I don’t know who made this, and I don’t know anything about this other than you can buy it here for 15,000w (no idea how much that is)…but I love it. I want one!!
On a side note: Raising the price of the subway to $2.50? Not cool MTA, not cool.
Remember that time when I said I was going to be posting more regularly…and then I didn’t? Yeah, my bad. In my defense, it’s been a pretty exciting time in my life. My new nephew/godson was born last Monday, so I took an impromptu trip down to Brooklyn to meet him!! Unfortunately, that left me playing catch-up with schoolwork and so I didn’t really have to time blog. But we’ll try this again…
The other day I was watching a commercial for a Grammy nominees album, and they showed a few seconds of R&B artist Ne-Yo’s video for “Closer.” Now, I used to LOVE this song (still do, I guess)…but one of my favorite parts has always been the music video. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a video doing such exciting things with typography. Watch it! Watch it!!
I love everything about this video. It’s so simple, yet so slick and effective. They took the concept of subtitles/a singalong video and made it modern and fun. My favorite part happens around 1:37, when they mix together words and visuals (also check out :53, 1:19, and 3:12 for more of the same). I just don’t think there’s any way they could’ve possibly captured this song any better in a visual format.
I just can’t stop watching it. Okay, I tried not to make that bad joke (refer to song lyrics)…but I couldn’t help myself.
I heard about this little gem from the great Steven Heller’s blog:
GARDEN & GUN MAGAZINE????
This bimonthly magazine focuses on the “soul of the New South,” which apparently…is all about guns and gardens (?). No judging here, just wondering where I can get a gigantic turtle like the one on the cover.
Get your subscription here…if you dare!
So, I know I’ve been slacking lately with the posting, but school was keeping me busy last week. Yeah, uh…school. Sure. Well, regardless of how much I’ve been socializing this week, school is actually already a pain. At Newhouse, the Communications Law (com law from now on) is a right of passage. I just had the great fortune to place in the second half of the alphabet, therefore forcing me to take com law my last semester of college. Now, it’s not that I don’t like lugging my 1,000+ page book across campus, but…
Anyway, on to the real reason for this post! I’m going to get back on track with my 101 series (when I say weekly posts, I mean weekly). More importantly, though, there’ll be changes to this site. I was never really happy with the finished product, so I’m planning a complete overhaul! I’m taking a Flash course, so hopefully I’ll be able to incorporate some of what I learn here. Also, I’ve got 23029482939283 (no, really) projects assigned for my graphics class this semester, so I’ll be updating my portfolio nearly on a weekly basis. I’m really excited about some of the projects I’ll be doing this semester. I’ll keep you posted as things develop. And if you need to find me, I’ll probably be at the graphics lab. Stay tuned!
Now that I put it on the internet, I have to do it.
BONUS! In honor of MLK Jr day today/inauguration tomorrow, Obama t-shirts:
Ah, it never gets old. Check out a bunch of other Obama shirts here. I promise it’s worth a look!
LOLcats + design humor = happy Mariel.