Mr. Scruff - Honeydew

Animated music video I just stumbled over. You kinda end up watching this through... Feel good tune accompanied by sweet, naive-clever animation.

Radiohead hits the newspaper stand

The first newspaper album - an example of how the music industry can take advantage of the digital revolution.  And perhaps could this be the beginning of reintroducing artwork as an integrated part of the music package & experience ? 

"The title of the more expensive option, the Newspaper Album is not a coincidence as the newspaper industry is having to adapt to the digital trends of contemporary society. In this regard Radiohead have been bold, brave and forward-thinking"

To read more from article:
Digital music revolution - Radiohead & "The King of Limbs" 

Radiohead's music store

Crayola Artwork

It's amazing what you can do with Crayola colors. Check out how Nashville artist Herb Williams took his childhood fascination one step further:

The incredible Crayola sculptures even the White House could'nt ignore

Salvador Dali is in the building !

The new Salvador Dali museum in St.Petersburg, Florida

A great reason to visit St. Petersburg Florida. Not only does the city house the biggest collection of the works of Salvador Dali, but the architecture of the new museum itself is astonishing. Developed as a tribute to the artist and with environmental concerns in mind, like visual landscape and hurricane protection. The new Salvador Dali museum opened in January 2011. Check these links for more photo's and information:

 Salvador Dali Museum - Now Open 

Biography - Salvador Dali


One of the artists famous paintings:

The Persistence of memory 1931 - Salvador Dali

Think pink !

Movie Poster "Funny Face" 1957

With the color of the year of the year in mind (ref. The color of 2011), some fun archive references to the color pink. Below a music number from the movie "Funny Face" from 1957.




.... And a poetic version about the pink colors from Kevin Nordine:

Colortrending

Color collage - Autumn 2011

Here you see a collage based on trend reports for this year's fall season; of course with some subjective predictions!

Pantone announced their fall colors early February. Colors that I believe will have a more significant impact  than others this autumn is definitely the warm "tart" golden yellow color which Pantone refers to as "Bamboo". The other one is the dark green "Teal" color, both  combined with neutrals. The third is the color Pantone refers to as "Phlox" A footnote to this: "Phlox" is actually a much brighter color named after the same plant and more commonly referred to as "psychedelic purple" (Jimi Hendrix' favorite color!). But eventually, "phlox" as shown on the Pantone chart will definitely be on the autumn color map, and come along with glimpses of pink colors reminiscent of "Honeysuckle" (color of the year 2011), believed to have a stronghold on design products this year. The autumn pink may though appear in softer/cooler versions. 

My gamble for the autumn is to predict more use of blue tones than different trend reports shows. Without going into details, just as "Honeysuckle" were meant to be an optimistic, sweet and uplifting color for 2010, there could be seen softer shades of blue colors for more optimism and a "peaceful blue autumn sky".

Pantones color report: Fall 20011 - Sensible & Spirited

Fashion Trendsetter report: The must have color trends for fall 2011