Ninja October 16th, 2009
Since Penguin is a fan of Cai Guo-Qiang’s gunpowder work, I thought I’d post this for him (and you, of course) to enjoy!
Explosion Work
Long Island, New York, 2006
Video produced by McConnell/Hauser Inc
Ninja October 13th, 2009
Watching Milton Glaser’s magical color pencil move and make forms makes me want to draw!
For me, drawing has always been an absolutely primary way of encountering reality. I’m astonished by drawing. I always think of every drawing as a kind of miraculous occurrence.
– Milton Glaser
Milton Glaser Draws & Lectures: A Short Film was filmed at Milton’s studio in 2006 by C. Coy
Related postsNinja October 12th, 2009
A mashup of 20 designers from all walks at the 2009 national AIGA conference, MAKE|THINK, in Memphis, TN.
Music by Rachel Beavers
Related postsNinja October 6th, 2009
Oh no, not another actress/singer, I groaned to myself. But Scarlett Johansson’s twangy vocals on Relator complement Pete Yorn’s catchy ’60s tunes quite well. Relator is the first single off of Pete and Scarlett’s album, Break Up. Inspired by the collaboration between Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot, this album includes eight original songs (plus a cover of I Am the Cosmos).
Purchasing links
+ Break Up CD
+ Break Up, mp3s
Ninja October 5th, 2009
HunterGatherer is an award-winning design, illustration, animation and production studio founded by Todd St. John. Here’s a look into their creative process.
It’s more an enjoyment of the craft and of the process and being able to work with tactile things instead of computer models, although those are fun sometimes too… I spend very little time knowing sort of what’s going on with the latest camera or software or things like that and probably more time and trying to come up with custom ways of doing stuff. If you can have a process that’s different, you’re going to have a result that’s different.
Via arkitip
Purchasing link
+ Get HunterGatherer silkscreen prints here
Ninja October 2nd, 2009
Seymour Chwast is so inspiring! Just in case you missed it, AIGA kindly posted the 3-part video for the event, Seymour: The Obsessive Image of Seymour Chwast.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Book purchasing link
+ Seymour: The Obsessive Images of Seymour Chwast
Ninja October 1st, 2009
I love it when two of my favorite artists got together and make a musical baby. Here’s a preview of Tiësto’s track, I Am Strong featuring Priscilla Ahn, from his forthcoming album Kaleidoscope!
Here’s the live version:
Related postsNinja September 24th, 2009
When former Miracle Legion front man Mark Mulcahy’s wife, Melissa, passed away unexpectedly last year, she left him to care for his 3-year-old twin daughters. His friends hit the studio and recorded a benefit tribute album, Ciao My Shining Star:The Songs of Mark Mulcahy
Below is Thom Yorke’s music video for All For The Best, the first track on Ciao My Shining Star.
Via Wired
Related postsNinja September 24th, 2009
While searching the web for the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, I came across not one, but two timelapse process videos from the Nuart Festival using PCO tracks for their soundtracks. Scroll down to watch the fascinating painting process of Logan Hicks and David Choe.
Logan Hicks
David Choe
Ninja September 21st, 2009
The Man Who Played God is my favorite track off of Dark Night of the Soul—the Danger Mouse (Brian Burton), Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous), and David Lynch collaboration.
The idea of this song is that there’s a great artist who takes parts of the world into his own mind, changes it, and then puts it out into the world and changes the world by doing this, by using his imagination. So that’s what this song is all about.
– Suzanne Vega
The album that features contributions from the Shins’ James Mercer, the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, the Flaming Lips and Iggy Pop. The entire album is streamed at NPR’s site.
You can download 4 of the tracks here:
+ The Man Who Played God (feat. Suzanne Vega) mp3
+ Revenge (featuring The Flaming Lips) mp3
+ Little Girl (featuring Julian Casablancas of The Strokes) mp3
+ Daddy’s Gone (featuring Nina Persson of The Cardigans) mp3
Purchasing link
+ Dark Night of the Soul (Hardcover book ONLY), $31.50
Limited edition lithograph prints. Signed + numbered.
