Egotism Soup

This is brilliant. 5 minutes of art, entertainment and information

austinkleon:

Tom Waits narrates the life of John Baldessari (See Baldessari’s 109 art class assignments)

braiker:

If you don’t love every little thing about this, we can’t be bros.

sashafrerejones:

From YouTube credits:

The life of John Baldessari, jammed into six minutes. Narrated by Tom Waits. Commissioned by LACMA for their first annual “Art + Film Gala,” honoring John Baldessari and Clint Eastwood. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Edited by Max Joseph. Written by Gabriel Nussbaum. Cinematography by Magdalena Gorka and Henry Joost. Produced by Mandy Yaeger & Erin Wright.

thoughtyoushouldseethis:

I’m completely biased, as the animator who made the film above is a friend of mine, but I love this submission for The International Douglas Adams Animation Competition, which challenges creative types to produce an animation to accompany a lovely audio recording of sci fi writer and Hitchhiker’s Guide creator, the late Douglas Adams, talking in 1993 about the evolution of the book from rock to silicone. Judges include the imperious Stephen Fry; winners are announced on Friday.

Poor sound quality, but a wonderful animation anyway.

viafrank:

So, The Shape of Design is done. Well, kind of. Today, all the pages were glued into their hardcover jackets. Tomorrow, the books will be put in boxes and shipped to a warehouse in Portland. Next week, I’ll sign a bunch of them and stuff God knows how many envelopes. Then, thousands of books…

blowncovers:

We’ll miss you.

(via austinkleon)

thedavidoreilly:

Made this pie chart for an important business meeting the other day.

misspixnmix:

So I heard GLEE covered Gotye (without the Kimbra part? Why??). Oh Wally, why you so famous? I’m so happy for you, but you’ve made me feel like one of the cool kids for years, and now the whole world has you. This makes me happy-sad. 

(Source: gnny)

explore-blog:

Nick Cave’s diverse influences, proof that creativity is combinatorial and necessitates eclecticism. As Austin Kleon put it, “you are a mashup of what you let into your life.”

(via austinkleon)

Mad Men returns today! Just got to find a way to watch it. :( 

austinkleon:

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! (via @ayse_e)

wtfqrcodes:

Seems like a great way to thwart pickpockets — stand in a subway terminal with your attention focused on your expensive smartphone as you watch a video about pickpockets.

via @BryanRoberts72: Genius. A QR code on a TfL poster. A TfL poster telling you to keep valuable items like smartphones hidden.

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