Friday, January 11, 2008

Flic of the Week


This three-minute film is brilliant. Thanks, Travis!

Thursday, January 10, 2008

There's No Stopping Taxidermy Week

In keeping with Tal's definition of taxidermy....



(thanks to Justin Sullivan at Getty)

How do you feel about this ad?



Saw this commercial while watching Gossip Girl last night (don't judge) and it stopped me dead in my tracks. There's no sound and by the end I realized I hadn't been breathing the entire time I watched it. Seeing a corporation appropriate video art to sell sneakers might turn your stomach, but isn't this brilliant advertising? Thoughts?

Publikum Calendar







I took a trip to AIGA today, and saw this lovely show on the second floor - it's the Publikum Calendar - a Serbian project that collects 12 designers from around the world to each design a month for the calendar. In order from top: Big Active (pictograms), Garth Walker (Deer), (to come- grafitti), Marian Bantjes (white/silver), (rest to come).

Check out http: www.publikumcalendar.com/movie_eng.html

Handwriting



Senator's Wife: Carol Divine Carson
Coast of Akron: Susan Mitchell, AD; Lynn Buckley, Designer

The End is Here







OMG. I need some optimism right about now. The first two, "Life After People", are part of a plastic display that changes image as you move from left to right. The last two are fake Cloverfield posters, I think.

Weight Watchers Diet Ads






I am obsessed with these diet ads. I find that whenever I see something that's pure type in our image-saturated environment, my eyes dart to it immediately, no matter what it is. Unless it's taxidermed kittens.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Taxidermy Week Continues


Check out kitty's bling!

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Stock Photo of the Afternoon

Does this one count, Ali?

Taxidermy/Stock Photo of the Day


Well folks, it's Taxidermy Week here at Book Covers Anonymous. So in an unprecedented move, we'll be posting stock taxidermy photos like there's no tomorrow. That's right. All of these little gems can be found on Alamy.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Author Photo of the Day


Tom Wolfe is ECSTATIC about his new publisher!

Heartbreaking



I love snow globes and miniatures, which is why I almost died when I discovered the work of Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz. They have a show at the PPOW gallery (http://www.ppowgallery.com/exhibitions/2008WMPM/) in NY 1/10-2/9. Check it out!

Alison Jackson




This photographer rox! Thanks, Miss Travis.

http://www.alisonjackson.com/index.html