Annie Leibovitz and her fantastic Disney portraits

on October 17th, 2009

Annie Leibovitz. Are there any words to describe her work? Are there any words to describe her subjects better than her work? Annie is the photographer behind the Demi Moore naked and pregnant cover of Vanity Fair; behind the clothed Ono and naked Lennon cover of Rolling Stone. And the story-teller behind Disney’s series of celebrities-as-fairytale-characters series. Just amazing.

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Irving Penn – The King of Black and White

on October 9th, 2009

Irving Penn, who photographed celebrities, indigenous people, workers and cigarette butts, has died at his Manhattan home, aged 92. This is some of his work, my RIP for the man who changed fashion and portrait photography for ever.

New York Times: Turkish Edition Advert

on October 7th, 2009

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10 unbelievably cute 404 page illustrations

on October 3rd, 2009

Cute, cute illustrations for your 404 pages. Worth a visit – and a smile.

12 Adorable Twitter Cartoons

on October 2nd, 2009

These absolutely adorable Twittertoons are the creation of Tony Gigov of Twitter Love fame.

Designing with Psychology in Mind

on October 1st, 2009

Another presentation by Joshua Porter – part of a talk given at An Event Apart Boston on June 22, 2009. Great read for mobile and web designers. Designing with Psychology in Mind View more documents from Joshua Porter.

25 Graffiti images that redefine art

on September 24th, 2009

One more post from the urban art series; Mac & Retna and Dizebi are the artists that have created most of these pieces of art, but there are anonymous works from all over the world – if anyone knows the artist let me know in the comments section! And without further ado, here they are. [...]

50 Beautiful Black Wallpapers

on September 21st, 2009

Most of these offer multiple sizes, including widescreen; the few exceptions to the rule were either too beautiful to ignore despite their 1024x768px size or look good centred on a black screen. Click on the image to go to the source and select your desired size. Enjoy! 1440×900 1680×1050 1024×768 1440×900 1680×1050