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
Category design
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
Category art, events, food for thought, hong kong, life, photography
Tags change the world, French, galerie perrotin, hong kong, inside out project, jr, photography, TED, TED Prize Winner 2011, transformation
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
Category art, presentation tips
Tags canada, john medjuck, nfb, video, william shatner