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Rolling

Jul 31, 2009 Laughs Leave a comment

(Thanks Jenn!)

The Bicycle Access Bill

Jul 31, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a comment

On July 29, 2009, the New York City Council passed the Bicycle Access Bill.

The Bicycle Access Bill requires commercial buildings to allow bicyclists entry, provided there is space set aside by their respective employers to accommodate them. Bicycling is the fastest-growing mode of transportation in NYC, and Transportation Alternatives is campaigning to double cycling by 2011 using tools like the Bicycle Access Bill. Encouraging bike commuting not only supports a more sustainable New York City, it also improves the health of New Yorkers.

“No other city in the country has a policy like the one City Council passed today,” says Paul Steely White, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives. “When we open the doors of New York City’s workplaces to cyclists, tens of thousands of commuters are going to get on two wheels.”

Source: Transportation Alternatives

Aka Other

Jul 22, 2009 Art Leave a comment

“Imaginary Friend”

“Hinterland…thundra-days”

“Stuck”

“722″

Freight train fun. You should check out his paintings and linoleum prints as well. They’re a little different from what he throws up and just as rad.

Fanatic

Jul 21, 2009 Events Leave a comment

This Saturday, my boy Neil will be spinning again for the event “Fanatic” (thrown by Oliver and the Adidas crew). Come on out – should be fun!

Super super

Jul 17, 2009 Design, Inspiration Leave a comment

Super Cinq, a design studio in Paris, has a sick body of work. A few examples below…

“Le Béret de la Tortue”

“We’re All Mad Here”

Design for French skateboard brand Gamble. (How awesome is that left skateboard?!)

Interview with WK Interact

Jul 14, 2009 Art Leave a comment

Photos: (left) Isabel Kirsch (right) Jonathan LeVine Gallery

My girl, Isa, recently interviewed WK Interact for his latest body of work showing at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery. Read it here!

WK Interact is an illustrious figure in street art and has been an important influencer of what street art represents in New York City today. His images started popping up in the late ’90s in downtown New York: graphic black and white three-dimensional human figures, all engaged in some kind of extreme motion. The motion depicted can be violent, sexual, sarcastic, or funny. The illusion is created with a subtle technique that involves photography, drawing by hand, and then stretching the images with a Xerox.

WK’s conceptual approach has always started with finding the right location first, and then using urban architecture as part of the artwork to bring the image to life and tell a story that aims to produce strong emotions in the viewer. He prefers using corners and uneven surfaces instead of flat clean walls, and the streets of New York are perfect for that. His current show, “Motion Portrait,” at Jonathan LeVine presents a few examples of this distinctive style, but the core of the show consists of a series of twelve large-scale canvases portraying “12 Angry Men.”

Response to D&AD Student Awards brief set by HP

Jul 10, 2009 Advertising, Inspiration, Motion Leave a comment

HP – invent from Tom and Matt on Vimeo.

“Present an idea which promotes HP Workstations ability to bring to life anything the creative mind can conceive.”

Filmed, edited and directed by Matt Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth
matthewrobinson.co.uk
tomwrigglesworth.com

Music: Hold Me Back by Round Table Knights
roundtableknights.ch
myspace.com/roundtableknights

The (Olympus) PEN Story

Jul 9, 2009 Advertising, Inspiration, Motion Leave a comment

OK, so I’m a geek. I was reading up on the newly remodeled Olympus PEN (I want it bad…) the other day and then, came across the ad for it today. Holy shit – I’d say it’s stop motion at it’s best. I actually forgot that it was an ad. Pretty damn slick I’d say.

Apparently, they shot 60,000 images, printed 9,600 of them and then shot another 1,800 in order to create this video. Holy…. and tunes by Johannes Stankowski.