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Hmmmm, I'm not sure what message they're trying to send with the source code of the official webpage of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. [Daily WTF via The Daily What]
Even if DIRECTV’s service was a fail in our house, love your spot! And that’s all that matters, eh Sergei?
(Agency: Grey NY.)
YouWorkForThem a eu la brillante idée de s’amuser avec leurs typographies. Après le choix de 5 typographies du collectif, ces artistes ont eu l’initiative de voir comment celles-ci s’accorderaient face à l’ajout de l’eau. Des rendus étonnant à découvrir dans la suite.
Previously on Fubiz
Arcade Fire's August 5 show at New York's Madison Square Garden is set to stream at their Vevo page at 10 p.m. EDT, which is cool enough. Even better, though, is news that eccentric filmmaker Terry Gilliam (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Brazil, 12 Monkeys), will direct the webcast, according to an AP report.
It's part of a new series called "Unstaged" put on by American Express, Vevo, and YouTube. (Th
Dan Beckemeyer a graphic designer and illustrator from Shiloh, Illinois (USA), came up with an amazing project called Ampersand Food Groups. In this serie, each ampersand is represented by food drawings. Dan created them after most appreciated and common platters in the US where we mix two main things together such as Burger & Fries, Donut & Coffee, or Pizza & Beer. A great way to finds echo in an art work where the subject and the form mixes. More info about the project and its author on Behance.
Burger And Fries
Bacon and Egg
Donut and Coffee
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Pizza and beer
Spaghetti and Meatball
Wine and Cheese
That man in the top of this photo? That's Captain Brian Bews and he's lucky to be alive. The skilled pilot barely managed to eject before his CF-18 fighter jet crashed during a practice flight. Update: Video added.
The practice flight took place at Lethbridge County Airport and was apparently in preparation for the weekend airshow in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. There are no details as to exactly why the jet fighter went down. We do know that Captain Bews was taken to the hospital for injury treatment. [MSNBC—Thanks, Wilson!]
Update: There is now some video footage available of the terrifying crash:
[Vancouver Sun—Thanks, JM!]
Photos by Ian Martens of the Lethbridge Herald
"If 2007's Neon Bible was supposed to be Arcade Fire's difficult second album, it didn't show. Top marks from a cavalcade of critical tomes saw the Montreal septet's sequel to their breakthrough debut long-player of 2004, Funeral, received with just as much reverence as its predecessor. So what of The Suburbs, arriving after another three-year period which saw its makers record in both their hometown and New York?...
...The Suburbs is their most thrillingly engrossing chapter yet; a complex, captivating work that, several cycles down the line, retains the magic and mystery of that first tentative encounter. You could call it their OK Computer. But it's arguably better than that." [BBC] (thx Hiro)All eight cover variations for the new Arcade Fire album are pictured above, and below...
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Seldom can you write about a topic over a day old on this here internet and still be considered a timely source for news. I'm really pushing my luck on this piece as the project below is not just one day old, or one week old, or even a month old - It's over a year old. Well, it was posted to the internet about a year ago, but that is like a century in the cloud. Anyway, if you've seen this already then by all means skip to the bottom of the post, make sure you are subscribed to our RSS feed and following our Twitter posts and be on your way. If you haven't seen this then you are in for a treat. And I'm going to try to break it down into a little more detail than what has been done in the past.
Italian venue The Bella Vista Social Pub in Siena, Tuscany and one-name director Bante collaborated to promote their summer series of jazz concerts which is itself a celebration of Blue Note Record's 70th Anniversary. The resulting promotional piece called Hi-Fi is a wonderful bit of motion graphics and absolute timeless cool.
Most of you know about Blue Note, the preeminent postwar jazz label that published every important artist in hard bop jazz until declining in importance in the '60s and '70s. There was a particular style that the album covers had that somehow managed to capture the cool, yet moody vibe of the music with perfect type, color and composition. Under designer Reid Miles, the album covers comprise one of the more impressive and important case studies for graphic design. Miles is truly one of my favorites and although it's difficult to find out much about his life and biography - his work is thankfully everywhere. The Bella Vista Social Pub's video is as much a tribute to Miles as it is to Blue Note jazz. There is also a little historical tidbit that is quite interesting; Reid Miles wasn't a big fan of jazz and actually preferred classical music. Usually he didn't even listen the album for which has was designing which would be considered heresy today but it's hard to argue with the resulting work.
For the Bella Vista project, Director Bante (real name Stefano Tinti) re-imagines some of the more important album covers as moving pictures and manages to make them come to life. The type moves, color bounces, and the images breathe. Jazz feels as contemporary as ever and I think Miles (as well as the other Blue Note artists) would be very proud of this piece. Let's watch the video in all it's ultra too cool for school glory and then we'll compare the stills with the original album covers.
Hi-Fi For The Bella Vista Social Pub:
As you can see in the following side by side comparison the typography doesn't always match perfectly. In some cases it doesn't matter, but in a few instances I wish they were closer. There are some examples where the inexactness works even better than the original, or maybe I should say there are moments when the new version complements the spirit of the old if not to the letter. All in all it's a wonderful tribute to a an amazing time in both music and design.
A Side by Side Comparison of My Favorite Frames. (Original on the Right, Hi-Fi Still on the Left). Click on the image for a slightly larger version.
The type of the new (on the right) doesn't match perfetly that of the original (on the left) but the movement really makes this album cover shine.
You immediately know the reference if not a perfect mirror match. The color halftone treatment of the video does a nice job of honoring the cover.
This is my favorite. It really only hints at the original but somehow captures everything about it. The motion makes this new version a contemporary take on the old.
A funny example of all the elements being somehow different but as a whole manages to be a perfect reproduction. C'mon this is so cool.
Different Dog. Different Chicken. But totally an appropriate remake.
I would liked to have seen a checkered suit in the new, but the face to face type treatment makes this piece.
This is nice even though he looks more like Diddy than Herbie here.
Add some noise to the version on the left, you'd be hard pressed to guess which one came first. The backlit woman just works. You can see they changes the composition for Hi-Fi to arrange around a slightly different image but the Cooper Black ties them together.
Makes me want to update my Facebook profile pic with me next to a nice hubcap.
Futura. Black and white photography. AND a puppy? Too much. A nice tribute to the original and is there a better jazz name than Elmo Hope? I think not.
I think these hats are back in fashion and a nice condensed sans usually works too.
A classic. Updated with class. And that's a great smile don't ya think?
I think I prefer the new layout for this example. The lamp provides a nice backbone for the typography.
I might have to steal two ball-serif J's for my own brand. Love it.
This might be one where the photography of the original expressed some serious emotion that the new version lacks; but the type is a nice update and overall you are aware of the reference.
Old Spice and Wieden + Kennedy are well aware that they have a serious megahit on their hands with Isaiah Mustafa, aka "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like." He's done the two main TV spots, as well as the mustache clip, and now, in a truly fantastic addition to the campaign, he's doing a slew of personalized videos in which he thanks individual people—bloggers, YouTube commenters, Twitterers, celebrities—who've complimented his ads online. Check out his message to Apolo Ohno below, and see a crazy 18 more videos after the jump. The writing is all great, and the work takes the concept of a brand joining the conversation online to wonderful new levels. The only downside, of course, is that he hasn't done a video for us yet. UPDATE: Actually, he has given us a shout-out, too. Also, these first 19 videos were just the beginning. There must be more than 100 on Old Spice's YouTube channel by now.
