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Thomas Allen creates dioramas from cutouts he takes from covers of old pulp paperbacks and then photographs them. Although the context is new, the salacious nature of the 40s and 50s artwork remains. See the rest of his work here.

Is Graphic Design Art?

A City Renewal Project from Dan Bergeron on Vimeo.

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NOTCOT: Banksy’s Village Petstore & Charcoal Grill from Jean Aw on Vimeo.

This film from NOTCOT’s Jean Aw is great in capturing Banksy’s Village Pet Store & Charcoal Grill.

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Untitled from mudlevel on Vimeo.

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Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far on TED.

Techno-artist Evan Roth got tired of the passive role he had as a traveler inconvenienced by the excessive airport security post 9/11. His view is that flying would be a lot safer if America “stop being such an international a*****e”. His response: Take a metal plate, stencil and cut out a message - words or an image - place the plate at the bottom of his carry-on bag, and watches the reaction of the TSA employee operating the airport X-ray machine.

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Nothing seems out of the ordinary when you first look at this clock. upon closer inspection, you may
notice the numbers seem a little high. this is because one rotation of this clock is equal to the average
human lifespan. the clock is an artwork by bertrand planes which uses an ordinary clock slowed
down 61320 times to make each minute equal to a year.

via swissmiss and designboom’s contemporary timepieces.

Abu Ghraib Bobble-Head, Moulded Resin, 7″

U.S. foreign policy gets broadsided with Phillip Toledano’s latest project, America the Gift Shop. In using the vocabulary of retail and specifically that of kitchsy holiday souvenirs, the repercussions of U.S. foreign policy is given a veneer of frivolity but one that barely masks atrocities committed in the name of democracy. Visit the gift shop here.

Banksy’s Kate Moss tops recognition poll ahead of Mona Lisa. Read more here.

As the global economy chokes and sputters, someone spent £10.3 million for Damien Hirst’s Golden Calf - which is essentially a white bullock with 18-carat gold hoofs and horns and a gold disc crown pickled in formaldehyde. Incidentally, Hirst also set the a new record for his 2-day auction at Sotheby’s, London, raking in £111 million. As I was saying, as the global economy chokes and sputters…

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Anonymous British street artist Banksy appears to be on the move in the US. After making a stop in New Orleans before Gustav did, it is almost certain that he’s making his way through the Deep South now. This piece, which will no doubt ruffle the hoods of the local KKK chapter, was done near Birmingham, Alabama.

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John Pasche, 1970.

Purchased at the cost $92,500 for the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Beginning with Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stones has used this design continuously until today.

“When I was 15, in the North-west of England…. the record cover to me was like a picture window to another world. Seeing an Andy Warhol illustration on a Velvet Underground album was a revelation…. It was the art of your generation… true pop art.” - Peter Saville.

In little more than one square foot, the album cover captured the dreams, hopes and fears of a music-loving generation. If CDs left the record sleeve mortally wounded, downloading has performed the coup de grâce on album artwork. Read more here.

Designer Peter Saville, whose Factory Records artwork included Joy Division and New Order album covers curates Spin: The Art of Cover Design. In this exhibition, Saville has chosen some of the best LP cover art of the past 40 years of work by former students of University of the Arts London.

Before Category 4 Gustav hits New Orleans, Banksy descends to leave his mark coinciding with the 3rd anniversary of Katrina. More of Banksy in New Orleans in this flickr set and the Wooster Collective.

The former Talking Heads frontman and recent collaborator with Brian Eno has designed a series of bike racks for DOT of NYC. See the rest of them here.

Aoki Takamasa’s Mirabeau (from the Parabolica album). Visuals by Ryoichi Kurokawa.

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