Audible Artist: David Ellis
Being a follower of music and visual art, I’m always interested in seeing the two converge, with pieces including (and often combining) painting, electronics, sculpture, installation, experimental music and multimedia. Over the next week I will be profiling some of my favorite and recently discovered artists in this corner of art. First up is David Ellis (aka Skwerm).
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A few weeks ago I took a long lunch break and went to Eric Baker Design’s moving sale to look for some interesting books (after telling Eric that I worked in interactive, he asked me what a web designer needs books for! —har har). I wish I could have spent more time looking, but I did find this little book called A Twenty-four Page Book. The book was published by the Type Directors Club in 1987 and features 24 of the best designers each interpreting their assigned page numbers. Included are Lou Dorfsman, Bradbury Thompson, Milton Glaser, Saul Bass, Paul Rand, Herman Zapf, Massimo Vignelli and more.
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205,000 Flight Paths
Aaron Koblin teams with Wired to create a Google map of his project Flight Patterns, which tracked the flight path of 205,000 airplanes over the U.S. during a 24-hour period. Navigate the map by altitude, model and make.
ThruYou: YouTube Music Remixes
Kutiman (musician Ophir Kutiel) brilliantly remixes multiple YouTube videos to make new songs on his site ThruYou. My favorite track is Babylon Band.
Branded Recovery
More branding from Obama – today he referenced two new logos that will distinguish projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:
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