocolate Man

Really well pulled together. Nice thought, nice enough for a Lion anyway. What really kills me is the look on his face.

Bullseye Bodega: Target Hits Manhattan

Target opened several New York City style corner stores for four days only. I think that's pretty cool of Target, though I do love the independent stores. From the photos I've seen, I prefer the outside to the inside, which looks like it got mixed up with McDonalds. 

The Gap does something similar in a rotating theme store next to their flagship NYC store (sounds like rotating art in a cafe...). The latest rendition featured Parisian boutique colette. Check out their website — kind of fun.

BK Sweeps

Check out the sweeps that comes with Burger King's Seth Macfarlane's Cavalcade of Comedy. Buy Seth lunch at BK. Just great.

Heart Wrenching

Tough not to like these. On point. OgilvyOne, Sydney, Australia

Torn Money

I have seen a few of these ads lately, you know, the stuck together pages. Nice tech, but this one is the best execution so far. Think how attention getting it would be.

For the Toy Lover

The concept is good. The juxtaposition is great. Enjoy.

Sienfeld and Gates PT2

Again, why?
Slightly entertaining, yet they just come off as jerks.
Hopefully they go somewhere with this, cause it has to be expensive.

Strange Days in Advertising

No comments necessary. For more of this, see Weirdomatic.

BK gives us Comedy

What do you get when Burger King gets Seth McFarlane create weekly content for the innovative fast food campaign. Well, technically you get Family Guy without the story line, but– You still get a wild fan base and content (and we all know how much the kids love content). Nice, its a win-win. New audience, brand loyalty in the making and comedy. Let's see how it goes.




Mario is pretty damn funny. I'll watch, yeah that was probably the plan.

Incredible

Take a look at this. Once you are over the overwhelming art direction, you get sucked into the conversation. Undertones of herbivores and carnivores, sexuality, race. Plus it's in GERMAN. It couldn't possibly be a better story, subject or drama. I'll leave you with this: turn the Real world into this, and I will watch it. Wait are they still running that show, does anyone remember it?

If not, there is hope.

Clock

As a designer, I completely fell in love with this clock. It does everything I try to do with design. Rethinks form, function, numbers, how you read it, and how simple a clock can be. This is beautiful. Rim Clock by Jansen Ly.

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Floating Types Flakes

Ever watch snow falling from the top of a high building? It's a beautiful sight, especially if it's one of those days when the snow creates a giant hush...

...and everything  seems still except the fat floating flakes.

This video makes me feel like that, at least at the beginning. Watch it full screen.

Mini Ambient

Simple. Nice work out of Butler and Shine. Seems like they are finally getting a feeling for Mini, good work to follow in the shoes of CP+B.