Everyday Life

The Bubble Project will turn your head

This is brilliant. This guy is basically changing advertising from a one way medium, into a conversation on culture, the world, or anything you want it to be. It’s a thought provoking idea, that could only come from the underground and a former Art Director turned street artist. It’s serious, it’s funny, it’s simple and it’s ingenous. The top video is an excerpt from ABC News that explains the idea, the bottom is more of a mini-documentary on the movement he is creating.
www.thebubbleproject.com

Posted: May 21st, 2008 under Everyday Life, Advertising/Marketing.
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Google to get you

Take a look at this Orwellian adventure. These two guys are using the increasingly popular street view in Google Maps. Think the government or Google is getting too close to you? Or perhaps the Googlement? Damn, and I just started using the google calendar. Well I guess it’s back to under the stairs for me.

Posted: March 14th, 2008 under Everyday Life.
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Mac-o-lantern

What, turn your prized paper-weight into something “useful”? How crazy is this mac culture? In one word, VERY. Here is a site to show you how to turn your old mac pumpkin, into a princess. Just beware when you’re trick-or-treating in Steve Jobs neighborhood, as it’s rumored that when he runs out of iPhones, he switches to these.

> learn how to build your own mac-o-lantern

Posted: October 31st, 2007 under Everyday Life.
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The new iProphylactic, only on your iPhone

How could the witty writers for “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” top the FedEx Pope? By taking a closer look at all of the things you can do with an iPhone.

Posted: October 11th, 2007 under Everyday Life.
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When art and pop-culture combine

Remember the last time you tried to draw a circle or your name on an Etch-A-Sketch? I remember being frustrated/bored with this toy after 10-15 minutes. Okay, I was probably 8 at the time but like the Rubik’s cube it seemed pretty impossible, and really what could you do with it? Well Jeff Gagliardi took this toy to new levels and has been doing so for the past 35 years. I guess some people just have more of a knack for it. He creates the unimaginable on this 1950’s toy, and pushes his art form to the boundaries using the two white twiddly knobs that frustrated many of us. Not only are the pictures he creates astounding by themselves, but the idea of the process makes it even more incredible. From the Mona Lisa, to the King of Hearts he draws these pieces using the one continuously connected line that an Etch-A-Sketch allows, and knowledge that if you make an error, you start over. There is no eraser; it’s all or nothing. (Well okay, one BIG eraser). Because Jeff has worked in this medium for sometime he has also figured a way to solidify the work when it’s complete. Because a few bad bumps to one of these creations and the art is history. (And not in a good way.) This is a cool way of taking something that everyone is familiar with, and doing something extraordinarily artsy with it.