December 2010
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Massive Attack - Live With Me
via youtube.com After all these years Massive Attack has never veered off and sold out. So good. Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
Would 'At Last' Be A Hit Today?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/12/30/132477498/would-at-last-be-a-hit-today?sc=21&f=10001Would ‘At Last’ Be A Hit Today? by Zoe Chace NPR - December 30, 2010 Is a hit song always a product of its time? Or is there a song so magical — so potent — that you could release it any year, in any decade, and it would be a number one record? It’s a question...
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Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, filmed in...
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Bear Flag Wine
Bear Flag Wine TheDieline.com: The #1 Package Design Website, World’s Best Packaging Illustrated by Eduardo Bertone for Bear flag wine. Check it out below! Click to read more … Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
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Fifthrequisite Jeans
Fifthrequisite Jeans TheDieline.com: The #1 Package Design Website, World’s Best Packaging “Philosophy: Jeans are what we love, born from a strong passion and thirst of denim and thread. Inspiration, faith and trust in philosophy lead us to believe everyone who has a hunger for a pair of life, style and fashion from times to time in everyday life. Design comes...
Serif Bag((package design, bags, typography,...
Serif Bag TheDieline.com: The #1 Package Design Website, World’s Best Packaging Lovely bag by Little Factory. Check it out below. Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
Viking's Choice: 2010's Best Metal And Outer Sound
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/28/132212694/vikings-choice-2010s-best-metal-and-outer-sound?sc=21&f=10001Viking’s Choice: 2010’s Best Metal And Outer Sound NPR - December 28, 2010 In the middle of recording their year-end conversation about metal, drone and outer sound on Dec. 17, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich and All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen heard about the passing of Don...
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Flutter in Pinhole
Flutter in Pinhole TheDieline.com: The #1 Package Design Website, World’s Best Packaging “Flutter In Pinhole is a zero-fuss cardboard pinhole camera. It works like a Polaroid camera e.g. instant pictures. The idea behind the project is radically different from its kitsch appeal. It’s aimed at the traveler who’d like to stay in touch via postcards. The photographs...
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Student Spotlight: Murray's Superior Hair Dressing...
Student Spotlight: Murray’s Superior Hair Dressing Pomade TheDieline.com: The #1 Package Design Website, World’s Best Packaging “This is a repackaging design of Murray’s Superior Hair Dressing Pomade. I decided to keep the orange tin because of the equity that it holds. I have focused on the history of the brand through type, illustration and slogans...
Paper cutouts: Owen Gildersleeve
Paper cutouts: Owen Gildersleeve make do and mend Recently came across the word of Owen Gildersleeve, there are a lot of artists working with paper now but Owen’s work looks really fresh and original.The recession for ID magazine A piece for G2 for student freshersTypographic piece, ‘Back to School’ for Fast Company Magazine Posted via...
Seen On The Streets Of Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Seen On The Streets Of Rio de Janeiro - Brasil Wooster Collective More here. Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
Marion Deuchars
Marion Deuchars It’s Nice That Alongside Margaret Calvert, Marion Deuchars celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the completion of the M1 earlier this year, as part of If You Could Collaborate. Known predominantly for her hand-written work, she is a luminary of the illustration/art world. (Read more) www.mariondeuchars.com Posted via email from Iron...
NYTimes: Triplets, 7, Win a National Chess Title
Barely a year after learning the game, Andreas, Nicholas and Constantine Oskiper of East Windsor won a national title for first grade teams. http://nyti.ms/dTojYV Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
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Bikini: The Upbeat Side Of 'Mourning'
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/27/132362416/bikini-the-upbeat-side-of-mourning?sc=21&f=4703895Bikini: The Upbeat Side Of ‘Mourning’ by Jess Gitner NPR - December 27, 2010 There’s nothing conventional about Bikini’s creative process. Although Olivier Olivier handles vocals and lyrics while Nigel Diamond handles arrangements and production, the Brooklyn-based duo redefines...
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Speaking of Drinking: Beers Filling Up Through the...
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Happy Holidays Everyone! Don't Drink & Drive
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Currently Listening To: Dan Sartain - Atheist...
via youtube.com Discovered this album the other day and now it’s on heavy rotation in the studio. Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
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Trailer - Women Are Heroes
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House Industries for Herman Miller Japan
House Industries for Herman Miller Japan TheDieline.com: The #1 Package Design Website, World’s Best Packaging “This time a custom House Industries block set design commissioned by friends at Herman Miller Japan. I thought I’d try to roll all of my favorites into this one…Andy Warhol, Maria Montessori and, of course, the Herman Miller trifecta; Nelson, Eames and...
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Office Snowball Flight
Office Snowball Flight TheDieline.com: The #1 Package Design Website, World’s Best Packaging “Let’s be honest, ecards don’t stand up well on your desk. So this year the team at Barker Gray decided to hark back to a time when physical cards would’ve been just a new fangled idea.” Posted via email from Iron Grey...
Seen On The Streets Of New York: K-Guy's No Blood
Seen On The Streets Of New York: K-Guy’s No Blood Wooster Collective From K-Guy: “the ‘No Blood’ image is a piece that explores the clean white shirt: the uniform of the rich and the powerful, with a narrative of interweaving concepts of big business, corporate greed, the politics of war, freedom and ‘truth’. The stains of suffering will...
Seen On The Streets Of Paris
Seen On The Streets Of Paris Wooster Collective Artist: Ludo Title: “3 Heads Taseropode” Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
Fresh Stuff From Crânio
Fresh Stuff From Crânio Wooster Collective (via) Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
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Currently Listening To: Zion I - Atomic Clock
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Grey Day #023: What Are You Listening To Right...
(8221 KB) Listen on posterousI’m currently listening to the soundtrack of this movie. It’s a great movie if you’re for something to watch. Also, from now on I will no longer post the winners of the previous Grey Day. I will personally contact the winners and keep their privacy in tact. I’m still working out the kinks for this project and will hopefully have a...
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Wikileaks Will Ruin Your Christmas
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange compares his resume to Mark Zuckerberg, the 2010 Time Person of the Year. Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
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Grey Day #022: Name A Memorable Concert
Mine would have to be Mogwai at Bimbo’s 365 in San Francisco, California. That show was amazing and they played two encores. December 21, 2010: Lawrence KC Corie Leslie Inez Learn more about Grey Day Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
K.C. Accidental: Before Broken Social Scene
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/21/132232299/k-c-accidental-before-broken-social-scene?sc=21&f=4703895K.C. Accidental: Before Broken Social Scene by Michael Katzif NPR - December 21, 2010 Listening to music from early in an artist’s career is a lot like rereading a favorite book or re-watching a great television show from the beginning: Knowing where the plot and characters end up can shed...
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Aww, Shitness! Mix CD
Happy Holidays everyone! One way I can give back to each and every one of you that have visited this site is to give something away everyday till Christmas. This mix was compiled, curated and constructed by my friend Tony of Rocket Science Alliance and I provided the art. I hope you enjoy the mix as much as I do and we look forward to making more. The track listing will be after the break. ...
Grouplove: The Return Of Rock 'n' Roll
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/20/132205154/grouplove-the-return-of-rock-n-roll?sc=21&f=4703895Grouplove: The Return Of Rock ‘n’ Roll by Kevin O’Donnell NPR - December 20, 2010 Grouplove may be a band of twentysomething musicians, but their sound hearkens back to a time when they were still in diapers: the lo-fi, acidic noise of classic early-’90s alternative rock. On its...
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Grey Day #021 & 022: Will You Be Flying Out For...
I for one will be home for Christmas and then out and about for New Years. How about you? December 19, 2010: Pauline Priscillia Thurston Richard Manny Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
Vintage Packaging: 1950s Freezer Cartons
Vintage Packaging: 1950s Freezer Cartons TheDieline.com: The #1 Package Design Website, World’s Best Packaging Here’s a great set of freezer cartons from the 1950s made by Sears Roebuck & Co. They look pretty modern and slick for being 60 years old. See the details inside the post. Posted via email from Iron Grey...
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Buy Art, Do Good
Kelsey Brookes EARTH BY, a side project of Planet Magazine, invites artists to create pieces based on their interpretation of Earth. Selling limited edition prints as well as the original work, the company donates 10% of all proceeds to Charity: Water, which provides safe and clean drinking water to thousands of people in developing nations, and 350.org, a non-profit dedicated to raising...
Jonsi In Concert From Washington, D.C.
Jonsi In Concert From Washington, D.C. by Sarah Ventre NPR - November 17, 2010 Jónsi is known not only for his work with the experimental Icelandic rock group Sigur Rós, but also for his innovative use of sound and his elaborate, surreal stage performances. He’s currently on tour for his first solo record Go, in a show that features stunning videos, animation and intricate lighting....
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The Plastic Bag Monster of Ljubljana, Slovenia
“Together with Ekologi Brez Meja (ocistimo.si), Lukatarina and Eco Vitae we collected 40,000 used plastic bags and 7,500 used plastic cups from 12 kindergartens, 21 primary schools, 4 high schools and 3 faculties from the city of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and from more than 500 people from Ljubljana. Plastic Bag Monster from Kongresni trg spreads its plastic tentacles through the...
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Grey Day #018 & #019: What Would You Do If You Had...
Illustration: Chris Wake Sorry being a little late with this. My internet connection went bonkers after being hit with some crazy weather. Also, I will be on vacation for a few weeks, but Grey Day will still continue. A new Grey Day will post each night at 12:01 AM and all prints will be shipped out when I get back. December 17, 2010: Eric Marnie Mister T Paul B Sammy Posted...
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Grey Day #017: What Are You Currently Reading?
I’m currently reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy December 16, 2010: Katie Eric Lonnie Missy Walter Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
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Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell It’s Nice That Dulwich Picture House have just opened a Norman Rockwell exhibition which is well neat. Words like ‘beloved’ and ‘prolific’ get bandied about his work which is so synonymous with the advertising and magazine illustrations of the time, that the term “Rockwellesque” was coined. An illustrator with masterful technical excellence, he painted...
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Police hunt down stolen iPhone in chopper
Police hunt down stolen iPhone in chopper The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) Police in Australia take iPhone theft seriously; so seriously, they will not hesitate to employ the use of a helicopter to nab a thief who has made off with one of Apple’s prized mobile devices. The story begins in a hospital in Heidelberg, Australia where an iPhone was stolen from an...
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Grey Day #016: What Is Your Favourite Beer?
This has been a favourite of mine for a long while. Though, it doesn’t taste as good when it’s bottled up. December 15, 2010: Jen Andrea Bill Rosie Lynn Read more about Grey Day Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
Lobo Apple Piece
Lobo Apple Piece TheDieline.com: The #1 Package Design Website, World’s Best Packaging “A giant fiberglass apple? That’s right, 2 pac painted and customomised by Mash with the help of illustrator Peta Kruger. A one off piece for the Lobo apple cider brand. An array of playful illustrations to appeal to the sophisticated cider drinkers and connoisseurs of this...
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Fresh Stuff From Jaz in Buenos Aires
Fresh Stuff From Jaz in Buenos Aires Wooster Collective Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
Edits by Edit
Edits by Edit It’s Nice That Nice series of prints curated by New York based creative Edit, each designer was asked to represent a musical genre using one element and one typeface (stating the genre). The posters are A1 and printed to a very limited edition, the impressive list of participants include Bas Koopmans, Collective Approach, Duane King, Hey Studio, Manual...
Tomoko Nagai
Tomoko Nagai It’s Nice That Japanese artist Tomoko Nagai makes paintings that are full of all those good things like bears, mushrooms, bunnies and forests. Nagai at Tomio Koyama gallery Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
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Grey Day #015: What Is Your Dream Job?
It would have to be a professional Traveler. December 14, 2010: Hilary Adam Kevin Luis Mitchel What is Grey Day? Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
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Steven Shearer
Steven Shearer It’s Nice That Canadian artist Steven Shearer never let go of those teenage, angst-filled days of heavy-metal. Look out for him at next years Venice Biennale. Steven Shearer at Presenhuber Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »
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Michael Moloney
Michael Moloney It’s Nice That Ever produced a time-lapse film set 2500ft up a big hill in the Great Langdale area of the Lake District? Michael Moloney did, in collaboration with John Hooper as part of If You Could Collaborate. He is consistently producing shorts of such high quality the only thing they could be is longer. (Read more) www.artandgraft.com ...
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Study For A Riot
Study For A Riot Wooster Collective From Alexandros Vasmoulakis and Manolis Anastasakos: “During 2010, Greece came under the supervision of IMF and EU. The fear of poverty and financial recession has built up a feeling of social unrest. Memories of the Greek riots of 2008, according to the media, have created the expectation in Greece and abroad, of a new, more violent...
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Make This Better
Make This Better Wooster Collective “This is the first in what will be an ongoing series of temporary installations with these retroreflective cardboard letters. They’ll be installed all around the city of Windsor, Ontario to attempt to generate some conversation and creative thinking around how we can indeed make this (place) better. “… Justin,...
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Grey Day #014: Where Would You Spend New Years?
Spain is the place to be for me. What about you? December 13, 2010 Picks: Matthew Matt Rothwell Beejay Rich Tomas What is Grey Day? Posted via email from Iron Grey Mammoth | Comment »