NOW THIS IS A COOL VOTING CAMPAIGN, ROCK THE VOTE BY APARTMENT ONE
Politics are not everyone’s slice of pie, but the fact is, whatever side you’re on, if you have the right, you should get out there and vote. Based in (the ever creative) Brooklyn, Apartment One teamed up with Rock the Vote and Simon Issacs to design and implement a non-partisan campaign urging the budding generation to do just that. The result is both ..read more..
THE BIRTH OF A TOOL PART I & II
Every now and then I see such cool handcrafted tools, reminding me how deep I am playing in the digital sandpit. John Neeman Tools, a small crew of craftsmen (3) from Latvia, put up a video a few months back titled The Birth Of A Tool. It showed how they make their tools by hand, ..read more..
SUPER GROUPE: MUTANTS AT DE BRAKKE GROND IN AMSTERDAM
The French creative duo “Super Groupe” was founded by two graphic design/textile students in Paris. They are mixing up photography, video, illustration and textures to create colorful and positive identities. They will inaugurate the exhibition “House of 100 hands” the 8th of June 2012 in the “Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond” (Nes 45, NL-1012KD Amsterdam) ..read more..
CENTRAL PARK TRASH LANDSCAPE
American artist Gregory Euclide has developed a microcosmic landscape entitled ‘Held Within What Hung Open and Made To Lie Without Escape’ made from trash. The items, all taken from Central Park helped sculpt a world depicting what the artist sees as the ‘same kind of fake control over nature that allows us to be comfortable ..read more..
IKEA APARTMENT IN PARIS
Swedish furniture brand IKEA recently launched a temporary apartment, “The IKEA Apartment – 54 Square-Meter Ideas to Life,” in a Parisian subway station Auber. Located in one of France’s busiest metro stations, IKEA and creative agency Ubi Bene created a temporary flat for five people, Jane, Audrey, Anis, Lucy and Benjamin to live in over the course ..read more..
WILLIAMSBURG CHRONICLES: PART 3
Already part 3 of the Williamsburg Chronicles. Carlos Cuellar Brown interviewed Cocodolle the initiator of an Art Pop-Up in Williamsburg. Very interesting and diverse works by, Theodore Boyer, Thomas Brodin, Coco Dolle, and Ventiko .
ADD’S: UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON UNHATE
Last weeks United Colors of Benetton’s new worldwide campaign, UNHATE saw a host of world leaders parodied to make out they were enjoying a bit more than a French kiss, in order to combat the “culture of hatred” and promoting closeness between people, faiths, cultures and the peaceful understanding of each others motivations. The campaign UNHATE, which is the ..read more..
MARKETING: CONVERSE “IN CASE OF EMERGENCY”
Love seeing these creative marketing ideas that companies come up with. For those of you in the UK, be sure to keep your eyes open, as Converse kicked off a great ambient campaign in the UK, which offers passers-by an opportunity to take the brand’s shoes in extraordinary situations right in the street. To launch the ..read more..
