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Archive for February, 2012

The New Porsche ‘Macan’ SUV.


Porsche‘s new compact SUV is to be called the Porsche Macan, derived from the Indonesian word for ‘tiger’, the luxury German automaker confirmed February 16.  Releasing the first teaser sketch and video for the model, Porsche also confirmed that it will begin production in 2013 as the fifth Porsche model line, following in the footsteps of the larger Cayenne SUV.  The firm’s first impressions show a low, sleek model which is known to be based on the Audi Q5 platform, with a sportier styling and premium interior.

It is believed that the model will feature 2.0 and 3.0 liter gasoline and diesel engines, slightly more powerful than those in the Audi Q5, with a Macan Turbo S also expected to follow, possibly alongside a hybrid model.  In a statement, Porsche said that the animal roots of the name Macan, which is derived from Indonesian language, reflected the model’s characteristics such as “suppleness, power, fascination and dynamics.”  Its introduction is likely to mark the start of a turf war between Porsche and Maserati, which introduced its own (admittedly larger) Kubang SUV last year.

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2012
02/21
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Automotive
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The Worlds Largest Rope Swing.


Moab, Utah became a playground for Devin Graham when he let loose on the world’s largest rope swing. An absolutely epic video.  Take a look at the actual video above, and the making of below.

2012
02/21
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Entertainment
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Ricky Martin and Nicki Minaj for MAC Viva Glam.


Nicki Minaj has become the latest celebrity to launch her own makeup range for Viva Glam MAC, along with singer Ricky Martin.  According to their website: ‘Every cent of the selling price of MAC Viva Glam lipstick and lipglass is donated to the MAC AIDS Fund.’  Nicki’s satin lipstick, “Bright Yellow Pink,” is a creamy, vibrant Barbie pink and retails for $17.50. Ricky’s untinted lip conditioner retails for $18.  Since its inception in 1994, the charity has raised about $235 million to assist men, women and children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

2012
02/21
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Entertainment
Fashion
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Louis C.K. vs Technology.


Consumer technology can evoke a mix of love and hatred in its users, making it ripe for comedy.  Take smartphones, for example. We may come to feel dependent on our pocket-sized gadgets, but we may also feel embarrassed about our dependency and grow to resent the devices, as if they are sentient beings bent on making us weak or incapable of functioning independently.  Hatred, is a strange emotion to feel towards a phone, a fact that is not lost on comedian Louis C.K., who calls out smartphone owners for being ungrateful for their “amazing” devices. “We have these phones that you can call in an airstrike. You can look at the top of your own head,” said the standup star during his 2011 Comedy Central special Hilarious. “We have this beautiful thing, and we hate it. I never saw a person going, ‘Look at what my phone can do!’ Nobody does that. They all go ‘This f—–g thing it sucks.’”

2012
02/21
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Odd Future – Rella.


The Odd Future crew holds many different statuses in peoples heads.  Some people appreciate the music, others recognize the omnidirectional potential of the group, and some are just downright confused.  Me personally, I love seeing Tyler, The Creator and crew start from outside the box, and go even farther, and with the release of the ‘Rella’ video they’ve done just that all over again.  I haven’t really seen anyone take visual like this since Eminem in “My Name Is’.  (The only question I have for O.F. is WHY did L.B. get punched in the face like that?)

2012
02/21
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Entertainment
Music
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The Bentley GMT Watch.


To celebrate the launch of the Continental GT V8 with its powerful new 4.0 V8 engine, Breitling has created a 250-piece limited series of the Bentley GMT chronograph.  Its distinguishing feature is the mobile inner bezel in a metallic red shade which depicts 24 cities for the GMT (second time zone) function.  You will notice that the dial is equipped with an red triangle-tipped hour hand (see below) — this hand completes one rotation every 24 hours.  That allows the user to instantly read off the time in all the world’s timezones in relation to that shown by the 24-hour hand.  Movement is the Swiss automatic Breitling caliber 47B with 38 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 48 hours.  The selfwinding chronograph movement, chronometer-certified by the COSC, offers another technical asset exclusive to the Breitling for Bentley collection:  A 30-second chronograph with a sweep seconds hand making one full turn of the dial in half a minute and thus enabling readings accurate to the nearest 1/8th of a second.  The Breitling for Bentley GMT V8 is a limited edition of 250 pieces priced at $10,590.

2012
02/19
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Colorful Designs.


Design’s love affair with bold color inches one step further with the application of graphic art into everything from tables to chairs, bookshelves and even yachts. Cappellini gave Adam Goodrum’s ‘Stitch’ chair the colour treatment with blocks or red, blue, white and black applied to the segments of the aluminium folding chair. Designer Enzo Berti recasts the humble bookshelf as a canvas for graphic prints with his Bar Code Street shelves. London based artist Anna James, who transforms pieces of 20th century furniture into contemporary art works, applied a clean graphic to her Genoa table. And of course who can forget Jeff Koon’s ‘art’ yacht, released last year, which is still wowing onlookers on the Mediterranean.

2012
02/19
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Art
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80′s Albums vs. Super Hero Posters.


With the death of Whitney Houston still on people’s minds, lots of folks have been blasting 80′s music of all types from their speakers.  But I found an entirely different type of salute to the 80′s with super hero’s being displayed in popular 80′s images.  Check the method.

2012
02/19
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Entertainment
Movies
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The Work Of The Magnificent ‘Sepalcure’.


There’s nothing that I hate worse than having incredible work with no background information on the artist.  With all of the video’s and pictures from ‘Sepalcure’, all I can seem to find out is Sougwen, the Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based artist responsible for all the incredible work you see before you is awesome.

2012
02/19
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Super Modern Coen Lamps.


Designed by the Berlin-based studio “böttcher+henssler”, Coen lamps are a white version of the designers’ dark prototype lamp, Troll. Although Troll is made of sheet metal, it brings back images of an upturned wooden ancient sauna accessory (a pail with two handles) called “kiulu” in Finnish. In contrast, the slim, white (and silver) Coen lamps are supremely stylish, quite at home next to an Alvar Aalto Paimio chair.  Coen lamps are part of the new collection by the lighting manufacturer ANTA Leuchten GmbH. Coens will be introduced at Salone Internazionale del Mobile’s Euroluce next week.  Böttcher+henssler is a product design studio founded in 2007 by Moritz Böttcher und Sören Henssler. Winners of a red dot product design award and other accolades, the duo focuses on designing beautiful and functional consumer products.

2012
02/19
CATEGORY
Design
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See What I’m Thinking.


Based on the Fukidasi – the bubble form that is used a great deal in cartoons to express feelings or sayings – this design by Studio Foundations allows the same concept, yet to be used with real people. Programmable to say whatever you want, this bubble is sure to be hit with friends and family. If you don’t want to say it out loud, say it with a Fukidasi Bubble.

2012
02/18
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The Yum Yum People.


I got an email recently with “Yum Yum” in the title, and just assumed that it was from the Yum Yum the writer of the ‘Boost & Boobs‘ blog I’m an avid fan of.  But I soon found out that it was a notification about the work of Beth Algieri and Jonny Plummer who for the graphic team Yum Yum.  The two person team are both directors and designers with “a common passion for creating new and exciting things”, and their work shows they mean it.  From animation to illustration to design, Yum Yum has created some brilliant, simple, and attention grabbing imagery.  They recently started on some work for Wired magazine, you can check out more of their work here.

2012
02/18
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Art
Design
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Heikki Leis And His Incredible Illustrations.


Heikki Leis was born in Tartu in 1973, Estonia and has lived and worked in the same town for the better part of his life. He graduated from Tartu Art Grammar School and later masonry and sculpture faculty in Tartu Art School in 1991. He works as a freelance artist since 2000. Heikki does mostly hyper realistic pen and pencil drawings and also sculpture. Since 2004 he is also an avid photographer and takes part in exhibitions.

2012
02/18
CATEGORY
Art
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Rise Of The Underground.


Mark Moore Gallery presents Rise of the Underground, a two-person exhibition featuring new works by Jeremy Fish (CA) and Kenichi Yokono (Japan). Each adopting the age-old craft of woodcutting through a distinctive contemporary technique, Fish and Yokono employ bold and enchanting cartoon-like narratives to illustrate quotidian and pop cultural excerpts. Unmistakably handmade and remarkably intriguing, Yokono’s woodblocks explore the “horrors of everyday life,” while Fish’s paintings and cut-outs reveal untapped histories often swept under the rug. Seemingly innocuous at first observation, each work is intricately laced with undercurrents of the sinister and the foreboding, saturated with cultural reflection, psychoanalysis, and social commentary in a fusion of high and low aesthetics.

2012
02/18
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Your Body Is A Canvas (Some Tattoo Facts).


One of the greatest things about design is that people are constantly coming up with new and creative ways to solve problems, display information or convey a message in a better way. Paul Marcinkowski (AKA Kaplon) is the designer behind this tattoo infographic which he made for a class project at the Academy Of Fine Arts in Łódź, Poland. Readers know that I’m a fiend for good infographics, and while poorly made infographics have been called the ‘plague’ of the internet, it’s great to see an artist sink their teeth into the medium and create something truly original.

The infographic highlights different aspects of the tattoo process: where tattooing is practiced (worldwide), the percentage of people who have tattoos, interesting fun facts about the tattoo machine, most popular tattoo designs, and the top three reasons why people regret getting their tattoos. The artwork is brilliant and nails the style of tattoo art on the body while also integrating the tattoo style into infographic design.

2012
02/18
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Visual Sound.


Pratt student Suhyun Kim is quite concerned about the deaf folks and wants them to enjoy technology as much as we do. Her Visual Sound is a mobile phone for the hearing impaired that converts voice input to text and text input to voice. The design features two handy pillars that scroll sideways to expose the roll-out display. To communicate, the impaired person feeds in the text onto the touchscreen display, which gets converted to voice simulation for the person on the other end of the phone and vice versa.  The only drawback that I foresee is the time taken to input the text and converting it to sound. It may deter long distance calls, but on the flipside any form of communication is better than being mum.

2012
02/18
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Design
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Taken By Storm.


Storm Thorgerson has been designing album cover art for over 35 years. Thorgerson was a key member of the British graphic art group Hipgnosis, and designed many of their most famous single and album covers. Perhaps Storm Thorgerson’s most famous designs are those for Pink Floyd as his design for The Dark Side of the Moon has been called one of the greatest album covers of all time.  Many of Storm Thorgerson’s designs are notable for their surreal elements as he often places objects out of their traditional contexts, especially with vast spaces around them, to give them an awkward appearance while highlighting their beauty.  And I’m not just saying that because we share the same first name.

Storm Thorgerson’s surrealist work raised the bar for album cover designs, changing the way the world looked at the music of everyone from Peter Gabriel to Black Sabbath. Born in Dartford, Kent in 1944, Storm Thorgerson went to school with Roger Waters and Syd Barrett. He studied English and Philosophy at university before going on to complete an MA in Film and Television at the Royal College of Art.  His career as an artist began accidentally; around the time of his graduation from the Royal College Pink Floyd were completing their second album A Saucerful of Secrets, when a friend turned down the job of creating its sleeve. With no background in art or graphic design Storm Thorgerson volunteered to step into the fold.

2012
02/17
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Miss Maria Milian.


A native of Queens, New York, Maria Milian spent most of her life in the lush, vibrant tropics of South Florida. Her natural inclination toward the arts was nurtured from an early age by her father, a Berkley educated musician, and her mother, an accomplished model and singer. Their constant support endowed her with a fierce determination and unparalleled passion for all forms of creative expression. Of Armenian and Spanish descent, Maria Milian possesses an exotic look that has helped her achieve notoriety throughout South Florida as a mysterious beauty and to establish herself as one of the premiere faces of the region.

Maria’s first foray into the modeling industry was pageants. At the urging of her parents, Maria entered and won the Miss Southeast Florida Teen pageant in 1999 and went on to become a semi-finalist in Miss Florida Teen All-American that same year. Fueled by her victory, Maria began to explore other opportunities and soon found a calling in professional modeling. Maria has worked as a model in a number of fashion shows throughout the area, including Gata Malu and Amaya Swimwear.

 

 

 

Maria has worked in many media, including music, television, and print. She has appeared in numerous promotional materials throughout South Florida, sought out not only for her exotic beauty, but also for her strong ambition and professionalism. She has been featured on HipHopVideoVixens.net, Pyrogen Studios & Entertainment and as MiamiParties.com “Girl of the Month.”

Not one to forget her musical roots, she has appeared in music videos, among them Rick Ross ft. R. Kelly “Speeding” Currency ft. Lil’ Wayne “Where Da Cash At?” and T-Pain “I’m In Love With A Stripper (Remix).” She has also been writing and producing her own original material for an upcoming as-yet-untitled album due out in the near future. The sound brings together elements from her heritage and her upbringing for a sound that is both fresh and innovative.

2012
02/17
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PSA’s Concerning The Dangers Of Art.


What happens when you make anti-drug PSAs about art? An awesome series of photos that make me want to go back to art school.  Now I just need to learn how to draw.  But they’ll teach me that, right?

2012
02/17
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Art
Design
Entertainment
Photography
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Japanese Love Hotels.


Sexual connotation, fantasy or secret meetings, those establishments called ‘Love Hotels’ provide kinky fun for all types seeking sexual adventure.  Photographer Misty Keasler traveled Japan to documented the universe of those hotels.  In her new book, Love Hotels, American photographer Misty Keasler portrays some of the newest, most creative love hotels in Japan.  Check the method.  If any of these places look interesting to you (LADIES)… give me your feedback.

2012
02/17
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The Project X Podcast.


Click here to listen to the podcast.

The movie ‘Project X’ has had a profound effect on a few of my colleagues and I.  Aside from attempts to re-create the mythic party in the movie, one of the big things I’ve thought about was what music people would really play at a party that epic.  A week or two after getting a sneak peek at the movie, my good friend DJ Jeff Phantom and I decided to create a podcast series in honor party music, no matter the genre.  The ‘Project X Podcasts’ will feature new music in a vast multitude of genres from Hip Hop, to Dubstep, to Top 40′s, to Electro, Dutch House, House, and anything else modern man would need to get a party rocking.  Jeff Phantom and I took some time, and just went straight through with a 100% live 70 minute long podcast that showcases 20 or so tracks, and wanted to put it up for your consideration.  Keep in mind, this is the first time either of us have done this, so we just let it fly.  But click the pic above, and take a listen.

2012
02/17
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DJ Storm
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Supakitch & Koralie.


I know by reading the title of this post, you might think that it’s about some pair of German stripper twins.  And that would make you wrong.  Supakitch & Koralie are two innovative artists that breach the bounds of conventional art.  Take a look at the video below to get a better idea of just how they do their thing.

2012
02/17
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Wild Urban Animals.


Mikel Uribetxeberria’s series Animalia seems to ask the question: what would happen if humans disappeared and gorillas (or other animals) took over the city? In a collaboration with animal photographers on flickr, he has created both intriguing and disquieting imagery using his own architectural photographs to set the scene.  The Photoshop work on all these images is nothing short of incredible.  Check the method below.

2012
02/17
CATEGORY
Art
Photography
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Absolut London.


Absolut vodka has launched a limited edition bottle called London in collaboration with one of the UK’s leading graphic artists, Gorillaz’ Jamie Hewlett.  Set against a London backdrop, the bottle introduces key characters from the past who have influenced and shaped London’s present fashion scene.  The seven characters encapsulate the city’s diverse heritage, spanning the ages from Dickensian and 18th Century Dandy, through to Pinstripe gent, 60’s chick, SKA , Punk and 80’s Casual.  To celebrate the launch, ABSOLUT will be offering consumer the chance to buy one of only 50 unique ABSOLUT London collectors gift packs on Facebook.  ABSOLUT London will be launching in-store on 1st March in Selfridges and Harvey Nichols and then to general retailers from 1st April.

2012
02/16
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Art
Design
Entertainment
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