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(via Design for Mankind) Miranda July does it again with this video on dealing with distractions. At first glance, she’s illustrating what we all struggle with: distraction. Beeps and pings, wandering eyes and lingering thoughts until – suddenly – the day has grown dark and our stomachs are growling, with little actual work accomplished. (Guilty.)…
This week I have the great pleasure of introducing the Photoshop software to a class of junior high art students. I didn’t even hear about Photoshop until my senior year of high school, and I can only imagine the possibilities that would have opened up to me, had I known about the program in junior…
Since 2006 Pittsburgh-based husband and wife Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth have run the Tugboat Printshop, a traditional printmaking studio where everything is made by hand, starting with the giant slabs of wood into which each of their images are carved. The Moon is their largest hand-carved relief print ever coming in at 36″ x 32″ (91 x…
Happy weekend, everyone! Enjoy these quick illusions from Zach King: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI-MIhsx1xg Vines may only be about six seconds long, but that’s all Zach King needs to to pull an awesome trick, illusion or silly stunt. And before you can react or wonder how he did it, boom, he hits you with another neat parlor trick.
(via designsponge) Design: Etch-A-Sketch (originally known as “L’Ecran Magique,” meaning “The Magic Screen”) Designer: André Cassagnes (1926-2013) Date: 1959 Country of Origin: France Manufacturer: Ohio Art Company Background: The Etch-A-Sketch’s inventor, André Cassagnes, worked as an electrical technician and happened upon his inspiration for the popular toy by chance—during the installation of a factory light switch plate. Cassagnes noticed that when he…
Check out the making of the cutest lil’ Krampus I’ve ever seen here!
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/80495579] Short and personal documentary about Jessica Walsh who is a designer, art director and illustrator working in New York City. She is a partner at design studio Sagmeister & Walsh and teaches at the School of Visual Arts. Her work has won numerous design awards. Recently, Warner Bros. has acquired the film rights…
Created by Yuki Ariga for Japanese paper manufacturer Nepia this lovely animated short features a cavalcade of delicately folded tissue paper animals. If you’re interested, here’s the making of video. (via NOTCOT)