Tiny Art Director
Dad has four-year-old daughter. Daughter asks dad to draw something. Dad draws. Then, daughter critiques drawing. Then dad posts the crtique and drawing on his blog. Brilliant!
The Brief: A mama snail and a baby snail
The Critique: I’m sorry to say that you’re worser than me. You gotta learn to draw as me. You just don’t draw so well. Why do you think that is? It turns out that I’m the good draw-er. It turns out that you’re the art director.
Artists Note: The critique is on the initial sketch, and compares to hers. She actually likes the painting.
Job Status: Provisionally Approved, pending addition of jumping fish in the lake
(via Boing Boing)
Frank Lloyd Wright Lego Architechture Collection
So I am seeing these awesome Frank Lloyd Wright Lego collections all over the blogger word. I really want the Falling Water one above but that one does not seem to be for sale yet.
“The LEGO Group and Adam Reed Tucker of Brickstructures, Inc. officially introduced the LEGO Architecture line in 2008. The line currently consists of six buildings – now including two of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous and recognizable buildings, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and “Fallingwater.”
With models developed in collaboration with architects, LEGO Architecture works to inspire future architects, engineers and designers as well as architecture fans around the world with the LEGO brick as a medium. Builders of all ages can now collect and construct their favorite worldwide architectural sites through these artistic replicas.”
Would someone find the Falling Water one for me and send it to me? Thanks in advance!
Lawn Scrabble (OMG!)
OMFG! I am TOTALLY going to build this. The only problem I could really see is that it would be easy to remember the wood grain on the back of the letters so you can pick the letters you want. And that is only a problem for NEW players. Buck a point, anyone? Mwuhahahah!!
The awesome bar has just been raised.
(via FFFFOUND)
Visiondivision Dubai Statue Submission = AWESOME!
Right now, I am not on board with this whole Dubai thang. If Dubai wants to have any credibility with me it will greenlight this. As their submission to the Thyssenkrupp Elevator Architecture Award (rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?), VisionDivision submitted a design for a gigantic animatronic eunuch storyteller to be placed in Zaabeel Park in Dubai. That’s right: a giant animatronic eunuch storyteller.
You had me at giant animatronic eunuch.
The idea is that the statue represents al Hakawati, an ancient Arabic storyteller. It’s arms and head move as it recites ancient Arabic stories that are broadcast through speakers that are placed throughout the park. The proposal calls for a children’s library in the base and numerous other rooms throughout the body of the sculpture including a gold room, a crystal cavern, a green room and a room full of fish tanks. Take away the children’s library and you got one helluva strip club there.
The only question is, how could this NOT win!? Look, if it doesn’t, I invite the VisionDivision guys to set this up on my front lawn. No charge. Only instead of ancient Arabic stories it will make it recite crazy non-sequitur jibberish. Or Henry Rollins spoken word stuff. Or how about if it just shouts, “Hi, neighbor!!” every three minutes? Oh, the fun I could have…
(via designbloom)
Saturday Morning Animation – Quimby the Mouse by Chris Ware
Oh, Chris Ware. How I love your strange self-loathing comic books. And an animated Quimby Mouse for This American Life – Live? Yes please!
Music: “Eugene” by Andrew Bird. Animated by John Kuramoto.
A Kit to Thwart Writers Block
All creative types have been there: no fresh ideas coming up in the old noggin. Elizabeth Dilk decided to make her own “idea box” for times when inspiration doesn’t strike. The kit has a couple of writing pads, pre-chewed pencils a 12-sided die with random actions written on each side. To advertise it, she screen printed a bunch of napkins that are pre-doodled with depressing comments on one side and the logo on the other. Unfortunately, this isn’t a real product. It was a design project where the designers were, “…asked to find something I hate, change it and make it better, and then advertise it.” No reason you can’t go off and make your own though…
(via Designbloom)
Saturday Morning Animation – Ten Thousand Pictures of You
Adidas: Kopanya
I am not a follower of socce….er….football, I mean, but I sure like this ad campaign from Adidas to celebrate the first ever Africa hosted Confederation’s Cup . The way to be famous in Africa is to have a haircut named after you and have your likeness painted on a wooden board or on the side of a building advertising your special coif. Adidas had these commissioned, each one representing the stars of the game and their special “cuts” – their noted skill at the game.
I do not know who they commissioned to do these but I sure hope they made the effort to find people who really do paint these signs in Africa and not just someone to knock ’em off.
Kopanya is a South African word for togetherness and is part of Adidas global campaign – “Together I am strong”.
(via www.ibelieveinadv.com)
Saturday Morning Animation – Slagsmålsklubben
Little Red Ridding Hood as performed in infographics. The music is a bit annoying but the second time through, I really liked it.
Kinetic Wave Sculptures by Ruben Margolin
Reuben Margolin is a San Francisco Bay Area artist who creates amazingly complected yet elegant sculptures. Inspired from nature and built using found objects, simple pulleys and motors, he is truly creating inspired stuff. And listening to him talk about his work is just as inspiring.
The video is a Make Magazine profile and well worth watching. He even makes a stop by Urban Ore, one of the greatest places on the planet as far as I am concerned. He is truly creating inspired stuff and I really enjoy hearing him talk about his work.
As Fast As I Can T-Shirt
How could you not love this Threadless Tee by Thomas De Santis?
Big Plastic Head Lingo – “LOINK”
Yes, I have created my first word and that word is:
loink: n. A broken web URL; A link in a web page that either goes to the wrong location or nowhere at all.
That’s right. That’s MINE! You can go suck it, Urban Dictionary. We already have PLENTY of different words for “penis”, thank you very much. You DO NOT need this one.
UNO Hispanic Branding Posters
Go check out this nice collection of Hispanic posters over at Behance Network. Unfortunately there isn’t any information about them at all. I think they are all by Luis Fitch over at Uno Branding but I am not sure.
Barack Obama’s First Signature as President
That is one nice signature. Sure beats the last guys.
High Line Park, NYC
I find this both exciting and inspirational. I remember hearing about plans to take a portion of the elevated train system in NYC and turn it into a park a few years ago but I wrote it off as just being a beautiful pipe dream that would never come to fruition. I have never been more glad to be wrong.
The High Line was built in between 1929 and 1934 on Manhattan’s West side. The High Line went right through the middle of city blocks so that freight trains (it could support 2, fully loaded) could roll right in to warehouses and factories to pick up and drop off goods. This alleviated any interference with street traffic that was starting to become a problem in the bustling city. By the 50’s, trucking began replacing the railway and, after some demolition in the 60’s, it finally stopped seeing any use in 1980.
To make a long story short, advocates spoke, protection of the abandoned railway was granted and funding was raised. A design competition was held and architects were chosen. And now, it is physically happening. The first section of the High Line (Gansevoort Street to 20th Street) is projected to open in the Spring of 2009. That is almost now, people!
Here is a great video kind of showing what it will be:
Here is the Friends of the High Line blog that has some great info and updates.
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