Back in Business.//

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After a long time of neglecting this blog (only three posts in 2011), I've decided it's time to resume posting and bookmarking all those lovely and creative artworks out there as another tool of expressing myself. Furthermore, to kick it up a notch each post will contain a track and quote alongside with the story itself. All related. Something for the mind, ear and eyes.

" Find a way to express what moves you. (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) "

Ray Vista - Don't Let It Go

Originally released on Neige Records, Canada in 1983.

RAFATORRE.//

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Modern Surrealism

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Bending Buildings.//

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First the streets of Paris (at least in Inception), now the facades of Lyon. In December, the Théatre des Celestins was the location of an unlikely phenomenon in the architecture world: a classical Beaux-Arts building smushed into a Gehry-esque blob. And all thanks to the vocal patterns of a very captive audience.

full story here:

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/13168/bending-buildings/

The Four Icon Challenge .//

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The Four Icon Challenge is a project by designer, Kyle Tezak. The goal is to sum up an entire book or movie using only four icons.

http://www.kyletezak.com/design/the-four-icon-challenge/

Ray-Ban Never Hide campaign .//

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Great guerilla marketing idea for Ray-Ban Never Hide campaign in Paris.

full article here:

http://www.paper-plane.fr/2011/01/guerilla-pour-ray-ban/

The Mickey Mouse Mask .//

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The United States Army Chemical Museum has a very special gas mask. It looks like Mickey Mouse (©Disney)!! This mask was produced early in 1942 to protect children in case of a chemical attack on the United States.

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Locks of love at the Ponte Milvio .//

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Locks of love are the padlocks fixed by loving couples to symbolize their eternal love.
A couple would hang a padlock after inscribing their name or initials on it and throw the key away so that their love is locked forever.

COME ON PAINT ME WHITE AGAIN .//

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A funny conversation between mobstr and the Newcastle City Council.

"NY-Z" - An ABSOLUT Collaboration with Jay-Z

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Banksy Arrives in New York City .//

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Banksy continues his North American tour. After spotting his art in Boston, now first works by the artist were seen in New York City. The opening is marked with a “I Heart NY” piece by Banksy, found on Cedar Street between Greenwich and Trinity.

Denis Smith's Lightwritting.//

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I've previously posted about Lichtfaktor's lightwritting but the Australian photographer Denis Smith took this technique to the next level. Pushing the boundaries of light graffiti, Smith has produced something mysterious and mythical light shapes.

Oscar Diaz | Ink Calendar

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"Ink Calendar" makes use the timed pace of the ink spreading on the paper to indicate time.

The ink is absorbed slowly, and the numbers in the calendar are "printed" daily. One a day, they are filled with ink until the end of the month. A calendar self-updated, which enhances the perception of time passing and not only signaling it.

The ink colors are based on a spectrum, which relate to a “color temperature scale”, each month having a color related to our perception of the whether on that month. The colors range from dark blue in December to, three shades of green in spring or oranges, red in the summer.

The scale for measuring the “color temperature” that I have used is a standard called ‘D65’ and corresponds roughly to a midday sun in Western / Northern Europe.

The "Ink Calendar" was developed for “Gradual “, an exhibition featuring works, which were evolving during the exhibition time at the London Design Festival 2007.

http://www.oscar-diaz.net/

Lucas & Cameron .//

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1998: Lucas Sent This To Cameron, When Titanic Dethroned Star Wars At The Box Office

Fainting goats .//

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This breed of goat was once used by farmers, kept in the pastures with sheep and other small livestock. When wolves and coyotes would attack, the goat would be frightened and faint, so the predator would get the goat while the rest of the animals fled to safety…and this is where the term “scapegoat” originated.

This is one of mother nature’s cruel sick jokes.

The Lambeth Palace by Banksy .//

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Dubbed The Lambeth Palace by its creator, Banksy describes the venue as “London’s newest, darkest and dirtiest purpose-built cinema”

“The Lambeth Palace is a makeshift 150-seat auditorium in a tunnel under Waterloo train station with popcorn stall, lounge bar and stunning temporary toilet facilities,” boasts the blurb.

Showings, which predictably almost immediately sold out, are 6pm and 9.30pm daily until 4 March.

*checking it out in 2 weeks.