My apologies if you reached this page looking for a recipe. This post is about a cool video that I saw recently by Mezerg, a musical maestro from the south of France. Mixmag France called this one-man band a “mad scientist of acoustic techno,” a title that is evident in the following video. Here Mezerg…
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But imitation is also a way to leverage a scathing critique. Winston Tseng’s politically provocative posters are great examples of this. The New York-based graphic artist takes the highly recognizable templates of ads from Facebook, Apple, Gap, and others and turns them into effective visual…
The Japanese city of Tokorozawa recently unveiled an initiative that will please both manhole cover obsessives and anime fans. The manhole covers, which illuminate via solar-powered LED lights from dusk until 2am each day, feature more than two dozen anime and sci-fi animation characters from 23 different franchises. Here’s a short video about the Tokorozawa…
Graphic designers from around the world have come together to support victims of the Beirut blast with a creative fundraiser. The Li Beirut font is a brand new, fancy typeface of 300 glyphs that includes both Latin and Arabic characters, numbers, and symbols. Here’s a detailed description from the Li Beirut font fundraiser page on…
I am so over the era of zoom calls. But the 2020 Democratic National Convention, all online for the very first time, has been able to work with the format in a compelling way. Last night’s delegate roll call, usually the most boring part of both political conventions, was an unexpected delight. Democratic delegates from…
When we were deep into the lockdown with no end in sight, one of the few things that kept me amused was the Getty Museum Challenge. Launched as a social media call-to-action, the #GettyMuseumChallenge asked participants from around the world to recreate their favorite artworks using only the objects in their homes. The response was…
The sights and sounds of the beach were as they had been before. At the hotel, set back in the jungle, monkeys scampered along the roof in the early morning, leaping onto palm fronds and sliding down slender, grey trunks. Peacocks meowed. Street dogs lounged on the dirt roads. From the balcony, you could see…
Al Jazeera recently interviewed tourism industry leaders from three different countries on its Inside Story program. Officials from Greece, England, and Sri Lanka spoke about the measures that their countries are taking to make their countries safe for tourists and locals as they open up after quarantine. As I am currently living in Colombo, I…
I am super-impressed by the attention to detail that went into this TikTok user’s homage to Wes Anderson. h/t atticshape