I am completely mesmerized by these works of art by Issac Salazar. Fantastic.

(via Gallobythian)

Freedom on the Fence is a 40 minute documentary about the history of Polish posters and their significance to the social, political and cultural life of Poland. The film examines the period from WWII through the fall of Communism, and captures the paradox of how this unique art form flourished within a Communist regime.

The documentary contains interviews with older and younger generations of poster artists, examples of past and current poster work, historic and current film footage of where and how the poster is viewed, and commentaries from both American and Polish scholars and artists on the significance of the Polish poster as a cultural icon.

Freedom on the Fence has been screened at several film festivals and was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, as part of an exhibit of Polish posters.

If you’re interested in seeing the movie, you might want to know that Andrea Marks, the producer, is happy to present the film with a lecture at your venue.

My studiomate Jessi is hands-down the most color loving and creative person I know. That being said, I wasn’t necessarily surprised with her plans of wanting to paint a skateboard in rainbow colors for the Bordo Bello Fundraiser. But I was amazed at the stop motion video she created documenting the process. It put the *biggest* smile on my face today. Check this out:

Bordo bello is a one-night only custom skatedeck show and fundraiser. bordobello.com

Wenn man dem hier statistisch glauben kann, hortet keine andere Online-Plattform so viele Fotos bei sich wie Facebook. Selbst Flickr sieht dagegen eher mickrig aus.

Digital cameras are now ubiquitous – it is estimated that 2.5 billion people in the world today have a digital camera. If the average person snaps 150 photos this year that would be a staggering 375 billion photos. That might sound implausible but this year people will upload over 70 billion photos to Facebook, suggesting around 20% of all photos this year will end up there. Already Facebook’s photo collection has a staggering 140 billion photos, that’s over 10,000 times larger than the Library of Congress.

(via PetaPixel)

Most of us dread going into work, but what if you had to spend most of your days in an office like this? Peter Daniel Frazier works from home above Chuckanut Bay in Bellingham, Washington. His forest office cube is perfect for those who feel an overwhelming sense of calm when they're in nature. One glance at his surroundings must take his stress level down a few notches...

"I designed my office to be as unobtrusive as possible, to be an uncluttered work space, a guest house that keeps 'em coming back, and an inspired meditation room," says Frazier. "It has a green roof so when we see the structure from the house it fits into the forest."




Peter Daniel Frazier on Flickr

This ImprovEverywhere project is *so* New York. Made me smile.

(Thank you Bas)

A little over a year ago three German students tested the design viability of a shiny black cube. They asked established designers and design critics to assess the cube. Above is the video with design legend Dieter Rams.

I agree with Steve Heller, you’ll never look at a cube the same way again (or will you?).

Read more: Daily Heller: In CUBE We Trust

UPDATE: They just launched their site: the-black-cube.com

Extreme adventure photographer Jimmy Chin narrates his own personal journey at Yosemite National Park while on assignment to shoot the cover story for National Geographic. It's exhilarating to see the amazing imagery Jimmy is able to capture as he scales some of the highest rocks, repels down the side of cliffs, base jumps off ledges, and pitches his tent literally in mid-air. Equally amazing is his perspective on life and why he does it...

Music:
Green Button Music
"As The Clock Turns"
"The Museum"
GreenButtonMusic.com

Random Rab
"K'Khana" (Featuring Rigzin)
"The Alienist"
MySpace.com/​RandomRabMusic

Camp 4 Collective website
Jimmy Chin's website
National Geographic website
via [Doobybrain]

For their engagement shots, most couples pretend as though they're models or actors in a romantic movie. The results often end up being unoriginal or somewhat cliché.

Juliana Sunmi Park and Benjamin Jinsuk Lee took their engagement shoot to a whole new level. Instead of trying to be cute, they threw down with a zombie attacker....and won!

According to photographer Amanda Rynda, "It was Ben's idea! He wanted to make sure his manliness wasn't lost in an engagement session. Juliana styled it, I staged, shot and edited it. It was a super fulfilling and creative day for me thanks to Juliana and Ben and their unique view on love."

















Amanda Rynda's Tumblr blog
via [Wedding Jojo], [mlkshk], [The Daily What]

Revolights are a set of thin profile LED rings that you can attach to your bicycle rim to simulate a flashing LED light display so people can see you better on the road when you’re out at night.

They are currently on Kickstarter trying to raise money to go into production. Definitely worth supporting, if you ask me.

revolights. join the revolution. from revolights on Vimeo.

(via doobybrain)

This Magazine Stack Stool by Sut Kutusu is totally clever and made me smile.

(thank you Marc)

In a world driven by modern technology, how disconnected has our society become from nature? German-born director Hanna Maria Heidrich believes the answer is way too much. In this beautifully filmed short entitled "We Miss You," Heidrich gives us a powerful and poignant reminder of where we all came from, suggesting that we get back in touch with our roots. The short earned her several prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, including Best European Branded Short.

We Miss You website
via [Laughing Squid]

OakoAk isn't your typical street artist. His work isn't a political or sociological commentary on life and he doesn't spend hours on end painting extravagant murals. He's more like a comedian. With a highly aware set of eyes, he takes otherwise boring objects like hand rails, street signs and potholes and creates a narrative around them to make funny and interesting works of art. I think it's safe to say that the world is a happier place because of this clever Frenchman.












More Funny Street Art from Oakoak:
Pop Culture-Inspired Street Art
Clever and Cute Street Art
Angry Bird Spotted in the City!

Oakoak's website

Whenever I spot an email from the oh-so-very-talented Zachary Lieberman in my inbox I pay attention. He just pointed me to the above music video he did with Olga Bell. The projections on her face are real-time and the visuals respond to her movement and the sound of her voice. You read right, no post-production effects were used in this video. Everything on the face is happening in real-time, via hacked Kinect, laptop and LED projector. It’s built using FaceTracker code from Jason Saragih.

Cool? Yes, very much so.

More than one out of every five people in the world lives without any access to electricity. Yet, out of those 1.4 billion people living without modern energy, many play the most popular game in the world, soccer.

Four Harvard students created a project for the American Express-sponsored Take Part program. Using the sport, it's a creative solution which aims to solve the energy problem.

The sOccket is a soccer ball that captures energy with every kick. Fifteen minutes of play produces three hours of light. The portable generator harnesses the kinetic energy of the soccer ball during normal game play and stores it for later power needs. After play, an LED lamp can be plugged into the sOccket to provide light for reading and other activities normally impossible after dark.

In impoverished areas, the lack of access to electricity leads many households to utilize dangerous energy alternatives, like kerosene lamps, which are harmful to the environment and our health. In fact, indoor use of solid fuels is single-handedly responsible for almost 500,000 deaths per year in Africa.

sOccket website
via [Neatorama]

Woven rainbow gift toppers? Yes, please!

Daniel López shot Canary Sky 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) above sea level in Tenerife. The cinematographic video took him over a year to complete. The scenes with the rolling clouds are amazing...

Daniel López's website
via [The Daily What]

Everything is a Remix Part 3 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Kirby Ferguson just released his third installment of his Everything is a Remix series, titled The Elements of Creativity.

If you’d like to read the full transcript of this episode, go here. If you enjoy this video and would like to support the series, please take a moment to donate.

(via Brain Pickings)

It's unclear who transformed this Soviet army monument in Sofia, Bulgaria, but how interesting is this? The artists changed the Russian Red Army soldiers, who led an advance on Nazi-allied Bulgaria during World War II, into superheroes and comic book characters!

The pop art creation with the caption "Abreast with the Times" drew crowds of people over the weekend, posing to have their picture taken with Superman, Santa Claus, Ronald McDonald , Captain America, Batman's sidekick Robin, and the Joker.

Russia's embassy in Sofia wasn't so happy about the brief transformation. "The Russian embassy is again compelled to highlight an outrageous act of vandalism against the Soviet army monument in Sofia," they said.

But many individuals did not agree with Russia's government. In fact, 1,700 people rallied on Facebook to protest against the cleaning of the sculpture. Too bad it was all in vain. The monument has since been cleaned up, at a cost of about $720.






Photo credit: REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
via [AFP], [Toronto Sun]

A plume of foam in bauxite waste at an aluminum manufacturing plant - Darrow, LA., December 2005

It almost feels wrong to describe these photos as beautiful. Environmental activist J Henry Fair took these colorful aerial shots of Industrial Scars with the hope that we would understand our role in this mess that we've caused and that, ultimately, we'd want to make a difference.

"My work is a response to my vision of society," says Fair. "I see our culture as being addicted to petroleum and the unsustainable consumption of other natural resources, which seems to portend a future of scarcity. My vision is of a different possibility, arrived at through careful husbandry of resources and adjustment of our desires and consumption patterns toward a future of health and plenty.

"To gear our civilization toward sustainability does not necessitate sacrifice today, as many naysayers would argue, but simply adjustment. There are many societies existing at present that have a standard of living at least as high as ours while consuming and polluting a fraction of what is the norm in the United States."


Grass being planted on covered mining site, a process called “hydro-seeding” - Kayford Mountain, W. Va., October 2005


Heavy metal waste from fertilizer production - Convent, La., December 2005


Phospho-gypsum fertilizer waste - Geismar, La., December 2005


Oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill floats and mixes on the water - Gulf of Mexico, June 2010


Two types of oil from the BP Deepwater spill float on the Gulf - Gulf of Mexico, June 2010


The inside of a holding tank at an oil sands upgrader facility - Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, July 2009


Outlet pipe from phosphate waste impoundment - Lakeland, FL, 2007


Herbicide manufacturing plant - Luling, LA, 2010


Herbicide manufacturing plant - Luling, LA, 2010


Run-off pond at Rio Tinto Mine - Rio Tinto, Spain, 2008


Waste pond near brown coal-fired power station - Lausitz, Germany, 2008

Industrial Scars Book
Industrial Scars website
via [GP Gallery], [The Morning News]