Accomplished French street artist JR has traveled around the globe making making his mark in countries such as Kenya, Liberia, Sudan, India, and Cambodia just to name a few. After seeing the hardships and injustices women face daily, he decided to capture and “take their stories around the world”. Using his iconic mural-size posters, he […]
4
May
Stories, hardships, hopes & dreams of women worldwide
2
Apr
Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis & a dirty old bear
Seth MacFarlane moves on from TV to features with his first film, Ted. The infamous Family Guy creator voices the title character, an animated Teddy bear from Boston whose best friend, Mark Wahlberg, has just met the girl of his dreams in Mila Kunis. As can be expected, debaucherous activities ensue. Ted opens in theaters […]
22
Mar
Cheeming Boey helps Sharpie win a TED Award
Awhile back we featured an artist named Cheeming Boey, who specializes in illustrations done on Styrofoam cups. His art is ridiculous, and we fell for his stuff instantly. Well apparently Boey was tapped by Sharpie for an ad (seemingly a no brainer), and that ad ended up winning the prestigious 2012 TED Award for “Ads […]
7
Jul
Wooster Collective defends the merits of street art on urban living
At the recent TED x Talks this past June in Bloomington, Indiana, the duo behind the highly influential Wooster Collective — Marc and Sara Schiller — discuss the positive effect that street art has on urban centers, whether blighted or not. A hotly contested issue pitting those who find street art offensive graffiti versus those […]
9
May
Louie Schwartzberg's stunning cinematography
Award-winning filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg casts his talented cinematic eye on the world of Pollination. The footage is taken from his film Wings of Life, which centers around the alarming global population crash of the honeybee. One of the most important processes to the sustenance of life on Earth, pollination still remains largely unseen by the […]
21
Apr
Prepare for full interweb meltdown
A couple weeks back we posted the Beastie Boys “Fight For Your Right — Revisited” Trailer, and now finally the first full video from their latest album has dropped in its full 6 minutes of glory. Prepare for interweb meltdown. The trio’s latest album, Hot Sauce Committee Pt.2, drops May 3rd… Beastie Boys – Make […]
11
Apr
Beasties of the Future battle Beasties of the Past
In case you missed it, the Beastie Boys released a trailer for an upcoming short film Fight For Your Right — Revisited this weekend. Made in conjunction with the release of their eighth album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, the 30-minute film revolves around the Beastie Boys from the the future meeting the Beastie Boys […]
29
Mar
Charles Moore draws attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas for TED
We touched on this epic plastic dilemma facing the Planet Earth a couple years back when we covered photographer Chris Jordan’s Midway: Message from the Gyre in 2009, but it doesn’t get any less scary. We have a serious, serious fucked up problem with our consumption of plastics, and if nothing changes we can just […]
