'PLAY ME, I'M YOURS'

NY...SUCH AN AMAZING CITY. FROM 9AM TO 10 PM, 60 PIANOS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!! PRESENTED BY SING FOR HOPE, THESE PIANOS WILL BE LOCATED IN PUBLIC PARKS, STREETS, AND PLAZAS UNTIL JULY 5TH. I WAS RECENTLY HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MY GIRLFRIENDS GRANDFATHER AND HE AND I WERE DISCUSSING HOW SO MANY FAMILIES DURING THE 20'S AND 30'S, HAD PIANOS IN THIER HOMES. WE'RE TALKING GREAT DEPRESSION ERA HERE AND FAMILIES STILL HAD THIS ONE THING TO BRING JOY TO THEM. I GUESS THE OLD SOUL IN ME JUST ADORES THE IDEA OF THIS PROJECT. AND SUCH BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS ON ALL OF THESE PIANOS AS WELL. IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF NY WERE ABLE TO KEEP AT LEAST A FEW INDEFINITELY.

EYEWRITER INITIATIVE

The Eyewriter from Evan Roth on Vimeo.

THIS IS JUST AMAZING!!!! PLEASE WATCH AND DISCOVER HOW SOMETHING AS TRAGIC AS PERMANENT PARALYSIS AND A LIFE THREATENING DISEASE DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO TERMINATE THE CREATIVE SPIRIT. IN 2003, LEGENDARY LA GRAFFITI ARTIST TONY QUAN AKA TEMPTONE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS, A DISEASE THAT HAS LEFT HIM COMPLETELY PARALYZED. WHAT BECOMES OF SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT THE BETTER PART OF THEIR LIFE USING THEIR HANDS TO CREATE SPRAY-PAINT MASTERPIECES, ALL TO HAVE IT SUDDENLY TAKEN AWAY? THE RESULT IS PRETTY INSPIRING.
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R2-D2 DESIGNED AS IRON MAN

OKAY, I KNOW THIS IS LIKE MY 100TH IRON MAN SPIN-OFF POST, BUT I COULDN'T HELP WITH THIS ONE. AS A FAN OF THE STAR WARS SERIES (PRE-JAR JAR BINKS OF COURSE) AND OF IRON MAN, IT'S PRETTY COOL SEEING THEM COMBINED. IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO SEE C-3PO AS WAR MACHINE!!! DESIGN BY DIGITAL ARTIST MIKE VERTA.

THE LEAF

LEAVES...THE BEST DESIGN EVER!!! TREES, FLOWERS, SHRUBS, GRASSES...THE LEAF IN SHAPE AND SIZE, CAN BE SEEN IN INFINITE VARIATIONS. I KNOW I LOVE MODERN DESIGNED BUILDINGS, CREATIVE PACKAGING CONCEPTS, FASHION, ETC, BUT I MUST SUBMIT ALL COOLNESS TO THE LEAF. WHAT WOULD THIS WORLD BE WITHOUT IT?...WELL, NOTHING BECAUSE IT'S VITAL TO OUR EXISTENCE. ASIDE FROM IT'S BEAUTIFUL AESTHETICS, OXYGEN IS WHAT MAKES THE LEAF SUCH A POWERFUL DESIGN. I WILL SKIP ALL THE SCIENTIFIC DATA BY JUST POINTING OUT THAT THE AVERAGE, RESTING, HEALTHY ADULT REQUIRES ROUGHLY 300 - 400 PLANTS TO PRODUCE ENOUGH OXYGEN IN AN HOUR TO KEEP THEM ALIVE. MOTHER NATURE REALLY DID HER THING WHEN SHE DESIGNED THE LEAF OXYGEN DATA VIA U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY

ABSOLUT BROOKLYN - SPIKE LEE COLLABORATION

ABSOLUT VODKA RECENTLY TEAMED UP WITH SPIKE LEE TO CREATE A SIGNATURE, LIMITED EDITION BOTTLE. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WHEN ABSOLUT HAS ALTERED THEIR BOTTLE. COMPLETE WITH ABSOLUT BROOKLYN ON THE FRONT AND A BROWNSTONE STOOP ON THE BACK, THEY REALLY "SPIKE LEE'D" IT. THE BEST PART WAS ADDING GLASSES AND A BASEBALL CAP TO LARS OLSSON SMITH...SO DOPE!! I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS BACK IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I USED TO COLLECT ABSOLUT ADS FROM VARIOUS MAGAZINES AND I WOULD PUT THEM UP ON MY WALLS. I WAS FASCINATED WITH HOW EACH AD WAS SO UNIQUE AND CREATIVE. ABSOLUT SPRING, PARIS, WARHOL, MANHATTAN, HARING AND THE LIST GOES ON. TRUE IN FACT THEIR VODKA IS SHITE, BUT FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT, NO ONE DOES IT BETTER. WHAT IS AMAZING IS THAT ABSOLUT IS REALLY TAPPED INTO WHAT IS RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY. VIA NOTCOT