Matt Owens Co-Founder Athletics, Creator of the flash design playground Volume One Professionally Combining Design By Margaret Penney Matt Owen Matt Owens is the creator of Brooklyn, NY-based flash design playground, Volumeone (www.volumeone.com), a multi-disciplinary approach to the creation of visual solutions for print, motion and digital media. He is also a founding member of Athletics, (www.athleticsnyc.com) a multi-disciplinary...
Everyone knows the Blue Man Group. They are the sensational stage act with a fifteen-year run. Founded by three blue-painted extroverts performing on the streets of New York City, Blue Man Group now delivers their multi-sensory experience in NYC, Vegas, Boston, Chicago, and even Berlin (now that’s art). There are nearly 60 blue men performing today. "Our...
From Michael’s “Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena“ What to observe. Above, the tiles are moving left and right in alternating rows. In the ‘half-shifted condition’, the ‘mortar lines’ (the horizontal lines between the tiles) appear to slope alternately upward and downward. This gives the impression that the tiles are wedge-shaped. As seen when the tiles align or make up...
From: http://howtobuyart.blogspot.com/ No, it’s not the title of a Tom Wolfe piece circa 1975. It’s the new travelling exhibit from the Museum of Art and Design. If you still think knitting is for grannies and retro grrlz, check out the ways artists are now using knitting to make provocative, conceptual works. The MAD exhibit aims to show us that...
Well, it’s no surprise that the week between Christmas and New Year’s is usually one of reflection. Rather than look inward, we thought we’d reflect on the greatest ideas of 2006. One great source, David Pogue of the NY Times’ Top 10 list — not of the greatest tech products, but of the greatest individual features that surfaced this...
Letter from the Editor, T’is the season…in case you’ve been naughty and are looking to redeem yourself with good Ol’ Kriss Kringle before the holly jolly day, be sure and log on to https://www.lighttounite.org/ and make a difference. Move the match to the candle and light it. Every time someone does this, Bristol-Myers will donate $1 to the National...
http://www.microcompacthome.com/company/?con=do1 The micro compact home is a lightweight compact dwelling for one or two people. Its compact dimensions of 2.6m cube adapt it to a variety of sites and circumstances, and its functioning spaces of sleeping, working / dining, cooking and hygiene make it suitable for everyday use.
