PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard (some examples found below). This is a video about fifty people, whom all share a secret. Some small, others huge, but all with an impact. Beautifully shot video.
The chance that you read about this subject on another site is very likely, but It’s Nice That are very special. As one of our favorite sites, these guys are now taking pre-orders for issue 4 bi-annually printed publication. The issue, which is set for release on October 1st, includes interviews with Nick Knight, Neville Brody, Miranda July, Trokia, RBG6, Noma Bar and Bompas & Parr, plus features by Sara De Bondt, Adam Buxton, Adrian Shaughnessy, Jez Burrows, Mike Lemanski, Peter Nencini and Micah Lidberg. A James Jarvis exclusive screen print will be included with all orders made before September 30th. Some say this is their best issue to date……
The Polaroid is Dead! This is a sentence which most people would agree with; but with the rise of uber-sharp images in both video and pictures, creatives are dusting the dust off their parents Polaroid camera. This is made apparent with the revival of the Polaroid factory in Enschede, The Netherlands, by The Impossible Project, who provide specially made film for all users. But the question still remains, are Polaroid’s art? This discussion came about last year, when readers of The Moment argued about the artistic merit of Andy Warhol Polaroids. Artist & filmmaker Julian Schnabel, now adds fire to the discussion by realeasing his own series of Polaroids in his book “Julian Schnabel: Polaroids.” The book includes images of his Montauk, N.Y., studio, his family and a series called “Crazy People,” where Schnabel photographed Lou Reed, Placido Domingo, Christopher Walken, the Beastie Boys and Mickey Rourke. The book is set for release and can be pre-ordered on Amazon.com.
As the iPad finds more and more release over the world, we start seeing more and more great new apps. That Social Media, ala Facebook and Twitter, would play a large role in these apps was a given. Take Dejaplay for example, an app where you have your own personalized video library, from all your friends on Facebook and Twitter. Now Flipboard has gone a step further, by taking not only the videos, but all the real time data (links & messages) and placing it on your own personalized iPad Magazine. The Magazine takes full advantage of the iPad touch screen in its interface, you can even say better than Popular Science and Wired has. Don’t know what I am talking about? Check out the video after the jump. Maybe now the Magazine industry should start getting worried…
The desire to use the urban environment as a canvas makes one wonder how modern cities are colored; Is that really a Warhol on a electricity pole? And how on earth is that Picasso drawn on a pipe riser? To explore the hidden treasures of the urban landscape, urban design agency AFARAI has published its first book ‘A Day In Sao Paulo’, and chose to capture the imaginative and innovative expressions in the streets of the Brazilian metropolitan.
Number 113 of the famous Juxtapoz magazine has just been released.
This cover to the June 2010 Juxtapoz Magazine should be recognizable to all art enthusiasts out there in the modern world. In honor of the 20th Anniversary of Keith Haring’s passing, Juxtapoz celebrates the icon’s artistic career and life with an exclusive interview with Haring’s first exhibiting gallerist, Tony Shafrazi.
The net has been going crazy these past few months with the release of Calligraffiti – The Graphic Art a book by graffiti artist Niels ‘Shoe’ Meulman(1967). Shoe made his mark in the ’80s as the inventor of Calligraffitti, a blending between calligraphy and graffiti, becoming a renowned artist, designer, and art director over the years that followed. About six motnhs ago, he put his magic hands to work on the exclusive silk scarves of Unruly to produce wearable masterpieces. Now Unruly has made sure you know who their top designer is and what he is all about, by releasing a limited edition Calligraffiti x Unruly box set.
The new Arkitip issue will be released soon. This time, Arkitip collaborated with artist Serena Mitnik-Miller.
The magazine comes with painting samples, photography samples and a treasured spots map of San Francisco made by Serena Mitnik-Miller.
My favorite magazine Monocle will be launching its own TV series on BBC World News, giving us the latest in current design, culture, business, and affairs. The Tv show, which will be hosted by Monocle’s editor-in-chief, chairman and founder, Tyler Brûlé, will start airing in the second quater of this year.
For their sixteenth issue, French Revue de Modes ask photographer Thierry Le Goues to capture the twelve of the most sought after models in a highly over-saturated image. Coco Rocha, Tao Okamoto, Josefin Hedstrom, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Chanel Iman, Ranya Mordanova, Emily DiDonato, Yulia Vasiltsova, Hannah Holman, Laura Blokhina, Anna de Rijk and Lyndsey Scott are the line-up of beauties that made the top 12. Hmmmm which cover to pick,? I just need to get all 12…
‘Can You Feel It‘ like the Jackson 5? The book Rainbow in Your Hand, gives you to reply the ultimate scene from their music video,lifting a rainbow! Okay, maybe it isn’t as dramatic, but you can feel the Triumph!
Another great place to visit while in Berlin besides STAB, is PRO qm. This book store has it all, from photography books to architecture, from street culture to music, from graphic design to skating and much more. While going through the walls of books trying to find that one gem, my eye went to the bottom corner underneath a table, where I saw a large White object with SKATEBOARDING 3D written on it…. I thought “Can you make Skateboarding more 3D?” The answer is , YES YOU CAN.
What make a real man is the knowledge on how to prepare the perfect steak. I am slowly teaching myself, but am happy that Lobel has decided to help me out with their Meat Bible! No more prepared, soaked in cheap sauce, steaks from the large Supermarket, but stroll over to the local butcher and use the Meat Bible to guide you to a perfect piece of cooked meat.
I hope you are all happy with the Christmas presents you got? If not, I got the great book to exchange it for! I was given The Book Of Conversations this Christmas by James from Perfect Fools and love it. With all raise in Online Social Networks, we are loosing the art of conversation. I notice this especially when I am in a group. The conversation always goes towards what we all do and how we can all make more money. It is never a conversation about a thought provoking questions.
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