NYC pillow fight. 2009.
OT. A stimulus package NYC-style.
above: pillow fight 2008
Head down to Wall Street, 3pm, April 4. Bring your king-size pillow.
Another action plan. Good vandalism.
If we are going to have vandalism here’s an innovative action plan for good vandalism. via gawker [PR]
Rough cut. MoMA.
MoMA, New York, on-going. Design is not always pretty.
Sometimes it is blunt and aggressive, especially when it is meant to deliver a clear message or depart from tradition and express new ideas. Rough Cut presents a selection of bold designs from MoMA’s collection, ranging from striking posters to fierce chairs, and from incisive videos to vehicles designed for harsh terrains and unforgiving circumstances. Design is not always pretty—but when it is good, it is undeniably powerful, meaningful, and beautiful.
Organized by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, and Patricia Juncosa Vecchierini, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design.
Sustainable brands conference 2009 .
Monterey, CA, USA. May 31 — June 4, 2009.
SB’09 is your antidote to negative world news. It is where the innovators gather who are already well along the path toward crafting new business models, products, communications campaigns and cultures that will better meet the needs of today’s global marketplace.
Whether from bonfire sustainable brands like Seventh Generation, Living Homes, New Belgium Brewery and Nau, or large global innovators like Wal-mart, Coke-a-Cola, GE, Clorox, HP or Unilever, if you desire to be a leader in building smart, sustainable brands for the future, Sustainable Brands ’09 is your one must attend event investment of the year.
Brit insurance design of 2009.
The Design Museums “Designs of the Year” went on display. Don’t know why it is called Brit Insurance Designs of Year 2009 just yet. The show runs until 14 June with the winners being announced on March 18th. [PR]
Atlantic-Pacific. MoMA.
Brooklyn’s MoMA ATLANTIC / PACIFIC project. The exhibition consists of reproductions from the museum’s permanent collection posted in the Atlantic / Pacific subway station.
The temporary large-scale installation includes works of well known artists like Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Georgia O’Keeffe, Man Ray are sure to inspire commuters jetting through or entertain those who care to linger and peruse the collection. With over 50 pieces filling all the conventional ad units, the station has been transformed into a gallery-esque experience. There is even a toll-free number to allow station goers to access audio information about selected works, as well as a website with information about the project atlanticpacific.
The purpose of the underground campaign is to create a greater awareness of the MoMA collection housed at their Midtown location. For casual passersby, signs posted at payphones throughout the station instruct on how to dial the toll-free MoMA factline for audio information about the works, but planners can download the full audio commentary to iPods, making it that much easier to get a little cultured. In addition to the audio features, a customized project website includes a map and guide to the artworks.
MoMA Atlantic/Pacific
10 February-15 March 2009
Atlantic/Pacific Station
Brooklyn, NY 11217 map
tel. +1 888 939 6662
via coolhunting
Gadget piece of sh*t doesn't f#!*ing work.
News about the new stimulus package. Global warming worries. Quality of food on our grocery shelves an issue. How do you really feel?
via ecowonk
Pepsicobama.
There’s a lot of rhetoric regarding what came first — Pepsi or Obama. (left) Dates not exactly correct but not wrong either – duality in vitro. An unofficial chronology… (more…)
Project: 60 years.
Zara Arshad is gathering designers and creative types to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by creating a heap of ace mini placards [zara-arshad.com/60years].
The official site: un.org A snapshot of submissions to date are on zara’s flickr account.
Obama. Starbucks. Youth.
Who is Jon Favreau? Obama inauguration: Words of history … crafted by 27-year-old in Starbucks. via The Guardian [PR]