http://www.williamhundley.com/cheeseburgers.html

http://www.williamhundley.com/cheeseburgers2.html

“Atari Light”, 1999 by Pierre Huyghe. Computer game program interface, joysticks, halogen lamps.

“Get the native tongue.”

Advertising Agency: Diamond Ogilvy, Seoul, Korea
Creative Director: Kyoungjoo Lee
Art Directors: Dabok Kim, Jihye Kim
Copywriters: Yujean Bahk, Howard Han
Chief Creative Officer: Wain Choi

via http://www.ibelieveinadv.com/2009/02/korea-university-institute-of-foreign-languages-tongue/ 

Upcoming designer and friend in W+K Shanghai.

http://www.hi-id.com/?p=2365#more-2365

http://www.adgabber.com/video/video/show?id=546804:Video:127547

Fairey has referred to what he does as “referencing.” There’s certainly plenty of precedent for making reference to older artwork in new ones. How does one distinguish between plagiarism and reference?

The process of looking back at the past is very accepted in our business—the difference is when you take something without adding anything to the conversation. We celebrate influence in the arts, we think it’s important and essential.  But imitation we have some ambivalence about, especially because it involves property rights. It probably has something to do with the nature of capitalism. We know that in other cultures, Chinese culture for instance, imitation is seen as a tribute, because you wouldn’t bother imitating trivial works. But in those cases the influence is acknowledged and the skill required is obvious.

For myself—this is subjective—I find the relationship between Fairey’s work and his sources discomforting. Nothing substantial has been added. In my own case, when I did the Dylan poster, I acknowledged using Duchamp’s profile as an influence.  I think unless you’re modifying it and making it your own, you’re on very tenuous ground.  It’s a dangerous example for students, if they see that appropriating people’s work is the path to success. Simply reproducing the work of others robs you of your imagination and form-making abilities. You’re not developing the muscularity you need to invent your own ideas. 

http://www.printmag.com/design_articles/MiltonGlaseronShepardFairey/tabid/492/Default.aspx 

Founded in 1998 by a Dutch duo consisting of artist Mark Manders and graphic designer Roger Willems, ROMA Publications functions as an independent publishing project based in Amsterdam. It is conceived similarly to an exhibition that would evolve with time as one publication leads to another, while serving as a platform of exchange between a growing number of artists, designers, writers, poets and institutions. Published in editions that range between 2 and 150 000, every issue has its own rule of distribution based on the specific content of the projects: they can be given away for free, only exhibited in gallery spaces, or sold online or in bookshops.

http://www.rosab.net/spip.php?page=article&id_article=11 

http://www.sensebrand.com/blog/

Item: X Exhibition —— 07 Graphic Design In China
The International Judges Nomination Exhibition
Type: VI System
Design: SenseTeam
Period: 2007－2008
Client: Shenzhen Graphic Design Association & LOOOK

项目：X展 —— 07GDC 平面设计在中国国际评审提名展
类别：品牌识别系统
设计：SenseTeam
时间：2007－2008年
客户：SGDA 深圳市设计师协会 & LOOOK

X Exhibition Documentary X 展工作视频 from SenseTeam on Vimeo.

Milkxhake is a young Hong Kong-based design unit co-founded by graphic designer Javin Mo and Interactive designer Wilson Tang in 2002, mainly focuses on graphic and interactive mixtures.

In 2004, Javin was invited to join FABRICA, the Benetton Research and Communication Center in Italy. He was also the art director of FABRICA quarterly magazine FAB launched between 04-05. In 2005, he re-initiated Milkxhake with Wilson as one of the most energetic design collective based in Hong Kong.

Their works have been selected for numerous design competitions including Tokyo Type Directors Club Awards (04/06) and Hong Kong Designers Association Awards (05/07) with gold, silver and bronze prizes. In 2006, Javin was awarded as the Young Gun 5 from the New York ADC. In 2007, they also received merit from 86th New York ADC and British D&AD Awards. Their works have been widely published in international design magazines and journals.

http://www.milkxhake.org/ 

The latest Chinese graphic arts / illustrations / art collections.

Edited by Javin Mo, “3030 New Graphic Design In China” was published by Chinise publisher, 3030 Press. This book is a collection of graphic design by young artists from mainly China.

The number in the title “3030″ was taken from the name of 3030 Press, and 30 artists who were born in 1970’s to 1980’s are introduced in this book. They offer over 3pages for each artists, so that you will not miss their talents while you are looking through their posters, book designs, illustrations.

http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2008/12/3030_new_graphic_design_in_china.html 

And here’s where all the other “not writing” work comes in: I don’t write for myself, I write to be read. It is a social act, shaped and informed by others and meant for others. But after four novels of my own, I began to realize that hardly any of us knows how to read. The times we live in are actively hostile to reading, because text is a powerful political space with profoundly disruptive potentials. We are taught, instead, to consume books; we are taught to identify them with the author; we are taught to clarify their ambiguities and resolve their paradoxes; we are taught to “master” a text by aligning it with what others agree to be true; we are taught to hold our meanings provisionally, as just “my interpretation.” But my writing — a lot of writing — doesn’t work that way. Writing is a social space for new relationships and new meanings, unresolved ones full of paradox and flux, and with no room for mastery. It isn’t about me; the text is a site of socially negotiated meanings that change as we change.

Task:
While everyone seems to be on the search for the God-Particle I looked for the basic elements of the classic comic characters.

 http://www.rainbowmonkey.de/pr-40_cartoon.html#1

The White Knot is the symbol for marriage equality. 

It takes two traditional symbols of marriage—white and tying the knot—and combines them in a simple way to show support for the right of gays and lesbians to marry. All loving couples deserve the same legal rights, benefits, and respect that civil marriage bestows.

Visibility is the goal. See where White Knots are appearing across the U.S.

Whether you are gay or straight, please show your support by wearing the Knot and telling people why you are wearing it. Wear your White Knot to work, to school, to your place of worship. Together, we will keep the topic at the top of people’s minds and keep the conversation going.

Blood In Blood Out aims to reveal the system and
terminology of heraldry formed and maintained by
the precursors of today’s graphic designers: the heralds …

this is fucking amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hySoCSoH-g8 

UC Berkeley is offering a new course for 2009 on the “art of competitive StarCraft”, as well as how to enjoy the game.

As yet, the course is not listed on the UC Berkeley website, however it is confirmed real, with the linked website due to be revamped, as the course is generating massive publicity.

The students enrolled in the course will meet once a week for two hours, and will go into detail on how war is depicted in the game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment, and there will even be a chance at the end of each class to show off a student-submitted replay of a StarCraft match.

The outline of the course is as follows:

Week 1: Orientation / Competitive Gaming Industry Overview / StarCraft Boom in Korea
Week 2: Units, Strength, Weakness, Attributes, Stats
Week 3: Fighting Micro and Unit Use
Week 4: Army Movement and Positioning
Week 5: Expo and Macro
Week 6: Building Placement and Base Layout
Week 7: Scouting and Counters
Week 8: Harass
Week 9: Overloading the Enemy, Multi-plays
Week 10: Economic Basis, Micro vs Macro
Week 11: Timing and Evaluation of Resources
Week 12: Deception
Week 13: Mindset and Series Play
Week 14: Tournament

For this first year, there are only 60 seats available, but UC Berkeley students get first choice. A revamped website will be available at www.berkeleystarcraft.com, within the week.

via http://www.neowin.net/news/gamers/09/01/30/uc-berkeley-offering-starcraft-course

Many citizens might notice the construction digital road signs on the side of the road while driving, indicating important information such as road closures or traffic delays, but what if the sign included information such as “Zombies ahead” or “this sign has been hacked”.

These digital road signs can be compromised as easily as breaking into them. A viral video shows the possibility of future sign hacking with a laptop and a Nokia N95. A user has posted pictures of how to break into the digital road signs on www.i-hacked.com, teaching users how to access and change the sign information. The news post on i-hacked.com mentions that the digital road signs can be easily tampered with by using the text entry device and scrolling down to enter the desired text.

Another YouTube viral video user has posted videos of himself hacking digital road signs and even a train station screen to display whatever he wants on it. The videos are fake but do show what the future might hold for this type of hacking. Users at MIT might be to blame for the digital road sign tampering in Boston, after posting pictures of the hacked road signs on the web site.

I like the lo-tech animation with paper-cuts.

I drew this during a game of Pictionary. The clue was “Three Point Line”. My opponent drew a basketball hoop and, well, a three point line. We lost that round.

http://www.3ptline.com/

Illustrator: I can’t really demonstrate this here but when I turn on that piece of shit “Application Frame” (only turning it on because I know it will be shit so I can moan about it here) but when I rollover the title bar to go and drag it my mouse turns into a resize cursor in order to do that FUCKING 8 CORNER RESIZING BULLSHIT THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE IN MY OPERATING SYSTEM WHAT SO EVER AND JUST BECAUSE SOME CUNT AT ADOBE LOVES IT I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THAT SHIT but it changes into the resize cursor ANYWHERE on the fucking title bar so its impossible to move the pissing window about.

FUCKING GARBAGE ADOBE, stop this stupid 8 corner resizing shit right now! Stop rewriting the OS rules you bag of dicks

http://adobegripes.tumblr.com/

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