Here is another rogue street artist called Roadsworth who’s on par with Banksy. The Montreal based street artist began his quest of fusing graphic imagery in the streets shortly after 9/11 to communicate his thoughts on the world’s dependency on oil. In 2004 he was charged with 53 counts of mischief and faced almost 100 grand in fines. Due to massive public outcry, he was given a lenient sentence. His work is thoughtful, powerful, and integrated into the Montreal streets.
Since his bout with the law, he’s been commissioned to do legal public works and has a new documentary coming out called “Roadsworth: Crossing the Line” (more…)
Arabesque: Graphic Design from the Arab World and Persia, gives you a closer look at contemporary graphic design in the Middle East. The work is visually stunning, has a strong focus on typography and presents a myriad of modern Arabic fonts and typefaces. (more…)
In its 12th year, the DUMBO Arts Festival will be in high gear this Friday thru Sunday. There will be 65+ new public pieces and over 100 artists will open their studios for a full access. If you find yourself uninspired, board the F to Jay Street. You won’t be disappointed.
The estimated 60 Billion for the cost of the Iraq war presented by Donald Rumsfeld in 2003 has ballooned to a cost 10 times that amount. Watch this video via Good.
It’s called GreenForBlue, and their motto is simple: “one car and several trees at a time.”
The benefits of the project are manifold: It will contribute to the worldwide effort to curb global warming; it will increase the biodiversity on land owned and cultivated by Sappi; it will promote the growth of indigenous trees; local communities and schools in these areas will benefit financially from the project; and it will ensure a healthier environment.
On October 2nd, the Art Directors Club in NYC will host Designism 3.0. This is the third annual installment of an ongoing series of talks/discussions about socially conscious design. IDEO, Core77, Avenue A|Razorfish, Milton Glaser, and Steven Heller are the short list of participants. To learn more, click here.
Here’s an interesting graphic representation of the entire script of the classic cult film, Clerks. The visual breakdown is as followed:
Each colored block represents one second in the movie with individual blocks grouped into rows of sixty seconds… The color of each block indicates the character speaking at that specific moment in time. Seconds with no active speaker are indicated by a split gray block and character lines containing profanity are indicated by white dots in the corresponding blocks.
So, is Philadelphia becoming the next design hot spot? Now in it’s 4th year this week-long event will highlight architecture, interior design, fashion, product design, textile, and graphic design.
This year Design Philadelphia focuses on local and international sustainable design, with the theme Down to Earth: Evolving Design in the 21st Century. To learn more click here:
This is worth a look. You can visit slow.si to view all thirteen solutions that were submitted into the corporate image bid for the EU Presidency.
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