I was lucky enough to stumble into a huge gallery installation of Jacques Villeglé‘s work a few years ago. Villeglé, who began making art in 1947, creates his collages by gluing layers of posters together, then ripping of sections to reveal what’s underneath.
These have to be some of the most meticulously created steampunk leather and metal creations I have ever seen. The influences of The Brothers Quay, Tim Burton, Edward Gory, and Jean-Pierre Jeunut are certainly present.
Visit his site and view dozens more.
via io9
Powerful TED talk delivered by Dan Pink.
Science has proven that people motivated by money do not perform as well in cognitive tasks as people who aren’t incentivized.
Dan challenges business to shed their old ways and figure out how to better tap into the things that really motivate us:
Silently on the night of March 1st, 2008, AOL officially ended its support of the Netscape web browser. I somehow randomly ended up at the page posted to announce this. While bloated kludgy and buggy in its later days, Netscape still managed to eek out a final innovation - tabbed browsing. While not perfect, we’re still trying to create something that works better.
I have to admit, when I saw that logo of the N stepping over the horizon line it brought back many great memories and feelings of those early days of exploration and discovery. All of the sudden the world had opened up. There was this electricity, a sense of hope and wonder that you’d start your with as you sat behind your computer. Sipping your coffee, you’d type in that first url of the day and watch the shooting stars blaze past the N.
This past weekend I had the pleasure of stumbling into a Soho gallery featuring the photography of Sue Kwon.
The show captures twenty years of pre-Giuliani New York in beautiful black and white photography. There’s an authenticity to Kwon’s work that immediately pulls you in and connects you with her subjects. You really get the feeling of being there, ready to walk up and join in the scene.
The show coincides with the release of her book, aptly titled “Only in New York”.
The opening reception is tonight 9/16 - 6-9pm:
Clic Gallery
424 Broome Street, NYC