The Desktop Wallpaper Project featuring Bupla
Posted: June 11, 2009 // The Desktop Wallpaper Project


Good Thursday, sorry for not posting this yesterday. As I was getting this week’s desktop wallpaper ready I realized that last week was Bosque, and this week is Bupla, both odd little B names. Oh well. Bupla is made up of Clémentine Dérodit and Mathieu Quiblier, a French artist and designer who make really cutesy characters and colorful art together. There’s just something about their style that totally grabs me and still feels really unique.

Their wallpaper is quite minimal and almost creepy. I really haven’t the faintest idea of what’s going on, but I love the soft focus and the muted colors. And the little critter by the tooth tree should definitely be made into some kind of plush figure. Enjoy!

Bobby

New Prints by Andy Smith
Posted: June 10, 2009 // Art + Design + Illustration

I posted about Andy Smith only a few months back, but he’s already got a bunch of new prints in his shop and they’re absolutely beautiful. The poster at top is titled Cinema Francais and is printed in a totally bold and bright red, which I love, as is the bottom one which is titled Greed is Good?. Sadly, the bottom one is already sold out, as it was an edition of 5. Still, these are absolutely stunning, and I can’t wait for him to make more.

Bobby

Always With Honor
Posted: June 10, 2009 // Design

I spoke about Tyler Lang in the last post, and so I thought I’d post another little piece about him and his collaborative work with Elsa Chaves, Always With Honor. It’s a fantastic name for a studio, and they do equally great work. The piece above is one of the dorkier things they created, an ongoing patchwork design of their favorite foods. Too cute not post, though I’m craving a Krispy Kreme donut now!

Bobby

The Genomic Revolution
Posted: June 10, 2009 // Design + Science

The decoding of genomes is definitely not the easiest thing to understand, but SEED Magazine has done a pretty great job of laying out the history of it with a great infographic. The image above was drawn by Tyler Lang, who I randomly heard about yesterday, small world. He’s kind of a genius when it comes to infographics, and his site his filled with great work.

The interactive piece above has little rollovers that give you information about each living thing that has had it’s genome sequenced. From the lowly flu virus to the most recent subject, the cow.

Click here to check out the interactive infographic.

Bobby

The Last Guardian Trailer
Posted: June 10, 2009 // Games + Video

I’ve been mildly obsessed with the folks over at Team Ico and their leader and brainchild Fumito Ueda ever since they released the video game Ico back in 2001. The game definitely revolutionized the idea of what a video game could and should be, simplifying the controls to their bare minimum and giving the overall experience an extremely cinematic feeling.

Since then they’ve released one other game, Shadow of the Colossus, a puzzle game of sorts where you must destroy humongous roaming colossi in order to save the life of a girl. This game was epic in it’s storytelling, as you traveled around the land on horseback, eventually reaching these giant beasts, and finally climbing onto many of them to destroy them.

It’s been nearly 4 years since Shadow of the Colossus, and thankfully Team Ico has a new project out now, titled The Last Guardian. There was an older video showcasing the game, at the time called Trico (which is now the name of the creature in the game), but since then they’ve redone the trailer and it looks absolutely beautiful. I really need to buy a PS3 now.

Bobby

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