Best of...

I think I love that there is a best of YouTube cats video (plus, it involves bjork)... such as this:



Just what one needs to see at the end of a long week.

Edward Hopper

Last weekend the MFA opened its Hopper Exhibition. I have to be honest, I was never really excited about Hopper's work before I had the chance to work on the online portions of the exhibition. Now I really appreciate it.



He does such an amazing job of implying so much in a painting. You really get the feeling that there's a story just beneath the surface, that these are real people or places. I can't help but wonder what happened before or what's about to happen.

The lights, shadows, composition and colors are all wonderful. You should really go check out the show. Ann and I got a sneak peak before it opened but Nikole and I are going to see it this weekend in all it's restrained glory.


By the way... check out the Hopper microsite that Ann and I worked on. Unfortunately we had to take a few things off due to rights and licensing but we'll be adding a few more things soon.



MFA Hopper Microsite

WHAM!

Just to get in the mood for summer, and because I am strangely attracted to the overall 80's feel of these, I would like to reintroduce you to WHAM!


club tropicana! matching girl outfits, suntans, shower scenes...



wake me up before you go go! CHOOSE LIFE is a message of quotidien optimism as opposed to political message...

PSST! Pass It On…

A collaborative motion graphics experiment.

"The mission of PSST is to produce original short films through the collaboration of different teams of designers, directors, and animators. Each film is comprised of three sections produced by three different teams. This process is the whole idea behind PSST! – a technique derived from the Dadaist game of Exquisite Corpse and the children’s game Telephone and applied to the arts of motion graphics, animation and film-making."

Poster Contest!

Post your submissions here for us to see! Entries due May 10!

Bjork poster contest, read all about it!

"To kick off the release of her forthcoming album, Volta, she’s inviting eager graphic designers (and non-designers) to submit a concert poster for a May show in northern California. The winner will be flown in for the show and put up in a hotel to enjoy the celebrity that comes from having 2,000 limited-edition broadsides printed for distribution to the masses."

(( thanks to kelly! who found this on the readymade blog! ))