July 2010
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AN EXPLANATION OF POWER BY MARCO BRAMBILLA IN... →
…the project “a video work that’s been commissioned by Kanye to accompany the music”…was his and Mr. West’s attempt to answer the question, “How do you visually paint a portrait of power?” Murakami to Kaws to Condo to Brambilla (check his site here) The creative and collaborative art-economy of K.West unveils its direction this week. JNOMICS
Jul 29th
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WE ARE NOT LOSERS. WE ARE LASERS. →
LUPE! JNOMICS
Jul 29th
thedarkwalk asked: thanks for sharing, its definitely cool!
Jul 29th
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SUPERMOREBETTER CLASSIC ALBUM ART | THE COLLEGE... →
These are the artists whose work we live with and become fans of without ever knowing their names.  In a culture as obsessed with attribution as ours is (a good thing), we should know their names and follow their creative development as we do more traditional fine artists through gallery openings and museum exhibitions.  Maybe it’s just not important enough to folks for it to matter, but...
Jul 28th
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“ASCAP Boss Refuses To Debate Lessig; Claims That It’s An Attempt To...”
– techdirt Lame. JNOMICS
Jul 28th
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IF YOU THINK JNOMICS IS RAD PLEASE RECOMMEND.... →
A RECOMMENDATION IN THE ART OR PERSONALITIES DIRECTORIES WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.  JUST CLINK ON THE LINK ABOVE, ON THE DAMIEN HIRST SKULL, OR HERE TO DO SO. IT ONLY TAKE A COUPLE SECONDS AND WOULD MAKE ME DAY.  HOPE YOUR DAY IS RAD! JNOMICS 
Jul 27th
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El Capitan by COLORCUBIC
This print is the first of many exclusive prints that we’ll be creating for Fuel Your Creativity’s upcoming market place (online shop). This print in particular has a very special meaning to us, as it is our way of honoring one of our biggest influences ever, and one of  the biggest influences in the design industry: Herb Lubalin. As depicted in the title, and the print, Mr....
Jul 27th
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COLORCUBIC EXPERIMENTAL MOTION VIDEO JNOMICS
Jul 27th
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INKSIE Teaser Video “Inksie is a brand, online community and shop based on well-designed products and the culture that embodies them. The hub of our organization consists of fledging designers and veterans alike, excited to create, distribute and vote on works of art around the world.” DOPE. JNOMICS
Jul 27th
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“For some people, it will take hitting bottom to behave like the ant instead of...”
– Kurt Anderson (via poptech) DIG. JNOMICS
Jul 26th
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An interesting conversation with Marc Jacobs (interviewed by Charlie Rose) in February, 1998 following the announcement that Marc had become Louis Vuitton’s creative director. JNOMICS
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“My view is that another show should be as highly disciplined and unified in...”
– Letter to Peter and Alison Smithson from Richard Hamilton - January 16, 1957
Jul 26th
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Better then Warhol.
kikivaldes: Hands down! > Roy Lichtenstein YES. JNOMICS
Jul 26th
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DAMIEN HIRST | SUPREME SKATEBOARD DECKS
ART. COLLABORATION. CULTURE. COMMERCE. JNOMICS
Jul 25th
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“But the answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it. And just to live....”
Jul 25th
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“Before I started working on a computer, writing a piece would be like making...”
– Joan Didion, in an interview with Dave Eggers for Salon (via hragv)
Jul 25th
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“…the global commodification of both forms and our senses considers the...”
– YOUR ENGAGEMENT HAS CONSEQUENCES JNOMICS
Jul 25th
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OLAFUR ELIASSON - YOUR ENGAGEMENT HAS CONSEQUENCES →
“Physics has found no straight lines – has found only waves – physics has found no solids – only high- frequency event fields. THE UNIVERSE IS NOT CONFORMING TO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PERPENDICULAR-PARALLEL FRAME OF REFERENCE. The universe of physical energy is always divergently expanding (radiantly) or convergently contracting (gravitationally).” Richard Buckminster Fuller ...
Jul 25th
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NEW MUSEUM NYC
Dig. JNOMICS
Jul 25th
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“Luxury firms may at last be waking up to the internet, but they have a long way...”
– The Economist, 7.22.10 (via designersocial)
Jul 24th
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one forty plus: Re:Lights →
walex: … I don’t care who you are, if you’re performing music with other human beings and go by a word or words instead of a name or names, you are a band. If your name is Craig or Gabriel and you want to transcend your overall Craigness/Gabriosity by choosing a name like “Box of Blue Cubes,”… I reblog this as a nod to celebrities writing well.  It is much appreciated.  Anyone...
Jul 23rd
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“[M]aybe it would be cool to have conversations about this thing that I’m the...”
– Jessi Arrington speaking of business partner and husband Creighton Mershon. cf. “Once you’re on the job, having a best friend at work is a strong predictor of success. People might define ‘best’ loosely (think of this as kindergarten where you can have more than one ‘best’ friend), but according to...
Jul 23rd
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Blood, sweat, and felt markers →
bobulate: Can we arrive at irrational logic? David Byrne, straight from his sketchbook, shows us how with what was published by McSweeney’s as Arboretum: [Drawing/diagrams (mostly) in the form of trees are an] eclectic blend of faux science, automatic writing, satire, and an attempt to find connections where none were thought to exist — a sort of self-therapy, allowing the hand to say what the...
Jul 23rd
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Kiki Valdes- Secret Knowledge & Hidden Chaos Dig. JNOMICS
Jul 21st
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|KIEHL'S | KAWS | RxART | COLLABORATION
RxART is a nonprofit organization that focuses on the role art and creativity play in healing sick bodies, seeking to “improve otherwise sterile environments through contemporary art, promote healing, and inspire hope in patients, families and staff.”  Currently, they are also concerned health care reform in the United States.  The following statement can be found on the homepage of...
Jul 21st
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“…WE’VE SEEN THE COMMODIFICATION OF THINGS THAT A VERY FEW YEARS AGO...”
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THE CREATIVE ECONOMY OF KANYE WEST IN...
(Click on either image to see larger versions) (Click here to see all artworks, advertisements and images in their full, original forms) This post represents the first in a series outlining, what I am terming, the “Creative Economies” of artists.  We live in a period where artistic and consumer culture have merged in a more complete and exciting way than ever before.  The reasons...
Jul 18th
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...”
– Winston Churchill (via poptech)
Jul 15th
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KAWS X MOGraphixx ANOTHER LOCATION OF CULTURE…SMILE. JNOMICS
Jul 15th