Truly masterful visual representation of Jazz music.  

Created by Michel Gagne in 2010, Sensology visualizes a duo between, Pianist Paul Plimley and Bassist Barry Guy, 2 great jazz musicians. Gagne is well known throughout animation circles for his involvement in tons of great movies over the years including one of my favorites, The Iron Giant.

Watch and enjoy, and check out the links below for more info on the short film and Gagne

via Drawn

M Gagne Wikipedia

M Gagne's website

Pop Artist pioneer, Richard Hamilton died today at the age of 89.  I remember briefly studying his collage work in college.  He also designed the Beatles cover and Poster for The White Album in 1968.  Although not one of biggest international names in art, his influence will continue to live on... see one of his most famous works below and click the link to read more about him.

Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?, 1956

via BBC News

Wow 1st game of Ultimate Frisbee in North Korea EVER....amazing

via Associated Press

Another video...A nice Brazilian man named Lucas moved to Sydney Australia, and felt like he wanted to thank people for making his move so great, so for his 30th bday, be gave away 30 presents to 30 strangers.  Beautiful...enjoy

via Booooooom

Sweet Short Video

been too long

awesome visual short by Kim Pimmel

Kim Pimmel explains "I combined everyday soap bubbles with exotic ferrofluid liquid to create an eerie tale, using macro lenses and time lapse techniques. Black ferrofluid and dye race through bubble structures, drawn through by the invisible forces of capillary action and magnetism. "

via NotCot

Awesome Documentary about Spoken Word

Just watched this amazing short documtary on Spoken Word, Spitting Ink .  Its a great portrait of  8 artists giving their insight and belief about many subjects including but not limited to spoken word.  And the best part for me was seeing the small part with Rammellzee, who was an insane talent.  If you are in LA you can see a whole room of his graffiti/art work at the Art in the Streets MOCA show.  I barely knew much of that work so it was so great to hear him rhyme and speak in this documentary.  

ENJOY and happy FRIDAY!

via Design You Trust

iBoobies

No...but yes???

iPhone case and stand

via Blue Strawberry

I don't have an iPhone...who is getting one:)

Herbicides/Monsanto, out to get us...

Birth Defects caused by Herbicide

Ahhh...interesting article about the effects of herbicides on our population.  It seems pretty regular these days to learn of something a large corporation is ignoring or keeping from us, but it never seems to make it any easier to swallow especially when it effects our daily lives so much.  RoundUp, the Herbicide discussed, is another subsidiary of Monsanto, which seems to be connected to too many distorted food and environment issues.  You look up anything related to Agent Orange, herbicide problems, or legal battles pertaining to food production, and Monsanto seems to be involved.  They spend millions on PR, government involvement, and lobbyists.  Just some shady dudes (and dudettes).

just saying...

Article and Pic via HuffingtonPost

New Ways to Sleep in the Day!

I love to sleep. PERIOD.  Anyone who knows me, knows not only do I love to sleep, but I can and do seem to fall asleep anywhere and everywhere.  So these two examples of products definitely caught my attention on this Friday.  Click the links below each pic to read more about each product.

First we have the Pillow Tie, great simple design idea.  Just inflate, wrap, and sleep.

via Baron Bob

and then I found the Ostrich which yes is a bit more ridiculous and suspicious maybe at work...but it just looks so so comfortable:)

via Design You Trust

Arryzzzzz!

Like many of us young folk, I love me some street art.  1st, if you haven't gotten to the MOCA show in LA, Art in the Streets, do so before August, its well well well worth it.  The show of course is missing some important names, and maybe making other names more important than they are within the movement, but the sheer volume and history of the work shown well exceeded any of my expectations.  

Ok so to my main point.  I Love me some Aryz.  Based outta Spain, Aryz proves that graffiti is more than a  series of wall markings set to vandalize.  His work is colorful, thought provoking and amazingly detailed.  Check out a few pics and videos below and def scroll thru the few links to see a bunch more of his work.  

Super inspiring!! 

 

and DEF Check out the links for more goodies on his work
Aryz Personal Website
and
More Pics and Videos of his work