Public Rest March 18
Over the last few years I’ve been taking self portraits in public bathrooms and categorizing and archiving them on my computer as a journal. My original concept for Public Rest was to publish a book from all the photos describing when and where each was taken and maybe a small fact or memory from each place. Though the concept lends itself to humor my idea was to seriously try to take good and interesting photos, not obscene, corny or fake. Some came from a nice digital camera, some from the still photo setting on my video camera and others were taken with my cell phone.
Eventually the idea developed into making a blog. The blog would not only allow me to post Public Rest photos but readers as well. I bought the domain name and Public Rest was born. I still plan on publishing a book but have decided it will be more interesting if it includes your photos as well.
The site still has some kinks in it and I’ll be adding new features as time goes goes on but I think it’s ready for people to start submitting. Please check it out and submit your own Public Rest photos. It may even get published.
James Jean February 4
James Jean is a Los Angeles, Ca based artist with a wicked style and a pretty diverse and prestigious client list. But what excites me most are his sketches. Not only do they show insights into his process, but it uncovers a very personal side to the artist. From his website bio: “ Since 2007, he has stopped illustrating in favor of personal paintings, book projects, and gallery shows, summoning faded memories and tracing fleeting arabesques.”
Test Your Color IQ October 29
I Just rocked this thing! It takes a minute to do but is fun and interesting. Here’s the linkie. Tell me your score and maybe I’ll tell you mine.
ffffound will fffffind you! July 23
FFFFOUND is an “inspirational image-bookmarking experience”, whatever that means. FFFFOUND is way easier to understand when you visit the site yourself and give it a test drive. It has proved to me to be just as inspiring as they claim, I make sure to visit it each day since my first stop there.
The site is invitation only and always has the coolest photos, drawings and images up on the web. It is a wealth of info for drawers, designers, photographers and artists. With a bare-bones simple design it is easy to jump from picture to picture (especially when you figure out that you can hit the “J” key to see what’s next). There are also plenty of opportunities for tangents, next to each image are a set of three more that you may also be into.
Chchchcheck it out!
P.S. Some items are not necessarily suitable for work.
Razorfish Website July 15
Razorfish is a Seattle-based interactive services firm with worldwide offices. They appear do all sorts of things, but most notable to this blog entry is their cool website and its super cool background. Promised (via k10k.org) to be a “live feed”, it seems [very] unfortunately to be non-live, but really neat nonetheless. Go to the bottom, hover next to “now viewing,” choose a city, marvel at the great transition effect and imagine you’re seeing things real time in some far away locale. The site is totally Flash-based and is tight indeed.
Tokyo Plastic June 12
Everyone probably knows about this already (and so did I), but Tokyo Plastic has a great site that also features lots of work that’s also really great. The design, animation, and audio are so tight it’s offensive, and the commercial with the two Yaris’s racing is totally hilarious. Check it out for sure.
