The golden ratio fascinates me. That’s why I’m delivering some well cooked copypasta from PonderAbout.com for your edutainment.
1.618 has been called nature’s number, the golden number and the golden ratio.
Pythagoras wrote that this mysterious number, “manifests in the whole of creation”
It can be seen in art, music, architecture, and in the structure of a [...]

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This video is one of those things that you see referenced in other pieces all the time, usually as 1950’s style B-roll.  Watch the whole thing and see how elaborate this really was!  Some of the “innovations” are things I’m still waiting to see, like the kitchen that bakes for me!  No, but in all [...]

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Famed graffiti artist Banksy, whose real life identity is something of a preciously guarded secret, might have been ousted yesterday.  The iconic and oft-imitated artist’s real identity is that of one Robin Gunningham, after a lengthy investigation by the Daily Mail.

Maybe this is a blessing in disguise for him?  Many artists don’t receive recognition until [...]

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I randomly came across this, and it has to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.  I don’t know where to find this comic, but I want it!  The characterizations are priceless!

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It’s no secret. The world is a dirty place.  Check out these amazing videos, the first via Good Magazine: Blog, and the second, dug up from the recesses of my memory.  The first is entitled Dirty World and follows graffiti artist Moose around as he works on a huge mural.  The second is entitled Ossario [...]

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I know this has been all over the blog-o-sphere lately, so I might as well throw my 2 cents in, too.
The Gina concept from BMW is hot hot hot, and I really wish they would make something like this for mass production.  (Too bad I can’t help but think of the Hindenberg when I see [...]

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Bittbox just put up a great free font for graphic design artists (and wannabe’s like myself) to download.  I don’t know about you, but I keep a downloaded font library.  Typography can be great some times!

If you like it, you can grab it over at Bittbox.

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Okay folks, I’d like to take a moment and start a new feature here on Mumbo Jumbo Daily.  I’m calling it the “Blog Spotlight,” and in case the name isn’t a dead giveaway, it aims to highlight a blog I am particularly enjoying at the moment and one that I hope my readers will enjoy [...]

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Technically called “Material Transfers,” Levi van Veluw takes different materials and transplants them onto people’s faces to create what is, at the very least, an intriguing visual effect.  There is a gallery on his site of the different materials he’s used, and while they are very interesting you don’t get the full effect of one [...]

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If there is one thing I don’t like about most average people in modern society, it’s that they aren’t thinking in terms of the future enough; what they can build and accomplish together.  I read old texts and watch old films that sure, to one degree or another might seem campy, but it just shows [...]

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This is a brilliant animated piece detailing the life of traditional Japanese artist Hokusai (if you’ve ever seen this picture, you’ve seen this artist).  It’s a fantastic biographical clip that sheds some light on the eccentric artist.  Enjoy!
Via Transbuddha

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I knew it!
(click the image for the full, er, image)

Via haha.nu

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Matteo Ferrari is a photographer who takes pictures of people who drive the same car for years on end.  The result is wonderful to look at.

I think it’s just amazing that these people get so much life out of their automobiles, to begin with.  Hooray for responsible driving and maintenance!  Check out the rest of [...]

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The American Look is a 1958 film by Chevrolet, filled to the brim with ephemera for all things related to design in that era.  Ideas, shapes, forms, function are glorified above all in this trip back to when the suburb was a relatively modern development in American Society.
I have to admit, I do like many [...]

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From Jeff Hamada’s blog:
Last year I had the privilege of meeting James a.k.a. SheOne at a live painting event, that Addict Clothing put on, here in downtown Vancouver. Later that week we met up again and I had the chance to interview him while he painted some canvases for Anthony’s shop, Subdivision. I planned to [...]

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Watch this for a few minutes.  It’s more than just talking heads speaking about art.  The last scene really made me reflect.
You see, here we have this inspirational creator, Luc Tuymans, an artist who is at the top of his game. In fact he’s one of the most important artists out there today.  And yet, [...]

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“In the late 70’s I created photographs: long time-exposures done at night in New York City.
While the camera was positioned on a tripod, with the lens opened for several minutes, I moved through urban spaces with a variety of light sources. These were exhibited and published world-wide. Cibachrome prints of these images are available through [...]

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Sorry, I couldn’t think of a better title).
But that’s okay because these next couple of videos are bound to impress you.
Joshua Allen Harris is an NYC based artist who makes his creations out of plastic bags he pieces together.  Then, by tethering them to subway grates on the sidewalk and utilizing the natural currents that [...]

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We all know that Salvador Dali was quite the character.  In this positively surreal clip, Dali appears on the classic quiz show “What’s My Line?”  To say hilarity ensues would be an understatment, as this clip is packed with a distorted sense of reality that seems to follow Dali around like a puppy.  (I think [...]

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Artist Diddo Velema has a darkly funny and cynical gallery with many of our current Presidential candidates, and some who have recently fallen by the wayside.  I can’t help but reflect on whether or not this is more accurate than half the things we see daily from these guys!  Luckily, I support Ron Paul.
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