This chair is so sick! More after the jump.

10 Feb 09  /  Uncategorized  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Sotheby’s plans to sell the above daguerreotype image of New York City, which the auction house said could date back to the 1840s.
Every now and then someone suggests they may have uncovered the oldest known photograph of New York City. The latest example is a 4-by-5 1/4 inch daguerreotype image of a rural estate on what Sotheby’s conjectures is the old Bloomingdale Road (a site that would fall today within the Upper West Side of Manhattan). The auction house, which is to sell the photograph on March 30, has invited experts to [...]

10 Feb 09  /  Photography  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes

It amazes me that no one bothers to look at the history of anything. Nothing can be continously inflated without eventually exploding.
UPDATE: Edited title for clarification… Sorry about that.
Via: SuperTouch

10 Feb 09  /  Art  /  2 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

The art market has been on a roller coaster this past year, with prices skyrocketing out of control, followed by a mass exodus of all things art, followed shortly thereafter by randomness and disorder and silliness. But a recent auction in London this past week managed to bring things safely back into fantasy land with strong sales of some of the worlds top artists.
Pictured above is a work by—increasingly irrelevant—artist Jeff Koons that went [...]

10 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

The guys over at the Wooster Collective take a closer look at the recent arrest of Shepard Fairey.
For those who know Shepard Fairey, the news of his arrest in Boston, on the eve of his opening at the ICA, came as a big surprise. We were surprised because for well over a week while Shepard was preparing the exhibition, the biggest show of his life, he was the talk of the town. Shepard was everywhere, from the front page of the arts section of the Boston Globe to a highly publicized [...]

10 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Illustrations by the talented Tavis Coburn.
Visit PICDIT, for more illustrations.

10 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Kierkegaard and Sartre would be proud.

10 Feb 09  /  Touchpuppet  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Nice interview with Sakke Soini over at PSDTUTs.
Sakke is an extremely talented designer residing in Helsinki, Finland. He attributes his style to old retro movies like Tron and various images he recalls from growing up in the 80′s. His illustrations consist of vibrant colors and bizarre images that are unique and very well executed. In this interview, Sakke explains how he thinks a freelance designer should build up a client base, and a lot more.

09 Feb 09  /  Uncategorized  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes