Cool Hunting
| 28 February 2004view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Upcoming Nikes
by Josh Rubin
Freshness has several pics of a round of Nikes that will be hitting the market this Spring. For the most part, they're kinda boring. One of the new Vandal Supremes is pretty stylie, though.
Michelle Teran
by Josh Rubin
Jonah recently reviewed an incredible performance art piece in Belgium.
Life: A User's Manual is a public performance by media artist Michelle Teran where she dresses up like a bag lady and carries an antenna made out of a soup can while pushing a shopping cart full of televisions along a designated route in Brussels, Belgium. The antenna is connected to a 2.4 GHZ X-10 video scanner which picks up signals from wireless cameras deployed by stores, homes, or police in the buildings and neighborhoods she passes. The found signal is the displayed on the TV in her cart. This type of surveillance is a theme of Teran's work that attempts to make hidden or private CCTV streams into public performance and online mappings. Really interesting take on the act of subverting existing surveillance tactics by displacing the context of the medium.
Leif Parsons
by Josh Rubin
Leif Parsons is a Canadian-American designer living in NYC. He uses his own photography and illustration in his work to create a fun, fresh aesthetic. His quirky sense of humor adds an intelligent levity. My favorite piece in his portfolio is the Identity Project, which is an introspection of the Leif Parsons brand / identity.
