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PJ’s Smoothies Campaign
Students Diego Machado and Ricardo Motti of the Miami Ad School ESPM, Sao Paulo, created this campaign for PJ’s Smoothies. The crude collage technique feels kitschy and fun…
Mickey’s All Brains
Emilio Garcia, creator of the popular Jumping Brain, designed this brain pattern Mickey Mouse for the Mickey Brand Halo Show that started June 29th in Times Square, Hong Kong. This Brain Mickey is the first of Emilio’s Brain Pattern series with many more to come in the future. I’m interested to see what other “objects” Emilio will envelop in brain texture.
Skull Cathedral, Otranto, Italy
I just stumbled upon a story about the "Skull Cathedral of Otranto," which is located in the quaint sea-side town of Otranto, Italy and houses and displays the skeletons--arranged with great care and a decorative eye--of 800 Catholic martyrs in glass-fronted cases behind the altar. A local tourist website tells the story of the Cathedral's unusual interior decoration thusly: in 1480, the city is under attack by the Turks; the "Turkish commander summons 800 inhabitants, all of the able-bodied men, and forces them to choose between the Muslim faith and death. All 800 [martyrs] are beheaded on the hill of Minerva, and their skulls are preserved in the cathedral." (source here.)
And does the name Otranto ring a bell? It did for me, too. I find myself wondering if this cathedral and the grisly events which it memorializes comprised any (if not most!) of the inspiration for Horace Walpole's 1764 famous Gothic novel The Castle of Otranto.
