Last month when our newest client SWAGG/Firethorn asked us to change the "vibe" in their office, I had to reach into my Hip Hop/B-Boy backpack and tap into the world of Graffiti as a solution for their needs. What our client wanted was an attitude change in the form of an art project.READ»
I ran a marathon, once, when I was 16. I trained for several months with my dad, who'd run a bunch of them before. After I finished the race, I felt so crummy that I yelled at him, "How could you let me do this?" But within a few ...READ»
Long a symptom of urban decay, graffiti has been co-opted into
presidential campaigns, fashion, even dinnerware, yet no one has dared
promote it as a crucial factor for vibrant community building. Monica
Campana and Blacki Li Rudi ...READ»
Eye-trackers, devices that use small cameras to measure the motion of eyes, are often used to assist the disabled in digitally highlighting and spelling text. The technology is extremely expensive, with costs ranging anywhere from ...READ»
What would the zombie classic Night of the Living Dead look like as a mash-up of mixed-media scenes from today's creative visionaries? Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated, a collaboration between 150 artists and animators, attempts ...READ»
Most people know Michael Crichton as the guy who threw over his medical practice after hitting the big time as author with a knack for penning movie-ready novels, first with The Andromeda Strain, then with Jurassic Park and State of ...READ»
In terms of numbers, more tickets for World Cup 2010, kicking off in South Africa on June 11, have been sold in the United States than in any other country besides South Africa. South African company FNA is using their World Cup success to date to promote an under-supported group of Ndebele women beaders, looking for a win-win outcome.READ»
Google has just announced it's buying up Plink, a nifty little U.K. start-up that calls itself a visual search engine developer. The plan is to apply its algorithms to Google's visual search platform, Goggles. Launched just four ...READ»
How do you make a movie about an anonymous street artist? You don't. Filmmaker Thierry Guetta set out to do so, and apparently had the camera turned back on him.READ»
My father, Lorenzo Ghiglieri, is an accomplished artist who has
generously donated many of his works to charities with which my
business is involved. Born in Los Angeles, Ghiglieri studied artists
like Rembrandt, Velazquez, and ...READ»
Co-founder of the branding and design shop Carbone Smolan Agency, Ken Carbone, shares his secret to staying creative—journals. Finding inspiration in the personal journals of post-impressionist painter Paul Gauguin, he has been ...READ»
A lesson for all the budding criminals out there: if you're going to commit a crime, do it in Norway, because the country is soon to open Halden Prison, possibly the world's most ridiculously posh prison.
When it opens on April 1, ...READ»
Delphian School students have been volunteering at the annual McMinnville Mayor's Charity Ball long enough to become a staple at the fundraiser, which raises money for the local Kids on the Block program.This year, Delphian Senior ...READ»
We
want a perfect silk painting, and each step we has already
carefully treated. However, some accidental matter occurred, as you are
applying the resist the edges of the metal tips may drag slightly on the silk.
This is not a ...READ»
Traditional
Chinese painting can create a fascinating decorative effect by
combing the strips of scrim before they are laid on wet silk. The thicker lines
that cross the design were produced by the gathered threads.
Except this, ...READ»
Sleep Mart Article - Sleep Mart News
World-famous murals can be found in Mexico, New York, Philadelphia,
Belfast, Derry, Los Angeles, Nicaragua, Cuba and in India. [1] They
have functioned as an important means of communication ...READ»
