Archive | April, 2012

The Story of Sushi

The video was created by Four Story Treehouse for Bamboo Sushi, the first certified, sustainable sushi restaurant in the world. They are dedicated to bringing the freshest fish, meats, and produce with the greatest consciousness to marine stewardship, sustainability, and the environment daily. The restaurant is located in Portland. Nobu should take note. Bamboo Sushi [...]

Adrienne Antonson: Insect Sculptures Made By Hair

Adrienne Antonson bug made with hair

Adrienne works on life-like objects from human hair and other non-traditional fibers. She works with human hair because of its immediacy, its beauty and flaws. In her own words “as an artistic material, human hair is remarkably resourceful. The material never fails to attract and repulse almost simultaneously.” As I continue to work with this [...]

Chris Bianchi

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Chris works as freelance illustrator. His personal work deals largely with self initiated narrative and story telling. Having self published two books “The Spinners” 2003 and “Box” 2005, he is now working on a new book as well as teaching illustration. Client List : Nero Magazine (IT) Le Gun Magazine Poetry Magazine (USA) Bad Idea [...]

Something To Consider For This Weekend: Start A Fashion Business

When Natalie Chanin, owner of the fashion company Alabama Chanin, came up with the idea to hand-sew 200 one-of-a-kind T-shirts on a whim, she never imagined it would become a means for her to give back to local artisans in Alabama. Back then, Chanin was living in New York City, but she had trouble finding manufacturers [...]

Something You May Like To Do This Weekend: See Marley At The ICA

Bob Marley Documentary

In the documentary Marley, Oscar winning director Kevin Macdonald, asks why Bob Marley and his music connect with so many people around the world, and how his philosophy continues to resonate. Coming out of nowhere and disproving the stereotype that all reggae musicians are laid-back and easy-going though his ambition and hard work, the music, life [...]

Something You May Like To Try This Weekend: Buy Francesco Franchi’s Book And Learn Something New

Francesco Franchi is the art director for IL-Intelligence in Lifestyle, the monthly magazine of Il Sole 24 ORE, Italy’s leading financial daily.”Embracing new languages in journalism”, Franchi is a true master of combining representation and interpretation, creating a visual form that is as graphic as it is narrative, as entertaining as it is informative. His work has [...]

Why America’s Education System Is Like Apartheid

White and Colored for Good Education Article

We like to believe all students have an equal opportunity to learn regardless of the color of their skin or the amount of money their families have. However, a new report by the Schott Foundation for Public Education details just how far from that ideal the education available to students from differing backgrounds in New York City [...]