Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Company
Stunning covers for insurance maps, by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Company.
To think these were done without the help of any graphic software is just mind-blowing. Awesome shit. via Quipsologies
February 2011
Who is Arcade Fire??!!? →
whoisarcadefire.tumblr.com
SIngle best Tumblr page I’ve seen today. I don’t know if I should be amused or appalled.
We do not approve!
When other stamps cannot convey what you truly want to say.
This set of 12 stamps (of disapproval) made me laugh. They are a brainchild of recent RISD MFA grad Heather K. Phillips. Buy them here.
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Ozkar Gorgias
Graffiti artist and photographer Ozkar Gorgias chronicles 12 years of his life as a street artist through his footwear. Check out his Tumblr page for some awesome photography as well.
via phfotograffi
Tom Whalen + 3G Exhibit
The holy trinity of 80’s movies. Gremlins, Goonies and of course, Ghostbusters. Of the 3, my favorite will always be The Goonies. Lots of good memories tied in with that movie. Tom Whalen hits the nail on the head with these posters for his upcoming exhibit called 3G, obviously for Ghostbusters, Goonies and Gremlins.
via Quipsologies
“It’s one-hundred pages so we’re concerned that we’re going to lose their attention. I want you to make sure that no two slides looks the same. Use different colors, fonts — anything and everything.”
—100 pages? Each slide with different colors, fonts from the next? I see where this is going.
Fox Print by Rob Warnick
Look at that print. Will you just look at that. The clean lines, the colors, the playful images. This is one awesome print by Rob Warnick. If I could come up with art that’s even half as decent as this, I’d be a happy designer. This is just sick.
The BLDG has collaborated on another art print with Rob Warnick. “Fox” is a 15″ x 22″ screenprint, has an edition of 55, and will cost $30. It goes up sometime tomorrow (Thursday, February 10th) at a random time. VisitWarnickArt.com.
via OMGPosters
Dirty Logos
Famous logos constructed using an ancient technique in which soil is packed into molds. Mu Chen’s show is at the Shanghai Gallery of Art.
For “Colors,” part of Mu Chen’s “Forever & Ever” solo show at the gallery, the artist took a variety of Chinese soils — red, black, brown and green — and packed them into molds shaped like famous global-brand logos, from swoosh to apple, using a centuries-old construction technique.
Once the molds were removed, she painted the earthen logos in neon pigments — but only the tops. The colors may be bright and compelling, but the hues have yet to seep into the dense Chinese earth.
via Quipsologies
