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

Life Cycles, Action Sports Filming at a NEW LEVEL

Ok so I know I have been action sports video crazy recently, but seriously the industry is making a huge push in cinematic and technologic advances.  Amateurs and professionals alike continue to pump out action sports films in more artistic and visually stimulating ways.  

At the end of last year Stance Films released Life Cycles, a film that does just that.  The film took 7 years to produce and it paid off.  Following examples from nature and landscape filming, they took it to the next level with cameras, zip lines, jib rigs and many other sweet techniques.  I haven't seen the whole film thru, but I def plan on it soon.  Check out the trailer below and let me know if anyone has seen it.

To read more about the technical side of this film check out this article from Wired
Wired - Life Cycles Tech
or to find out more about the film check the link below
http://www.lifecyclesfilm.com/

Pinball Skatepark in New Zealand, Thanks Mountain Dew!

Check out this sweet sweet skatepark built in New Zealand to promote Mountain Dew's new flavors...Best part is the whole thing works like a real pinball machine with lights, score, multiball and ALL!

and the making of

via Inspix

1st Reasonably Priced 3D Printed Piece of Clothing

A ladies Bikini...ahhh yea, check out the pics and the link below to read about this innovative new way to create clothing.  

 

 

3D printing has been blowing up over the last few years in a number of big fields, but it has been slow with fashion as fabric is not something easily replaceable.  Its created using a special type of Nylon and a complex pattern of overlapping circles.  The site even claims its "the first bikini that actually becomes more comfortable when it gets wet."

Pretty NIFTY!

Check out more details below;

More Info at Shapeways

via Design You Trust

Sweet Slow Mo BMX Vid, "Pi"

Check out this great artistic BMX video with some awesome slow mo work, good music, and just great overall feeling.  Check out the vimeo link below to see details of camera and shutter speed used.  WORD

by Thomas Blanchard

Music by Niklas Aman

Found via Vimeo

Great Animation short about the Art and Food

Enjoy "Dripped" this tongue and cheek animation created by Chez Eddy, directed by Leo Verrier.  Great music, by Pablo Pico.  Watch as a robber of famous paintings eats the paintings to stay alive.

via Fubiz