Fictional Travel Poster Art

Here’s a great collection of Fictional Travel Poster Art from a new show that Planet Pulp is currently running. Artists have been inspired from some classic movies and TV shows.

via Geek Tyrant

The Feynman Series – Part 1

I recently split from my boyfriend of nearly 21 months. This was easily the longest and most meaningful relationship of my life. For someone whose longest relationship was 2 months, this really went to show what could happen when you meet the right person, but also that nothing lasts forever. During this time, my closest friend shared with me this video as an inspiration for beauty, science and embracing the unknown and I think it’s important to share that outlook with the world.

Part One of The Feynman Series, a companion project of The Sagan Series, works in the hopes of promoting scientific literacy in the general population. This video by @reidgower is something I hope you enjoy too, and if you’re going through a questioning time in your life perhaps it will also inspire you to seek the solace and comfort of the truth.

Echo Lake – Buried at Sea

The music video for Buried at Sea’s song “Echo Lake” directed by Natalia Stuyk. The video was shot off the coast of Granada, Southern Spain.

Aurora Timelapse from Michigan

The Aurora Borealis as seen east of Martin, Michigan on October 24 2011. The timelapse spans 2h 20m from just after dusk to around 10:30 pm EDT.

The YouTube video also come with tech details, which is something I like to nerd out about: ~280 15MP images taken with a Canon T1i. Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 set @11mm f4.0 ISO 400. 25 second exposures every 30 seconds.

Taken from Wikipedia: Auroras result from emissions of photons in the Earth’s upper atmosphere, above 80 km (50 mi), from ionized nitrogen atoms regaining an electron, and oxygen and nitrogen atoms returning from an excited state to ground state. They are ionized or excited by the collision of solar wind and magnetospheric particles being funneled down and accelerated along the Earth’s magnetic field lines; excitation energy is lost by the emission of a photon of light, or by collision with another atom or molecule:

oxygen emissions
Green or brownish-red, depending on the amount of energy absorbed.

nitrogen emissions
Blue or red. Blue if the atom regains an electron after it has been ionized. Red if returning to ground state from an excited state.

The Largest Star Ever Discovered

Our Sun — approximately 1 million miles in diameter — is generally considered by the Universe to be one of the smaller stars.

via Discovery Channel

Cutting Edges

I’m happy to see Cutting Edges, curating these contemporary takes on vintage (found) imagery, featuring a new take on old design. Incidentally, I’ve come across some of these pieces on fffound before, I would love to get my hands on a copy of this tome for myself. With work by Jelle Martens, Anthony Zinonos, Eduardo Recife and more, the book is pure eye candy.

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.

I’ve been listening to this record on repeat for the last few months, so tight. Last night was the first time I really explored the iTunes LP of it that I got and watched the three music videos attached. JEALOUSY.

Parodies and Prequels

I know I haven’t been around for a bit, I’ve been incredibly busy with projects and going to Sasquatch, I promise to post again soon, but it may not be until after a week or two. Until then, here’s some Star Wars love. The first video was shared by my friend Ryan and is hilarious.

The second was shared by City of Films

Apollo 11 Commemorative Prints

At the “Une Histoire d’Homme” auction by Parisian auction house Artcurial, Lot 202 is a commemorative box set of 20 colored prints during the period of Apollo 11′s mission, July 16th—24th, 1969. Published by Omega, the above shot is of Edwin Aldrin Jr. on the lunar surface and was taken by Neil Armstrong.

The box set has an auction estimate between €1,000 to €1,500 (about $1,340 to $2,000 CAD).

S:S&S EP Audience Calibration Procedure

Didn’t know what this was for the first time I saw it. Didn’t care. So awesome, it makes a non-gamer like myself wanna game.

Find out more at swordandsworcery.com
App coming soon (they promise)

(via @ryanleroux)

Christopher Kane Menswear Spring 2011

Christopher Kane’s releases his first ever menswear collection and, thank almighty Thor, the common theme throughout this collection was Space.

The detail and colour of the explosions and landscapes. The hooded sweatshirt above features an abstract explosion of colors and… leather sleeves? London blogger 00 o 00 tried it on and claims the leather sleeves are paper thin and lightweight, but we’ll have to take his word for it until someone here is brave enough for any of these items.

I am brave enough for this

Most of the pieces from this collection were made from cashmere and silk, by one of the oldest Scottish woolen mills, Johnstons of Elgin. Johnstons also supplies and manufactures knitwear for many other luxury fashion houses.

May the Force {of Typography} Be With You

Vs. The Times New Roman Empire Strikes Back

{via kissmyblackads and BuzzFeed }

LP Cover Inspiration

I have been more and more interested in album cover design and I’ve done a few *real designs this year so far already (*when I say real I mean client work, I don’t count the covers I make for Mixcasts or the like) but hope to get into more in the future. Where I draw inspiration from is really a great prospect because there are a few different styles I like to dabble in, Illustration, Retro-Future, Minimal mostly, so depending on the band, different sounds require different treatments.

For instance, the 70s was a pretty great time for album covers. Many of the covers were so abstract and had little to nothing to do with the band but it was okay. It was a time of musical odyssey and artistic expression. My hope is that we one day look back at this information renaissance and recognize the role art has taking in communications over the last hundred years or so.

The good news is we seem to be getting back to this point. As many infinite album covers as new bands and sounds emerging from the interwebs sparks excitement for this boy.

Homemade Spacecraft

This incredible video of a homemade weather balloon that rose into the upper stratosphere to recorded the blackness of space and most of the return trip home. I must do this one day!

Visit brooklynspaceprogram.org to get the entire uncut voyage. Thanks to Adam Flewwelling for sharing this with me.

Artist: Tomokazu Matsuyama

Tomokazu Matsuyama’s work is similarly influenced by both the austerity of post-war contemporary art and the rough extravagancy of popular culture. An upbringing split between Japan and America spurred the questions of national and individual identity that figure prominently in the style and subject matter of his paintings – attempting to parse the “natural chaos” of our social environment, Matsuyama pushes viewers to confront their conceptions of cultural homogeneity, which seems to contradict notions of Japaneseness.

Joshua Liner Gallery

Matsuyama, born in 1976 now lives and works in NY. As a contemporary artist, he exhibits his work internationally showing in galleries and in institutions in cities from Tokyo, Osaka, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, and Vancouver to institutions such as Asian American Arts Centre.

There is something wonderful and exotic in the work he does, a world you hope to get lost in. At once surreal and vibrant, I love the palettes and shapes he uses.