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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Tarako’s Kewpie Pasta Sauce

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

Oh. My. God. These are probably the most amazing commercials I’ve seen in a long while. These creepy kewpie doll chile pepper things are the mascots of a pasta sauce created by a Japanese brand called Tarako. ‘Tarako’ is actually a cod roe, or fish eggs, which is also what the kewpies are supposed to [...]

New Graphic Design in China

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

China if you hadn’t noticed has hit a huge economic boom from the last 20 years, and with this summer’s Olympics being hosted there, people are starting to become more and more interested in the country. So PingMag wrote a great article talking about design in China, who’s doing it and where it’s going. It’s [...]

Huskworks

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

Huskworks is the moniker of Simon Noynay, a guy who was born in the Philippines and now currently lives in Melbourne, Australia. Simon studied at communication design at Swinburne University which taught him his love for mixed media. Looking through his portfolio it seems like his art his influenced by a ton of different sources, [...]

Max Key

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

Earlier this morning I got an email from my buddy Nathan Fox telling me about this guy he went to school with named Max Key. Max was born in 1973, went to school at the Kansas City Institute of Art where he earned his bachelor in fine arts and is a totally awesome painter. His [...]

Last Week in Music | 04/06/08 – 04/13/08

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Blue Ridge Mountains by Fleet Foxes [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Creature Fear by Bon Iver So Last Week in Music turned out to be an AWESOME week in music, with lots of great new stuff that’s going to last me all throughout the summer. First [...]

Sony’s Foam City

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

This morning is looking to be video filled, so here’s the newest advertisement by Sony. As most of you remember they’ve thrown bouncy balls down the hills of San Francisco, done stop-motion rabbits, blasted tons of paint off of a building and now they’ve filled the streets of Miami with foam. I personally don’t think [...]