artfulicious

Sesame Street was waaaay cooler back then

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:17:00 +0000

Have a little humor...

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:52:00 +0000

One of the discussion threads on QBN got out of CONTROL. I enjoy this ridiculousness a great deal.

"Paul Rand felt that the "hidden" arrow in the FedEx logo should be a different color to make it stand out. Discuss."

This makes me weak in my knees

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:01:00 +0000

Jan Svankmajer

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:00:00 +0000

How come I never learned about this guy in my Dada and Surrealism class?? These are a few of my favorites on YouTube.
[ FOOD ]

I will always love you

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:36:00 +0000

You've gotta be kidding me...

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:31:00 +0000

There are so many wrong and horrible things going on here...

from 1999:

oh yes yes...

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:47:00 +0000

Thanks to my friend Ellie for the inspiration...This will be useful for my versal lettering

I've got a thing for you

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:42:00 +0000

Hammin' it up

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:31:00 +0000

Just a couple of things:

(1)

(2)

killing two birds with one razor

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:36:00 +0000

The infamous Poster Boy work from New York

Love it!

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:25:00 +0000

french design firm: my beautiful

daito manabe

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:58:00 +0000

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
— Leonardo da Vinci

Little storyteller

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:14:00 +0000

This is way old, but thought I'd post it anyway. How adorable can she be?

Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:11:00 +0000

Little houses on the hillside, Little houses made of guac-a-molé...

Book covers that delight...

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:08:00 +0000

New Pepsi Logo

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:13:00 +0000

Okay, so I don't blog as often as I should, but with some down time on hand this break, I should be updating tons more. First thing's first, though: The new Pepsi logo. I encountered the new logo over Thanksgiving break when my brother slammed down a can right in front of me. "Well...?" My initial reaction was "w...t...f" Not a good or bad reaction, but more like a "since when!" reaction. It's minimal but becomes subtle and elegant the more you look at it. It didn't take me long to fall in love with new design at all. I must admit, though, that it makes me feel like I'm *really* in the future...and that kind of weirds me out.

fifty people. one question.

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:41:00 +0000

This is so incredibly lovely.

Fifty People, One Question: New York from Crush & Lovely on Vimeo.

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:35:00 +0000

Re-designing the stop sign

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:15:00 +0000

This is spot on! Found this on segura-inc.com

my friend's boyfriend is amazing...

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:13:00 +0000

Brian Lee has a keen sense for aesthetics and functionality. here: A dinning table with the idea of allowing the audience to gain a different perspective as an unrecognizable object when put together. BRIAN LEE

a conversation with paul rand

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:07:00 +0000

1975: This man is about to show you the future

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:42:00 +0000

Scenes from an IBM slide presentation:

>>more

Feeling guilty...

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:40:00 +0000

Tastespotting is back! I was almost feeling guilty and embarassed for opening this page in public; almost like looking at porn...so I had to close the tab and refocus my mind on writing a paper. But tastespotting does look more delicious now that it's not part of notcot anymore.

Politcally Provocative Money Prints

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:03:00 +0000

Dan Tague's - "Cash Rules Everything Around Me"

His statement on the project:

The appeal and power of money are the issues at the core of this series. In a capitalist society cash rules everything. Society teaches us that you can buy love, happiness, and status through possessions. You can even right wrongs by taking away a bit of someone’s happiness through fines and lawsuits. Politicians buy votes through claims of lowering taxes, in other words letting us hold on to a little more of status… upper, lower, upper-lower class. Income tax, sales tax, and property tax all fund the war on terror, war on drugs, war on poverty, war on morality, etcetera. In fact our consumer pursuit of happiness is the cause and solution for all of these wars.
So in order to convey the allure of cash I relied on the aesthetic qualities of the bills. Detailed decorative engravings, masterful portraits and architectural renderings, and elegant fonts create a decadent allure. I further the effect with folds and twists to abstract the imagery and create a collage of wonderful images.
Folding the bills has another purpose to create narrative. The folds are precise and calculated in order to convey messages amidst the appeal of the abstracted imagery. The messages are political in nature ranging from local issues directed at rebuilding New Orleans with phrases like Unite NOLA and Home is a Tent. The proceeds of this photograph go to UNITY of Greater New Orleans to help out with the homeless crisis in our city. Other messages relate issues of terror and war with State of Fear and Hunt for Oil. While others deal with religion, God is American, and politicians, Trust No One. Then there is the ultimate praise of money in a capitalist world as the The American Idol.

Kraak & Smaak - Squeeze Me

noreply@blogger.com (Dolly Vu) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:47:00 +0000

Music video using flip books: