A new international comp for photographers held in conjunction with the New York Photo Festival.

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Good design is something that is great. It does not have to be expensive but it should make your life better.

Ikea is sort of like that. Many designers look down their nose at Ikea but the truth is it is a design success. Their ability to offer (mostly) good (sometimes original) design at a sane price, designed well enough so that Joe. Q. Average can take it home and put it together, is truly remarkable.

So when something comes along and improves on what is already so well thought out, is a wonderful thing indeed.

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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.

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“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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From the LA Weekly via The Wooster Collective

In the early morning hours in mid-December, an amazing masterpiece of epic pink proportions appeared above the Melrose strip. Not MOCA’s Murakami billboard itself, but rather a young curator’s fantasy art show: “Murakami/AUGER/REVOK.” The spectacle lasted two days, and then it was gone. For most of us who missed it entirely, the billboard became art-opening gossip - already a mythic achievement - and yet another coup pulled off by a couple of L.A.’s most prolific and talented AWR/MSK writers. Luckily, REVOK carried his camera that day, and L.A. Weekly received the photo; we were wowed. So, it turns out, was Murakami, whose Kaikai Kiki studio found the evidence via the Internet and had the billboard surreptitiously removed. Murakami buffing billboards all the way from Japan? On the contrary, according to his representatives, he found it “so wonderful, he had to have it for his collection.” Our billboard is now on its way to Tokyo.

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An interesting exhibition starting in Melbourne, Australia.

“The action-packed celebration of games culture that has thrilled over one million players of all ages around the world. Game On tracks the development of videogames from the first computer game to arcade-era hits and the very latest from today’s billion dollar industry.

Original illustrations by Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto and concept sketches behind classics like Tomb Raider and Grand Theft Auto provide unique insight into the creative process of game development. Rarely-seen consoles, controllers, arcade machines, packaging and collectables are brought together in a showcase of game history like no other.”

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