First it was cupcakes. Then it was ice cream, followed by macarons. But the latest trend in desserts, namely the lowly popsicle, reaches its apex with these delicious-looking concoctions by Stoyn, a Russian “independent ambient advertising agency” based just outside of Moscow. The group describes these brilliant popsicles as a “design experiment” made in Russia [...]
Author Archives: Grace Remington
Watch Your Step: Tokyo Subway Safety Posters from the 70s and 80s
September 21, 2011 – 4:29 pm
Do you ever find yourself gazing at mass transit posters, wishing that they would urge you to behave politely in a more intriguing manner? If so, check out this series of Tokyo subway manner posters from the 70s and 80s, posted by Retronaut. You will never look at public comportment in public transit the same [...]
Re-Thinking the Big Box Store
September 13, 2011 – 9:54 am
Have you ever wondered would what would happen to the urban environment if big box stores weren’t behemoth rectangular structures? How would their shapes alter the visual landscape? These are questions answered by The Peeling Project, produced by SITE design in the 1970s and 80s. Named for a building in which the facade appeared to [...]
If I Ran The Zoo
August 27, 2011 – 4:14 pm
How would you draw something you’ve never seen before? The Unseen Bestiary is an online, collaborative project created by Lindsey Carr in which she solicits descriptions of creatures, insects, and plants from participants and creates a series of etchings and paintings based solely off of the explanations. Carr explains on her website, “Bestiaries (a compendium of [...]
Guido Guidi: Autobiographical Italy
August 19, 2011 – 8:15 pm
Loosestrife Editions recently published A New Map of Italy: The Photographs of Guido Guidi, a collection of the Italian photographer’s work that includes the images above and below. The publisher states, “Working in marginal and decayed spaces with a (8″x10″) camera, Guidi creates dense sequences intended as meditations on the meaning of landscape, photography, and [...]
Brian Ulrich’s Copia and the Rise and Fall of American Consumerism
August 17, 2011 – 8:14 am
In this time of economic uncertainty and social upheaval, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s exhibition of photographer Brian Ulrich’s work strikes a profound chord. Ulrich’s series, entitled Copia- Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores, 2001-11, explores the same sort of economic, political, and cultural implications of consumerism that we as a nation and as a world are currently re-examining. [...]
Lights, Camera, Drumming
August 15, 2011 – 4:28 pm
Visual artists working in various different mediums have frequently struggled to represent the chaos and beauty of live musical performance to no avail. On August 5, the Los Angeles-based art group Scene Four debuted its attempt to do so. Entitled The Art of Drums Project, the resulting images display what drumming looks like, very literally. [...]
Sweet As Sugar
August 15, 2011 – 3:54 pm
The University of California, Berkeley’s School of Journalism is currently working on a project to redesign the nutrition facts food label affixed to prepackaged foods across the country. The competition is informal, but the visual concepts presented may make their way into the US Food and Drug Administration’s current revamping of the label and its [...]
You Fancy, Huh?
May 21, 2011 – 9:25 am
Well, this is certainly one way to put a spring in your step: check out these custom Vans made for stylist Robert Verdi, the patterns culled from from his impressive collection of vintage Hermès scarves. If only it were an official collaboration, or if only I had such an insane amount of Hermès scarves. Either [...]
A Sculptural Tour of the Former Yugoslavia
May 10, 2011 – 2:47 pm
In 2006 and 2007, Belgian photographer Jan Kempenaers set out to tour the former Yugoslavia using a 1975 map of World War II battle and concentration camp memorials as a guide. The series of photos that resulted, entitled Spomenik (Monument), showcases 25 of the region’s eerily stunning structures, which have fallen into disrepair in the [...]
