visitmaniac Creative blog and what really caught my attention where your recent posts and how you did the images very cool indeed
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2011 Mobile Year in Review
In the U.S., mobile subscriptions now outnumber the nation's population One billion apps are downloaded worldwide each month 103 million tweets are sent via mobile devices every day There have been one billion check-ins on Foursquare to date 26 photos are uploaded to Instagram every second 8 trillion texts were sent in 2011 1800% increase in traffic on U.S. networks in four years 166% increase in Facebook Mobile users in the first half of 2011 alone More smartphones are purchased than PCs in the United States 2 billion networked mobile devices by 2015 // read more
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Cultural (Action) Figures
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Reposted from Creative ReviewBritish designer Jon Daniel's collection of African American action figures includes Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and a coveted 1975 Super Agent Slade toy. Here, he explains what led him to look to the US for cultural inspiration and to start collecting...
Daniel recently contributed to CR's October Monograph, Stamps from the African Diaspora, which included a series of stamps featuring prominent black cultural figures and also formed the basis for an exhibition at the Stanley Gibbons shop in London.
Growing up through the late 1960s and early 1970s, writes Daniel, I think I am fairly typical of the British-born, first generation offspring of West Indian parents, in my search for identity.
It took
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TIME Magazine "Person of the Year" Cover by Shepard Fairey
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In honor of the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street and the Russian election rallies, TIME Magazine has named "The Protester" as their Person of the Year. With the idea of a movement and abstraction at the forefront, they have commissioned venerable street-artist/political rabble-rouser Shepard Fairey to create the image. The illustration looks to depict what could be either a man or woman with a veiled face as to hide one's identity or block out of the effects of the now infamous tear gas used around the world. The stage has definitely been set for an influx of change in the new year.
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Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking
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From Creativity Post
SynopsisAspects of creative thinking that are not usually taught.
1. You are creative. The artist is not a special person, each one of us is a special kind of artist. Every one of us is born a creative, spontaneous thinker. The ony difference between people who are creative and people who are not is a simple belief. Creative people believe they are creative. People who believe they are not creative, are not. Once you have a particular identity and set of beliefs about yourself, you become interested in seeking out the skills needed to express your identity and beliefs. This is why people who believe they are creative become creative. If you believe you are not creative, then there is no need to learn how to become creative and you don't. The reality is that believing you are not creative excuses you from trying or
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Movie Poster Round-up
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click to enlarge your heartA few of the intriguing posters from up and coming flicks. Most are from 2012 movies and a few have slipped by virtually unnoticed.
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Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames
Ice Cube drives Inglewood blvd. describing the Los Angeles that he knows. He talks of landmarks like The Forum, Five Torches, Cockatoo Inn, Brolly Hut, and Watts Towers. He refers to the 110 as "Gangsta Highway". Cube says coming from South Central LA teaches you how to be resourceful. The video cuts to Cube walking the Eames House perimeter, through the Eames living room, and sitting in the Eames lounge chair. He brings us back to his NWA years when he studied architectural drafting before launching his rap career. One thing he learned that translates is to always have a plan. Cube describes the modern, green and resourceful building design of Charles and Ray Eames. Visionaries of connecting nature and structure. Cube ends by saying "Who are these people who got a problem with LA? Maybe they mad cuz they don't live here." Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames for Pacific Standard Time the birth of the LA art scene. For more info on Ice Cube & The Eames visit h read more
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A must have poster!
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South African poster designs for Tslops
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Tsonga Tslops - "Have fun on foot" is a South African company 100% owned by members of South Africa's local community. Durban based illustrator and Graphic Designer Hylton Warburton created these awesome African inspired illustrations, designed the identity, posters, and container graphics. via africandigitalart
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Umbro: Blackout
A great little piece of animated branded entertainment from Umbro. Carlos Alberto Torres arrived in New York on July 13 1977, in the midst of the blackout. In this video, Carlos recollects his time in New York City. cred: Made by Buck Lead design by Christopher Silas Neal. Client: Umbro // read more
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Burrell.com Launches
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Burrell communications launches their latest iteration of Burrell.com and this time they keep it simple and clean. No zeitgeist dictated encumbrances like; blogs; Tumblrs; Facebook feed or front page tweets to chase the social whims. Just a plain 'Fresh News' window to keep you up on that latest moves of the marketing behemoth. Aside from that, they list four very strong and clear messages that reflect the shop's core values: The unthought known (wish I wrote that); Black is the new black (not groundbreaking but truer than ever in 'post-racial' America); Spheres of influence (pretty self explanatory); Positive realism (The way a lot of the best marketing portrays African American's today). That's it -- I get it. I'd wish for a little more edge, maybe even go simpler... no pics at all. But I'm not the audience. The audience is big and bold ma
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