The world lost an icon this past weekend. Whatever the cause of death, Whitney Houston will be remembered as having one of the most incredible voices of all time. Seems like it was just yesterday my sisters and I were sitting around the TV watching “I Will Always Love You” top the VH1 video countdown and passionately singing along with every word of the song.
R.I.P. Whitney
The video for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “N*ggas in Paris” came out yesterday and I’m really diggin’ the use of kaleidoscope imagery in the work. Directed by Yeezy himself, the video is pretty simple in the fact that it pretty much uses concert footage and the same on-stage effects from the tour (flashing lights, animal shots, etc). I had a chance to attend one of the shows in New Jersey a couple of months ago, so I really appreciate the way it all comes together.
Here are a few of my favorite artistic shots.
Kanye never lets me down. These are so beautiful. Check out the whole video for yourself.
I’ve been obsessing over logos for a few projects I’ve been working on in school. My lecturer shared this cute video from a designer going through a series of brandmarks with his daughter to get her perspective on their meaning.
It’s kinda scary how she recognized the Starbucks logo. Talk about getting in the consumer consideration set early. 
A series of dance prints from Brazilian designer Niege Borges. The story that inspired them:
In 1518, a bunch of people from a french town called Stransbourg were affected by something called dancing mania. It began with one lady named Frau Troffea dancing in the street and end up with, more or less, 400 people dancing on for days without rest, resulting in some deaths of heart attack, stroke and exhaustion. This project is, in some sort of way, a memorial for Frau Toffea. From the silliest little dance to the most elaborate dance sequence of the history of cinema, there were a lot of dancing in the last decades (not enough to kill anyone, I hope). Here are some of these dances.
I’m torn between Bret’s dance from Flight of the Concords and Elaine’s awful attempt at dancing from that infamous episode of Seinfeld as favorites. All of these are so much fun. These and more are available for sale here.
This stop motion video was a promotional tool for the Toronto bookstore Type. From the looks of it it took quite a few hours to complete.
As a huge fan of books and printed publications, I’m happy to see the video get so much attention and wish the store much success.
Simple yet highly effective logos from designer/illustrator Matt Lehman.
Top to bottom – Blood: Water Mission, General Mills: Connect, Dimes for Darfur, Pray for Hope
Check out the trailer for The Tents, directed by James Belzer with cinematographer Marcus K. The film features old and new footage and behind the scenes snapshots of the New York’s fashion week and interviews/commentary from Tommy Hilfiger, Betsey Johnson, Christian Siriano and many more.
I love documentaries of all kind so I’m very excited to see this film.
via Refinery29
I found this video to be inspiring. Sometimes I forget how much control we have over our lives. It’s up to us to put in the work to ensure we attain the results we want.
I also enjoyed Steve Jobs’s thoughts on failure. That’s available here. Enjoy.
