05/03/2010
04/03/2010
03/03/2010
02/03/2010
01/03/2010
things i've learned in my life so far
I just bought Stefan Sagmeister's Things i've learned in my live so far. it's quite optimistic but inspiring as well. good book - get it here."In 2000, Austrian born, New York-based graphic designer Sagmeister created this book's eponymous list in his diary, including twenty statements such as: "Trying to Look Good Limits My Life," "Assuming is Stifling" and "Worry Solves Nothing." These "maxims," which Sagmeister admits verge on the "banal" but which are also devoid of cynicism, were transformed into art projects: "Assuming is Stifling" graced the cover of a Japanese annual report; "Everybody Always Thinks They are Right" was represented by six 33-foot white inflatable monkeys, each one displaying a different word. This "design book for non-designers" is itself an experiment in form, comprised of 15 booklets in a box whose cover is a cut out of Sagmeister's face; when inserted, each completes the portrait in a different way. One of the booklets includes essays on Sagmeister's oeuvre, the most interesting by critic Heller, who states: "This is truly the nexus of art and design in the service of expression." This book is bound to be of interest to followers of Sagmeister's work, as well as to the general reader in search of an invigorating approach to graphic design and, one might argue, autobiography."
28/02/2010
Samsonite 100th Anniversary Briefcase
nice briefcase. via hypebeast."As luggage brand Samsonite celebrates its 100th anniversary, the brand re-releases one of its icons of the 1960s with a modernized version of its briefcase. Limited to only 100 pieces, the briefcase includes updated changes such as storage for a 15.4 in chlaptop and various divider pockets. The briefcase will release at the start of March within an Asia-only Samsonite campaign."
25/02/2010
15/02/2010
exit through the gift shop
i just went to the screening of banksy's first documentary "exit through the gift shop" at berlinale film festival tonight. i hadn't expected anything special since the trailer makes it look like a lame street-art version of dirty handz, so i was positively surprised by a really smart film about a really naive guy. well, at least he appears to be so. this man is not banksy himself, since "exit through the gift shop" is not a film about him, but about a guy who wanted to make a film about banksy. this man is called thierry guetta, a frenchman who puts his whole life on tape. while thierry tries to make a documentary about graffiti, he gets obsessed with all of the scene's protagonists and, encouraged by banksy, starts his own carreer as mr. brainwash aka the wackest so-called street artist west of mississippi.
ettgf brings up the whole crazyness of today's art scene in which banksy himself has become a big player, apparently without really wanting it. so he comes to a point where he suggests: "Maybe art is a joke." Maybe he is right.
By the way, Berlinale is not the best place to see that film, too many people getting off their sponsored bmws onto the red carpet trying to look ridiculosly very important.
ettgf brings up the whole crazyness of today's art scene in which banksy himself has become a big player, apparently without really wanting it. so he comes to a point where he suggests: "Maybe art is a joke." Maybe he is right.
By the way, Berlinale is not the best place to see that film, too many people getting off their sponsored bmws onto the red carpet trying to look ridiculosly very important.
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