Hasta La Creative!

I’ve never been much of a fan of the oriental culture; but still I can’t deny its enormous value in overall international culture.
 
Now I leave you a place to see what’s going on in the world of design over at the lands of the rising Sun.
 
Link: Oriental Gallery.

Amazing words by sci-fi writing genius Harlan Ellison.
 
Via: ComputerLove’s Public Feed.

I’ve been kind of M-I-A around here due to vacational issues, so I haven’t been able to greet evryone properly for the New Year that just went by.
 
That’s why in an apologie-like kind of way I want to leave with these few visual testiomonies of the celebrations for New Year 2008.
 
First is a compilation made by TrendHunter consisting of 8 videos of the festivities in such diverse locations as Dubai, New York, Hong Kong and Sydney.
 
The second is a more curious one. A series of 360 degrees panoramic views of different events. Among others you’ll find images of Copa Cabanna, London, Taipei and Rio de Janeiro, just to mention a few.
 
I sincerely hope this year is full of success for everyone and brings many learnings and new experiences.
 
A big hug for everyone swinging by this website.

“No matter what you say. A picture always says more.”
 
Awesome campaign by Leo Burnett.
 
Via: I Believe in Adv.

By far one of the most beautiful videos I’ve seen lately.
 
It seems the guys at Lakai took this video down from every streaming website there is. Quite a shame. For those of you who saw it, hope you liked it. Those who didn’t, I’ll try to find it again and when I do I’ll post it right here. 
Link: Lakai.
Via: ComputerLove.

The first few minutes of the movie The Kingdom. Many say the movie sucks. I don’t really care, I just know these first minutes are great.

Having rapped for well over 8 years, hip hop was and still is a pretty strong part of my life and I’ll probably never get over my taste for it, although regretably, hip hop is seen by many as only a world full of guns, luxury, women treated as sexual objects and an exponentially excesive macho-like attitude.
 
So in the rap game, if before it was gold, nowadays it’s all about diamonds. Those little carbon polygons practically move the world and it’s virtually impossible to find yourself a rapper without some bling-bling of their own.
 
However, we only seem to be seeing the prettier side of things. Polished chains, the rings, the grills, the pimp cups, etc. But… Where do the diamonds come from? What processes, what sacrifices are being made in other places so that we can all go blind from the jewels on the latest hot rapper on tv?.
 
That’s what Bling tries to tell us. A documentary narrating the journey of 5 world-claimed rappers to the place where most diamonds are being extracted: Sierra Leone.
 
Jadakiss, Tego Calderón, Paul Wall, Raekwon y Kanye West travel to the african country to realize that the price to be paid is even greater than the value of the diamonds.
 
A raw, real documentary that shows just how ironic things can be in the world some times.
 
Link:Bling.

For those of you who don’t know, Snoop Dogg is a rapper. A gangsta, bitch-slapping-cop-killing rapper.
 
But Snoop, on top of this, is an artist with an amazing trayectory that has already surpassed hip hop, and he’s had the vision to collaborate with artists of all kinds.
 
Now, for a change, he recently released a hottt video. There are many like this one, I know, but this must be one of few I’ve seen that is so well executed.
 
Check the small details, like when the image repeats itself as the echo fades. Classic!.
 
And while we’re at it. The song is pretty damn cool too.
 
He’ll be coming to Chile soon, so those of you who are going, let me know how it was.

Today I noticed that my website had climbed a few spots more than ussual in the Blogalaxia rank, which then led me to check my stats to find out that my web had been featured at the always awesome DesignYouTrust, a blog dedicated to showcase graphic design at its best around the world.
 
An absolute and total honor that leaves me more than happy with renewed energy to keep working.

What you can do by proyecting shadows.
 
Amazing.