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WEB: ThankfulFor.com
This is the Twitter of Gratitude. In a world of FmyLife.com‘s, it’s refreshing to find places on the web for people to gather around the blessings in their lives. ThankfulFor.com is one of those rarities. Visit ThankfulFor and see the latest things people are grateful about.
Read moreAPP: MyPantone
Hurry and buy this app before PANTONE wises up and charges what it’s worth! Color specialist Pantone has released a new iPhone app, which allows designers to thumb through color swatches and create palettes that can be used in most creative applications. myPANTONE also allows users to extract colors from photos taken with the iPhone’s camera, to [...]
Read moreARCHITECT: Santiago Calatrava
“What we do, what Artist’s do, is extend the work of creation. We follow the path of nature in a cyclical way.” – Santiago Calatrava Watch an inspiring interview with this imaginary artist, HERE.
Read moreAD: Absolut Spells a Story
Absolut Vodka, six artists and director Rupert Sanders (along with ad agency TBWA Chiat Day, NY) got together to each create a three dimensional world in which the Absolut Vodka brand philosophy that ‘Doing Things Differently Leads To Something Exceptional’ is literally spelled out, one word at a time in different materials and environments. Read [...]
Read moreMUSIC: Milk Crisis
This song has been out for a year already, but that don’t mean you still can’t get down to it
Read moreFILM: Away We Go
Hot Buttered Popcorn!!! AWAY WE GO (the film my friend Justin Bell helped Ed Saxon produce at Focus Features) arrives in Chicago this Friday June 12! The film was directed by Sam Mendes (AMERICAN BEAUTY, ROAD TO PERDITION, JARHEAD), written by acclaimed novelists Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, and stars John Krasinski (Jim from The [...]
Read moreFASHION: CheckYouDaily.com
CHECK|YOUdaily is a private online network where members can upload what they are wearing, tag it, archive it, and share with their friends or keep a private style journal (essentially it’s The Satorialist in a social networking format). THE PORTAL is the website’s editorial section which is open to the public. Watch the video for more…
Read moreINTERACTIVE VIDEO: Cold War Kids
There seems to be a trend beginning in interactive videos… this is the second time in the last few weeks I’ve heard about a group of videos that can be turned on and off “at-will” by the user to create their own edit of footage. It’s a great idea…
Read moreFASHION: The Satorialist
In case you’ve been living under a rock, The Satorialist is THE blog to go if you’re looking for what really great styles are being worn on-the-street TODAY in NYC, Milan, Paris, and anywhere else great fashion can be found. What sets this site apart is that the photos are not “fashion shoots” in the traditional sense, but instead editor, Scott Schuman, just goes to the street and takes photos of people he thinks look really great.
Read moreARTIST: Steve Hickok
Today I had the pleasure of being introduced to Atlanta-based artist named Steve Hickock. Despite being a visual artist myself, I don’t often find work that immediately illicits the responce: “I want THAT on my wall.” … but that’s exactly what happened when I saw Steve’s work.
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