Visual Culture

While following the trend on logo distortion, or deconstruction in some cases, we stumbled upon this site which presents “brand identities with split personalities.”

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Brought to you by the folks at Shiznit, this selection of posters cuts through the bullshit and addresses the essence of of this summer’s biggest blockbuster films.

“Where do ideas come from? From looking at one thing and seeing another.”

Saul Bass

The findings of this Walmart/Sam’s Club growth pattern chart may have been compared to the spread of wildfire but our first impression was the proliferation of an aggressive, deadly disease. Props to FlowingData for keeping us up to speed on the invasion.

Peep this series of posters which visualize musical genres using just one shape and one type apiece. While some manage to hit the mark, a few fall a tad short of their representational goals, if you will. For the complete series you know the drill.

Another amusing find: The ‘Colour Clock’ is a minimalistic screensaver that represents time as a hexadecimal color value. Give it a whirl if you feel so inclined.

Milton Glaser – on the fear of failure. from Berghs' Exhibition '11 on Vimeo.

To promote their graduation exhibition this spring, students from the Berghs School of Communication invited prominent creatives to offer their insight into the common affliction. Nutritious food for thought…

This unique infographic takes a creative approach to illustrating wartime bloodshed from 1915-present. Using approximation, the 100 Years of World Cuisine aims to “put a picture on these digits. A shocking, gory picture, like the reality of war. We wanted to give context, like a scale on which we could visualize each conflict next to the others.” In other words, demonstrate the bloody truth of war: Bloodthirst.

VC is a big fan of DIY projects such as this. Ty shower curtains come complete with a permanent black marker to Draw-It-Yourself. In the mood for even more self expression? Check this and that.

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We dig this interesting play on the virtual/tangible dynamic.Perfect Fools’ latest interactive Converse installation features 480 individually powered Chuck Taylor All Stars, each acting as a pixel in a giant screen.