Asian-American pop culture magazine Giant Robot has a few stores dotted around the US, and their LA store, GR2, is having a special weekend art show and sale, entitled “Junk in the Trunk”. They’ve asked a long list of decent artists to contribute pieces of their art, old or new, with the stipulation that they be reasonably priced. You could even try to bargain with artists at the reception Saturday evening.
The next day they’ll also host a yard sale of all sorts of media, clothing, collectable toys and other stuff from the GR basement.
—Chris Noble, 05 August 2009
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BANKSY ACCOUNT
Long-time fans of the art of graffiti have had many, many underground heroes to follow and possibly emulate—but only a few make it to household name status, where middle-class middle-aged broadsheet readers may have a thick perfect-bound book featuring said artist on the coffee table. Here in Blighty, a completely anonymous chap from Bristol has certainly made it—at least, to the people waiting in line around the block for over two hours, he’s definitely made it. To say the Banksy vs Bristol Museum exhibit was impressive would be understating it a little.
Firstly, the setting. The Bristol Museum is one of those classically dusty old museums from yesteryear—well, 1905 to be precise—grand olde architecture, all stone and vaulted pillars spread over
—Mark Noble, 31 July 2009
Banksy let visitors take photos: Mark took advantage for your pleasure
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A QUARTER OF NICKELS
I can still remember the very first time I heard them. It was the same day I first met Neil Blender. 1986 or so. Neil was blasting their music over speakers in his living room when O and I walked in. My first question was, “Who is this?” Neil and O both responded, “The Minutemen.” I was dumbfounded. A few months later in a record store, my good friend Kevin Wilkins shoved a couple 12″ records in my hand and just said, “Buy these.” It was the Minutemen’s What Makes a Man Start Fires? and Double Nickels.
I purchased them both and my life hasn’t been the same since.
The Minutemen’s now iconic Double Nickels on the Dime has been floating in
—Andy Jenkins, 30 July 2009
Catch up with WE JAM ECONO: The Story of the Minutemen
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Once again I packed my tour pant* and headed off on my (to date) nine-year documentary project with The Bays, driving all night to Soundwave Festival, Croatia. For the (not unreasonably) unaware, The Bays are possibly the least commercial musical enterprise since Cindi Lauper turned pro-wrestler—though at least their sweat and toil is appreciated by an ever-increasing audience, time after time…
—Tom Oldham, 29 July 2009
Article, here: Tom’s so close to the action one can smell the socks in the van
*An ‘in’ Bays tour joke, rewarding those who pack the least stuff: tour pant being one less than tour pants
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HEAR ME WHIR
First there was the old Honda Insight, a car for every adventurous, early eco-nerd. Then came the Toyota Prius, a bland family hybrid that pro skaters used their newly-upped paycheques and trade-in money from their Honda Civics to buy. Next in the field of notable electrically-enhanced environmentally (less un-) friendly motors was that hotshot electric Tesla, priced beyond most people’s reach. And now, we’ve come full circle, back to a new Insight. Which looks like a Prius. A bit dull.
But the reasonably-heeled eco-conscious Kev and Sharon (perhaps that should be updated to Carter and Poppy) will soon be able to get in on the game with next year’s offering from Honda, the CR-Z. (That stands for “Compact Renaissance Zero”. Like,
—Chris Noble, 28 July 2009
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The drive thru line is long, so I decide to park and go in. Never been inside this particular fast food joint, but they make a good chicken pita pocket, so I go for it. The parking lot is tight. Ridiculously tight. I wait for a giant Suburban to struggle its way through a twenty-point turn, before slithering into the spot it vacated. As I walk in, I pass a line of homeless folks sitting on the stoop out front. The cement is black with their time spent. Inside I instantly get a turnaround from a tall, bald, flame-tattooed white man waiting his turn at the register.
“Number 911!” shouts the Hispanic girl from behind the counter. “Your order is up!”
Flame
—Andy Jenkins, 27 July 2009
Postcard by Tucker Nichols
It is said there are no new ideas, and that seems to ring true in brand logo design as much as anything else. Al Cooper’s World of Logotypes book series was published in the early eighties and each features 3000-plus logos, a scattering of which may seem familiar not because you’ve seen them before but because many new logo designs look remarkably similar.
If you’re into logo design and have a penchant for the clean and/or old-school look, the three volumes are definitely worth seeking out.
—Chris Noble, 23 July 2009
On October 16th, the world will know. The speculation will be over. Parents’ nightmares about their children’s nightmares will come true, or not. Film executives will be rethinking, whichever way it pans out. It is widely expected to be seminal.
Meanwhile, the creative crew behind Spike Jonze’s film adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are are taking their mind off the furore, perhaps, by blogging. No corporate control, no enforced plugs. Just cool, enthusiastic people who know, enthusiastically blogging cool stuff you should know.
—Chris Noble, 23 July 2009
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YOU KNOW THE TYPE
How would you measure the success of a type designer? Through widespread coverage, the success of their typefaces, or the subjective quality of their work? Seb Lester’s answers to these illustrious career criteria would be the use of his custom Intel typeface on all of Intel’s branding and product ranges and his development of typefaces used by Barclays Bank, Dell, The Daily Telegraph, GQ, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and the upscale supermarket Waitrose, for starters. Lester’s Neo Sans and Soho Gothic are amongst some of the best selling modern typefaces, holding their own amongst classics such as Helvetica and Futura.
The use of his type is not only huge but continually expanding.
To vent some extra creative steam, he’s
—Johann Chan, 22 July 2009
You can catch one of the UK’s finest type designers’ very first solo exhibition at the Electrik sheep gallery starting on the 6th August
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A Leica the iPhone camera is not, but on the fly it can make for some great images, especially with the newly added focus points of the 3Gs model and a few apps to polish a turd. My favorite polishers include Camera Bag and Old Camera. Both are filters which aid in turning otherwise lifeless, flat photos into something a bit more magical. Old Camera gives users a selection of monochromatic options, while Camera Bag has everything from Lomo and Holga looks, to 70s style color. Are iPhones the new Polaroid cameras?
—Jared Souney, 21 July 2009
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