Category: Events

99c

Posted by – September 8, 2010

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Cool illustration exhibition titled 99c opens tomorrow night. The exhibition will feature work from local and international illustrators. Check out the facebook event for more details.



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Happy Birthday Madiba!

Posted by – July 19, 2010

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Yesterday was Nelson Mandela Day, a global calendar event to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s birthday (he turned 92) and to raise awareness for worthy causes. So go check out the website and do something worthwhile. Mandela, we think you are awesome.



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Views from the FIFA World Cup

Posted by – June 17, 2010

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Awesome 2010 FIFA World Cup related photography on the Boston.com website.

photograph: Simphiwe Sibeko/REUTERS

photograph: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images

photograph: Mark Wessels/REUTERS

photograph: Guillermo Arias/AP Photo

photograph: Schalk van Zuydam/AP Photo

photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images



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iCal World Cup Fixtures

Posted by – June 15, 2010

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Apple has released a free downloadable iCal calendar for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.  Designed by Nottingham Graphics, the calendar lists World Cup fixtures so that you can keep up to date with match schedules.



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Soccer Aid

Posted by – June 15, 2010

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David Watson created this brightly coloured typographic poster for Soccer Aid, a charity for UNICEF.



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Crayola Soccer

Posted by – June 15, 2010

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To celebrate the launch of Nike’s “Write the Future” campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Weiden + Kennedy collaborated with artist Diem Chau to create 11 limited edition press kits. Diem Chau carved 66 crayons to resemble 6 different soccer stars including: Wayne Rooney, Fabio Cannavaro and Cristiano Ronaldo.  Each kit was presented in clam box, with a presentation, and 6 crayon soccer figures.



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R.I.P. Floppy Disks

Posted by – April 28, 2010

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Sony is halting the production of floppy disks in Japan from March 2011. Sony was one of the last company’s manufacturing floppy disks for die-hard fans. Cheerio old dinosaur.

via: Engadget



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Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Final Soccer Ball

Posted by – April 21, 2010

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Yesterday the soccer ball for the FIFA World Cup Final was unveiled. The adidas soccer ball is called Jo’Bulani and coloured gold to celebrate ‘the city of gold’.



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Virgin Galactic

Posted by – March 24, 2010

To use the words of Buzz Lightyear: “To infinity and beyond!”. Virgin Galactic‘s VSS Enterprise suborbital aircraft has made its first captive carry test flight  in Mojave, California. The flight lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes and reached an altitude of 45,000 feet.



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Polaroid Lives!

Posted by – March 24, 2010

The Impossible Project, which has been fighting the cause to start producing Polaroid film again, will be releasing a new batch of black and white Polaroid film this week. Colour film will be available later on this year.

via: 1854



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