Thursday, August 6, 2009

Mini-Rant: Bell & Rogers

Dear Bell and Rogers,

Please stop making these commercials where you constantly bash each other. You both suck equally. And everyone knows it.

Sincerely,

Ally

Daily LOL - i <3 u



This guy is my hero... mathematical humor is HOT!

Daily Video: Canadian Heritage Minute - Marshall McLuhan



Any media studies person will appreciate this... the epic afternoon where McLuhan had ALL his ideas.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Top 15: Polish Talent

So lately I've been noticing a lot of really fantastic Polish artists (mainly digital artists and photographers) coming through the feeds at work. I decided I should compile a list of the top 15... notice some interesting similarities between their work.


Maciej Hajnrich (graphic designer, illustrator, art director) from Katowice



Wojciech Zalot (graphic designer, illustrator) from Lancut, now based in Cracow



Sebastian Szwajczak (photographer) from Katowice



Michal Sycz (digital artist) based in Cracow



Maciej Rakowski (graphic designer) from Łódź



Pawel Nolbert (graphic designer, web designer, illustrator) based in Warsaw



Marcin Moscicki (illustrator, graphic designer) from Warsaw



Malgorzata Mitelska (graphic designer, typographer) from Wroclaw



Tomasz Miazga (illustrator, 2D animator) from Warsaw



Jacek Kolodziejski (photographer) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan and later at the Academy of Art & Design in Łódź



Magdalena Kmiecik (photographer) from Warsaw



Justyna Klein (photographer) from Warsaw



Michal Giedrojc (photographer) from Slupsk



Pawel Fabjanski (commercial photographer) from Łódź



Grzegorz Domaradzki (illustrator, graphic designer) from Poznań

Daily Video: Broken Glass Dance Scene from Sholay



Epic scene in Sholay where Hema Malini is made to dance on broken glass for her lover's life.

Daily LOL - Family Guy Roger Clip



My favourite Family Guy clip.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Lucky Spot: Swarovski Horse by Stella McCartney


Stella McCartney designed this Swarovski Crystal Horse which now hangs in Belsay Hall Castle & Gardens in Northumberland.


Artist Spotlight: Alvaro Pantoja


Another awesome artist who showed up on FreshBump recently: Alvaro Pantoja Busch of Santiago, Chile. I've posted a bunch of his illustration work here.












Must-See Movie: Once



Today's must-see movie is a bit different. The 2006 movie Once directed by John Carney features a simple plotline, but fantastic music. The film tells the story of two musicians: Glen Hansard (a guitarist/singer from Dublin) and Markéta Irglová (a pianist from Czechoslovakia). It won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, a Critics Choice Award for Best Song, and numerous other awards for best score. Definitely check this one out!

Artist Spotlight: Dani Torrent



Today a really awesome illustrator showed up on Freshbump: Barcelona's Dani Torrent. If I could read Spanish, I could tell you more, but alas... images will have to do.








Daily LOL - Hot Dog



Thankyou Tom for the pic!

Daily Video: Pika Pika the Movie



Some Pika Pika (Light Doodle Projects) from a group in Japan.