No not the rantings of a two year old. We spotted this on our radar and think it’s an interesting concept….

“Peel Gallery invites you to becomes one of its curators by bringing your object/possession of choice to the gallery for inclusion in the exhibition “Virtually Mine”.

The show is curated by CITIZEN:citizen and we think is a dynamic and interesting wy to involve the general public in something that is otherwise the domain of the few.

[see more here]

This is interesting.

Spec work IS the bane of most professional designers and everyone that’s done it and not got the work has a story to tell…. more often along the lines of ‘…and then I saw the logo that was 50% or more of what I came up with…’

From the site:

“At the end of the day, there is a certain irony in spec work. A prospect requesting it is ultimately saying, “My project isn’t important enough to hire a professional who will take the time to understand my situation and goals and invest the time needed to create a suitable solution.” ”

Plenty of people would now rather not do spec work than waste their time and then be ripped off.

[check out more here]

What is the sound of color?

We asked that question of 5 musicians. We assigned each musician a different color. They wrote 5 tracks. We gave the colors and tracks that inspired them to 5 directors.”

[see it here]

“ARTCRANK is a poster party for bike people. A showcase of bicycle-inspired original artwork you can enjoy looking at and afford to take home.

This year’s show opens the night of Saturday, April 5 at One On One Bikes + Coffee + Stuff in Minneapolis. There’ll be new posters by 34 artists and designers….”

Nice!

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“Why is it that everyone with Photoshop is a “designer”, everyone with a camera is a “photographer”, everyone who doodles is an “artist”, everyone with an acoustic guitar and Bob Marley tabs is a “musician” etc? These titles don’t mean anything anymore.”

So true.

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