There are still a (very small) handful of tickets available for the Mashup 2007 conference presented by my friend Anatasia of Ypulse. If you're going to be in the Bay Area July 16th and 17th and want to get the…
Continue Reading →I love it when any artist takes hold of a trend like mashups-- and not only encourages, but enables the fan to be creative. The Beastie Boys placed a whole slew of their a capellas on the web for download--…
Continue Reading →Two trends are still holding strong in 2009 - the popularity of Twitter and mashups. Using only XHTML/CSS and Javascript, the clan at Quodis Labs has created a beautiful real-time visualisation of updates in the Twitterverse. Dubbed Tori's Eye, visitors…
Continue Reading →Comics meet couture in a clever mashup at Barney's New York. This display for fashion designer Azzedine Alaia repurposes two mannequins as the iconic black and white spies from Mad's long-running comic, Spy vs. Spy. Barney's is known for its…
Continue Reading →We've written about the music of Daft Punk, Barack Obama action figures and Daft Punk designer toys, but I never imagined I'd have the occasion to write about all three in one post. In the latest mashup of politics and…
Continue Reading →Mash-ups? Over? Never! While it's kind of a fad to say you've moved on, don't forget how many disparate flavors still haven't been swirled. The question now is one of quality. The Jaydiohead album doesn't stick to just one album…
Continue Reading →With summer blockbusters now an afterthought, and Christopher Nolan's masterful $500 million plus Dark Knight film slowly fading from memory, it's time to hit the refresher button on one of our favorite superheroes. Batman has existed in many incarnations, perhaps…
Continue Reading →UrbanMedium is Derek and Heather, a husband/wife design duo who use paint, paper and the street to broadcast messages. Their iconic images use a mashup of pop culture and historical figures to provoke thought. One of their best-known prints, CheTrooper,…
Continue Reading →If there was any doubt that in the 21st century toys = bonafide art, Christie's recent pop culture auction -- including $625 vinyl figures from Huck Gee and Joe Ledbetter --settled it. Now, Phillips de Pury & Company is following…
Continue Reading →Gregg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, might just be the Mash Up king of the world. (Here are some tracks to listen to and tour dates to keep up with on his Myspace page.) His latest album creation, Feed…
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