As a writer, I'm always drawn to different mediums that can convey the essence of words and language in an unexpected way. That's why I'm such a sucker for this powerfully subtle earthenware "Love Is Blind" vase by Canadian artist…
Continue Reading →HumanFlows is the first of a series of projects conceived during the Visualizar workshop organized by the Medialab Prado in Madrid. Led by graphic designer Miguel Cabanzo, the ongoing project takes the growing trend of visualization into the study of…
Continue Reading →What better way to take shed some fresh light on the whole creationism vs. evolution debate than by forcing one side to see the merits (and faults) of the other through the paradox of telling the opposite story? Vancouver Film…
Continue Reading →In case you were temporarily detained during the Apple Keynote today, you should know the the new MacBook Air (shipping in two weeks) is so thin it slides inside an envelope. Weighing only 3 pounds, it's a mere .76 inches…
Continue Reading →The visually-conscious (or sometimes visually obsessive) among us see it everywhere: bad color combos, heinous spacing, over-sized logos, and -- eww -- excessive use of bad typefaces. Now the design-minded have the means to take control"¦ if taking control means…
Continue Reading →Canadian collage artist Paul Butler takes the experience of art off the wall and turns it into a full-on party. Literally. A "traveling experimental group studio with a rotating cast," Collage Party has roamed North American and Europe creating walk-in,…
Continue Reading →Just as its title so succinctly implies, Learning To Love You More is an on-going interactive web project created by artists Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July, which teaches us to explore ourselves from every angle. Managed by California-based artist and…
Continue Reading →Picture it: Italy, 2007. In the green hillside of Calvi dell'Umbria sits a cherished 17th century Baroque convent. A group of artists, dedicated to their passion for finding new ways to communicate and collaborate, have come together to create, imagine,…
Continue Reading →Hiding beneath the vibrant candy colors of Canadian photographer Liz Wolfe's stunning works is a whole bunch of twisted contradictions. Exploring the juxtaposition between what we commonly consider pretty (flowers) and what we mostly consider gross (an octopus), the sugary…
Continue Reading →List views are so 2007; next up in the growing line-up of visualization interfaces is a new service from Youtube that lets you visually search related videos. Looking perhaps a little too much like (and moving noticeably slower than) digg…
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