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‘Cover graphics and color scheme, which were also used in the videos, were based on sketches by John Taylor’ –Wiki

Always loved this version of Get It On.

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Music video for New Monkees’ Do It Again, 1987

‘You love them or you hate them or you may not know who the hell they are.’ -ChildOThe80s

Back in 1986, producer Steve Blauner realized he owned the rights to The Monkees.

And he came to this mode of thinking:

We built the original Monkees from scratch – let’s create a New Monkees for a new generation.

How hard could it be? [Read more →]

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Marithé and François Girbaud‘s Spring/Summer 2010 This is a Crazy World campaign. Shot by Steve Hiett. More here.

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‘Over the next four weeks we’d like you to join us as part of a unique experience. We are evoking the rules of digital mother nature, allowing collaborators to plant a digital seed and watch it grow into a tree.’

Plant one here.

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‘Dippold and Hippoyard present some way to manipulate Zink paper and PoGo Polaroid’

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‘Falling objects synchronized to produce rhythm.’

Gravité by Renaud Hallée.

Found via Reza Abedini

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Since Sacramento is a hub for some of California’s major freeways (5, 80, 99), there’s a lot of local truck traffic.

And there’s always some interesting typography to go with them. Yellow is one of my favorites, because it’s not actually yellow. It’s orange.

I also enjoy the typography and colors of the Werner line.

And I do miss the iconic fruit covered Raley’s trucks – no longer seen around town. Artwork by the great Don Birrell of historical Vacaville Nut Tree fame.

On a related note, here’s images from Paris-based photographer Eric Tabuchi’s Alphabet Truck series (above) volume one and volume two.

Found via Splorp

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‘Inspired by Mid-Century Danish wood toys  . . .  Screen-printed using their very own water-based, hand-mixed inks.’

Get one here. Binth website here.

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Art by Alpha Lubicz

Bright sunshiny day? Free playlist, download here.

Refinery29’s Springtime Playlist is curated by Ed Droste, text by Jonathan Forgang and mixed by William Rauscher aka Night Plane.

Here’s the video for Massive Attack’s Paradise Circus:

And
Here’s the video for We Have Band’s Divisive.

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Part 1 of 2

Tonight is the season finale of Project Runway 7. Go Seth Aaron go!

And here’s an interview with PW’s Tim Gunn from last week. He and Craig chat about rudeness in the fashion industry, circus clowns and why regular humans are cut differently than superthin models. Great conversation.

Part 2 of 2

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Video for She and Him’s In the Sun. Directed by Peyton Reed. From Volume Two. Website here.

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