Coke Zero + Mentos rocket car

This video shows a special trike that is "rocket propelled" using nothing but Coke Zero and a few Mentos. Kind of the same idea as the baking soda and vinegar volcanoes that I would make as a kid, but of course significantly more awesome. They did a great job on the film too.

new popup website launched

The PopUp website has been offline for several months, since closing down the food business aspect last year. PopUp was intended as a design based company since the beginning, but I just never found the time to get it up and running.  Well, the wait is over... we have new partners, a new business plan and we hope to go public with everything very soon! In the meantime, I have put up a new PopUp website, which will feature our collective design work, a blog and some research projects.
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glow project featured on the cliff garten studio website

CLIFF GARTEN STUDIO

GLOW selected artists announced

From the official GLOW website:

Over 100 artists responded to an open-call for proposals to Los Angeles County artists for Glow and ten were picked for funding.  There is a vast range in approaches, from projects that use very advanced technologies to more traditional media.  All projects do invite the audience to become engaged in the work in one form or another.  Artists’ concepts were developed in response to the physical and/or cultural conditions of Santa Monica Beach and its environs.  One project includes scuba divers, another uses the gymnastic equipment of Muscle Beach and a third uses the historic trellis structure in Crescent Bay Park.  All projects are unique and Glow is delighted to make these artists and their work available to the large audience we expect on September 25.  The artists (and artist teams) are:

• Claudia Bucher
• John Carpenter and Jerry Digby
• Robert Chapin & team
• Anne Herlihy
• Joshua Howell & Aaron Zeligs
• Gil Kuno
• Corey Madden, Bruno Louchouarn & Keith Mitchell
• Chris Nelson & team
• Christopher O’Leary
• Hadrian Predock & John Frane

The proposals were reviewed and artists selected by a panel composed of the following:

• Rita Gonzalez – Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art, LACMA
• Lisa Melandri – Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs, Santa Monica Museum of Art
• Aram Moshayedi, Assistant Curator, LAXART
• Marc Pally - Artistic Director, Glow
• Pam Posey - Artist & Director, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School
• Jay Yan - Artist, Glow 2008 participating artist