The abstraction of space, simplistic lines and bold colors suddenly feel so modern again. Inspiration courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
In the grand retrospective tradition of closing out the year, beautycall would like to acknowledge the ad campaigns we loved in 2009. 1. Dos Equis – Most Interesting Man in the World Though this campaign launched back in April, 2007 in targeted markets, two new spots went national in 2009, airing during several popular primetime [...]
We met Karmela Lozina at the HBA trends conference where she was speaking on a panel. She’s cut and styled basically every kind of person you can imagine: celebrities, models, musicians, circus entertainers, designers, you name it. So, we sent her a list of some questions and asked if she could give us some feedback. [...]
Maurizio Anzeri is an Italian artist based in London who embroiders over found photographs. In the post-modern tradition, his work emphasizes the visual and tactile qualities of both the photograph and the thread, but exploits the banality of both materials – an unfamiliar photograph, thread made of synthetic hair – to create something meaningful. “I [...]
The sudden cold weather and our office’s big feng shui move last week inspired a sudden desire for personal transformation. I decided to dye my black hair red, went to my neighborhood salon and ended up with an in-between red brown that washed me out. 2 words: Not. Cool. Bummed out, I accompanied Alyssa to [...]
Fabio Viale is a sculptor based in Turin, Italy. His most famous works are those that manipulate marble to appear as a drastically different material, such as styrofoam or rubber. – Yatzer says, “The push of his work comes from an ability to deceive, and more accurately prompt questions in the viewer. Often these questions [...]
Our habit of filtering the barrage of sounds we encounter every day means our relationship with this sensory input is largely unconscious, but it affects us in surprisingly profound ways. Julian Treasure buckets the effects into four groups: 1. Physiological: Calming or stressful sounds affect our hormones, breathing, heart rate and brain waves 2. Psychological: [...]
Visual Inspiration: But Does it Float? With esoteric post titles like ”I’m floating with the birds, I’m talking to the weeds, look what you’ve done to me” and an intelligent curation of images updated daily, this site is a must-see for the visually oriented. An added bonus, each of the images is meticulously sourced, linking directly [...]
Rory Sutherland is a pioneer in the fields of 360-degree branding and interactive advertising. As the executive creative director and vice-chairman of Ogilvy One and vice-chairman of Ogilvy Group, he has overseen the creation of several recent, wildly successful branding efforts such as Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty and Adidas’ Play a Sport interactive online [...]
Digital Blackbook is a program written for artist Evan Roth that can capture any drawing and render it in 3D. The program was put to work last week at the Input/Output gallery in Hong Kong, where participants were given the chance to submit their graffiti tags for rendering. If you have ever watched someone tag [...]