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Design Porn: Old Time Religion

Kelsey Keith — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:36:52 +0000

Welcome to the latest edition of Design Porn, Flavorpill’s regular roundup of all things drool-worthy. Maybe the epic proportions of the BP oil spill have us thinking about the end of days. Maybe it’s Lady Gaga’s obsession with Christian imagery. Maybe we just felt it was only appropriate after the amazing Jewish-themed items we presented readers with last month. Regardless, click through and prepare to say Hallelujah — it’s time to look at some crosses.

A Bit Cross multi-sided screwdriver by Michiel Cornelisson [via Boing Boing]

Candy hands by artist Hannes Bend at Half Gallery [via Hint Mag]

Bless You Lamp by Dima Loginoff [via Design Milk]

Jesus was a Feminist pin, from offtherecord [via Etsy]

Jesus Saves Piggy Bank by Wyatt Little [via Design Milk]

Saved By The Jesus Cross USB protector by Wu Jiang [via Yanko Design]

KRUZIFIX by Stefan Strumbel [via Dezeen]

Daily Dose Pick: Street Boners

Kelsey Keith — Mon, 31 May 2010 18:25:55 +0000

Part fashion bible and part throwdown on all things obnoxiously hip, Gavin McInnes’ Street Boners satirizes the street-style photography phenomenon.

The former Vice main man rates each of his subjects on their modes of dress — from “rich hippie things to pocahipsters to the nerdy slut” — with a kitten-based rating system. Packed with over 1,200 snapshots and contributions from downtown culture icons including Debbie Harry and Chloë Sevigny, the book also features city travel guides and a timeline of “The History of Cool” from beatniks to ravers.

It’s irony to the nth degree as so-called “hipster of the decade” McInnes waffles between foul-mouthed criticism and his raging libido.

Check out more Street Boners online, kick it old-school with Vice Dos and Don’ts, and get your copy of Street Boners: 1,764 Hipster Fashion Jokes.

Click through below for more images and commentary from the book.

(L) “Fashion is meant to accentuate your best features. If your best feature is that you’re perfect, just stick bright shit all over the place.”

Design Porn: Big Yellow Taxi Edition

Kelsey Keith — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:59:15 +0000

Ah, a rainy Tuesday in New York, with no signs of the nasty weather letting up. This means that the odds of you finding an empty cab are next to none. (Note: Bloomingdale’s is the best place in the city to catch one, if you insist.) That’s why for this latest edition of Design Porn we’ve rounded up a handful of yellow-cab inspired objects for you to drool over while you’re standing there with your arm flung uselessly up in the air. Leave tips in the comments if we’ve missed anything of note.

Kate Spade mittens: yes, we know it’s May, but have you stepped outside today? Still frigid. [via Svpply]

At the Hanover auto trade show last month, Volkswagen debuted a prototype for a new electric taxi-cab called the Milano. Get it!? It’s green. [via PSFK]

One of our favorites from 2010, a crashing taxicab snowglobe by designer Mark A. Reigelman II.

A liberal interpretation of the theme, here we have a young Robert de Niro scowling as protagonist/antagonist Travis Bickle in Scorcese’s 1976 film Taxi Driver. [via

Feel better about lugging your MacBook around the city thanks to this protective, limited-edition laptop sleeve. [via tropicalhowie]

Walls and floors and ceilings go vrrrroooom with vinyl decals in transportation mode. [via

A taxi cab-yellow bicycle by Note Design Studio offers a stylish transportation alternative. [via Design Milk]

The London Taxi iPhone App calculates fares ahead of time, factoring in the time of day and projected traffic conditions. We want one for NYC. [via Cool Hunting]

Daily Dose Pick: La Blogothèque

Kelsey Keith — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:05:52 +0000

French music site La Blogothèque’s self-produced Take Away Shows feature exclusive, unedited footage of top indie artists performing in public places.

Shooting bands on the street, in the subway, or in a restaurant, auteurs like Vincent Moon (also a co-founder of the site) capture the devil-may-care nature of impromptu performances by artists such as Phoenix, Fleet Foxes, Arcade Fire, St. Vincent, and even R.E.M.

Selected performances are also available to download directly, either in Quicktime or DivX video format, or as audio MP3s.

Browse all of the Take Away Show performances, practice your French by reading La Blogothèque’s main site, become a fan on Facebook, and check out the latest videos on Vimeo.

Tegan and Sara, “Alligator”

Phoenix, “1901″

Amanda Palmer, “Amsterdam”

The Antlers, “Two/Epilogue”

Lykke Li and El Perro del Mar, “Somebody’s Baby”

Yeasayer, “No Need to Worry/ Redcave”

Sigur Rós, “Við spilum endalaust”

Members Project® from American Express: Philanthropy Charges Ahead

Kelsey Keith — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:09:26 +0000

Looking for a simple but impactful way to give back? Members Project from American Express, in partnership with TakePart, is an initiative that allows you to get in on the action by voting on charities that you’d like to see get funding from American Express. With a total of up to 50 causes involved, there are a ton of opportunities to volunteer or donate to help make the world a better place.

Our Cause of the Week: EarthShare

For the next several weeks, we’re going to highlight a new charitable organization that’s a favorite of Flavorpill staffers. This week we’re focusing on EarthShare, a community-based environmental group that connects people with “green” nonprofits through workplace giving, volunteer opportunities, and educational programs.

Even though our Cause of the Week isn’t part of Members Project, you should check out similar charities, join, and start making a difference on www.takepart.com/membersproject.

How? On the site, you can cast your vote every week to help decide which five charities will receive funding from American Express, volunteer your time, and donate to your favorite charities. Voting is open to everyone, and there will be five new winners every three months.

What’s On at Flavorpill: Links that Made the Rounds in Our Office

Kelsey Keith — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:30:10 +0000

Today at Flavorpill, we perused the results of GOOD’s health care infographic contest. Jon Stewart scared us when he threw down the gauntlet to Apple, and we got mad inspired after hearing Kristen Wiig’s ’80s crooning on the track “Champion” from MacGruber. We were psyched to hear RZA and GZA are working on a sequel to Liquid Swords (!!!) and totally creeped out by this photographic tribute to Charles Burns’s Black Hole comic. We put on our party sombreros in advance of next week’s Guactacular (watch the promo video below). And finally, we were both delighted and ashamed that we knew what the mixologist was referencing when he created this cocktail list based on New York tech startups. If we had to pick something for Flavorpill besides an, erm, empty glass, we’d probably have to go with 25 whole cases of boxed wine.

In Which We Add On to The Greatest Magazines of All Time

Kelsey Keith — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:12:39 +0000

The co-editors of This Recording — an irreverent online culture publication that analyzes ’90s movies, male archetypes and dead writers with a wry grin — posted a laundry list of their print influences today, and boy is it revealing. Yes, it reiterates that the writers are super-smart and sure, everyone loves Sassy, but it got us thinking: can we say that print magazines on the market today are making the same imprint? “Print is dead” has become the inevitable refrain with news of magazine closings and budget cutbacks at major publishing houses, but perhaps it’s time to adjust the paradigm. And by that I mean: look past the Cosmopolitans and O Magazines of the world and take a trip down the independent publishing aisle at the local newsstand.

We’ve compiled a list of some solid print picks, old and new, large and small, to keep you occupied — at least until next month’s issues arrive.

Literature

The Sun

Virginia Quarterly Review

Electric Literature

Style

Lula

Design

Grafik

Apartamento

Mark

Print

Art

BOMB

Esopus

Knowledge

Local culture

Austin, Texas: Misprint

The South: Garden & Gun

For even more periodicals of the independent variety, check out MagCulture.com.

*Love is published by Conde Nast UK, true, but its editorial content (especially the nudity!) is all freewheeling-European, so consider it included.

Pic of the Day: Get Back in Your Book

Kelsey Keith — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:05:59 +0000

Canadian photographer Lissy Laricchia riffs on fairy tales and children’s stories with a photo series depicting “characters who strive to stay in the real world,” with dirty feet and noses stuck in books. She photographs Belle, Alice, Wendy, Harry, and Arora suspended in a mid-air fantasy land, sucked in to their respective titles. The results — pairing ethereal photography with literature — is stunning. Come with us down the rabbit hole after the jump.

Are You Au Courant? Get 12 Issues of The Economist for $12

Kelsey Keith — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:46:12 +0000

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As an added bonus, we’re hooking up 20 lucky subscribers with a copy of Making Ideas Happen, an inspiring and creative new book by the founder of Behance Network (check out our review here).

Subscribe to The Economist today and you’ll never miss out on the issues.

Video of the Day: Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (at Wal-Mart)

Kelsey Keith — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:53:47 +0000

Commercial photographerStephen Wilkes spent 24 hours in a New Jersey store just to make you watch this video. Actually, he took one picture every ten seconds over the course of one day for a nifty time-lapse feature for Fortune magazine. Fortune‘s photo editor explains: “The inspiration was to show that Wal-Mart never sleeps… open 24 hours with no real daylight, you have no sense of what time of day it is. We wanted to see what the traffic flow of people coming in and out of the store looks like as a day in the life.” All told, 1,800 of the 8,640 frames Wilkes shot were used and compressed into two minutes of video. Watch the moving version of Andreas Gursky after the jump — and get freaked out over how many consumers still shop at Wal-Mart.