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Will Obama change hip-hop?

December 10, 2008

Can a change in presidency affect the blinged-out hip hop culture? Chicago rapper and Gap shill extraordinaire Common thinks so. Which means that Obama’s transition team is going all-out to fulfill even the most far-reaching campaign promises. Peep:

But he’s a uniter, people. That’s why he reached across the aisle to be inclusive of all walks […]

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Old Spice Tastes Its Own Medicine

August 19, 2008

Old Spice continues its tounge-in-cheek Revival Of Manliness with the newly-launched Old Spice School of TV Medicine. Nice tie-in to the TV spots, featuring another recent tounge-in-cheek revival, the one and only NPH. He’s no Bruce Campbell, but it’s a fun moment.
Site created by W+K (not to be confused with amazing street artist WK Interact).

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United Takes To The Sea

August 9, 2008

United Airlines has some spectacular new spots for the Olympic Games. The spots are meant to “capture the spirit of […] relaxing and rewarding international travel.” Rolled out initially in Chicago, SF, and DC, the internationally-sourced animation coupled with high-profile orchestra music makes for some of the most arresting commerical time we may witness during […]

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ReadyMade Insects

August 7, 2008

An artist on Flickr has released a series of insect sculptures made from common household objects. The intricacy and detail is borderline insane (or obsessive compulsive). He claims many of the insects can’t be moved or handled because the scuplture might a) fall apart or b) cut you. The ultimate dichotomy. (Via drawn!)

Maybe I should […]

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Skip to the Titles

June 19, 2008

I’m insanely jealous of movie title designers and the design-nerd awesomeness of their jobs. So I’m happy to have found these two amazing links:
Art of the Title.
Forget the Film, Watch the Titles.
The first site links to my current favorite sequence, Showtime’s Dexter. Absolutely brilliant credits for the serial-killer-as-cop crime drama. PS, Digital Kitchen is right […]

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