Playbook for Business Designers
“Miss Piggy”, a Curtiss C-46 Commando which crash landed in November 1979.
The plane was affectionately named because of the sheer abundance of cargo it was able to carry, also at one stage it did have a cargo of pigs.
It came to rest on a rocky cliff after topping a few trees and taking out power lines. Fortunately there were no fatalities but two of the three crew were seriously injured.
HT @bushpilot
From a post I shared on twitter titled, “pregnant women who looks allot like a typical-brooklynite”. Shot by a famous portait photographer who’s best know for capturing the rich and wealthy upper class lives of New Yorkers. You can see why this well known NYC real estate brand would follow such a direction.
Mario Testino has not only created iconic portraits of society’s most well-known figures, but has been a driving force in the creation of the cult of celebrity. Kate Moss continues to be one of Testino’s most frequent and favoured models, in part for her ability to convey something particularly English and for her unaffected beauty. His portrait ‘Kate in Blue Cafe’ (2005) is typical of Testino’s trademark style, being at once both disarmingly nonchalant yet highly posed.
This limited edition print was published to coincide with the exhibition ‘Joshua Reynolds: The Creation of Celebrity’ at Tate Britain. If you managed to get hold of one at the time then you made a sound investment.
You should be in awe of Aston Martin vintage DBR2. Beautiful curves and detailing.
Saving time without taking your gloves off whilst snowboarding? Add to that list a service for design studios running rounds of brew.
Now if only the nation’s fireworks choreographers could figure out how to make this happen in real life, we could try it out in July.
Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions – Albert Einstein
Breathtaking, utter simplicity.
First covered by the Guardian who ran this story back in 2009.
Invasion: ‘What I feel I am trying to convey is a sense of an aesthetically pleasing shape that clearly does not belong in that particular place or area,’ says Bosanko. Based in Cardiff, most of the light art is drawn either in the empty urban night spaces of cities like Newport and the artist’s home town, or in the more desolate landscapes of the Breacon Beacons.
He spent the past five years developing his technique. These images were taken with a long exposure on a digital Canon camera. Thirty-nine-year-old photographic artist Michael Bosanko has made these pictures, which have not been Photoshopped, using colored torches at night in the same way that an artist uses a paintbrush. His digital camera stays on a long exposure, ranging from 10 seconds to one hour to create the images against the backdrop of Cardiff, Newport and the Brecon Beacons in south Wales
The Faroe Islands is a country in the Norwegian Sea, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing country.
Remote island communities have always fascinated me. From the independent nature of the people who call them home, rugged scenery that often graces the landscape, the animals that live there- they can really spark the imagination.
Enjoying this sign in 2005.
Take the F train to 4th/Smith and you’ll take in this great legacy signage.
Time for some dark humored posters that reveal a twist of fate.
“I never want children are great.
For all life’s twists and turns: Flexible financial plans.”
HT @pivoting via Ad’s of the World
Great slideshow in today’s Guardian featuring David Lynch sketches. Gorgeous artifacts of visual thinking.
This year the acclaimed director of Mulholland Drive turned to publisher Steidl to collate his new book, ‘Works on Paper’, featuring more than 500 of his drawings dating from the 1960s onwards.
Eric Bana is still chewing that spoonfull of ration today. Fantastic speech about why we do what do. The people around us matter.
The Day of Affirmation speech was a speech given by Senator Robert F. Kennedy to National Union of South African Students members at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on June 6, 1966. In the speech Kennedy talked about individual liberty, apartheid, and the need for civil rights in the United States at a time when the American civil rights movement was ongoing.
“Only those who dare to fail greatly, will achieve greatly”
Amazingly simple yet amazingly clever design. Deserved mention
“Press-To-Open” flat keyrings by Eric von Schoultz made of sand blasted stainless steel. Just press/pinch and the leverage helps open the end! Easy to slip the keys on and off when needed. Saves those nails and fustrations
HT @notcot
Stupendous find.
I’m just not too sure Gucci intended this to go this far, right? (click to skip the smoking canister)
Clearly a provocative image, likely re-released to become a viral sensation. Gucci obviously took it upon themselves to race to the bottom of the heap. But why?
Branding Brands put it concisely:
As we all know, understand, and imagine; Gucci sells sex. Since 1994 when Tom Ford took over Gucci the company had one clear message “sex!” It was the sexual revolution of women lead by Tom Ford who’s dream was who’s dream was to empower women on a sexual level.
This recent campaign follows a simple undeniable trend: Sex sells. Gucci rose out of what seemed certain bankruptcy to one of the most popular and successful luxury fashion retailers.
Although controversial the original provocative ad campaigns by the “then” creative director Tom Ford ensured his message of sexual empowerment became a series of intriguing ads.
But let us be clear about the “now” brand message under new leadership of Frida, Gucci is a beacon of luxury taste, a fashion role model with a halo of respect. The imagination runs wild on Gucci’s seductive visuals, never the explicit. Sure my own righteousness is questionable.
