Monthly Archives: July 2012

The anniversary logo

Facebook’s randomizing algorithm threw them together: Steelcase (furniture) and NSCAD (art school). Though both logos were familiar, I hadn’t noticed the similarities before. Side by side, they could be iterations of the same identity. Both are celebrating significant anniversaries this… Continue reading

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The casting call: JR Inside Out in HK

As 2011 TED Prize Winner, French artist JR was challenged to change the world. His response? Inside Out: a global art project transforming messages of personal identity into works of art. Well worth 24 minutes of your attention, his presentation… Continue reading

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The Canadian national anthem reworked by William Shatner

July 1st is Canada Day. William Shatner’s modern take of O Canada, captured in this 2011 NFB short by Jacob Medjuck. It makes me laugh and strangely homesick at the same time. Not a bad thing in my books… think… Continue reading

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