It was two years ago today I received an email from an old friend entitled: Have you seen these?
In it he wrote, “Holy shit I can’t stop watching these!” and included links to the videos below. If you haven’t seen them yet, I highly recommend a look. If its been a while, I encourage a quick review…
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Enjoy!
Giant, illustrated signage for the World Basketball Festival, August 12-15th at Madison Square Garden, NYC.
This summer, NIKE, Inc. and USA Basketball are planning to bring the world’s best basketball teams and top musical performers to New York City for the inaugural World Basketball Festival, a four-day celebration of the performance and culture of the game. Glorious artwork and outstanding typography. Get a closer look at some the illustrations on streetballblog.com.
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Nike World Basketball Festival from 6Magazine on Vimeo.
Record Tripping – an amazing game by Bell Brothers. Found in Smashing Magazine’s article – Bizarre Websites On Which You Can Kill Time With Style. Glorious combination of design, concept, music, art and functionality. Thanks for the link, Jonny D.
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Unrelated, but another link from another source today: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/.
Frank Frazetta: February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010.
My favorite and most inspiring piece above – I saw the original at the Frazetta Art Gallery in the Poconos. Amazing. Thank you, Mr. Frazetta for everything.
http://www.frazettaartgallery.com/
Death On A Pale Horse by Benjamin West. Just saw this today… amazing. On display at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts.
“Without actually saying much (in words), a logo says a lot about whatever it’s representing. For many people, a logo gives the first impression of a brand or a product, and can be a big determining factor in the success of that brand or product… so yea, it’s a pretty big deal.” – Burton Website
A collection of past logos on the Burton Website – an inspiring and nostalgic post.
I remember this from 7th or 8th grade:
I used to play D&D with Andy and Steve and Steve had found this in a magazine. I eventually tried this stuff, much later in life, remembering this awesome ad.
20 Years of Professional Skateboarding
Plan B Skateboards has dedicated their site to Danny Way celebrating his 20th year as a professional skateboarder. All his pro video parts are on there. Amazing rider. Recommended viewing.
