niels ‘shoe’ meulman has gathered together a bunch of like-minded artists to do an ‘unruly group show’ starting this friday (by invite only) in amsterdam, the show runs during the whole following weekend (28 -29th of may, from 11 till 19 hours)
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wooly subversion
although the ‘wild knitting’ movement (or ‘urban knitting’) has been around for a while, it still really amuses me, the whole idea of making work that is so laborious (and non-destructive, unlike grafitti) and yet anonymously exhibited in the public arena like this, is somehow charming and subversive at the same time… like these pedestrians i came across this week complete with wooly hats
micro-origami
(via ‘michiel schuurman’)
jilted
photographer lukas göbel sent me this unusual image, as he said ‘it’s not quite what you think you’re seeing’: in fact it is a jilted bride who is attempting to commit suicide and being restrained by someone, see more bizarre details here
don’t be afraid of failure
…good comedians experiment constantly. Every time they test a new joke, they risk bombing. That’s why they’ll try out new material in smaller venues, polishing pieces in front of live audiences: they need to hear what’s working and what’s not working. Seinfeld admits that when he was starting out, “I was hitting 500. I would have a good show and a bad show, a good show and a bad show.” His very first show was bad. “But success wasn’t my objective.” He was desperate to simply be on stage, and was willing to risk failure every other night to get there. Designers take risks for the same reasons. Trying something new means not being sure of the outcome. But it’s the only way that anyone working in a creative field can hope to make progress. Ambition is a strong enough antidote to fear…
seven things that designers can learn from stand-up comedians, according to ‘michael bierut’ on design observer