Bangkok wired

15 Mar

all images © Thomas kalak

A new exhibition from the german photographer Thomas Kalak at the Picasso Art Museum in Münster features his work documenting the electricity and telecommunications cables that appear omnipresent in Bangkok. The cables spread into the furthermost corners of the city and grow into even the smallest kitchen to let them partake in the state-of-the-art power supply and technology. the photographs offer a terrifying, but also fascinating portrait of a system that seems to have emerged independent of any consideration of the living space of people while visually guiding the flows of energy that keep the city alive.

Kalak’s documentary view finds expression in an unfalsified snapshot aesthetic that puts what one sees in the center of attention and tackles an aspect of everyday culture, providing a window into life in this city. The exhibition is open from march 19 through july 3, 2011 and coincides with the publishing of a book of the entire series documenting 10 years of the project.

Thomas Kalak
Picasso Art Museum, Münster
march 19 – July 3, 2011

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Life is too short for the wrong job.

15 Mar


One of the print ads for jobsintown’s ‘life is too short for the wrong job’ campaign a new video commercial released by German employment website “jobsintown” joins the company’s playful visual representations of their slogan ‘life is too short for the wrong job’. The company’s four-year print ad campaign, designed by scholz & friends berlin, feature human workers powering everyday machines: a hardworking woman lives within every laundromat machine, scrubbing at your clothes, and an Elvis impersonator spends his workday in each jukebox you encounter. Taking a different approach to the same slogan, the video commercial was created by grabarz & partner and depicts a fisherman whose true calling lies outside of his current profession.


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Japan Relief T-Shirt

11 Mar


Although there isn’t much many can physically do to help, clothing brand Adapt offers its own assistance to the devastating 8.9 earthquake and tsunami that ensued yesterday in Japan with this T-shirt release. 100% of the proceeds of their “JP” T-shirt will be donated to the American Red Cross, with availability in both black and white within the brand’s online store.

K cupcakes at COLETTE party

11 Mar

Real version of up

8 Mar


Homeless Cocoon

7 Mar

Diagram of use

Not sure if this is for helping the homeless or if it’s for New Yorkers to ignore them. But I still have to give props for a great design.
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BBC4’S REGGAE BRITANNIA DOCUMENTARY LIBERATED

6 Mar


This documentary on the origins, growth and influence of British reggae from the ‘60s to the present. Reggae Britannia takes you from the scene’s ska beginnings in the hands of the children of the country’s first post-war wave of Carribean immigrants (known as the Windrush generation), through to the emergence of  Bob Marley, the first Brixton riots, the UK sound system phenomenon, the Two-Tone era, reggae’s merging with punk and appropriation by pop, and more. Reggae Britannia is definitely worth a look.
Source : BBC NEWS

Real Life Mario Kart

4 Mar


One of the most amazing things I’ve seen about Mario Bros/Nintendo since Adultswim Robot chicken did grand theft auto version of Mario brothers “Grand Theft Mario“.

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“The Hunter And The Swan Discuss Their Meeting”

4 Mar

A Brooklyn couple have dinner with a hunter and his girlfriend, a magical swan woman. It doesn’t go well.

Recreating kids drawings

4 Mar


The artwork of children is fascinating on many levels. however their uninhibited imagination is not always very true to reality. so when korean artist yeondoo jung set out to turn the drawing’s of 5-7 year old children into reality, some interesting environments were sure to arise. after he collected over 1,000 drawings, a select few were selected and turned into reality through a series of photo shoots titled ‘wonderland’. the results are just as fascinating as the original drawings.



Source http://www.yeondoojung.com/

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