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Mlødozeniec

The work of Polish poster designer Jan Mlødozeniec.

Tags: design history, illustration by steve
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‘Diktor’

‘The ‘ella’ on Barbarella was probably suggested by Feiffer’s Passionella, a brilliant satire on the Cinderella theme and much of American culture.’

In 1966, French scifi comic Barbarella was published in a the US in a translated edition.

Minimal color, racy stories. Robot sex.

The original, a serialized comic strip, was created in 1962 by Jean-Claude Forest for V magazine. [Read more →]

Tags: design, design history, illustration, publication design by steve
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Vertigogo

Video for Combustible Edison’s Vertigogo. From the film Four Rooms (1995).

C’mon, sing along . . .

Do yah dot’n duy ba da dot’n duy yah oo-ee dot’n duy. Oo-ee zabba duy do yah zabba dot’n doo-ee dot’n duy. Zoo-ee bah,dabba do yah da da dwee-a-dabba da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada! buh-dee,buh-die, buh-doy,buh-dot’n duy buh-dee,buh-dot’n duy. Buh-dee,buh-die, buh-doy,buh-dot’n duy buh-dee,buh-dot’n duy. Zoo-ee bah,dabba do yah da da dwee-a-dabba da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada! Aaaaaaaaah. aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-ah. aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-ah. Ooh, ooh . . . Oooooooooooh. Do yah dot’n duy ba da dot’n duy yah oo-ee dot’n duy. Oo-ee zabba duy do yah zabba dabba doo-ee dot’n duy. Zoo-ee bah dabba do yah da da do-yah dabba da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada! da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada! AAAIIII!!

Tags: music by steve
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Antònia Font: Robot

‘video del robot madison de antonia font’

Tags: design, music by steve
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Butter typography 7

‘Over in Missouri USA, yellow margarine remains illegal to this day’

A look at butter over margarine – animated by Kris Cook at Outside Line for the UK Friends of Butter folk.

Tags: culinary, design, typography by steve
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‘And what is this?’

‘In Kazakhstan we only have pepper and whole nuts in supermarkets’

While trying to understand the US, Borat Sagdiyev ends up in a large supermarket and asks a lot of questions.

This is my absolute favorite scene from Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006).

And it wasn’t even in the movie – it can be found as a ‘deleted scene’ on the DVD.

Tags: cool finds, culinary by steve
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‘avarice’

‘Sugary motion graphic piece inspired by a poem from Irish author Tony Curtis.’

Video by Fan Sissoko of the Dublin-based firm Stef&Fan. Check out the other cool stuff at their site.

Music: Birdy Nam Nam’s 2009 track, From Here to There.

Tags: cool finds, design, music, thoughts, typography by steve
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Truth

‘Unofficial’ video for Alexander Ebert’s Truth. From the self-titled album.

Footage lifted from the Ken Burns documentary, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004).

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‘Hillbilly: The Real Story’

‘Hillbillies, long misunderstood and maligned as isolated and backward, actually have a 300-year history of achievement and success that has contributed significantly to our national identity.’

I caught this doc last year on the History channel.

Hillbilly: The Real Story (2008) – hosted by Billy Ray Cyrus – is a great overview of the ‘Appalachian American’ subculture that brought us moonshine whiskey, labor unions, NASCAR and country music.

Stream Hillbilly here. DVD here.

Pictured up top: An original ‘painter’s piss’ runner, found via theTHROTTLE

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Also, Hillbilly does a pretty good job of setting the stage for Oscar nominated Ozark kin drama Winter’s Bone (2010). Incredible performance by Jennifer Lawrence, below. Review here.