GQ’s List of the 50 Most Stylish Men

There is something for every man in GQ’s list of the 50 Most Stylish Men. From Kerouac to Clooney, McQueen to Newman and Ali to Jordan. Don’t take it too seriously, but it’s a nice catalogue of cool.  Just be sure to read the bio’s.

 

Google Celebrate the Invention of the Bar Code

Google celebrated the invention of everyone’s favourite method of automatic identification and data collection today, the Bar Code. The first patent for a bar code type product (US Patent #2,612,994) was issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver on October 7, 1952. Random fact: The first product to have a bar code included was a packet of Wrigley’s Gum.

What if James Dean had Lived?

A new TVC for South African investment company Allan Gray imagines what life would have been like for James Dean had he not died in a car crash aged just 24. Ad agecy King James teamed up with director, Keith Rose, from Velocity Films to bring the creative to life. A combination of make-up, prosthetics, body doubles and CG face replacement helps bring the legendary actor to life – and then ages him, showing a rather realistic version of what might have been. He is shown receiving a lifetime achievement Oscar, as a director, protesting against the Vietnam War, and getting his Angelina Jolie on while being a humanitarian ambassador.

The idea of exploiting a Hollywood great like Dean to sell insurance may leave a bad taste in your mouth. But, in some ways, I think it helps to prolong his memory and exposes his talent to a younger generation who may not understand his cultural relevance. Allan Gray are by no means the first to do it. Ford did something similar with Steve McQueen in the TVC for the launch of the Puma some years ago.

Buff Diss

Melbourne-based artist Buff Diss uses masking tape to create his pieces. Me likey.

LED Spray Can

If you dig graff or light writing, you’ll love desinger Aïssa Logerot’s latest project. Logerot has manufactured a fake aerosol can, called the Halo, which simply replaces the traditional nozzle with a tiny LED.  The Halo preserves the techniques and gestures of graffiti and transfers them to light writing. It is possible to change the color and the brightness of the LED to change the graffiti’s styles. If the light doesn’t have enough battery, users simply have to shake it to have energy again.

Turn off the lights and get busy!

[via Cool Hunting]

Esra Røise

Esra Røise is a Norwegian freelance illustrator, living and working in Oslo. She started out with two years at Einar Granum School of Arts, and is currently taking her bachelor degree in Visual Communications at the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo. Her illustrations and watercolours are epic – she’s sort of like Norway’s answer to Australian-based Sarah Larnach.

Scope the gallery below and see more of Esra’s work here.

The Drifter – Rob Machado

This looks epic. Rob Machado is The Drifter. A Taylor Steele movie launching in the US on 29 September.

RE-SURFACE D-Light Pillar Candles

RE-SURFACE is a boutique factory and design studio based in Brooklyn that dedicates itself to producing interior lighting with a sense or urban art and culture in mind. Their D-Light Pillar Candles are contained in slender cylindrical glasses with printed urban graphics inspired by graffiti. Perfect to give your apartment that gritty urban vibe!

[via Freshness Mag]

Jeff McMillan

SoCal based artist, Jeff McMillan was born in October of 1977 and his influences lie heavily in 80’s pop culture. I was doing a trawl of the interent and found his painting, All Together Now. It lives up to it’s name: The Dude (from The Big Lebowski), The Ex-Presidents (from Point Break), Borat, David Lynch and the creepy bunny from Donnie Darko all together – it’s like being hit by a dump truck full of awesome sauce!

Miranda July

Miranda July is a filmmaker, artist, performer and writer. She grew up in Berkeley, California where she began her career as a teenager, writing and directing plays. Her work has a wry sense of humour and I dig it.

Where the Wild Things Are – Movie Blog

Spike Jonze’s feature film rendition of Maurice Sendak’s classic story Where The Wild Things Are will hit movie theaters worldwide later this year. I am super pumped! The film represents years of work from hundreds of different artists, writers, photographers, musicians, actors, and creators of all degrees. Spike and Co have created the blog We Love You So as a place  to help shed some light on many of the small influences that have converged to make the making of the feature film a reality. Go there now!

Elodi Magazine Launch

The highly anticipated launch of the Canberra-based Elodi Magazine is imminent. Don’t miss it – the party deets above.