Triangles make you dance!

I'm probably the last person to notice this, but lately it seems many electronic dance music artists making great use of triangles and/or pyramids in their graphic design. I want to believe that it's in no small part due to the cultural ripples from Daft Punk's pyramid stage.

But I think it probably has more to do with 80's retroism. Here's a great example in this cool video from Phonat.



There are countless other examples:

Miami Horror

Visitor

VEGA

Even music blogs are getting in on the action.

And on and on and on....

Speaking of Daft Punk's pyramid stage, if you haven't seen it yet, you must check out this "behind the scenes" look at the French duo's gear that Mixmag published a while ago. Warning: you are pulling back the curtain on the mystery! (Click for the full sized image.)

Sixxth Street Dos Equis Advertisement

I can't help but feel an overwhelming sense of civic pride when one of my favorite brands of beer chooses the street on which I live as the basis a delivery truck ad. Yet another advantage of living just a few blocks from the heart of Austin's entertainment district!

Just how pedestrian/cycle friendly is Vancouver?

I swear this would happen to me all the time. Press the button and BOOM, the light changes.



Okay, so it's not Germany or the Netherlands, but for North America, it's pretty damn good!