From Diplo's Mad Decent Worldwide Radio: "its crazy here in Rio.. guns go missing and police go to war with poor people and then i get kicked out of my apt and i got no internet access.. but heres a random mix."
It was Diplo's show with Brazilian acts, Cansei de Ser Sexy (who win the title of Dance Hit of the Summer with the brilliant "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above") and Bonde do Role a few weeks ago at Celebrities here in Vancouver that first made me take notice and begin to wonder "what the heck is going on in Brazil?" The energy from both of these bands was raw and unrefined. These were acts that would never have seen the outside of the Brazilian club scene if it weren't for MySpace.com and the endorsement of a worldclass dj like Diplo who, it seems has made Rio his second home.
Another discovery via Diplo that churned up while surfing the net this evening: the work of Leandro HBL, a director, photographer, designer etc. who did some time at Fabrica. Great, great work.
The next stop on my journey, an old favorite: the fantastic art of Alexandre Orion, which combines street art and photography to create often comic and poignant stories. This led me to consult a source who knows far better than me of other instances of Brazilian street art which ultimately brought an end to my surf as I settled in with this enchanting video entitled "Brilliant Tyger".
Whew! So the answer to "What the heck is going on in Brazil?", it would seem a whole heck of a lot!
Labels: Design, Music, Photography, Podcast, Street Level, World at Large
Monday, August 28, 2006
Tokyo Hectic
This video, found over on William Gibson's blog this morning made me immediately nostalgic for my old Tokyo 'hood.
This video, found over on William Gibson's blog this morning made me immediately nostalgic for my old Tokyo 'hood.
Labels: Asia, Japan, Tuned to a Dead Channel, World at Large, YouTube
Monday, August 21, 2006
First Person Shooter Glasses
Sunday, August 13, 2006
That's Great Bass!
The classic movie titles of legendary designer Saul Bass brought to you by my new favourite site, Not Coming to a Theatre Near You.
(Indirectly via Coudal.)
The classic movie titles of legendary designer Saul Bass brought to you by my new favourite site, Not Coming to a Theatre Near You.
(Indirectly via Coudal.)
Labels: Design, Film, Title Sequences
Friday, August 11, 2006
The Whimsical Work of Marian Bantjes
I always tend to venture beyond the local borders when it comes to searching for inspiration, looking to what is big in Japan, or germinating in the New York streets or rising out of Europe. So it was a pleasant surprise to find myself spending a good chunk of my afternoon pouring over the work of local designer Marian Bantjes.
With a whimsical and organic style that suggests that she spends more time with a pen and paper than in front of a computer screen, Marian has been described by Stefan Sagmeister as "one of the most innovative typographers working today" and the legendary typographer Doyald Young told me that he has "only the greatest admiration for her work".
You can read more about Marian Bantjes on Design Boom and be sure to check out her work on the cover and an 8 page spread of the July/August edition of Print Magazine.
I always tend to venture beyond the local borders when it comes to searching for inspiration, looking to what is big in Japan, or germinating in the New York streets or rising out of Europe. So it was a pleasant surprise to find myself spending a good chunk of my afternoon pouring over the work of local designer Marian Bantjes.
With a whimsical and organic style that suggests that she spends more time with a pen and paper than in front of a computer screen, Marian has been described by Stefan Sagmeister as "one of the most innovative typographers working today" and the legendary typographer Doyald Young told me that he has "only the greatest admiration for her work".
You can read more about Marian Bantjes on Design Boom and be sure to check out her work on the cover and an 8 page spread of the July/August edition of Print Magazine.
Labels: Design, Japan, Typography
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Everything is the Director's Fault
"This interview began with an email exchange in which Soderbergh outlined the various topics he’d be most interested in talking about. The short list included pornography, Chris Rock, how the Olympics relates to the killer instinct, and the cost of panda bears as compared to the cost of getting off (in the legal sense)."
Scott Indrisek, the New York editor for Anthem interviews Steven Soderbergh for The Believer.
"This interview began with an email exchange in which Soderbergh outlined the various topics he’d be most interested in talking about. The short list included pornography, Chris Rock, how the Olympics relates to the killer instinct, and the cost of panda bears as compared to the cost of getting off (in the legal sense)."
Scott Indrisek, the New York editor for Anthem interviews Steven Soderbergh for The Believer.
Labels: Film
Monday, August 07, 2006
The Strange Celebrity World of Brandon Bird
Thursday, August 03, 2006
In the Beginning...
"On December 9, 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA, presented a 90-minute live public demonstration of the online system, NLS, they had been working on since 1962. The public presentation was a session in the ... Fall Joint Computer Conference held at the Convention Center in San Francisco, and it was attended by about 1,000 computer professionals. This was the public debut of the computer mouse. But the mouse was only one of many innovations demonstrated that day, including hypertext, object addressing and dynamic file linking, as well as shared-screen collaboration involving two persons at different sites communicating over a network with audio and video interface."
"On December 9, 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA, presented a 90-minute live public demonstration of the online system, NLS, they had been working on since 1962. The public presentation was a session in the ... Fall Joint Computer Conference held at the Convention Center in San Francisco, and it was attended by about 1,000 computer professionals. This was the public debut of the computer mouse. But the mouse was only one of many innovations demonstrated that day, including hypertext, object addressing and dynamic file linking, as well as shared-screen collaboration involving two persons at different sites communicating over a network with audio and video interface."
