Posts Tagged ‘Cool Hunting’

Os Gêmeos do D.I.Y. America

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

The brilliant Brazilian twin graffiti artists known as Os Gêmeos do D.I.Y. America for Aaron Rose’s latest installment for WKE.

Click here or the image below to see the twins in action in Episode five of D.I.Y. America.

An excerpt from the D.I.Y. America page:

“Os Gêmeos (Portuguese for “The Twins”) are identical twin brothers from São Paulo, Brazil. They started painting graffiti in 1987 and gradually became a major influence in the local scene, helping to define Brazil’s own style. Stylistically, Os Gêmeos are heavily influenced by the cryptic art of the São Paulo–based pixação graffiti movement as well as American hip-hop, which the twins grew up with in Brazil.”

Also…Flashback to 2008 for Cool Hunting’s piece on Os Gêmeos as they prepped their legendary Deitch Projects show beautifully filmed by the good man Tobin Yelland.

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My Best List of the Best “Best of” Lists of 2009

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

I know I said I wasn’t going to do any sort of year end lists the other day, but there’s just something about lists that I just can’t resist. And when I can cherry pick from all the “best of” lists that suckers esteemed writers have diligently compiled on the interwebs, well it pretty much makes this list the list to look at. I mean, where else can you peruse a list that includes street art, Quentin Tarantino, NSFW music and viral videos, Manny Pacquiao, conservative conspiracies, repurposing tricks, National Geographic photos and iPhone apps all from one webpage?

So without further ado, and in no particular order other than alphabetical, I present to you my humble list of the best “best of” lists for the year 2009.

Click headers or corresponding images to see complete lists.

• Cool Hunting’s Top Five Street Art Shows of 2009

Stephen Powers (ESPO) West Philly mural project Love Letter
Covered a couple weeks ago here

• The Huffington Post’s 12 Weirdest Right-Wing Conspiracies Of 2009

• Juxtapoz’s Top 100 Moments of 2009 (art shows from around the world)

• Lifehacker’s Most Popular Repurposing Tricks of 2009

• National Geographic’s International Photography Contest 2009

• Quentin Tarantino’s Top 8 Movies of 2009

• Roger Ebert’s Best Films of 2009 (Mainstream and Independent lists)

• Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2009, Top 100 Tracks of 2009 and Top Music Videos of 2009 (click here to see full list of music videos)

My homies at N.A.S.A. with “A Volta” featuring Sizzla, Amanda Blank, & Lovefoxxx.
Directed by Logan featuring the art of The Date Farmers

• Time Magazine’s Top 10 Everything of 2009

• Sports Illustrated’s 2009 Boxing Awards

Couldn’t leave out the pride of the Philippines and Sports Illustrated’s Fighter of the Year,
the main man Manny Pacquiao

• Stereogum’s 10 Most NSFW Music Videos Of 2009 (click here to see full list of videos)

Matt & Kim “Lessons Learned” directed by my young pals Taylor Cohen and Otto Arsenault

• Videogum’s Best Viral Videos of 2009 (click here to see full list of videos)

• Vimeo’s 25 Favorite Videos of 2009 (click here to see full list of videos)

Last Day Dream from old friend Chris Milk
Exclusive interview here

• Wired’s 20 Favorite iPhone Apps of 2009

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