Spread the Word. The Morning Line comes to Vienna.

Mai 19th, 2011 • 1 comment People, Underway
Tags: Architecture, Art, Electronica, Event, Music, personal, TheMorningLine, TML, Vienna, Wien, World

A while ago a good friend of mine introduced me to Francesca von Habsburg, a very energetic art curator from Vienna. Francesca is the leading figure behind the world famous Thyssen-Bornemisza Art foundation (TB A 21) which is currently busily preparing one of their most ambitious art events ever: ‘The Morning Line’ in Vienna.

Photo Copyright: Hertha Hurnaus / T-B A21

‘The Morning Line’ is both, a platform for contemporary music and composition and a public art structure. After last year’s event in Istanbul Francesca’s team is now building the new music pavillon right in the heart of Austria’s capital at Schwarzenbergplatz. With a height of 8 meter and a length of 20 meter the 20 ton aluminum structure will serve as a spatial pavillion for a fantastic electronic sound festival which starts on June 7 and ends on June 10. The actual structure will stay Vienna’s attraction until November 20.

Equipped with one of the best sound systems in the world The Morning Line will then serve as a sound pavillon for some of the most prolific contemporary electronic artists. Among them Alexej Borisov (Russia), Tommi Grönlund & Petteri Nisunen (Finland), Christian Fennesz (Austria), Carsten Nicolai (Germany) and many others.

Why am I recommending this event? Well first and foremost because I think it is going to be a fantastic live experience. And secondly because my concept & design partner Marta and I supported the guys from TB A 21 a bit to make it become the success that it is hopefully going to be. If you want to read more about it, check out this article on Vice Magazine and this article on HUGO CREATE.

And now: Make sure you attend this great event in live contemporary music from June 7 – 10 in Vienna. Like The Morning Line on Facebook , learn more on Last.FM and of course on the website of TB A 21.

Unlogo. Jeff Crouse is on a mission.

Oktober 6th, 2010 • Brands
Tags: Art, Brands, Cool, Creativity, Experimental, Funny, Ideas, Logo, Truth, visual, World

According to Wikipedia a logo is ‘a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition. Logos are either purely graphic (symbols/icons) or are composed of the name of the organization (a logotype or wordmark).’

Logos are a symbol of modern day marketing and branding as such. And as they are everywhere they do also represent how far we got in stuffing marketing down the throats of billions of people. So how about replacing the enjoyable simplicity of a logo with something else. For example the face of the people who are actually the ones who stand behind the simple comfort that a logo provides us with?

That’s the idea behind this little project by New York based tech artist Jeff Crouse – to unlogo us. I think it’s a good idea to be honest. (via Cyrill)

Unlogo Intro from Jeff Crouse on Vimeo.

A letter to Warhol. ‘I hear you like Tomato Soup’.

August 12th, 2010 • We like
Tags: Art, Cool, Funny, history, PR, World

Lovely.

This is a letter from 1964 written by overjoyed William McFarland, at that time product marketing manager at Campbell’s Soup to the young Andy Warhol. Some complimentary cans of soup soon followed. Two years prior to the letter Warhol had staged 32 of his now world famous Campbell Soup Can pictures.

Ah…multiplier outreach. You gotta love it. And as a letter almost as good as Mick Jagger’s letter to Andy Warhol five years later.

(thanks to A letter of note)

Absolut. Wallpapering Italy.

Juni 10th, 2010 • Brands, Display, Media
Tags: Absolut, Ads, Art, Brands, Cool, Creativity, Display, Experimental, Ideas, Italy, Lifestyle, Media, Out of Home, Outdoor, visual, We like, World

There are a few brands in this world that simply know how to stage themselves. Absolut doublessly is one of them. Check out ‘Absolut Wallpaper’, a wonderful revision of Modern Art by Ron English. This is currently on display in Rome and Milan. Thanks to PSFK and Wooster Collective for the link.

Rome

Milan

Hirngespinster. Giving life to a story.

Oktober 12th, 2009 • Experimental, Ideas, Surface, Tech
Tags: Art, Cool, Creativity, Experimental, Hirngespinster, Media, Motion, Print, Surface, Tech, Tools, visual, We like, World

Hirngespinster is the final project of Tristan Hohne to graduate from University of Applied Sciences Dortmund in Germany. Tristan describes it as a tangible user interface which combines the analogue book with the digital world. Hirngespinst is one of those German words which might make it into an English dictionary one day. I would roughly translate it as phantasy-driven fixation.

And as Tristan’s Hirngespinste find their way into your head, he shows a nice way to make print and digital interact – whenever Hirngespinster are seen on a book page, the viewer can interact by catching them. Once caught, an animation lets you get an inside look from the affected point of view.

Nice one, Tristan (thx Helge for the link).

Hirngespinster from Tristan Hohne on Vimeo.