Today is my last day as guest editor of Coudal’s Fresh Signals. It’s been a fun ride and I want to say thanks to everyone at Coudal Partners for putting up with my endless 80’s references, skateboarding and car-themed shenanigans. Below you’ll find a few of my best links from the month:
French artist Nils Guadagnin creates a working replica of the hoverboard from Back to the Future Part 2.
Missing that old Trapper Keeper? Get your 80’s geometric shape fix with these cool sweatshirts from Teenagers in Love.
Ural in Russia makes a nice olive-drab sidecar-equipped motorcycle.
Coming soon to the Whitney: highly modified Olivetti typewriters by Tauba Auerbach.
Two guys from Wisconsin made one of the most creative skate videos I’ve seen in years.
“Sweep the leg. No mercy.” Uncomfortable bully moments from every ’80s coming of age movie worth watching.
“Everything I touch turns to mold.” Incredible provocative sweaters by Lisa Anne Auerbach.
A Public Service Announcement from Yee Haw Industries: Danger Zombies Run.
A shopping guide for re-living your childhood, as seen in the movie Stand By Me.
A sweet short film about California’s empty pool surplus.
Sculptor Andrew Lewicki brings us The Oreo Manhole Cover, and a few other ideas that advertising agencies wish they had thought of.
Charles De Mar or George Calamari? This infographic compares the four films that make up the peak of John Cusack’s 80’s career.
Peel back a few layers of animal anatomy with Belgian street artist ROA.
“It literally feels like you are in the cockpit of a blue flying angel.” Man posses as yo-yo champion, fooling multiple morning news shows across the country.
In Herb we trust. In 1968, Herb Lubalin asked his friends to re-design the One-Dollar bill for Avant Garde.
“It was funny because everybody brought 40s and no one really drunk 40s back then. We had to make it look like we drank some so we just opened them up and poured a little bit out.” Members of N.W.A. describe what was going on in the cover photo on their first album, N.W.A. and the Posse.
Space-age illustrator Matthew Lyons has been looking at this Nation Geographic article on the 1965 World’s Fair for inspiration.
A brilliant graphic design solution helps a cigarette company break numerous laws preventing them from advertising on F1 cars in Europe. Via The Scout
“Many of us have had the American flags in front of our houses stolen and replaced with much larger flags that we do not recognize.” U2 guitarist The Edge answers questions about his new home development in Malibu.
A list of 132 Criterion Collection films that are available to watch instantly on Netflix. Via @ztf.
How to wash George Harrison’s car, and spread a “nice film of muck” on Paul’s.
First Person Tetris is best played on a full stomach.
Today on The Street Use Blog, homemade cameras, prison crafted weapons and a chicken coupe built from a discarded washing machine.
“If you look at Mozart, who had this strict classical framework, you see that within that formula, he got results he might never have gotten if he had all the options in the world.” A visit to the studio of Irving Harper, the designer behind many of George Nelson’s iconic works for Herman Miller, including the Marshmallow Sofa and Starburst Clock.
Don’t jump! Ace photo contest gives us the best images yet of Antony Gormley’s Event Horizon installations.
One black olive? designer James Reynolds shows us what a last meal looks like.
A cool film from an EXPO past: Impresssions of EXPO ‘67.
Brazilian graffiti duo Os Gemeos have a new blog. It means “the twins” in Portuguese. Via Aaron Rose.
