by Prescott | 2012.06.23 | discovered, music, the internet
This may seem a bit out of context, but it’s still pleasantly absurd, and deserves a post, methinks. download .mp4 / watch on YouTube If you don’t know what this song is all about, check out the related business cards, which explain it all, perhaps. via...
by Prescott | 2010.12.05 | brands & branding, music
Here, dear friends, is an absolutely brilliant video for Shop-Vac, by Jonathan Coulton. Animated in the “kinetic typography” style, which is all popular these days, this video by Jarrett Heather does a tremendous job of bringing the lyrics to life. Also,...
by Prescott | 2010.11.16 | Britain, computers & gadgets, music, the industry
The Bealtes are now available on iTunes. This is most significant because it resolves one of the 20th Century’s most famous branding battle over the name Apple. The Bealtes’ Apple Corps record label has been in and out of court with Apple Computer since...
by Prescott | 2010.05.04 | design_print, music
Record sleeves? I know, right. Creative Review – Record sleeves of the month...
by Prescott | 2010.04.15 | music, the industry
“I disagree that ‘Change is the only constant’. Change is accelerating.” — Ray Kurzweil at the FUSE Conference 2010 Kurzweil calls the rapid progress in our society “The Law of Accelerated Returns”. It applies primarily to...
by Prescott | 2009.12.28 | brands & branding, China, cinema, computers & gadgets, design, design_history, fashion, music, national identities, New York, politics, the internet
Luckily, the astute folks at the New York Times are highly organised, and thus they have produced for our enjoyment, a grid-based, icon-fueled look at the last ten years in news, business, culture, and other categories of time–space. Love it. Think for a second that...