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  • March 2, 2012 9:35 pm
    The 2012 @TedPrize goes to the city of the future #urban #design In past years, the TED conference (Technology, Entertainment, and Design), has awarded a TED Prize- $100,000 and a prime time speech to articulate their world-changing vision- to only one exceptional individual. This year that changed when TED announced that the winner was not a person but an idea- the city of the future, or the City 2.0. The organizations behind this extraordinary initiative- IBM, Razorfish, Autodesk, and The Knight Foundation- have articulated beautifully why the city is so important to our future and why we must take care in building it correctly:  I  am the crucible of the future.I am where humanity will either flourish or fade.I am being built and rebuilt every day.I am inevitable. but I am not yet determined.I wish to be inclusive, innovative, healthy, soulful, thriving. but my potential can only be reached through you.you can forge a new urban outlook. begin by connecting. imagine a platform that brings you together, locally and globally. combine the reach of the cloud with the power of the crowd. connect leaders, experts, companies, organizations and citizens. share your tools, data, designs, successes, and ideas. turn them into action.together you can:    bridge the gap between poor and rich communities.    spectacularly reduce your carbon footprint.    make nature part of daily life.    empower entrepreneurship.    re-imagine education.    nurture health.I am the city 2.0. dream me. build me. make me real. Watch the video below to get inspired, and click the link to check out the website which was unveiled to launch this initiative. View high resolution

    The 2012 @TedPrize goes to the city of the future #urban #design

    In past years, the TED conference (Technology, Entertainment, and Design), has awarded a TED Prize- $100,000 and a prime time speech to articulate their world-changing vision- to only one exceptional individual. This year that changed when TED announced that the winner was not a person but an idea- the city of the future, or the City 2.0. The organizations behind this extraordinary initiative- IBM, Razorfish, Autodesk, and The Knight Foundation- have articulated beautifully why the city is so important to our future and why we must take care in building it correctly: 

    I  am the crucible of the future.
    I am where humanity will either flourish or fade.
    I am being built and rebuilt every day.
    I am inevitable. but I am not yet determined.
    I wish to be inclusive, innovative, healthy, soulful, thriving. but my potential can only be reached through you.

    you can forge a new urban outlook. begin by connecting. imagine a platform that brings you together, locally and globally. 
    combine the reach of the cloud with the power of the crowd. connect leaders, experts, companies, organizations and citizens. 
    share your tools, data, designs, successes, and ideas. turn them into action.

    together you can:

        bridge the gap between poor and rich communities.
        spectacularly reduce your carbon footprint.
        make nature part of daily life.
        empower entrepreneurship.
        re-imagine education.
        nurture health.

    I am the city 2.0. dream me. build me. make me real.


    Watch the video below to get inspired, and click the link to check out the website which was unveiled to launch this initiative.

    3 notes Filed under:  design, culture, TED,.
  • February 8, 2012 7:47 pm
    Colours in Culture: an #infographic via @visually In America, Red is often associated with passion, emotion, and anger. But in China, it’s often associated with fortune & good luck (check out pictures of the Lunar New Year). Check out this beautiful infographic to learn more, distributed by our friend over at @visually & authored by Information Is Beautiful. Just click the picture to see the full hi-res version. View high resolution

    Colours in Culture: an #infographic via @visually

    In America, Red is often associated with passion, emotion, and anger. But in China, it’s often associated with fortune & good luck (check out pictures of the Lunar New Year). Check out this beautiful infographic to learn more, distributed by our friend over at @visually & authored by Information Is Beautiful. Just click the picture to see the full hi-res version.

    1 note Filed under:  color, design, emotion, infographic, culture,.
  • February 8, 2012 12:17 pm
    I’ve long been a fan of Milk Studios and its no wonder than Tumblr is joining up with them. #NYFW is becoming the best digital event of the year. staff: As New York Fashion Week kicks off, we’re very happy to be partnering with Milk Studios to bring a team of local emerging voices in fashion from Tumblr to cover the events. You can follow Alex, Bryant, Chloe, Lucie and Miguel and see everything Fashion Week by tracking the NYFW tag. Photo by Bryant Eslava View high resolution

    I’ve long been a fan of Milk Studios and its no wonder than Tumblr is joining up with them. #NYFW is becoming the best digital event of the year.

    staff:

    As New York Fashion Week kicks off, we’re very happy to be partnering with Milk Studios to bring a team of local emerging voices in fashion from Tumblr to cover the events.

    You can follow Alex, Bryant, Chloe, Lucie and Miguel and see everything Fashion Week by tracking the NYFW tag.

    Photo by Bryant Eslava

    23,076 notes Filed under:  nyfw, culture, fashion, tumblr, tech,.
  • February 3, 2012 6:14 pm
    The “Depth” of Lupe Fiasco @LupeFiasco gives a very “weighted” interview where he discusses his affinity towards: Kicks, Literature, and Substance. Lupe continues to grow as an artist, but even more so, as a man who challenges himself and others, to buck the “system” and better the world. Please CLICK PHOTO for video interview.

    The “Depth” of Lupe Fiasco

    @LupeFiasco gives a very “weighted” interview where he discusses his affinity towards: Kicks, Literature, and Substance. Lupe continues to grow as an artist, but even more so, as a man who challenges himself and others, to buck the “system” and better the world.
    Please CLICK PHOTO for video interview.

    4 notes Filed under:  Ohm, Lupe Fiasco, Culture, Music,.
  • December 28, 2011 9:27 pm
    @TheMadViolinist - Bassnectar & Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” When Ashanti Floyd, was a fifth grader in Tallahassee, his classmates laughed at him for playing the violin. With Tupac Shakur cranking out multiplatinum records, there were few young African American violinists, let alone ones traveling to Europe for classical music competitions. But by high school, Floyd’s gym performances inspired such bedlam that the principal had to shut down student assemblies. Now the Grammy-nominated Atlantan is helping lead a rising wave of hip-hop violinists. His work has been featured on thirty major albums by the likes of Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Fantasia, John Legend, and his childhood friend T-Pain. CLICK THE PIC to watch him go HAM on a dubstep favorite. www.symphonycrack.com

    @TheMadViolinist - Bassnectar & Ellie Goulding’s “Lights”

    When Ashanti Floyd, was a fifth grader in Tallahassee, his classmates laughed at him for playing the violin. With Tupac Shakur cranking out multiplatinum records, there were few young African American violinists, let alone ones traveling to Europe for classical music competitions. But by high school, Floyd’s gym performances inspired such bedlam that the principal had to shut down student assemblies.

    Now the Grammy-nominated Atlantan is helping lead a rising wave of hip-hop violinists. His work has been featured on thirty major albums by the likes of Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Fantasia, John Legend, and his childhood friend T-Pain. CLICK THE PIC to watch him go HAM on a dubstep favorite.

    www.symphonycrack.com

    Filed under:  madviolinist, music, ohm, classical music, ashanti floyd, violinist, dubstep, culture,.
  • December 18, 2011 3:42 pm
    EBOI!I have to thank @QD3 for this one.  @EboiMusic has a banger with “Immigrants”.  His flow is fast, and he almost always tells a story in his songs. This one (not surprisingly based on the title) is about immigrants in Sweden. As in many places, the dynamics created by non-integrationist policies, have created a generation of disenfranchised youth and the issues that come part-and-parcel; gangs, mistrust between ethnic Swedes and immigrant ethnicities, and immigrant enclaves.  CLICK THE PIC to hear Eboi’s narrative.

    EBOI!

    I have to thank @QD3 for this one.  @EboiMusic has a banger with “Immigrants”.  His flow is fast, and he almost always tells a story in his songs. This one (not surprisingly based on the title) is about immigrants in Sweden. As in many places, the dynamics created by non-integrationist policies, have created a generation of disenfranchised youth and the issues that come part-and-parcel; gangs, mistrust between ethnic Swedes and immigrant ethnicities, and immigrant enclaves.  CLICK THE PIC to hear Eboi’s narrative.

    1 note Filed under:  eboi, music, ohm, culture, social awareness, immigrants,.
  • December 16, 2011 5:41 pm
    @Foursquare Checkins Reveal Holiday Travel Patterns Shout out to our friends over at Foursquare for putting together impressive visualization. It reminds me of those flight pattern maps from airport controllers, the cool thing is that this set of data was entirely crowd-sourced. Click the picture to see higher resolution on @visually and see if your route was covered! View high resolution

    @Foursquare Checkins Reveal Holiday Travel Patterns

    Shout out to our friends over at Foursquare for putting together impressive visualization. It reminds me of those flight pattern maps from airport controllers, the cool thing is that this set of data was entirely crowd-sourced. Click the picture to see higher resolution on @visually and see if your route was covered!

    14 notes Filed under:  visually, design, infographic, culture, travel,.
  • December 15, 2011 12:27 pm
    Do you need another reason to hate @RyanGosling? @Nictrunfio says that the one person on earth that she wants to cook for is Ryan Gosling. What do you get the man that has everything… another supermodel. View high resolution

    Do you need another reason to hate @RyanGosling? @Nictrunfio says that the one person on earth that she wants to cook for is Ryan Gosling. What do you get the man that has everything… another supermodel.

    (Source: http)

    Filed under:  Ryan Gosling, Nicole trunfio, cooking, culture,.
  • December 5, 2011 4:02 pm
    Introducing #Thunderdog Studios Thunderdog Studios is a New York based creative agency and toy brand, founded by artist Tristan Eaton, in 2003. Thunderdog cultivates art for city streets, gallery walls and everywhere in-between. They design and produce limited edition, fine art-based products. Most famous for their influential work in ‘Designer Toys’, Thunderdog also designs and develops books, apparel and accessories for an ever growing, worldwide fan base. Thunderdog products are made for the sake of art and fun, first and foremost. Even The POTUS used Thunderdog for his campaign. (It is worth noting that Shepard Fairey is the designer of the famous “Hope” poster used by The President. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey ). CLICK THE PIC to watch the Life+Times interview with Tristan. View high resolution

    Introducing #Thunderdog Studios

    Thunderdog Studios is a New York based creative agency and toy brand, founded by artist Tristan Eaton, in 2003. Thunderdog cultivates art for city streets, gallery walls and everywhere in-between. They design and produce limited edition, fine art-based products. Most famous for their influential work in ‘Designer Toys’, Thunderdog also designs and develops books, apparel and accessories for an ever growing, worldwide fan base. Thunderdog products are made for the sake of art and fun, first and foremost. Even The POTUS used Thunderdog for his campaign. (It is worth noting that Shepard Fairey is the designer of the famous “Hope” poster used by The President. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey ). CLICK THE PIC to watch the Life+Times interview with Tristan.

    1 note Filed under:  Ohm, Thunderdog Studios, Tristan Eaton, Shepard Fairey, Design, Culture,.
  • December 5, 2011 11:32 am
    These 45 most powerful photos of 2011 will move and inspire you. They really put in perspective what a crazy year it has been. It really does have the feeling of a precursor to the end of the world, with the natural disasters, riots, protests, and all. After such a tumultuous decade it appears that people around the world are fed up with the way things have been and are seeking dramatic changes. With this change comes a lot of pain and chaos, but I’ll be staying optimistic that the events of the past year all happened for the better. Either that or the Mayans were right and we’re heading towards Apocalypse. Either way, I’m stoked for 2012 View high resolution

    These 45 most powerful photos of 2011 will move and inspire you.

    They really put in perspective what a crazy year it has been. It really does have the feeling of a precursor to the end of the world, with the natural disasters, riots, protests, and all. After such a tumultuous decade it appears that people around the world are fed up with the way things have been and are seeking dramatic changes. With this change comes a lot of pain and chaos, but I’ll be staying optimistic that the events of the past year all happened for the better. Either that or the Mayans were right and we’re heading towards Apocalypse. Either way, I’m stoked for 2012

    Filed under:  photography, 2011, culture,.
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