‘Poème électronique (Electronic Poem) was composed in 1958 by Edgard Varèse, the father of electronic music, and Iannis Xénakis, one of the most important modernist composers of the 20th century, under the direction of Le Corbusier, one of the most important architects of the 20th century’
What is it? Read more here.
Erik van Blokland‘s solution for obsolete iPhones.
Bitter:Sweet’s music has been bouncing around commercially the past few years. Above, Dirty Laundry. Animated. With a robot. For Zune.
Below, my fav track, The Bomb (which was used for Lipstick Jungle) . . .
Cool website here. And fun album graphics.
Bitter:Sweet: The Bomb
‘Hi-Fi is a promotional music video for last year’s concert season at the Bellavista Social Pub, one of the best bars in Siena, Tuscany, according to Where’s Cool.’
Hi-Fi video, directed by Bante. More details at The Font Feed.
Found via LookingAroun.D
‘Every now then, as you stumble through design history, you trip over and fall on your ass.’
Alex Charchar takes a look at the incredible work of Reid Miles. Article here.
(and psst: click on the album covers for MP3 purchasing options.)
Joe Henderson: Jinrikisha
Dusty Brown has a new ep, This City is Killing Me. You can snag it free here.
Album artwork by Scott Hansen/ISO50.
‘The pairing and combining of different typefaces has always been a particular graphic design challenge . . . Emigre has its own take on this typographic technique. But instead of providing rules, which often render safe but bland results, we believe that ultimately any font can be successfully combined with any other font. It’s not so much a matter of which font combinations to pick, it’s a matter of how you use the fonts in combination.’
The latest Emigre font catalog – Historia – is a bit like an old issue of Emigre magazine. Strong concept, interesting point of view, wonderfully designed.
The 64-page specimen highlights battlefield locations of the Mexican-American war, 1846-48; specifically, the battles that took place in what is now California. [Read more →]
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