April 2010
“Media Buying is a sub function of Advertising management. Media Buying is the...”
– An unpleasant sounding job.
“The banner Don’t Californicate Oregon became the symbol of James...”
– Californication (word) - Wikipedia
Damn xenophobic Oregonians! But seriously, I never realized “Californication” had to do with Californian emigration. I always thought it was more about California’s influence on global culture.
Also, interesting note at the bottom of the article...
March 2010
Overfishing means the end of seafood by 2050,... →
Ugh. And a more contemporary article about the same issue: Morally bankrupt and no longer even trying.
Wine label design →
So yeah, it’s one of those lists, but some of these are actually really cool.
“While gefilte fish isn’t one of the symbolic foods on the Passover Seder...”
– The best explanation I could find (in about 5 minutes of research) as to why Jews eat gefilte fish on Passover.
Which, by the way, I really like.
Manic Pixie Dream Girl - Wikipedia, the free... →
MPDGs are usually static characters who have eccentric personality quirks and are unabashedly girlish. They invariably serve as the romantic interest for a (often brooding or depressed) leading male protagonist.
La Cage aux Folles - Interactive Feature -... →
Nice look at the process of getting an approved poster design for a Broadway play (musical?). It’s actually kind of sad…some really unique and beautiful pieces rejected in favor of something that feels much more generic and unoriginal.
“[V]ote-Auction“ is a relatively old project from 2000 just before the first...”
– Q+A With Ubermorgen
“Media hackers” is just an awful name for anyone but some of these projects are fascinating.
Parasite - train projection →
Rather nice project by MIT’s Richard The. It’d be nice for more trains to officially implement this kind of thing and showcase art commissioned work inside the tunnels. I also think that it’s kind of amazing someone was able to do this in post 9/11-NYC without being immediately arrested or tackled by streetwise commuters.
Let's Colour Project →
I’ve always felt America has needed this. Come to LA!
Mother Los Angeles →
Fake ad agency, launched as part of Devo’s weird record launch campaign. Is this marketing, anti-marketing, or meta-irony?
SlateV | Arts and Life | How I Ran an Ad on Fox... →
World of Logotypes – Part 3 | Aqua-Velvet →
They don’t make em like that anymore.
Brian Eno - Wikipedia →
Look at how long Brian Eno’s page summary is. It takes five fucking paragraphs just to summarize this man’s career. Jesus.
MoMA.org | Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present →
Live feed of Marina Abramovic’s ongoing performance at MoMA.
Irene.fr » kid cudi / pursuit of happiness, by... →
Kind of mind blowing effect with the turning of the camera and whatnot…not even sure what to call that.
BUTTONS: Between Blinks & Buttons →
Interesting project. I preferred what I originally understood it to be - a pool of networked cameras that all exchange their images to one another. So if you and another user both take photos at the same time, you get their photo and they get yours.
