Visual*~*Revolution

What better way to recreate the likeness of greats such as Jim Morrison, Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, James Brown, Freddie Mercury, and Elvis than to depict them using their music as a medium? Mirco Pagano and Moreno De Turco used an array of the musicians’ own albums to create portraits that stunningly capture the facial expressions and body language of each icon. But the project is more than just a tribute to thee stars. It’s part of Piracy, a campaign against illegal file sharing by the advertising agency TBWA based on the idea that these deceased musicians were cheated out of their success and ultimately brought down by music piracy. The theme is underscored in an accompany video, which shows Michael Jackson literally withering away as CDs swallow him up.

Crocheted Jacaré is the latest work from Brooklyn-based artist Olek, who traveled to Brasil for the 2012 SESC Arts Show in order to encase a massive playground shaped like an alligator in her trademark crochet covering. With the help of several colleagues Olek covered the reptilian playscape in North Carolinian acrylic yarn and Brazilian ribbons over a period of several weeks.

Korean artist Lee Kyu-Hak creates beautiful mixed-media paintings (mosaics?) by wrapping small wooden wedges with colored newsprint that mimic the brushstrokes of famous artists. Lee’s artworks appear mostly to be reinterpretations of pieces by Vincent van Gogh, but  there are a few original compositions as well. See much more over at Yesong gallery.

One way to ward off vandals, it turns out, is by beating them to the punch. If potential targets for spray-painting have already been transformed into colorful canvasses, then would-be taggers have nothing left to do except admire the work.

A personal infographic design project by Paulo Estriga, Which Countries were really the Most Successful in London 2012? compares the Top 10 medal winning countries with a normalized set of data showing the number of medals per one million people in the population of each country.

Sitting in a chair all day is dangerous in many ways. Yumi Sakugawa has drawn up a handy cartoon that you should probably print out and post on your office door, teacher’s lounge bulletin board, or just keep bookmarked.

Could this be the moment that television officially lost its spot as America's favorite medium? A survey by InMobi, a mobile ad company, of 1,055 people asked how much time they spend interacting with all forms of media. Users responded that they watched TV for 141 minutes a day. But they spent 144 minutes a day—26% of the nine hours they used various media—with their phones.

Students lose a lot of information over the summer, especially when it comes to math. As a teacher, that means, you must spend the first few weeks of school reviewing formulas, concepts and basic math skills. Make the process easier with these 10 back to school review tools. Not only your students quickly brush up on what they’ve forgotten, they will enjoy doing it.

A sweet and timeless photo from Thierry Bornier

An infographic to help you keep that posture looking good while working those long hours at the computer.

People love to learn by examining visual representations of data. That’s been proven time and time again by the popularity of both infographics and Pinterest. So what if you could make your own infographics? What would you make it of? It’s actually easier than you think… even if you have zero design skills whatsoever.

This summer French paper artist Mademoiselle Maurice (previously) took her unique style of urban origami installation to the streets of Hong Kong and Vietnam where she created some of the pieces shown here. To be clear, the hexagonal pieces above were created in Paris just prior to her trip to Asia which you can learn more about (plus see many more photos) on her website.

For his fans, Gotye’s YouTube mash-up made entirely from covers of his hit “Somebody That I Used to Know” is one doozy of a love letter.The Belgian-Australian artist (real name Wally De Backer) released the video via his YouTube channel this weekend.

A view of the giant flower carpet, at the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium, on Aug. 14. The biennial flower carpet is made of thousands of Begonias and takes place during 4 days.

Are you a tweetin’ teacher? Do you rely on tweets for your extended PLN? Whether you use the service or not, there’s a whole world of information being shared and you should start taking part.

Light Painting Mosaics Made from Hundreds of Individual Exposures by Brian Matthew Hart.

Russian photographer and artist Alexey Bednij creates images that make one look twice. Manipulating the shadows of subjects in black and white his works create a serene yet slightly confusing image which draws the viewer in to explore the photograph and question its reality.

LA-based artists Case Simmons and Andrew Burke have combined their respective forces of art and music to form the collaborative art team Simmons & Burke. By using images and accompanying audio files culled from hours upon hours of browsing the web, Simmons & Burke have managed to create work that is culturally pertinent, art historically referential and slightly compulsive in its technological obsession.