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Write The Chinese Government To End Torture
An Amnesty International ambient piece created to raise awareness and drive activism about human rights violations in China with an emphasis on prisoners of conscience, torture and executions.
Translation of text on ambient:
1. Tuck under thumb and hold tightly.
2. Write the Chinese government to help end torture.
3. Don’t let human rights violations by the Chinese government give China a bad name.
4. Take further action at amnesty.org/china [tentative URL]
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Nathan Sawaya: Brick By Brick
LEGO brick artist Nathan Sawaya's 'Brick by Brick' is the first solo exhibition of his art works, comprised entirely of LEGO bricks, in New York.
Sawaya quit his job as a corporate lawyer back in 2001 to pursue his childhood fascination with the ubiquitous building blocks, transforming them into an artistic medium.
He has used LEGO's shapes and bright colors to develop a range of sculptures including pop culture icons, the human form, planets.He's even created a life-sized self-portrait, expressing the limitless possibilities of this medium.
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Cast of Vices
The collection is hand crafted in the U.S.A with solid sterling silver or gold.
"Born from a desire to create artifacts out of our vices, Cast Of Vices celebrates the inherent design aesthetic of these substances while at the same time casting a critical eye on pop culture and our obsession with self-medication and addiction."
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Official 2014 Olympics Games Logo Revealed
We’ve waited—and we’ve even seen some early concepts—but today the official Sochi 2014 logo was unveiled in Russia.
"Developed by Interbrand in conjunction with Sochi’s own brand council, the new logo is simpler than anything we’ve seen in recent history. Stepping away from the traditional practice of incorporating an abstract cultural image (London 2012 excluded), Russia opted for an all typrographic treatment for the Winter Olympic Games in 2014.
Spelling out sochi2014.ru in lowercase rounded lettering, the logo is an Olympic first to incorporate a web address. Perhaps symbolizing the city’s location on the Black Sea, the letterforms in ‘2014’ typographically mirror those of ‘Sochi,’ somewhat resembling a reflection on water."
Read the rest of the article here.
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Stereo.type: Typographic Jewelry
By Ebon Heath, in collaboration with Dubai based jewelry designer Mona Ibrahim.
The first collection of this collaboration was launched June 2009 in Dubai, at the designer retail store, gallery 50 degrees.
All the designs are made of the different unique forms each culture uses as language. This collection was both in Arabic and English, the 2 official languages of Dubai. This use of multilingual type endows the jewelry with a meaning and message (or a beautiful abstract form if u cannot read the language).
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Louvre Abu Dhabi, UAE
A ceremony attended by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan marked the start of construction at May, 26 at the site of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first universal museum to be built in the capital city. In recognition of the importance of the event, the two world leaders accepted a time capsule for the museum from children of both the UAE and France.
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is sited at Saadiyat Island’s new Cultural District, developed as the world’s largest single concentration of premier cultural institutions.
Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, the Louvre Abu Dhabi will be a 24,000 sq m complex of pavilions, plazas, alleyways and canals ‘evoking the image of a city floating on the sea’. Hovering over the complex will be a form inspired by traditional Arabic architecture: a vast, shallow, perforated dome—some 180 metres in diameter.
A presentation of Nouvel’s design, an illustrated talk and a guided tour of selected artworks to be displayed will be presented through 2 July in Gallery One of Emirates Palace. The building is set for completion in 2012/13.
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Arabic Versions of Global Brand Identities
A while back, I came across this. Being an Arab myself and working in a company that specializes in arabic fonts and typography, I thought it couldnt get any more interesting than this...just seeing typographic adaptations of world brands (or attemps at doing so) to accommodate our culture is well...quite surreal...
Anyway, I ended up being really disappointed. Most of them are quite hideous. I do have to give credit though to the few that actually do work like Foot Locker and MAC.
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