décembre 2011
“
SHERRIK, C’EST MOI, QU’EST CE QU’IL SE PASSE
“Shekkik”? = Jean-Luc
JE PAS
“Je pas”? = J’ai faim.
I love the way foreigners understand french. Cute
” —(via kasia-diaries)
“-Me: Holy Shit, it’s 2.55pm and I just woke up!
-Paul: Let’s go;)!
-Me: Haha, yeah: first lunch, then shower, then finding a public lavomatic, then buying a baguette and FINALLY staying home!
-Paul: I like the list;)
-Me: [20 minutes later] Actually, slight modification: laundry is for tomorrow… F-it!” —A story of procrastination on New Year’s Eve!
-Paul: Let’s go;)!
-Me: Haha, yeah: first lunch, then shower, then finding a public lavomatic, then buying a baguette and FINALLY staying home!
-Paul: I like the list;)
-Me: [20 minutes later] Actually, slight modification: laundry is for tomorrow… F-it!” —A story of procrastination on New Year’s Eve!
About Comic Sans - Once more, with feeling!
Just got an e-mail from my representative from the Academy of Art … in Comic Sans. I think someone needs more time at art school, cause you definitely don’t send e-mails in Comic Sans. Or use Comic Sans ever.
Here’s what a friend of mine receiving a message from the Academy of Arts in San Francisco where she studied for summer school, last July.
It may sound extreme to a lot of you, but over time I’ve been able to develop some sense of design, for things, websites, products, and even for clothes. I don’t necessarily have the capacity to do it myself, in the case of prototyping a product or website, but when a good one is easy to identify. And it gets easier overtime.
So considering myself a child of the internet, there are some atrocities that you wish you could change.
And then there’s this very situation I quoted at the very beginning of this article. It is a known fact around the interwebz that Comic Sans is probably the worst font/typography (I always get confused) that you can use. For anything!
Therefore it is absolutely unacceptable that an establishment such as the San Francisco Academy of Arts uses it. It should be a model, something that non-artsy people look after for references and inspiration. Even for something like emails, the smallest thing to do would be to use one of the boring-yet-professional font like Helvetica (don’t get me started on Arial!)
But Comic Sans? Really? Did you put an 8 year old behind the computer when you were about to format the whole damn thing?
Confessions of an Apple Fanboy →
andrewdumont.me
My friend Andrew wrote this great post about the miconception that is Apple fanboy-ism!
Funily enough, I was thinking about writing a similar post, but then decided to let it go: I don’t want to have to justify myself, but if I enter the debate, besure that I already hqve strong arguments!
Apple Fanboys are a misunderstood breed. Often, we get a lot of shit. Terms such as cult-like, delusional and idiotic frequently find themselves alongside fanboy. Sometimes, rightfully so.
Not all the time. After this infamous Samsung ad came across my TV screen, and this obnoxious
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“- My son, do you want to hear something strange?
– Yes! What?
- You know the new tree painting we did on the garage last week.. Up until around the year 2050 people generally did not have paintings on houses!
– What? Were they grey?
- Well, yes, many were. Often they would paint villas in One colour, like blue or yellow, but very rarely in more than one or two colours and almost never any pictures. Most apartment houses and government buildings and so on were grey. Artists sometimes went and painted on tunnels, grey municipal buildings and so on, but the pictures were washed away! By the government!
– …Was art forbidden?
- Well no, but it had to be in special buildings only. Some people felt that houses was not to be painted on, except in one pale colour all over.
– Wow.. How dull.
- Yes, my son. Now lets get our jackets and go pick some fruit.” —Lucas Lundström for Street Art Utopia
– Yes! What?
- You know the new tree painting we did on the garage last week.. Up until around the year 2050 people generally did not have paintings on houses!
– What? Were they grey?
- Well, yes, many were. Often they would paint villas in One colour, like blue or yellow, but very rarely in more than one or two colours and almost never any pictures. Most apartment houses and government buildings and so on were grey. Artists sometimes went and painted on tunnels, grey municipal buildings and so on, but the pictures were washed away! By the government!
– …Was art forbidden?
- Well no, but it had to be in special buildings only. Some people felt that houses was not to be painted on, except in one pale colour all over.
– Wow.. How dull.
- Yes, my son. Now lets get our jackets and go pick some fruit.” —Lucas Lundström for Street Art Utopia
We Can Make The World Stop
We.Can.Make.The.World.Stop
STREET ART UTOPIA →
streetartutopia.com
I’m a huge fan of Street Art! HUGE!
Weirdly enough, I knew I was attracted to it, but never truly acknowledged it until I got my camera in San Francisco and went out shooting murals after murals, or spotting these amazing masterpieces around rooftops!
Anyway, here’s an article that shows the best Street Art of 2011! Take a 15mn break and sit tight: some of it is absolutely insane!
The Glitch Mob - Drive It Like You Stole It ^^ [MIRKO-KOSMOS REMIX]
DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT!
Available on Spotify here!
Unexpected Freedom →
kasia-diaries.tumblr.com
Freedom of all kinds in a learning environment is essential! If you manage to get freedom, then people will speak their mind, look around and realize if and when the situation is not right and should be changed.
This is what happened during the Jasmin Revolution last spring, when people of different countries realized that their freedom was theirs and not belonging to someone else. They seized their opportunity, and their freedom!
I am not one of the North Carolina’s university student- I do not have any sociological course about Lady Gaga; but I can say that I am completely free at my uni.
I already wrote a research paper of 3 ooo words dealing with “Homosexuality and Advertising” and this semester, I am glad to see that…
10 Best Homescreens of 2011 →
blog.mycolorscreen.com
Man, some of these are REALLY sexy!
It’s been almost a year, since we’ve launched MyColorscreen. We’ve seen so many creativity poured down onto homescreens decoration and personalization.
To round up such a creative year, there’s no great time of the year than now with 10 Best Homescreens of 2011.
1. For Science by JOP…
