It seems appropriate that it’s designed by someone with a suitably excellent name – Sonya Winner . Who knew names could be so excellent?
Listening to the soundtrack of In The Heat Of The Night today reminded me how good the original poster artwork is.
As much as I love nudity, it’s universally accepted that clothing is an entirely necessary evil. Evil is always more potent in gorilla form, as per this t-shirt .
Kinect – such an ugly word. No matter – enjoy these beautifully conceived ads by advertising juggernaut McCann Erickson .
I’m not entirely sure who Brian Hart is, but his light paintings are certainly very interesting.
Göran Hugo Olsson’s The Black Power Mixtape examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975. The film combines music, startling 16mm footage (lying undiscovered in the cellar of Swedish Television for 30 years), and contemporary audio interviews from leading African-American artists, activists, musicians and scholars.
Illustrator Caitlin Clarkson’s Animal Alphabet (abbreviated to the rather ugly moniker ‘Anibet’) is very pretty indeed. Digging the J for Jaguar … sadly X is not for XJS in this instance.
Eye Sea Posters – terrible pun for a name, excused by the great selection of Polish movie posters .
Super Václav – spreading justice in the Czech Republic. You might want to Czech out the English site .
A veritable army of mimes (well, approximately 120) is helping to chastise bad drivers in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital. It’s a great idea, but I think midgets or albinos would be much more effective.
The Gagosian Gallery is exhibiting Andy Warhol’s portraits of sex kitten Brigitte Bardot as of today.
The People in Beta festival is now over, but check out the excellent design of the associated website.
The Dulux Own a Colour website is a great concept, well executed (a rare sight these days!). … The fact that they’ve managed to spell the word colour properly is also a Brucie Bonus.
The iPhone 5 is assembled in a very stressful environment if this video is to be believed .
eBay is filled with wildly obscure vehicles, but you don’t get much rarer than this formidable beast .
Have some spare electrical tape to hand? You could do worse than emulate this extreme home interior , one of a set featured in the New York Times Magazine .
I’m often inclined to pour scorn over things like this, but I’m genuinely impressed by the application process for Carsonified’s job vacancy . … We follow the same philosophy here: if you can demonstrate your ability to do the job, and have average-or-better personal hygiene, your qualifications, criminal record, height, shoe size etc. are immaterial.
Photomonth East London , the international photography festival, is underway, exhibiting work in over 100 galleries and venues.
Her broad client base includes a host of household names including The Guardian, Orange, Nike and Sainsbury’s. Her illustration for World Poker Tour magazine, above, almost makes me hanker for a game of poker myself.
Is the anything hipper than a gorilla in a suit ? Possibly not, but this owl sporting a monocle, hat and fetching moustache comes a close second.
It breaks my heart to hear that the legendary Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone , is living out of a caravan in Los Angeles . Sly – in the unlikely event that you read this – my spare room is yours any time, in the unlikely event that you fancy Eltham in south east London in preference to LA.
The ideal music solution for your jungle retreat . Digging that Tarzan vibe.
We’ve recently launched a new website for Laura Wright to coincide with the release of her debut album, The Last Rose. The gifted singer, currently studying at the prestigious Royal College, covers a broad selection of favourites, with full orchestral arrangements by John Rutter.
Countless images of vinyl, record collections and associated paraphernalia.
The aptly-named Teenage Bedroom blog contains countless images of teenagers bedrooms, past and present.
Digging this on Flickr , and it’s a perfect excuse to post a penis on the blog, if ever one were needed.
Roman Klonek’s surreal, Soviet manga ragtime (to use made-up, bullshit terminology) artwork is beautiful. Son of Poland – I congratulate you.
“House Industries and Herman Miller Japan announce a conceptually elegant collaboration that combines the classic Eames wire-base table with timeless typographic forms drawn from the House Industries Eames Century Modern font collection.” … I like them a lot.
Self-proclaimed illustrator, animator, stuntman, astronaut and stand-up comedian Elliott Quince’s website features obsscure Star Wars characters rendered in plasticine. He’s a talented man – the bollocks on the face of the green thing are particularly detailed.
Jim Reinders’ Carhenge is a very unusual tourist attraction.