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Photos + Words Mean Something

11 Friday Nov 2016

Posted by bojodadesign in Media, Museums, News, Newspapers, Politics

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Media Bias, Objectivity in Journalism

On my way to work this morning in Washington, D.C., I grabbed a copy of Express, the daily newspaper published by The Washington Post. The front cover had a photograph of President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama from yesterday’s historic Oval Office meeting. The headline: “AWKWARD.”

On my lunch hour, I happened to walk by the Newseum’s outdoor display of today’s front pages from around the U.S.A. and the world. I couldn’t help but notice that some of the covers had the exact same photo, but with a different headline. Some papers chose to use another photo from the same meeting. The differences were sometimes VERY subtle. It was fascinating.

Objectivity in journalism? Media bias? Optimistic or negative? You be the judge. The newspaper covers below, and more, can be viewed on the Newseum’s web site.

Express, published by The Washington Post, Nov. 11, 2016

Express, published by The Washington Post, Nov. 11, 2016

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov. 11, 2016

Chicago Tribune, Nov. 11, 2016

Chicago Tribune, Nov. 11, 2016

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Portland Press Herald, Nov. 11, 2016

 

The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 11, 2016

The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 11, 2016

The Denver Post, Nov. 11, 2016

The Denver Post, Nov. 11, 2016

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Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 11, 2016

The Washington Post, Nov. 11, 2016

The Washington Post, Nov. 11, 2016

The Boston Globe, Nov. 11, 2016

The Boston Globe, Nov. 11, 2016

The Times-Picayune, Nov. 11, 2016

The Detroit News, Nov. 11, 2016

The Detroit News, Nov. 11, 2016

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Minnesota Star Tribune, Nov. 11, 2016

The Charlotte Observer, Nov. 11, 2016

The Charlotte Observer, Nov. 11, 2016

Lexington Herald-Leader, Nov. 11, 2016

Lexington Herald-Leader, Nov. 11, 2016

The Record (Bergen County, NJ), Nov. 11, 2016

The Record (Bergen County, NJ), Nov. 11, 2016

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Nov. 11, 2016

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Nov. 11, 2016

The Dallas Morning News, Nov. 11, 2016

The Dallas Morning News, Nov. 11, 2016

USA Today, Nov. 11, 2016

USA Today, Nov. 11, 2016

Arizona Republic, Nov. 11, 2016

Arizona Republic, Nov. 11, 2016

 

The Met’s New Logo

19 Friday Feb 2016

Posted by bojodadesign in Graphic Design, Logos, Museums

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The Met's new logo, designed by the London-based global-branding firm Wolff Olins

The Met’s new logo, designed by the London-based global-branding firm Wolff Olins

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a new logo. The Met is now THE MET, the two short words printed in scarlet letters, stacked and squashed together. The Met will also get a new map and fresh signage. In a statement, the museum said that the logo is part of a new graphic language, all rolling out March 1, that’s intended to make the Met “feel more available and accessible to first-time as well as frequent visitors.” (READ MORE)

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The Met’s old logo

In Memoriam: Lauren Bacall

14 Thursday Aug 2014

Posted by bojodadesign in Celebrities, Film, Fine Art, Museums, Obituaries, Photography

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American Cool, Lauren Bacall, National Portrait Gallery

LAUREN BACALL, included in the National Portrait Gallery's "American Cool" exhibition.  Artist: Alfred Eisenstaedt 1949 (printed 2013) Pigmented ink jet print Sheet: 48.3 × 33cm (19 × 13") Image: 40.3 × 27.9cm (15 7/8 × 11")

LAUREN BACALL, included in the National Portrait Gallery’s “American Cool” exhibition, through September 7, 2014. Artist: Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1949 (printed 2013). Pigmented ink jet print.

Born: September 16, 1924, The Bronx, New York City, NY

Died: August 12, 2014, New York, NY

Lauren Bacall was definitely cool.

Each generation has certain individuals who bring innovation and style to a field of endeavor while projecting a certain charismatic self-possession. Lauren Bacall is one of the figures selected for the National Portrait Gallery‘s “American Cool” exhibition.

Ms. Bacall was 89 and a longtime resident of Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Launched by a Harper’s Bazaar cover when she was a 19-year-old model, the former Betty Joan Perske, born to Jewish immigrants in New York City, was signed by Warner Bros. in 1943.

Whatever she may have lacked in acting experience, the willowy teen made up for with a certain grace that was made camera-ready by the great director Howard Hawks. Lauren Bacall, as she had been renamed, modeled her character in 1944’s adaptation of a Hemingway novel, To Have and Have Not, after Hawks’s stylish wife, Nancy “Slim” Keith, and delivered the immortal line to the grizzled Humphrey Bogart, who was 25 years her senior: “You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.”

A star was born. So was a legendary off-screen romance with and marriage to Humphrey Bogart, with whom she made four films.

Other memorable roles that made Ms. Bacall a Hollywood legend were The Big Sleep (1946), Key Largo (1948), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).

Once Bacall left Hollywood for New York in the late ’50s, she found a new career working on Broadway, where, despite her raspy singing voice, she won Tony Awards for the musicals Applause (1970) and Woman of the Year (1981). 

In my opinion, she was one of the most beautiful and talented actresses in Hollywood. She had ‘The Look’ — cool and mysterious — and she had the sound, courtesy of that irresistibly low and throaty voice.

Thanks for the memories, Lauren.

 

In Memoriam: Robin Williams

12 Tuesday Aug 2014

Posted by bojodadesign in Celebrities, Comedy, Museums, Obituaries, Photography

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Robin Williams by Michael Dressler. Color photograph, 1979. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Born: July 21, 1951, Chicago, IL   Died: August 11, 2014, Tiburon, CA

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has installed a photograph of celebrated American comedian and actor Robin Williams today. The work is in the first-floor gallery where the museum memorializes the passing and celebrates the lives of people represented in the museum’s collection. The photograph above was taken for Time magazine by Michael Dressler in 1979.

Thanks for all the laughs, Robin. God bless and may you rest in peace.

Williams was a madcap genius in performances of all types of entertainment, from stand-up to feature films. Known initially as a comedian, he surprised with his ability to play serious dramatic roles. His breakthrough came in the 1970s TV comedy Mork and Mindy; as the alien Mork, much of Williams’ dialogue was improvised, as would be the case in most of his comedic roles. Once established, Williams worked tirelessly in show business, going on to appear in many feature films, including Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989) and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); he won an Oscar for his role as the psychologist in Good Will Hunting (1997). He played Teddy Roosevelt in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009). He also did voice over work in animated films and returned to television with The Crazy Ones (2013-14).

Video Games as Works of Art, Literally

11 Thursday Jul 2013

Posted by bojodadesign in Advertising, Art, Museums, Video Games

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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Sid Lee, Ubisoft

The home page for the Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag video game, created by Sid Lee for Ubisoft

The home page for the Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag video game campaign, created by Sid Lee for Ubisoft

Digital agency Sid Lee recently launched a web campaign for video game developer Ubisoft. It’s all part of a project called “Defy History” for Ubisoft’s “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag” video game.

The campaign asks fans to log on to a site, where they see a painting crafted by artists from L’Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris, which features a battle scene from the “Age of Piracy,” the era during which the game is set.

Users can use webcams to “place their faces” on characters from the painting, and the most popular faces will be immortalized on the painting. The final piece of art will be displayed in Le Musée de la Marine this November.

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