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Timo Kuilder

posted February 1, 2018 #

The above samples of work from Zwartekoffie, aka Timo Kuilder, are not nearly enough to impress the enjoyability of his body of work. His official portfolio is filled with simple illustrations augmented by mesmerizing animations and just the right color palette. Pieces like these Renault illustrations or this Brummell cover are just brilliant to me - not too much, not too little.

Be sure to view these Grain pieces - the background texture animations are spellbinding.

Stimulus 1.0

posted February 1, 2018 #

I've been dabbling a bit lately trying to learn React so I can tinker around on some projects at work but, frankly, feel a bit overwhelmed by the largess of the language. Maybe I'll feel differently once I get my hands a bit dirtier but something about it feels daunting.

So, with that in mind, when I saw Basecamp's announcement of Stimulus, I was intrigued. It's a Javascript framework that is fundamentally tied to existing markup. The allure of this, to me, is that modifying an existing site to work with the offering is much more feasible than rewriting everything in an entirely different language. In their own words, "it's designed to augment your HTML with just enough behavior to make it shine."

Basecamp is, obviously, good at selling their creations as the best solution and I'm currently drinking their Kool-Aid. Maybe I'll feel differently if I actually tried to integrate this into a project but I'm loving it conceptually. In the end, it's worth learning more about.

posted January 31, 2018 #

Big love to all our friends at @NashvilleScene, our communities most important free voice for art, politics, and community.... Hey Nashville, let's fix this. Together. https://t.co/P6jSAyLBYt

posted January 31, 2018 #

The cemetery between Inglewood and Madison has a buy one, get one half off deal on burial plots, in case you like confronting your own mortality and also bargains.

We Own This Town: Volume 100

posted January 31, 2018 #

When I relaunched the We Own This Town site, I knew that the music podcast I'd been curating for the past 10 years would have to undergo a bit of a facelift. Unfortunately, you can't really call something a "podcast" if you don't have any talking. SO, with the launch of Volume 100, there's a bit of a format change that introduces my nerdy voice.
And there it is! The same great selections of new Nashville music but with some context about what you're hearing and why you should care. I'm not super passionate about hearing my own voice but I'm sure I'll get more comfortable over time. Hope ya like it.

The Mixcloud embed above is for your convenience but if you wanna help juice my stats, please go fire up your preferred podcast app and Subscribe.

posted January 30, 2018 #

On a new project that's AI-related, doing some stock searches and found some funny gems for "AI" https://t.co/oOj0Kbw1G6

Flowering Jungle

posted January 30, 2018 #

Back in December, Monster Rally released their latest album Flowering Jungle. It is, as you'd expect, an upbeat instrumental undertaking filled with tropical sounds and sunny vibes. It's an excellent respite from the winter months and simply fun to listen to.
It's also a great excuse to revisit the visual works of Ted Feighan, the mastermind behind the whole project. I've always loved his collage work but this album art shows some additional restraint and leveraging of non-collage elements; which really amps up the whole experience for me. There's also patches that go with the album. Enjoyable all around.

The Promise

posted January 30, 2018 #

Nashville Public Radio (WPLN) recently launched a podcast entitled The Promise that explores the struggles of the changing community within a housing project. While this particular show may be Nashville specific, I have no doubt that the re-boom of urban areas is inciting this exact same story all over the country. Gentrification is a dirty word largely because of the displacement that occurs to lower income families. There's plenty of high brow conceptual reading to do on the subject but nothing speaks louder than real people's stories. It may be a small sample size but it's indicative of a larger story playing out. Long story short, worth a listen.

Jeffrey Novak

posted January 30, 2018 #

Jeffrey Novak is probably best known as a musician. He toured heavily with the likes of Jay Reatard, Yo La Tengo, Guitar Wolf with his band Cheap Time, he's released solo albums under his own name and, most recently, has done a stellar job as part of the four-piece Savoy Motel. All worth checking out.

What he might not be known for is his own personal artistic and design efforts. He posts work over on Instagram as Official Memorabilia and showcases his hand drawn style that has a nice throwback style to 60's and 70's type (a sensible pairing given his musical background). It's certainly worth a peek.

posted January 29, 2018 #

these covers whip ten gallons of ass. https://t.co/imaLjEXvyx

posted January 29, 2018 #

It's 2018. Cereal bags should have ziploc closures by now.

posted January 29, 2018 #

@yewknee Bruno is a talented dude but it's like he went from the 3rd to 4th floor at the Mix Factory. #oldnashville

Lateral Thinking With Withered Technology

posted January 29, 2018 #

Interesting read here from Adam Ghahramani on Nintendo's Product Philosophy: Lateral Thinking and Withered Technology. It's a mouthful of a title but the piece goes into videogame designer Gunpei Yokoi's philosophy on using an unestablished "unsexy" technology and leveraging it in a new way. This is particularly appropriate when thinking about the new Nintendo Labo - an undertaking that strives to rethink cardboard.

Overall, the article talks mostly about the philosophy itself and not specific examples from Nintendo but I think the general understanding of both Lateral Thinking and Withered Technology will lead to seeing the implementation exists in more than just game companies.

What Is Life?

posted January 29, 2018 #

Remember when Elon Musk pontificated on the possibility that we're living in a computer simulation? Well, take that idea and flesh it out to a four minute supercut of many brilliant thinkers postulating on the same idea and you get What Is Life? from No Bad Days.

I doubt watching this would convince anyone one way or the other but it's certainly a nice jumping off point for some research or simply a discussion on the possibility.

via Caspar.

Brandon Bird 2018

posted January 29, 2018 #

It's been a long time since I checked in on the offerings of Brandon Bird, arguably the Internet's first breakout star for creating original art from well established pop series. It seems that he's been busy with a SEARS collection and multiple absurd Frasier pieces - exactly as I'd imagine.

Bird's work can be a little hard to swallow since it is so kitschy and harping on nostalgia* but a brief check-in every now and again leads to some honest chuckles. Worth it.

* this is a subjective opinion, I know there are plenty of folks who disagree

posted January 28, 2018 #

tape deck mountain - Elephant #np Now playing on DKFM, at https://t.co/GLDr5S5qtn https://t.co/iIjFsiluF8
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