Monday, September 14, 2009 at 12:40 PM 
This past weekend was hectic: full of obligations, but creative nonetheless. More to come soon.
Artémis Psathas
The full project is uploaded HERE!!
Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 12:40 PM 
My love for the Freemasons, (previously confessed here and here) is growing by the minute. I have recently got my hands (and ears) on a remix of Solange's "Sandcastle Disco" by the Freemasons and I have been blown away by, hooked up, and addicted to it so badly!
It's amazing how they can take utterly plain/uninteresting tunes ("Ring the Alarm" & "Greenlight" by Beyonce, "The One" by Kylie Minogue, "Moving Into Light" by Black Fras, "Work" by Kelly Rowland) and push them into fully blown and grown explosive triumphs; meticulously invested with strings, synths, beats and vocals.
My overall aural addictions include their "Rain Down Love" and "Heartbreak, Make me a Dancer".
Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 11:29 PM 
I have recently discovered the amazing CMS of CargoCollective, via the ISO50 blog. So I jumped in and transfered my whole* portfolio over at Cargo. I love the way everything looks, scrolls, fullscreens, and the overall simplicity of it. Some image resizing, a lot of CSS and HTML altering, and voila: my simple finely personalized online showcase!
*more projects coming soon over at www.artemispsathas.com
Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 10:24 PM 
Born and raised in London, Nick Brandt studied Film and Painting at St. Martins School of Art.
He started photographing in December 2000 in East Africa, beginning the body of work that is his signature subject matter and style. He no longer directs, devoting himself full time to his fine art photography now.
He has had numerous one-man exhibitions between 2004 and 2006, including London, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Hamburg, Santa Fe, Sydney, Melbourne and San Francisco. He now lives in Topanga, California.
Bio text by: DesignWar
I had previously mentioned Nick Brandt for his MJ video, but I had no idea he quit directing. The first picture above is from his latest series, while the other one from a previous project. His work is, undoubtedly, beyond breathtaking.
Photography 
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 10:59 PM 
Volkswagen means ‘People’s car’ in German. The history of the company is tied with Adolf Hitler. Before the rise of Hitler, the German economy was in a very bad shape; as a result people couldn’t afford to buy cars. In 1933, Hitler raised the idea of an inexpensive car in the Auto show. In 1934, Ferdinand Porsche met with Hitler to design the car. Hitler gave him all the specifications of the car and Porsche promised to deliver the design. In 1937, the Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH was created (it became simply Volkswagenwerk GmbH a year later). In 1938, Hitler opened a state funded Volkswagen factory in Walburg. It was suppose to produce commercial cars, but it was used to churn out military cars. It was only later found that Hitler had intended to use the Porsche car as a military vehicle only, which could carry 3 men and a machine gun. After the WWII, Britishers took over the company. They renamed the car as Beetle. Surprisingly all the car makers like Fiat and Ford declined to take ‘free control’ of the Volkswagen factory. So, it was returned to the German government, and went on to become one of the world’s bestselling cars ever. The first logo was designed by Franz Xavier Reimspiess, a Porsche employee during an office logo design competition. The main part of the logo hasn’t changed much, but understandably after the WWII, they got rid of the design around the circle which seems to be inspired from the Nazi flag. I love the colors that were added in 2000, to the logo which was built after WWII, it depicts a positive change in the company and the ability to adapt to the new millennium.
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Graphic Design Monday, September 7, 2009 at 9:20 AM Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 2:03 PM 
Ikea recently dropped their signature Futura Typeface from their catalog going with Verdana.
I'm all in for changes. Changes are good and all... but really now; dropping a brilliant classic to opt for a web standard typeface? What were they thinking? (via)
Graphic Design Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 2:21 AM 
I always believed that "real people" can be models, however, no one really believed me. (except for those who actually agreed to pose for my projects). While browsing one of my new favorite blogs, The Sartorialist, I bumped on a surprising post:
The American Glamour September issue features an almost naked shot of a twenty-year-old model, Lizzie Miller, smiling as wide as she can while her belly curls over her underwear. All the magazines disappeared in no-time from almost every newsstand, triggering very reasonable questions on whether people need to see more "real" common people featured in fashion publications... well the answer is pretty blatant... YES!
By the way, The Sartorialist, is also a quite tangible example of how everyone can be a model...
Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 11:53 PM 
Well, obviousy, Sarah is selling something(s), in a witty, pretty, funny and, apparently, effective manner!
Shop here. Via a Swiss-Miss tweet.
