You’ve waited breathlessly for the announcement, and today it came. Pantone, the gold (no pun intended) standard for color in many industries, has announced its Color of the Year for 2014. Like it or not, Radiant Orchid probably will be seen a lot in fashion, beauty, home design and consumer products over the next twelve months. … Continue reading Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2014: Radiant Orchid
I’ve been fascinated by yarn bombing since some bombers received a grant to decorate a fence in Denver a few years ago. But most yarn bombing is a form of graffiti, street art often created on the sly. Now the latest Denver example has appeared — a Colorado state flag Speedo. The swimwear is the … Continue reading Yarn bomber adorns Denver statue
You might already be familiar with dirds, but I was surprised and amused when I saw some on the local news today. These are from Sad and Useless, and there are more there waiting for you, if you dare … Continue reading Invasion of the dirds
If you’ve read the captions, you already know what these pictures have in common. They’re all paintings. Not photographs. Paintings. By some of the world’s greatest photorealists, artists who snap photos and then paint exacting, realistic copies of them. Some of the paintings are so detailed and meticulous that the artist produces only one or … Continue reading What do these pictures have in common?
Slate has introduced a new website design and I stumbled across it a few days ago. There was an article explaining the new design and why various ideas were implemented. I always find such discussions interesting because I like to know what the designers were thinking. Not that I’m always going to accept their rationales … Continue reading Slate’s new design fails on several counts
British artists Jamie Wardley, 33, and Andy Moss, 50, and a team of volunteers traveled to Arromanches beach, Normandy, to create this haunting reminder of the lives lost during the Operation Neptune landing on June 6, 1944. Some 9,000 ghostly silhouettes were stenciled into the sand, then left to be washed away a few hours later … Continue reading Etched in the sands of time
