June 30, 2010

MALDIVES

ON MAY 29, A 37-YEAR OLD MALDIVIAN CITIZEN NAMED MOHAMED NAZIM STOOD UP DURING THE Q & A PERIOD OF A RELIGIOUS LECTURE GIVEN BY ISLAMIC SCHOLAR DR ZAKIR NAIK, AND ANNOUNCED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE IN ANY RELIGION. THE AUDIENCE OF 11,000 MUSLIMS REACTED VIOLENTLY WITH MANY CALLING FOR HIS DEATH AND SOME PHYSICALLY ATTACKING HIM. THE POLICE INTERVENED THOUGH AND NAZEEM WAS LED AWAY TO THE SECOND BLOCK OF NEARBY POLICE BUILDING ISKANDHARU KOSHI. THERE A CROWD GATHERED OUTSIDE AND DEMANDED THE POLICE GIVE HIM TO THEM FOR BEHEADING. INSTEAD HE WAS WHISKED AWAY TO AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, STILL UNDER ARREST. HIS APOSTASY WAS BOTH A STATE AND RELIGIOUS CRIME. UNDER THE MALDIVES CONSTITUTION, NO ONE CAN BE A CITIZEN UNLESS HE IS ALSO A MUSLIM AND MANY MUSLIMS, INCLUDING THE LECTURER DR. ZAKIR NAIK, BELIEVE APOSTASY FROM ISLAM MERITS THE DEATH PENALTY.

June 28, 2010

EXISTENCE

WHAT IS MAN’S PURPOSE? WHAT STARTED THE UNIVERSE? WHERE WAS GOD DURING THE HOLOCAUST? WHAT IS TRUTH? SHOULD PEOPLE HAVE SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE? WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO FIND HAPPINESS? WHERE IS THE AFTERLIFE? WHERE ARE THE VOICES IN MY HEAD COMING FROM? HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER? WHAT JOURNEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ONE THAT TAKES US CLOSER TO FINDING MEANING IN OUR EXISTENCE?


The Nature of Existence - Original Trailer from Roger Nygard on Vimeo.

ALABAMA

ORANGE BEACH, ALABAMA. MORE THAN 150 KM'S FROM THE BP OIL SPILL OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVE MARTIN / AP.



June 23, 2010

STUDIO COAST

LOGO DESIGN FOR THE ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 'STUDIO COAST' HELD IN TOYKO, JAPAN. PICTURES COURTESY OF TAKAHIRO YASUTAKE.








June 22, 2010

JACK / JOOP

JACK AND JOOP ARE MOVING 4000 KM'S AWAY IN LESS THAN A MONTH. THEY HAVE NO JOBS LINED UP, A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY, A 15 YEAR OLD STATION WAGON AS THEIR SOLE MODE OF TRANSPORT AND A MUTUAL DREAM OF ADVENTURING INTO THE UNKNOWN. THEY'RE THE TYPE OF BEST FRIENDS YOU LOOK FOR; NO STRESS, NO BULLSHIT, NO DRAMAS AND NO BITCHING - THEY DON'T WANT NOTHING MORE THAN A GOOD TIME. IT JUST DAWNED ON ME HOW MUCH I'M GOING TO MISS THEM...



June 20, 2010

PIGGA

I WAS GOING THROUGH AN OLD ALBUM AND FOUND THIS PHOTO OF MY FRIEND PIGGA. LOOK AT HIS WORK HERE AND HERE.



June 18, 2010

KINDA

CROSS PROCESSED OPTIMA

June 17, 2010

SABREZINE 666

ART DIRECTION AND DESIGN FOR SABREZINE 666. DISTRIBUTED IN TWENTY SEVEN COUNTRIES. 












June 16, 2010

BP OIL SPILL II



2.9 MILLION GALLONS OF OIL IS POURING INTO THE OCEAN EVERYDAY. BP'S OIL SPILL IS BEING CALLED THE WORST ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY.

SCIENTISTS BELIEVE BP IS PUMPING BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF COREXIT 9500 UNDER THE GULF OF MEXICO TO HIDE THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LEAK. COREXIT 9500 IS A SOLVENT FOUR TIMES MORE TOXIC THAN OIL, AND WHEN MIXED WITH THE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO ITS MOLECULES BEGIN TO PHASE TRANSITION. THIS TRANSITION INVOLVES THE CHANGE OF LIQUID INTO A GASEOUS STATE WHICH CAN BE ABSORBED BY CLOUDS. IF THAT HAPPENED THE GAS WOULD BE RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE LEADING TO UNIMAGINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE. THESE GASES ARE ALREADY BLOWING OVER AREAS SUCH AS MISSISSIPPI AND FLORIDA. LINDSEY WILLIAMS HAS SAID "IF THEY DO NOT CAP THIS WELL WE ARE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE SINK, WE MIGHT EVEN SEE AN EVACUATION."

WATCH THESE VIDEOS, SHOW PEOPLE THESE VIDEOS, GET ANGRY, START A FUCKING RIOT.




SHERMER

SKEPTIC MICHAEL SHERMER EXPLAINS WHY THE BRAIN BELIEVES STRANGE THINGS.

PETEY


June 14, 2010

ONE HUNDRED

MARLBORO DENIM SHIRT


June 12, 2010

June 9, 2010

PARANOID

HAPPY TIMES, MY FIRST SUNGLASSES DESIGN IS IN THE MARKET PLACE.

June 8, 2010

HITCHENS

THE MAN IS A GURU.

June 7, 2010

June 6, 2010

EIGEN

FUCK THEM.

June 3, 2010

QUIET

ANDY MUELLER'S THE QUIET LIFE WEBSITE FEATURED ONE OF MY PHOTOS.

June 2, 2010

JONES

OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BILDERBERG GROUP. GLOBAL CHANGE IS COMING...

MITCHY

MITCHY'S GOT A GUN.


June 1, 2010

DON'T PANIC

LOGO DESIGN FOR 'DON'T PANIC' FESTIVAL IN TOYKO, JAPAN. PHOTO BY TAKAHIRO YASUTAKE.