Likes & Likes

Minis and Italy have always been synonymous since the original “The Italian Job”. Modern MINI is looking to capture a little of the excitement from the climactic chase scene with this new spot for the Countryman - with a bit of a different twist.

Likes and Likes Mixtape - Volume 6 - End of Summer Mix

Say goodbye to summer and hello to a long weekend with the latest Likes and Likes Mixtape.

Tracklist:

Bermuda - Kisses
In the Water - Beat Connection
Boy - Ra Ra Riot
Gigantic Tom Tom - The Hundred In The Hands
Par Avion - FM Belfast
Gentlemen’s Club (ft. Luke LaLonde & GenerationFK) - First Rate People
The Line - Cherry Chapstick
6669 (I Don’t Know If You Know) - Neon Indian
I Can’t Wait - Twin Shadow
Last Year’s Disco Guitars - Bishop Morocco
Where I’m Going - Cut Copy
Schlitterbahn - Sleep Good
Boyfriend - Best Coast
Collector - Here We Go Magic
C’Mon - The Soft Pack
Let’s Get Out of Here - Les Savy Fav
Round the Moon - Summer Camp
Bushwick Blues - Delta Spirit
Modern Man - Arcade Fire

Click the player above the image to stream the mix online. To download this mix, click the image, or press the download button to the right of the player, then select “Page” or “File” from your browser’s toolbar and select “Save As…” to save the file to your desktop.

Previous Likes and Likes mixes:
Volume 5 - Summer Mix
Volume 4 - Spring Mix
Volume 3 - Wintry Mix
Volume 2 - Fall into Winter
Volume 1 - Summer

Levi’s billboard at East Houston and Lafayette. Real moving cogs - not a projection or video screen. Mesmerizing.

Had the chance to check out the new Philly Apple Store this weekend. One thing the girl and I were still marveling at (beyond how many people crammed the space) was the sheer smallness of the current generation Shuffle. Of course we’d both seen them before, but it’s still so amazing how much can be crammed into something the size of a small piece of gum.

However, the player’s size is also concerning. It’s barely bigger than the headphones it connects to. Where is it best clipped so that it doesn’t get snagged or lost?

Enter Pod à porter, an clever way to “wear” the player and earbuds and keep everything together. Simple, unobtrusive, elegant. From the creator:

I thought that what you need is just the earbuds, and a simple shape to keep them on your body - just like glasses are nothing more then an elegant way to keep lenses near your eyes. The result is this iPod shuffle accessory… Pod à porter is the easiest way to wear your music - even if you’re not wearing much. No more headphones dangling by your knees; no more ripping the buds from your ears when you take off your jacket.

Find out more, including where to buy, here.

Prop designer Harrison Krix spent well over a year painstakingly replicating the gold helmet worn by one half of the dynamic duo Daft Punk. The video above shows every step along the way, including the amazing final version in all it’s disco-light-up glory. I’ve been on a Daft Punk kick as of late, excited about their involvement in and scoring of the new Tron: Legacy movie, so this made me smile. Well done!

Putting spent soda bottles to good use! Made from exactly one hundred and eleven recycled plastic Coke containers, the 111 Navy Chair is the result of a collaboration between Emeco and Coca-Cola, available only through retailer Design Within Reach.

Coke describes the collaboration as such:

The goal of the 111 Navy project was to alter consumer behavior by illustrating the value of rPET with beautifully designed and everyday products - ultimately encouraging more recycling.

The plastic version of the iconic 1006 Navy Chair, introduced in 1944, took four years of research and testing in order to retain the same attributes of the original version. Engineering and tooling design began in 2008, with the first prototypes being made in 2009.

For the first time, the chair will be available in a range of “earth inspired” colors, as opposed to the standard aluminum of the original.

Find out more at the collaboration microsite here, and view DWR’s page here.

Likes and Likes Mixtape - Volume 5 - Summer Mix

Click the player above the image to stream the mix online. To download this mix, click the image, or press the download button to the right of the player, then select “Page” or “File” from your browser’s toolbar and select “Save As…” to save the file to your desktop.

Tracklist:

Costume Party - Two Door Cinema Club
Heart to Tell - The Love Language
Butterfly Kisses - The Depreciation Guild
Whirlwind - Death In Plains
Burn Bridges - Dom
Wet Hair - Japandroids
Les Chemins de Verre - Karkwa
Melody Day - Caribou
Back and Forth - Operator Please
Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells
Invent It All Again - Faded Paper Figures
Master of None (Beach House cover) - Toro y Moi
Chinatown - Wild Nothing
Love Lost - The Temper Trap
The Loving Sounds of Static - Mobius Band
Tighten Up - The Black Keys
Beat Your Heartbeat - The Kissaway Trail
Latest Heartbreak - 22-20s
Odds & Evens - The High Wire
Violet Eyes - My Gold Mask
Funeral Song - Minks
Babelonia - School Of Seven Bells
Closet Astrologer - The Ruby Suns

Previous Likes and Likes mixes:
Volume 4 - Spring Mix
Volume 3 - Wintry Mix
Volume 2 - Fall into Winter
Volume 1 - Summer

A little while back the girl posted a music video with kids singing the lyrics - now it’s my turn. This time it’s the new video for The Black Keys “Tighten Up”, and it’s well played by both the kids and the band members. Liking the couple curveballs the vid throws you… check it out.

By the way, stop by TheBlackKeys.com before Friday June 18th for a chance to win the Tonka truck from the video, signed by the band.

Received an interesting email promotion this afternoon, from a photographer named Dwight Eschliman. Dwight’s description of his latest personal project:

A career in photography has provided me license to embrace my obsessive compulsive side. I love the idea of taking any object and deconstructing it down to its component parts.  Thus, the Twinkie Project. It’s the product of a kid that was raised to be suspicious of foods that weren’t assembled in mom’s kitchen, and bordering on obsessive compulsive.  

A Twinkie is made up of about 37 ingredients. This is what each looks like, photographed individually. Rather interesting.

You can view the full project online here.

Previously on this blog, we’ve covered other films pertaining to my obsession with old hand-painted signage. So you can imagine my delight when we learned that production has begun on another film on the subject, entitled The Sign Painter.

This documentary on smaller-scale commercial sign painting will include interviews with several of the artists that still practice this age-old craft. The directors, Sam Macon and Faythe Levine, were recently capturing footage of artists such as Jeff Canham, Bob Dewherst, New Bohemia Signs, and Jimmie Collier. Can’t wait to see some the trailer!

Find more about the film at the website, Facebook page and Twitter feed.