DESIGNOJEK» video http://blog.designojek.com Design, Art and Music News from Lawrence, Kansas Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:46:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Thru You http://blog.designojek.com/2009/03/13/thru-you/ http://blog.designojek.com/2009/03/13/thru-you/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:02:23 +0000 Dave http://blog.designojek.com/?p=1051

In the “culture of the remix” that we are currently experiencing, there are some pretty fascinating and creative things going on. The appropriating of other visual elements to create new work can be seen in streets all over the…

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In the “culture of the remix” that we are currently experiencing, there are some pretty fascinating and creative things going on. The appropriating of other visual elements to create new work can be seen in streets all over the world. This technique was taken further into the public eye when, in 2008, street artist Shepard Fairey became world famous (infamous?) with his graphic of Barack Obama taken from an AP photograph.

In the popular musical world, there are “mashup” artists like Girl Talk who take all kinds of different music and mix it together (check out Feed the Animals). However, this is not a new technique as DJ Shadow pioneered this on his critically acclaimed debut album Endtroducing….. in 1996.

This past week, a new website launched that really caught my eye. Thru You is the creation of Israeli musician and producer, Ophir Kutiel, aka Kutiman. He’s taken a number of unrelated YouTube videos and compiled them together to create some really amazing pieces. You just have to see it to get the full effect and I was completely impressed.

Of course, all of these different interpretations of these mediums bring a lot of questions to the surface which I can’t quickly cover here, but like them or not, they are starting to shape the culture that we live in. Feel free to weigh in and share your thoughts!

]]> http://blog.designojek.com/2009/03/13/thru-you/feed/ 0 Happy Holidays! http://blog.designojek.com/2008/12/23/happy-holidays/ http://blog.designojek.com/2008/12/23/happy-holidays/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:02:33 +0000 Dave http://blog.designojek.com/?p=822 Being in the business of design, I thought I’d share my classiest holiday decoration. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and a very Happy New Year! See you in 2009!

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]]> http://blog.designojek.com/2008/12/23/happy-holidays/feed/ 2 The 2008 Final Four http://blog.designojek.com/2008/04/04/the-final-four/ http://blog.designojek.com/2008/04/04/the-final-four/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:50:10 +0000 Dave http://blog.designojek.com/?p=320 For everyone who was in Lawrence, KS in 2003, this video will most likely bring back memories. KU beat Marquette 94-61 and as soon as the game ended, downtown Lawrence erupted into celebration! My brother was living in Florida at…

]]> For everyone who was in Lawrence, KS in 2003, this video will most likely bring back memories. KU beat Marquette 94-61 and as soon as the game ended, downtown Lawrence erupted into celebration! My brother was living in Florida at the time and was going to miss out on all of the fun, so I grabbed the video camera and started shooting. Sorry in advance for all of the camera shake! (I certainly didn’t know then what I know now about filming…)

This Saturday, KU will face North Carolina in their first Final Four appearance since 2003. The excitement has been building here in Lawrence all week and this will either be an amazing, fun-filled weekend, or it’ll be “depression city” for the next few weeks. Let’s hope the Hawks win it all this year!! ROCK CHALK!

UPDATE: What an amazing game! KU over UNC 84-66. Monday night is the championship against Memphis so keep the KU vibes coming!

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For this first post, I wanted to let people in on a great Friday afternoon time waster. Layer Tennis is a site sponsored by Coudal Partners that pits two designers against each other in a mano a…

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For this first post, I wanted to let people in on a great Friday afternoon time waster. Layer Tennis is a site sponsored by Coudal Partners that pits two designers against each other in a mano a mano design battle. It’s amazing to see how fast they work!

On a related note, in 2006, Jim Coudal gave a presentation for the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. They have the video online and it gives great insight on how one design firm got started and kept itself in the game. A real inspiration for those contemplating a design startup!

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