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All City
“Up on all lines…as much as humanly possible”
Skeme

This post has been sitting in my drafts folder for some time now, being unsure of what I really want to write about Arizona’s newest beverage.

I had first noticed Arizona’s new beverage on my way to work a few weeks ago, while walking down Vandam Street. On the corner of Vandam and Hudson I noticed a van that appeared to be painted, from top to bottom, with a brand new piece. My interest was piked, that is till I got closer and noticed it was a van with the All City logo painted across it. Two things crossed my mind, what does graffitti and the term “all city” have to do with an Arizona energy drink?

Is Arizona actually giving a homage to graffitti culture or is this a marketing tactic? If it is indeed a homage wouldn’t it be more appropriate to have limited edition cans done by writers that have gone all city? The one thing that keeps playing over in my head is the Fruity Pebbles commercial with Barney rapping.

I agree that the graffiti does look great, and the campaign is executed well, for what it is. I would have liked Arizona to take a different approach more along the lines of Ecko and Adidas.

Further reading and/or viewing

Of course Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. has something to say. See article here.

More images from ANIMAL Magazine here.

Press Pause Flickr set here. Great photos of graffitti legends.

Skeme on YouTube here

Razor Apple entires tagged Peter Vallone here.

NYT article on Ecko “Graffitti Party” here.

Wooster on Adidas here.

Joshua Davis designer trashcans? C’mon

Stars of the Lid played a limited amount of shows recently, one of them for the Wordless Music Series here in New York. Unfortunately, I was unable to get tickets for the show but, Radiolab has posted their live performance here. As expected, it is blissful. Enjoy.

Upcoming

06/20

PREFUSE 73
ACME

Performing Chen Yi’s Sound of Five, for string quintet, and Kevin Volans’ She Who Sleeps, for solo percussion. A free concert. Co-presented with Whitney Live.

The Whitney Museum
Madison Avenue & East 75th Street

08/15

“800 YEARS OF MINIMALISM”
MANUEL GOTTSCHING: E2-E4
RHYS CHATHAM: A CRIMSON GRAIL
BEATA VISCERA: THE MUSIC OF PEROTIN

Damrosch Bandshell
Columbus Avenue & West 62nd Street

37signals did a great job at articulating the reasons for not using Photoshop for web page mockups. Why show something that is dynamic in such a static form? Read the full post here.

Also, I recently came across an interesting article on 37signals in Wired. It was very inspirational to hear about a design and software team stripping things down to their essential elements as well as having a very refined work flow. Read the article here.

Read 37signal’s book Getting Real for free online here.

Playing the Building
An Installation by David Byrne

05/31 -08/10/2008
Battery Maritime Building
10 South Street, NYC

FREE

More information at Creative Time .

NYT article here .

Another great artist is lost. Rest in peace, NYT article here.

Mapping Correspondence: Mail Art in the 21st Century
April 11, 2008 - June 28, 2008
Center for Book Arts
28 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

More info here.

Flickr set here.

Thank you toner for the link

“August 2006, Wuppertal, Germany: A new kind of exhibition happened in the public space.”

Read more here.

Test your knowledge here.
Thank you Paula.