This brilliant poster, portraying White House candidates Barack Obama and John McCain with their skin colours switched, has been put up around Manhattan on the eve of the US presidential election.
Produced by NYC based advertising agency, Grey, it is a perfect example of the power of simplicity in getting a message across.
Tor Myhren, Grey’s New York Chief Creative Officer, said, “We hope people will cast their votes based on the candidates’ policies and ignore their racial differences.”
Love this calendar and sketchbook from Typotheque.
The book is specially bound using the ‘Otastar’ method, which ensures that it lies flat when opened. Also features a double crease in the flaps allowing easy bookmarking of any page.
I especially like the zesty orange lining.
Via twitter.
Helena Christensen, buckles her swash (or should that be ‘unbuckles’) in the latest pirate inspired campaign for Agent Provocateur.
Zamak is Olivier Bucheron, a French 3D illustrator who creates striking machines, vehicles and robots from his vivid imagination.
Via Matthew Newton.
Wat Pa Maha Chedio Kaew temple in Thailand’s Sisaket province is made of more than a million recycled glass bottles.
What I wouldn’t give to get my hands on this pukka surfboard, with artwork designed by David Carson as part of the Drawing Boards art project by Surfers Against Sewage.
The Colors of Coincidence is the first monograph of artist Wolfgang Bloch, featuring his best pieces alongside a soulful account of the artist’s life. Designed by fellow surf visionary, David Carson, it’s a must have book for all art loving surfers and beach lovers.
“Wolfgang Bloch sees waves everywhere—in the ocean, in the grain of wood, in the core of a surfboard that he has sawed in two. Using all of these different media, Bloch creates simple, evocative paintings that transform ocean waves into otherworldly compositions of color and shape.”
Hilarious ad by Scholz & Friends for Amnesty International. Watch it here.
Via Computerlove.
The Emergency Response Studio is a totally self-sufficient travelling artist studio outfitted with solar panels, a wind turbine, non-toxic furnishings, and plenty of space to create. It is the brainchild of New York artist, Paul Villinski, who wanted to transport his studio to Louisiana to see the aftermath first-hand and create artwork in response.
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