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  • Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect

    July 21st, 2011 / Comments (0)

    On Monday, July 25, AIGA Arizona and FilmBar, Phoenix's newest independent theatre, are teaming up to present Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect.

    The 97 minute documentary is an engaging portrait of a visionary man, which takes us to the heart of his ideas. The filmmakers have made a visually inventive thought provoking portrait of the architect, prompting Rem Koolhaas to state "it's the only film about me that I have liked."

    Koolhaas' work is as much about ideas as it is about constructing buildings; he is equally celebrated as a writer and social commentator, his 1978 publication Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan is heralded as seminal text on modern society.  For Koolhaas what is essential is not to create individual masterpieces, but to provoke and excite through the wide range of his activities.

    His outstanding creations such as the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, the Seattle Library, the Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto, and the Guggenheim Heritage Museum in Las Vegas are working examples of the Dutchman's visionary theories about architecture and urban society and his work has received notable recognition. In 2008, Koolhaas was named in Time Magazine's Top 100 World's Most Influential People.

    Central Library, Seattle

    Casa da Musica, Portugal

    Dutch Embassy, Berlin

    Film tickets are only $5 at the door. FilmBar offers a number of libations and appetizers prior to the film showing. Get there before 7 pm to take advantage of happy hour. The film begins at 8pm.

  • Turn Down The Earbuds

    July 13th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    The Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation has launched a campaign to reduce the hearing loss rate among American teens – a notoriously hard group to reach, especially with health and safety messages. With this challenge in mind, Red Deluxe set out to frame the message as a simple and compelling proposition: Listening to your music too loud prematurely ages your ears, which permanently impacts your ability to hear your music.

    The new campaign is built around a smart-phone app that simulates ear age by letting users test their ear age and then “auto-old” the music in their library. App downloads are driven by radio and in-theater PSAs.

    www.reddeluxe.com

  • The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

    July 11th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    It's about time somebody fully leveraged the unique publishing platform the iPad makes possible.

    via Fast Company

    The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore iPad App Trailer from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.

  • All-Star Logo Time Lapse

    July 8th, 2011 / Comments (0)
    A time lapse of the MLB All-Star logo being painted in center field of Chase Field in preparation for the MLB All-Star game.

  • Orbital Fleets

    July 7th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    Orbital Fleets is a new project by Nate Utesch, the man also responsible for Ferocious Quarterly. The project celebrates NASA's Space Shuttle Program on the eve of it's 30th anniversary and final mission. Nate is offering first edition screen prints and "Crew Series" open editions from Society 6, both sets are beautiful and well worth the money.


  • Phoenix Design Week is (almost) here!

    June 29th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    Phoenix Design Week was started in 2009 to help connect the Phoenix design community. Now in it's third year, 2011′s Design Week hosts 3 conferences and will welcome thousands of designers from around the country. The teaser website is now up.

  • Ignorance & Ambition

    June 27th, 2011 / Comments (0)

    Phoenix design community socialite Mark Dudlik is back with another project. Mark's newest venture is Ignorance & Ambition, a pop up shot that aims to sell high quality local design goods in limited quantities. The physical store won't actually pop up anywhere until this fall but to help raise funds and awareness for the undertaking a special run of shirts created by locals Jordan Roberts, Jon Ashcroft and Mark himself are being sold online.




  • The Basic Elements of Creativity: Copy, Transform and Combine

    June 21st, 2011 / Comments (0)

    Everything is a remix. This is part three of the four-part series.

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