Michael Landy
British artist Michael Landy wowed at London’s Frieze Art Fair with his Credit Card Destroying Machine last fall. “Situated in the Thomas Dane Gallery (F17), Landy’s 12 ft, Jean Tinguely-inspired contraption whirrs and rumbles in front of a crowd itching to find out what on earth’s going on. They step forward one-by-one and select a felt-tip colour (red, blue, green […]
Latest Work by Jason deCaires Taylor
Time Bomb depicts a collection of bombs and mines designed to support marine life whilst symbolizing the critical future of our reef systems and the countdown of time we have to reverse the increasing worldwide decline. The works also portray the irony of weapons of destruction being used to support and nurture life. The various […]
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
It’s pretty easy to disconnect from the impact our plastic habit has on the environment. But when you find yourself swimming in floating bits of garbage (as I did last summer in Far Rockaway), or you see an image like the one above, the impact is immediate and unavoidable. To learn more and bring awareness […]
Water, Water Everywhere
PHANTOM WATER EDITÂ on Vimeo. Amazing footage by Australian cinematographer, Chris Bryan.
New Windowfarms!
Creating your own Windowfarm is about to get a whole lot easier. Last week, the cool Brooklyn-based organization that creates vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible indoor window gardens, succeeded in meeting their Kickstarter goal. Now they will be able to manufacture new Windowfarm systems that look great and are easier to use. The new […]
Reverend Billy at the Highline Ballroom
If Black Friday has got you down, consider an antidote with entertaining evangelist Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir’s Occupy Christmas Show at the Highline Ballroom in NYC on Sunday, November 27.
Antarctica in NYC
An invitation for an event in NYC tonight from Harmonizer DJ Spooky: Hey you all – as you may know, I have a new book out about Antarctica, The Book of Ice. You are invited to an exclusive pop-up event with pre-production Antarctica prints and 3D maps at a special price. Celebrate the 100-year anniversary […]
Ruth Asawa
It’s not so much the art that is important, it’s to think for yourself…[that] is the important thing. —the artist speaking in the documentary, “Ruth Asawa: Roots of an Artist”
Rerip
Wondering what to do with an old or broken surfboard? Rerip it! Rerip is an organization that strives to keep boards out of landfills. Founded by Meghan Dambacher and Lisa Carpenter—San Diego residents and avid surfers—and run by a team of volunteers, Rerip sets up drop off locations for people to leave unwanted boards, fins […]
Alex Kopps
I produced drawing-based paintings with gouache on wood and paper with subject matter that is largely nonobjective but aesthetically strongly tied to nature and the movement of water. —surfer and artist, Alex Kopps
NYC Trash Talk
A few weeks ago there was an interesting article about the amount of trash we create in NYC and the ways in which our recycling program lags behind other cities. “Environmental advocates call recycling the weak link in the city’s green agenda, even after legislation was passed last year to overhaul the 1989 recycling law […]
Happy Halloween
At the annual Blackie’s Halloween Costume Surf contest in Newport Beach, CA surfers are judged on their technique and costumes. For more great photos—and last-minute costume ideas—check out SolSpot Surf and the Guardian slideshow.
Buenos Dias
Sometimes surf shops come with a certain cliqueish ‘tude that can feel unwelcoming for non-tribe members. When I visited Buenos Dias—a new surf, art and vintage clothing store—in Montauk this summer, I was ready for some Ditch Plains ‘tude but instead met the sweetest people. Yaan Pessino, the surfer, photographer and vintage clothing collector who […]
Nautilus News
“A horrendous slaughter is going on out here,†said Peter D. Ward, a biologist from the University of Washington, during a recent census of the marine creature in the Philippines. “They’re nearly wiped out. The culprit? Growing sales of jewelry and ornaments derived from the lustrous shell. To satisfy the worldwide demand, fishermen have been […]
Waiting for Waves
EndlessBummerNyDotCom from Todd Stewart on Vimeo. I love this moody short by the NYC crew at Endless Bummer.
Gail Potocki
“I know of no other artist who wields insight, emotion, and intellectual heft—not to mention gorgeous technique—to examine the environmental ills besetting us today. Gail Potocki‘s landscapes are catastrophes unfolding before our eyes—in the sea, in the air, and on the land. Yet her human subjects, shattered and vulnerable, are creatures of exquisite hope… precisely […]
Bright Lights
Started in 2008 by two young architects in Seattle, Graypants design studio creates elegant lights from discarded cardboard. They also make chic chairs, lamps and other objects from scrap materials. This company succeeds in living up to their product’s description: “Graypants scrap lights: creating a brighter now.”
The Man in Black
The Johnny Cash Project is a global community art project crowdsourced by Google Chrome. It’s a fan-made music video for Cash’s posthumously released song, “Ain’t No Grave” illustrated by individual frames that were created by fans worldwide. See the video or contribute to it here.
Bottled Up
I’ve always been charmed when recycled bottles are used as eco-friendly design details, but I was blown away by the school in the Philippines constructed earlier this year using bottles. How cool! According to Good Magazine, “The bottles are filled with adobe, made from local mud which sets like concrete, and layered within a steel […]
Surf Dog Contest
Can’t get enough of these surfing dogs images from the Surf City Surf Dog Contest that took place last month in Huntington Beach.
Aloha State High School Surfing
Kids used to cut school to go surfing, but now that Hawaii has made surfing an official high school sport they may not have to. Earlier this week Governor Neil Abercrombie said surfing will become a state-sanctioned sport in public schools starting as early as spring 2013.
Wolfgang Bloch
The ocean is the inspiration and essence to my work. Its size, its constant physical and visual movement, fascinates me. It’s beautiful, powerful, quiet, mesmerizing and grand. Rather than recreating something I’ve witnessed, in my paintings emotion dictates the pace. —Wolfgang Bloch in interview with Project Be Bold
London Surf Film Festival
I don’t typically think of this soggy city and surfing together, but after watching the teaser for next week’s London Surf/Film Festival, maybe I should. The festival, 13-15 October, is “a three day celebration of contemporary surf culture showcasing international surfing’s hottest releases, award winning documentaries, independent features and UK Premieres alongside the best short […]
Design for The Other 90%
Of the world’s total population of 6.5 billion, 5.8 billion people, or 90%, have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted; in fact, nearly half do not have regular access to food, clean water, or shelter. Design for the Other 90% explores a growing movement […]
