Thoughts, likes and founds by Josep Ortega, founder and creative director at Kings of Mambo Interactive Rhythm.Tumblr (3.0; @penguinarmydotcom)http://www.penguinarmy.com/<iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:user:1115662541:playlist:3MJQZHKPu4c9TxUkxWYf0A&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width:500px;height:580px;"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kingsofmambo.tumblr.com/post/24193365927/the-monkey-sessions-feat-javier-arce" target="_blank">kingsofmambo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1>The Monkey Sessions 05.12 feat. Javier Arce</h1> <p>Turn on your stereo ’cause the fifth volume of <a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/1115662541/playlist/3MJQZHKPu4c9TxUkxWYf0A" title="The Monkey Sessions vol.05 feat. Javier Arce" target="_blank">The Monkey Sessions</a> is here and this time our guest DJ is no other than one of the first Kings of Mambo members ever: <a href="http://blog.javierarce.com/" title="Javier Arce's Wardian Case" target="_blank">Javier Arce!</a></p> <p>For this brand <a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/1115662541/playlist/3MJQZHKPu4c9TxUkxWYf0A" title="The Monkey Sessions vol.05 feat. Javier Arce" target="_blank">new compilation</a>, Javier has selected amazing interludes and some fine tunes from his favorite bands: Trentemoller, El Ten Eleven, Milagres, Gablé or Racalmuto. He has also taken care of the cover illustration, which we think is awesome!</p> <p>The Glitch Mob, Santigold or The Chamaleons complete one of our best compilations up to now, including “Brass Monkey”, our private tribute to MCA from the <a href="http://www.beastieboys.com/" title="Beastie Boys" target="_blank">Beastie Boys</a> who passed away a few weeks back. Rest in peace, you funky monkey!</p> <p><a href="http://blog.javierarce.com/" title="Javier Arce's Wardian Case" target="_blank">Javier</a>, our favorite super-talented-creative-developer-writer-designer-illustrator-and-ex-dictionary-eater, is now living in Madrid after spending some years in Amsterdam and creates amazing projects for the company <a href="http://vizzuality.com/" title="Vizzuality" target="_blank">Vizzuality</a>.</p> <p>Mr. Arce was one of the first developers to join <a href="http://www.kingsofmambo.com/" title="Kings of Mambo" target="_blank">Kings of Mambo</a> at the very beginning, but even as he left the company many years ago to find his own path, he gained the honor to be a King of Mambo for life <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://www.kingsofmambo.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"/></p> <p>Uno! Dos! Tres! Cuatro! Cinco: Maaaaambo!</p> </blockquote>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/24193402282http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/24193402282Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:33:03 +0200Kings of Mambokingsofmambokomjavier arceSpotifymusic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4sm9mpeKb1rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Helvetica Bike by Borja García Studio</p> <p><a href="http://www.helveticabike.com/" target="_blank">http://www.helveticabike.com/</a></p>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/24002022557http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/24002022557Tue, 29 May 2012 18:39:20 +0200helveticabikebicycleborja garcía studiocustomfonttypographytype<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jkamcWmn1rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.featureshoot.com/2012/04/record-sleeves-organized-by-color-photographed-by-george-benson/" target="_blank">Record Sleeves Organized by Color Photographed by George Benson</a><br/> Alison Zavos, <a href="http://www.featureshoot.com/2012/04/record-sleeves-organized-by-color-photographed-by-george-benson/" target="_blank">featureshoot.com</a></p> <p><em>This series pure­ly looks at the color of the record sleeves group­ing music by color alone, mix­ing rich cross gen­res of sound togeth­er. The unseen col­lec­tion of music, avoids the need to name or iden­ti­fy to influ­ence or be known. Inste…</em></p> </blockquote>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23683326173http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23683326173Thu, 24 May 2012 21:18:00 +0200recordsleevesgeorge bensonmusiccovercolor<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/42562659" width="400" height="190" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Forty Story by Pentagram</p>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23603160415http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23603160415Wed, 23 May 2012 12:46:50 +0200the forty storypentagramvideovimeo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4akak0plp1rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/9275101/Pencil-vs-Camera-by-Ben-Heine.html" target="_blank">Pencil vs Camera by Ben Heine</a><br/><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/9275101/Pencil-vs-Camera-by-Ben-Heine.html" target="_blank">telegraph.co.uk</a></p> </blockquote>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23376054439http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23376054439Sun, 20 May 2012 00:39:00 +0200pencilcameraphotophotographyben heine<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46141hbhq1rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>@praystation aka Joshua Davis starting the process on his awesome mural at #offfbcn (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at Offf2012)</p>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23224801318http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23224801318Thu, 17 May 2012 13:55:00 +0200offfbcnjoshua davismuralpaintinginstagramofffestofffbarcelona2012<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m45mi2x7b51rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/05/gale-force-winds-directly-to-the-face/" target="_blank">Gale-Force Winds Directly to the Face</a><br/> Christopher Jobson, <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/05/gale-force-winds-directly-to-the-face/" target="_blank">thisiscolossal.com</a></p> <p>Lithuan­ian pho­tog­ra­ph­er and artist Tadao Cern has been work­ing on a series of hilar­i­ous por­traits enti­tled, ahem, Blow Job, that depicts indi­vid­u­als endur­ing gale-force winds direct­ly to the face. Say good­bye to the next 15 min­ute…</p> </blockquote>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23217808669http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23217808669Thu, 17 May 2012 08:39:00 +0200windfaceportraitphotophotographychristopher jobson<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m43rysMfDo1rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.lostateminor.com/2012/05/15/historic-black-and-white-photos-of-new-york-city/" target="_blank">Historic black and white photos of New York City</a><br/> Zolton, <a href="http://www.lostateminor.com/2012/05/15/historic-black-and-white-photos-of-new-york-city/" target="_blank">lostateminor.com</a></p> <p>The Atlantic, which has to be the finest mag­a­zine in Amer­i­ca, have com­piled a remark­able col­lec­tion of pho­tos from the newly released data­base of the New York City Munic­i­pal Archives. Their col­lec­tion num­bers some 2.2 mil­lion image…</p> </blockquote>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23154773379http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23154773379Wed, 16 May 2012 08:42:28 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42nthQ4Qo1rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Goonies never say die!</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/37-Posters/690930" target="_blank">37 Posters on the Behance Network</a>)</p>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23107500523http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23107500523Tue, 15 May 2012 18:15:00 +0200illustrationmoviepostertypographygoonies<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m429mzLUvA1rn9b0xo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/helvetica-my-hero/3578945" target="_blank">helvetica, my hero on the Behance Network</a>)</p>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23098561749http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/23098561749Tue, 15 May 2012 13:08:00 +0200helveticaheroposterillustrationtypetypefacetypesfontsuperheroescomicmovie<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3uwiuA4xK1rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Minimal Dragon Ball posters</p>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22836616687http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22836616687Fri, 11 May 2012 13:42:30 +0200dragon balloolonggokuson gohanakira toriyamaboosatan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ujp0Ss4f1rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://abduzeedo.com/surreal-world-mcbess" target="_blank">The Surreal World of Mcbess</a></p>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22831305567http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22831305567Fri, 11 May 2012 09:05:24 +0200mcbesssurrealillustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3so6cJqpz1rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.surfermag.com/photos/winters-shore/" target="_blank">Winter’s Shore</a><br/> By: SURFER, <a href="http://www.surfermag.com/photos/winters-shore/" target="_blank">surfermag.com</a></p> </blockquote>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22769239442http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22769239442Thu, 10 May 2012 08:46:59 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pyge6PXX1rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/08/100-ideas-that-changed-graphic-design/" target="_blank">100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design</a><br/> Brain Pickings has a free weekly newsletter and people say it’s cool. It comes out on Sundays and offers the week’s best articles. Here’s what to expect. Like? Sign up., <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/08/100-ideas-that-changed-graphic-design/" target="_blank">brainpickings.org</a></p> <p><i>From visu­al puns to the grid, or what Edward Tufte has to do with the inven­tion of the fine print.</i></p><p>Design his­to­ry books abound, but they tend to be orga­nized by chronol­o­gy and focused on con­crete -isms. From pub­lish­er Lawrence…</p> </blockquote>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22665451205http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22665451205Tue, 08 May 2012 21:36:14 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3prs6jUPU1qde92mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>R.I.P. Maurice Sendak</p>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22658389086http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22658389086Tue, 08 May 2012 19:17:14 +0200maurice sendakwhere the wild things are<iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:user:1115662541:playlist:7Irsub8mMQC7ciqXTOBQJy&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width:500px;height:580px;"></iframe><br/><br/><p>By Kings of Mambo</p> <p><a href="http://www.kingsofmambo.com/blog/the-monkey-sessions-04-12-feat-eloole/" target="_blank">http://www.kingsofmambo.com/blog/the-monkey-sessions-04-12-feat-eloole/</a></p>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22583544080http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22583544080Mon, 07 May 2012 14:08:00 +0200musicspotifythe monkey sessionskings of mambokomeloole<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33434885?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://beautifultype.net/post/17425640403/futura-le-specimen-anime-from-thibault-de" target="_blank">beautifultype</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/33434885" target="_blank">FUTURA, le specimen animé</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6908615" target="_blank">Thibault de Fournas</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22580892673http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22580892673Mon, 07 May 2012 12:24:07 +0200futuratypographytypetypefacetypesanimationvideovimeoPaul Renner<iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:track:2tY1gxCKslfXLFpFofYmJQ&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width:500px;height:580px;"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://newsweek.tumblr.com/post/22389367641/you-funky-monkey" target="_blank">newsweek</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>You funky monkey.</p> </blockquote>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22390412510http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22390412510Fri, 04 May 2012 19:53:51 +0200<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z5rRZdiu1UE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>R.I.P. MCA. Long live the Beastie Boys!</p>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22390374560http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22390374560Fri, 04 May 2012 19:52:55 +0200beastie boysmcasabotagevideoyoutube<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3hlyyiFlC1rn9b0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pictogram movie posters</p>http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22373632990http://www.penguinarmy.com/post/22373632990Fri, 04 May 2012 09:25:00 +0200designfubizmoviepictogrampostertron