VLU faves RBG6 play a little footie. 

Happy Halloween

Take a break and peruse an old Japanese folk tale from 1911.

He has been here before. Time to visit him again.

Via Boing Boing

A great attempt at explaining something so abstract from the Athletics Blog. Very cool of them to include VLU in the process.

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Higher education doesn't guarantee awareness

This new form of information consumption remains a mystery to many — even those with one or more master’s degrees. The insertion of a content aggregator (Google Reader) between users (you, me) and content creators (websites, blogs, etc.) is a level of abstraction that requires some explanation. Perhaps this article will help connect the dots for those interested in increasing their daily information throughput. -James Ellis

Some of our favorite podcast available free on itunes. Warning links open in your itunes. It is still really hard to find things on the itunes store I hope this continues to get better. Send me any other suggestions for the list and I will get them in here.

Monocle, This American Life, Wired Science, Le Show, BBC Newspod, Cool Hunting, New Yorker,  KCRW MBE, TED

 

 

Enjoy 

A new book out by Die Gestalten Verlag. Lots of cool psychedelic / geometric stuff. Steven Harrington, Emil Kozak, Espaun, Mario Hugo, RBG6, LFS, Grow Work Design... Thanks for the tip Bran.

Islands Fold™ is an independant publisher and artist residency created by Angela Conley and Luke Ramsey. It's about inviting artists into our home, supporting creative identity, collaborating, promoting health and well being and producing unique art. Established on Pender Island B.C, Canada, the residency is offered at no charge to the artists. It is sustained through public support by purchasing the books and zines made by Islands Fold. (taken from http://www.islandsfold.com/)

art/food/ping-pong, what more can you ask for..... friend of VLU Marco Zamora has collaborated with IFP..

Founded by Christopher Sleboda and Kathleen Burns, Part of It works with artists to create products about causes they are passionate about. Sales from products benefit charities chosen by the artists.

Part of It stems from our belief that artists (and conscientious consumers) can make a positive difference in the world by supporting causes close to their heart. Expressions of protest, simple declarations, moving graphics that encourage conversation and dialogue—there are many ways to enter into and encourage civic discourse. We believe activism can be fun, personal, beautiful and engaging; we can all play a part in making a better world for ourselves, for our communities, and for future generations.

What a nice lineup of creatives. Thanks for sending this Mark.

Daniel Eatock
Geneviève Gauckler
Dustin Amery Hostetler (Upso)
Mark Owens
Michael Perry
Ryan Waller

Mono caught my interest for their effortless writing and style. I am also interested in them as a thriving studio making things I like outside on NY, LA and London. We are thinking a lot about these towns that creatives tend to be able to exist in and live a normal life. Probably because my wife is 4 months pregnant and you begin to think of everything entirely different. In music Radiohead did it again and the new video from Battles with art direction from United Visual Artists shot in a northern Wales slate pile rocks. Bought this (above) type tote that Brian designed for the Liars it came so fast. Been using google reader religiously, I really recommend that. Here is my shared items list. I also downloaded every picture on the Art Department's site, what a great resource. LA a is burning again right now. Looking at this 5-9 thing, thanks for sending me that. New shirt someone sent me is cool, but I don't need the airside logo on the arm. My friend Carter's aunt Bunny Williams has a neat article on her in the NY Times, Can Taste Be Taught. Parting shot...

This-Studio is an independent design studio, based in London, working with creative and like minded clients.

AKA Brian Roettinger drops his inexhibit style web archive for all to witness. BR has the great habit of approaching everything with a fresh set of eyes and tools. Can't wait to see what's next.

Hey Max,
Hope all is going well. As always, I've enjoyed the posts, I'm still not sure where you find the time. Anyway, two things you may be into... (if you are as interested in me as I am)
1. I just finished this video:
http://jaredeberhardt.com/HIMSA/HIMSA_FIN_480X360_WEB.mov
2. It's actually going to part of the 'We're rolling, They're hating' show this week:
http://www.seeyouattheriviera.com/

Great stuff. Thanks for the kind words.