Visual Culture

U.S. President Barack Obama’s first signature as president seen after he signed a proclamation, after being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States during the inaugural ceremony in Washington January 20, 2009.

Source: REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES)

Here’s a ‘Shredded A’ T-shirt by illustrator Brock Davis. For more check-out the always inspirational Threadless.

The Detroit Auto Show is over, but open to the public until January 24th. Get the Green re-cap of this years event over at Treehugger. Find out who’s leading the pack and who needs some work.

This has been the year of re-designs for beverages. Gatorade has joined the likes of Pepsi, Mt. Dew, Sunkist and Tropicana with new packaging on the shelves. This attempt out of the 5 is the most successful. We’ve included the other re-designs see below for (more…)

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Osocio has a few visual goodbyes to share. This one caught our fancy. It’s a photograph of flying shreds of paper after shoes were hurled at the poster of President George Bush outside the US Consulate in Montreal, Canada. People went out in freezing -24 C weather to show support the Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeizi (from the Bush Shoe incident). (Source: Flickr)

Innovative packaging concept by Ukrainian Designer, Johan de Broyer called Soda-Seal. It allows the drinker to reseal their soda can for later enjoyment. For more on how it works you know the drill.

In the designer’s own words:

They say the best ideas are often the simplest: but in reality, the best are the ones that can make money. My Invention of the Advertising Soda Seal is not just as a way of keeping our drinks sparkling, but opening up a new advertising media across the 250 billion drinks cans consumed annually. My Invention of the Advertising Soda Seal costs no more to manufacture than existing cans and offers the golden ticket of extra value for the consumer and revenues for the drinks companies.

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CNN is up to something, in an effort to: “…capture the most detailed experience of a single moment ever,” CNN will assemble photos sent in by users into one big photosynth. CNN is clearly trying to put themselves ahead of the pack on this one. To find out more you know the drill. Want to find out what a Photosynth is?

Notcot has a wonderful display of photographs of the Manifest Hope Exhibition that went down January 17th-19th leading up to the inauguration. Check it out here.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King Jr.