Phone Booths | Nostalgia in a Cell Phone World
Faye Dunaway and George Maharis (both looking extremely cool) making an important call on the set of “The Happening. (photo via Corbis) With the proliferation of cell phones, we loose out on those private moments our parents had during their public phone calls. Nowadays, we’re all out-and-about, with the world sharing in on our conversations.
Power Cord Tweets
For someone who likes birds and loves distortion even more, I am so happy to have been tipped off (thank you Heather!) to this great video.
Quarter Productions | Stebs Schinnerer
It’s fantastic to see a group of very talented artists getting their due respect and proper exposure. I’m fortunate to have been introduced to the group The Fringe Movement via Michael Dacey (Repeat Press). The Fringe Movement is a cooperative of sorts in Somerville MA, consisting of about a dozen artists/businesses, each working in various [...]
Silhouettes
Alfred Hitchcock and Carey Grant The beauty of silhouettes is how your mind fills in the missing elements. The tricky thing about creating effective silhouettes is deciding what to take away and what essential details to leave behind. Or in the case of the above photo of Alfred Hitchcock and Carey Grant, the subject matter [...]
Spring is Coming | Most Epic
Dust off those Vans and unfold the shorts because Spring is coming! (I hope the sun hasn’t made me overly optimistic today.) Most Epic from Quarter Productions on Vimeo.
Michael Dacey | Repeat Press Letterpress Studio
I love the internet’s ability to create connections. Stopping by my friend’s blog A Continuous Lean a couple months ago, I was treated to a video (by Quarter Productions) of a letterpress printshop making some coasters for Highsnobiety. The video was so well done that I wanted to find out more about the people behind [...]
Birds on the Wires
A little weekend-appropriate video from the Brazilian artist, Jarbas Agnelli. Just stopping to notice an interesting view and then working with it. As he explains finding this photo in a newspaper and wanting to quite literally put it to song, using the bird’s exact locations as the notes on a scale. He concedes that it [...]
Independent Fabrications+Bodega+BaileyWorks
You may remember my post (Fabricated Independence) a few weeks ago about the Massachusetts bike company, Independent Fabrications. Well, the people over at Quarter Productions and Highsnobiety/Selectism also found them interesting and made a fantastic video last week showcasing Independent’s collaboration (aka. Paper Labels) with Bodega and BaileyWorks. Check out the video below and also [...]
Adobe Photoshop Cook
Have you ever wished you could control the real world with a few clicks of your computer mouse? Get so reliant on “Command-Z” to undo your mistakes that (if only for a moment) you believe you can use it in the everyday world? If so, than this video is for you. Made by a young [...]
Paul Smith for Evian
The True Brit, and The Real Deal. Inspiring words from Sir Paul Smith- all nicely wrapped inside a beautifully produced video promoting his partnership with Evian water.
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