Love Letters, a massive public art project between artist Steve Powers and the trailblazing folks at Philly’s Mural Art Program, has been gaining acclaim since this past summer, but I’ll be damned if it still isn’t the cat’s pajamas. Besides, all that cheerfulness and optimism feels just that much better on a windswept 20 degree [...]
Microsoft has been getting a C++ recently. Windows 7 has some okay marketing, the blue screen of death has been updated to black, and they possibly have an answer for Flash (only 6 years late). One of the better things they did recently was to release Bing. Its free, basically has the same results as [...]
I am sure some of you have heard or read about Thounds before. It is a social network where users can share music ideas by recording their inspiration and intuitions. I interviewed Francesco Fraioli, the creator and product manager. For those of you who need a refresh about Thounds, check out the video below. To [...]
Printed in 1957, the designs of these covers are a blessed aesthetic convergence. The thick textured cloth and debossed inky black type tie them firmly to the tradition of classic childhood books. The bold spare composition and modern typesetting give them a wizz-bang new frontier coolness. And the economy and power of those illustrations! A [...]
When I first read this I instantly did a double take, Stella McCartney and Morrissey are doing a footwear line (recently featured on Racked and Grazia Daily)?? But hey if you have money and are passionate for a cause it makes sense, and I love Ms. McCartney’s style. Interested to see the style this new [...]
Saks Fifth Avenue’s window displays are always a thing talked about during the holiday season. This year one of their displays has gone the social networking route by displaying a live twitter feed with tweets tagged #holidaywindows. Here’s the article from “The Cut” posted yesterday TheCut_Saks_Twitter. The Cut mentions that this is a direct result [...]
