Check out this insanely cool animation from James Jarvis. Entitled “Onwards,” it sees one of Jarvis’s iconic ‘potato-headed’ characters stretching before running through his hand drawn landscape. Animated by Richard Kenworthy. Read more about the animation on James’ blog.
What does all the stuff you own say about you, and do you really need any of it in the first place? That is a central question in Objectified, a new documentary from Gary Hustwit, the director of Helvetica. I saw the Chicago screening tonight and was blown away. The director says the term objectified [...]
Tags: Art·Design·Hustwit·Objectified
A few weeks ago I broke down and created a twitter account. My 5 most recent updates will always be displayed on the right side of this blog page, under “Ambient Awareness”. I plan to use it to fill in the gaps and connect the dots between more substantive posts/updates. Many people strongly dislike the “ambient [...]
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I just finished reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Below are some of the the phrases and sentences that caught my attention. Buy it on amazon.com Seductive bloom Focused throught, deliberate action Sins of desire vs sins of passion Concept of continual mutation Accept without either complacency or compunction materal comforts No one can lose what [...]
I love music, which shows in my fairly extensive music collection. It spans well over 500 albums using over 100 gigabytes. Some of my favorites are: Guster, Postal Service, Snow Patrol, Mae, The Shins, New Pornographers, Ben Folds, Bloc Party, Death Cab for Cuttie, Dave Matthews Band, Gufs, Radiohead, South, U2, Cure, The Decemberists, Hot [...]
Tags: Music