Friday, December 30, 2011
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Radioactive Fish Flyer
They’ve come up with a really great idea on how to publicize the results of some of their radiation tests of fish from Japanese supermarket shelves. A fake advertisement flier, listing the amounts of cesium instead of prices.
And the message it sends is very clear: Greenpeace could not find any fish that contained radiation exceeding legal safety limits. The legal limit for Japan is 500 becquerels per kilogram. The highest amount of radiation they found in one fish was 47.3 Bq/kg, or less than one tenth the limit.
Friday, December 16, 2011
The Police Brutality Coloring Book
Forty-six artists, including Shepard Fairey, have contributed black-and-white artwork to the Police Brutality Coloring Book, a 48-page DIY publication inspired by incidents of violent police action against Occupy Wall Street activists.
“I wasn’t directly involved with the movement, but I had been down there a few times and was sympathetic to the cause,” said Police Brutality Coloring Book creator Joe “Heaps” Nelson in an interview with Wired.com. Then it turned out that Chelsea Elliott, one of four women pepper-sprayed during a Sep. 24 protest march in Manhattan, was a friend of a friend of the New York artist.
The incident, and others like it, spurred Nelson into action. “I am outraged at how the police are treating people,” he said, “and moral outrage is not my default setting. And then when I saw that guy at Cal Davis [University of California at Davis campus police Lt. John Pike] calmly spray those kids in the face, I knew I had to do something.” […] The result is a photocopied, saddle-stitched book, with artwork ranging from crude sketches to fine illustrative art — most of which is conducive to coloring, some of which isn’t. Nelson describes it as “basically a punk-rock ‘zine, like what I used to do in the ’80s.”
See more here.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
The Protester Is Time Magazines Person Of The Year
The Protester, Fairey says his cover image is based on a composite of 26 different photographs of real protests from around the world. “These organic protest movements have arisen around the globe and a lot of it was fueled by social media, but it was a pervasive phenomenon,” he said. “It wasn’t one specific movement but general unrest. I wanted to look for ideas to represent that.”
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
James Bond Penguin Cover Prints
Damn I love these really stylish Bond Girl prints based on the original Ian Flemming novels. Buy them here.
Favorite Albums Of 2011
20. Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
19. I Break Horses - Hearts
18. Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
17. John Muas - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
16. The Roots - Undun
15. Cold Cave - Cherish The Light
14. Tinariwen - Tassili
13. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
12. Destroyer - Kaputt
11. The Black Keys - El Camino
10. Ema - Past Life Martyred Saints
9. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
8. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
7. Ice Age - New Brigade
6. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die Buy You Will
5. Yuck - Yuck
4. The Horrors - Skying
3. Wild Flag - Wild Flag
2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
1. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life
19. I Break Horses - Hearts
18. Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
17. John Muas - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
16. The Roots - Undun
15. Cold Cave - Cherish The Light
14. Tinariwen - Tassili
13. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
12. Destroyer - Kaputt
11. The Black Keys - El Camino
10. Ema - Past Life Martyred Saints
9. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
8. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
7. Ice Age - New Brigade
6. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die Buy You Will
5. Yuck - Yuck
4. The Horrors - Skying
3. Wild Flag - Wild Flag
2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
1. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life