THINGS I FIND ON THE WEB
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There’s a B to go with that A
My friend Darren posted another awesome letter on my facebook wall. I have no idea who does this, but it looks like they are making the whole alphabet. If they do, I hope the make a poster cause I wanna buy it! Here’s the A if you missed it.
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‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Featurette
Interview with Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers and others.
(credit: BuzzFeed)
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Build Internet has a post of the Fonts used in popular logos
It’s funny that some of these are free fonts..
Cork’d – Triplex
Vimeo – Black Rose
(credit: OnePlusInfinity)
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Alice in Wonderland trailer!
The first trailer is out for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland!
**Edit the old one got deleted, heres a working one**
(credit: PopWatch & DesignCrush)
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The BQE by Sufjan Stevens
via Asthmatic Kitty: Which has a very long, but good, description of the whole thing.
Sufjan Stevens is proud to present The BQE, a cinematic suite inspired by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Hula-Hoop. Commissioned by Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), The BQE was originally performed in the Howard Gilman Opera House in celebration of the 25th anniversary Next Wave Festival in October of 2007.
The BQE is a self-made home-movie documentation, exhibiting how all the architectural colors of Brooklyn and Queens are fabulously intersected by this ramshackle artery of highway traffic. Shot renegade style on do-it-yourself film cameras, the animated footage of grid-lock crisscrossing the brick and mortar of Brooklyn flickers and cascades Koyaanisqatsi-style on three simultaneous screens. The 16mm cinematography (heroically shot by Reuben Kleiner on a 1960s Bolex) utilizes time-lapse photography, in-camera editing, slow motion, and post-production mirror effects to transform urban blight into a splendor of graphic compositions.
THE BQE- A Film By Sufjan Stevens from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.
Photography by Reuben Kleiner and Sufjan Stevens
Music by Sufjan Stevens
Edited by Malcolm Hearn, Rueben Kleiner, and Sufjan Stevens
Released by Asthmatic Kitty Records on October 20, 2009
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Serge Gainsbourg is the epitome of cool.
So much so that he has a whole blog of drawings from different artists, aptly named, Draw Serge! Here’s a few favorites.
Serge et Bardot from illustrator, Paul Thurlby
Serge by Tilen
Painted Serge by Chris Kasch
Serge by Simon Gane
Serge by comic artist and illustrator Jorge Fornés
And here is a sample of his coolness.
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New Kings Of Convenience single – “Mrs. Cold”
Listen below, or download it here
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And here’s Erlend Oye playing it for a few lucky peeps at an In N Out Burger.
(credit: Stereogum
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Capcom Resident Evil TShirt for Comic Con
To be given away free to advertise Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.
It appears to be a regular old boring t-shirt.
Flip the shirt over your face and become an instant zombie! Best original t-shirt design.
(credit: GearFuse)
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Photos from the International Space Station
The photographs take by astronauts aboard. LikeCool has a bunch more photos up.
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Fasten Seatbelts is an instructional site on rising the awareness of customs while traveling to other countries
I love how they used their graphics to make it funny and informative.
You can get yourself in all sorts of trouble in other countries by not having
an understanding of their cultural language. Much of our behaviour can mean
other things in other countries, some of it amusing, some of it extremely offensive.One gesture, or movement, or expression, may have many different meanings,
just as our verbal language has words which may have different meanings.Some people, when travelling to new countries, may forget to consider the different
behavioural norms they are likely to encounter and behave exactly as they do at home.
In such circumstances, even minor cultural differences can become major barriers
to communication and cooperation. This project aims to demystify these cultural
differences and encourage visitors to embrace them.
(credit: SwissMiss)
