Unhate by United Colors of Benetton

Unhate by United Colors of Benetton:
Unhate is a new controversial campaign by United Colors of Benetton. “The White House has a long standing policy disapproving of the use of the president’s name and likeness for commercial purposes,” said a spokesperson Eric Schultz.

Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China – President of the USA

Chancellor of Germany – President of France

Supreme Leader of North Korea – President of South Korea

President of the Palestinian National Authority – Prime Minister of Israel

President of the USA – President of Venezuela

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tandembike.jpg (JPEG Image, 1200×488 pixels)

tandembike.jpg (JPEG Image, 1200×488 pixels):

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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal:

SMBC.

Tagged: SMBC, Webcomic

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National Geographic Photo Contest 2011

National Geographic Photo Contest 2011:

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Key works in Sociology | Giddens, Duneier, Appelbaum, and Carr

Key works in Sociology | Giddens, Duneier, Appelbaum, and Carr:

Best sociology books of all time | W. W. Norton

What works

Anthony Giddens, Mitch Duneier, Richard Appelbaum, and Deborah Carr put together this list of keyworks in sociology starting way back in 1837. W. W. Norton illustrated each book with a simple diagram that helps illustrate what that book’s main argument is – some are kind of humorous if you happen to be a sociologist – and then laid the whole thing out in a snake stack.

Here’s what I like:

+ the book list includes Harriet Martineau who is often overlooked

+ the book list is short enough to fit on a poster – ask most sociologists about keyworks and they are likely to still be going on about it a week later.

+ the book list uses graphic depictions of the content – spare but intriguing – rather than an annotated bibliography of short summaries. This version is so much more interesting for having said less. Want to know?: read the book.

What needs work

I would have included Simmel, Toqueville, and Mary Douglas. I might have tried to find a way to represent multiple works by the same author (like Marx, Durkheim, and Weber who appear more than once here) in the same grid slot so that more other authors could be included. In order to accomodate that change, I think it would have been possible to arrange this not in a rigid timeline, but in a partitioned grid with early, middle, and contemporary works (or something like that). Even categories like: >100 years ago, between 50 and 100 years ago, in the last 50 years.

One more quibble – the background color has too much green in it to read as a soft brown. I would have liked a soft brown better. Somehow with the green, it ends up with a repellant quality. HOWEVER, I bet this is one of those situations where the poster was designed to be printed, looks fantastic coming off whatever printer it was calibrated for, and looks slightly more pukey on the screen. Trade offs, trade offs.

Recommendation

I have been mightily enjoying W.W. Norton’s tumblr which is where I found this poster. The archive is the best way to get introduced to what they’ve been doing. It certainly is neither primarily about information graphics nor primarily about sociology, but it is wholly intellectual in the most fun kind of way.

If you are more of a twitter person and/or you would like sociology information more than the potpourri of information on the tumblr, W. W. Norton has a twitter feed, too.

References

Giddens, Anthony; Duneier, Mitch; Appelbaum, Richard; and Carr, Deborah. (16 August 2011) Keyworks in Sociology. [information graphic] New York: W. W. Norton.

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Around Town

Around Town:

Look for the cutest photo of two kangaroos at Lincoln Park Zoo in today’s gallery. [ more › ]

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Pane x Stussy ‘People Think I’m Cool’ T-Shirts & Book

via Highsnobiety.com by Pete Williams on 10/24/11

Pane is an Italian artist living in Amsterdam who recently partnered with Stussy, Slam Jam, Damiani publishing and VICE to produce a book and tee shirt series.

“People Think I’m Cool – The Life And Art Of Pane” is the first monograph on Stefano Pane Monfeli. The book documents in a work of self-analysis, the symbiosis between the art and life of Pane, with autobiographical stories, images of his work: drawings, paintings and photographic memories in a story of journeys and the inner struggle of the artist, where one opposes urban society and nature.

Check out Stussy.com to purchase the collection.
Amsterdam’s Precinct Five will also host a special event to showcase the works and present the book on Thursday, October 27, 2011. See their video below:
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End To End Burners

via Life + Times by Shahendra Ohneswere on 9/30/11

As the old adage goes, “write what you know,” and that’s precisely what Roger Gastman did when he penned The History of American Graffiti, a tome that delves into the varied styles of graffiti art in America and chronicles some of the medium’s more prominent writers as well as local legends. It’s fitting that Gastman authored this book, as in the early ’90s, he started out writing CLEAR, and was a curator during LA’s “Art In The Streets” exhibit. Life+Times recently caught up him to discuss his book, the current state of graffiti and his advice for future writers.
Life+Times: The History of American Graffiti, chronicles graff in over 25 cities in the US. What did you find that was common thread with these works? What was the major difference?
Roger Gastman: The main difference with scenes profiled in the book are the distinctive local handstyles—from the elongated wickets in Philadelphia to the structured pieces in Chicago to the gang-influenced block letters in Los Angeles and everything in between. The common thread is that regardless of what city a writer comes from, or what their style looks like, pieces have to abide by certain rules. There has to be balance and flow.
L+T: When did you realize that this was your calling?
RG: I’m not sure if I consider it a calling. It just sort of happened. I started selling graffiti-related products when I was 16, living out of my mom’s house in Bethesda, Marylad that led me to start the graffiti-based magazine While You Were Sleeping at 19, which allowed me to meet more writers and started off my collection of graffiti photos. Now I make a conscious effort to help legitimize graffiti as an art form, but it was more of a natural progression than a calling. Some might call it a curse. Graffiti writers aren’t the easiest people to work with, and I also spend a lot of time digging up old photos and writers. Trying to find someone who wrote their nickname on walls in the ’70s, with no real name or leads to go on, is not the easiest thing to do. Plus, when I finally find them, most of them aren’t very trusting or have other issues.

L+T: In your opinion, is graffiti still an underground art form or has it become the norm?
RG: Graffiti is a standard feature in every modern city, but I wouldn’t call it the norm. It’s still vilified. It’s still not respected as an art form by the public at large.
L+T: Was there ever a time when you writing that you thought this work would be in museums?
RG: Graffiti has been featured in museum exhibitions since the ’80s, before I was even doing it, but not to the extent that it has been recently. I always knew that something like Art in the Streets would happen, I just didn’t know when or where. Luckily, it happened in Los Angeles where I live, and I was able to contribute to the exhibition as a curator.
L+T: Who are some of your favorite writers? Why?
RG: My favorite writers are still the ones I looked up to as a kid in Bethesda, such as COOL “DISCO” DAN and SHAKEN. COOL “DISCO” DAN was a legend in D.C. who singlehandedly destroyed the city in the late 1980s, early 1990s. SHAKEN is from Baltimore and is probably more dedicated to graffiti than anyone I know. He’s been in jail most of his life for graffiti-related crimes, and he even named his kid Krylon Skywalker, after his favorite brand of spray paint and Star Wars.
L+T: What lured you to graffiti?
RG: I was lured into graffiti through music. D.C. is home to Minor Threat and straightedge and I became immersed in the hardcore scene as an adolescent – I’m still straightedge to this day. One of the hardcore crews that I looked up to was also into graffiti, and so I wanted to do it too. I started writing the name CLEAR in the summer of 1993, and I’ve been obsessed with graffiti ever since.
L+T: What do you say to people who look at graffiti as vandalism?
RG: Graffiti is vandalism. If it wasn’t, it wouldn’t be as fun. But just because it’s vandalism doesn’t mean it isn’t art. The two aren’t mutually exclusive. Graffiti is a crime and it’s an art form, and that’s why I love it. It’s the best of both worlds.
L+T: Any tips for writers coming up now?
RG: Vandalize, vandalize, vandalize. (Roger Gastman)

How to Take a Concert Photo

via The FADER by jfp on 9/1/11

Since the birth of the decently mega-pixelled smartphone, everyone and their brother has become an amateur photographer, circle pits and bleacher seats all aglow in iPhone embers. But just because you have the means doesn’t … read more »

flyest pic on the net

 

Giorgia Palmas

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