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Kozyndan
Kozyndan is the joint pseudonym of Los Angeles–based husband-and-wife illustrator team Kozue and Dan Kitchens, known in particular for their whimsical and occasionally absurd illustrations of modern cityscapes. Education and background The pair met while majoring in illustration at California State University, Fullerton. Since then, their projects have included CD covers for bands such as Weezer, The Books, and The Postal Service, clothing (including lines of illustrated shoes), and posters for companies such as Nike, Inc. Kozyndan care deeply about the topic of wildlife conservation. Video game work The team has created conceptual designs for American McGee's video game '' Bad Day L.A.''. Other video game work includes the cover design for '' The Urbz: Sims in the City'' and artwork using characters from Katamari Damacy. Australia In the spring of 2011, Kozyndan toured Australia, with exhibitions in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney. A portion of the proceeds went to benefit the J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dublab
dublab is a non-profit music public broadcasting internet radio station based in Los Angeles. They have also been involved with art exhibitions, film projects, event production, and record releases. These shows are archived and downloadable on the dublab website. dublab also broadcasts on KLDB-LP on 99.1 FM in Los Angeles. ''dublab'' was founded in 1999 by Jonathan Buck, Mark McNeill and fellow students from KSCR Radio at the University of Southern California. Their name is a portmanteau of dubbing and laboratory for the combined meaning: a place of experimenting with sampling music. Examples of this, besides their stream, is their film production ''Secondhand Sureshots'' where they gave producers, such as Daedelus, five dollars to buy albums from thrift stores and sample the music to create new tracks. Another in audio/visual form is ''Into Infinity'' a collaboration with Creative Commons. It is a group art exhibition of around a hundred vinyl record sized circular artworks an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Postal Service-Such Great Heights
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Katamari Damacy
() is a 2004 action-puzzle video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. The game's plot concerns a diminutive prince on a mission to rebuild stars, constellations, and the Moon, which were inadvertently destroyed by his father, the King of All Cosmos. This is achieved by rolling a magical, highly adhesive ball called a ''katamari'' around various locations, collecting increasingly larger objects, ranging from thumbtacks to human beings to mountains, until the ball has grown large enough to become a star. ''Katamari Damacy''s story, settings and characters are highly stylized and surreal, often both celebrating and satirizing facets of Japanese culture. Designer Keita Takahashi struggled to pitch the game to Namco's superiors, eventually seeking student aid from the Namco Digital Hollywood Game Laboratory to develop the project for less than 1 million. As director, Takahashi emphasized concepts of novelty, ease of understanding, and enjoyment. ''Katamar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
American Video Game Designers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Married Couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and between them and their Affinity (law), in-laws. It is nearly a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies between cultures and religions, and over time. Typically, it is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be Premarital sex, compulsory before pursuing sexual activity. A marriage ceremony is called a wedding, while a private marriage is sometimes called an elopement. Around the world, there has been a general trend towards ensuring Women's rights, equal rights for women and ending discrimination and harassment against couples who are Interethnic marriage, interethnic, Interracial marriage, interracial, In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
American Women Illustrators
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sims In The City
Sims, sims or SIMS may refer to: Games * ''The Sims'', a life simulation video game series ** ''The Sims'' (video game), the first installment, released in 2000 ** ''The Sims 2'', the second installment, released in 2004 ** ''The Sims 3'', the third installment, released in 2009 ** ''The Sims 4'', the fourth installment, released in 2014 * SIMS Co., Ltd., a Japanese video game publisher and developer * Sims (bidding system), a bidding system in contact bridge Science and computing * Secondary ion mass spectrometry, a chemical analysis technique * Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology, a psychology questionnaire * Single interface to multiple sources, an ontology-based approach to data integration * Student information system, computer software for managing student records * School Information Management System, a student information system by Capita Companies and organizations * SIMS Co., Ltd., a Japanese video game publisher and developer * Sims Metal Mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton (CSUF or Cal State Fullerton) is a public research university in Fullerton, California, United States. With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the California State University (CSU) system, and its graduate student body of more than 5,000 is one of the largest in the CSU and in all of California. As of fall 2016, the school had 2,083 faculty, of whom 782 were on the tenure track. The university offers 109 degree programs: 55 undergraduate degrees and 54 graduate degrees, including 3 doctoral programs. Cal State Fullerton is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". It is also a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and is eligible to be designated as an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). CSUF athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the CSUF Titans. They compete in the Big West Conferen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bad Day L
Bad or BAD may refer to: Common meanings *Evil, the opposite of moral good * Erroneous, inaccurate or incorrect *Unhealthy, or counter to well-being *Antagonist, the threat or obstacle of moral good Acronyms * BAD-2, a Soviet armored trolley car * Bank account debits tax, an Australian tax * Bcl-2-associated death promoter, a pro-apoptotic protein * Team B.A.D., a professional wrestling tag team Films * ''Andy Warhol's Bad'', a 1977 film * ''Bad'', an unfinished film by Theo van Gogh * ''Bad'' (2025 film), an Indian Kannada-language action thriller film Music Performers * B. A. D., the Taiwanese boy band, who formed in 1998 * Big Audio Dynamite, Mick Jones' post-Clash band, from London * Royce da 5'9", the American rapper known as Bad, in the group Bad Meets Evil Albums * ''Bad'' (album), a 1987 album by Michael Jackson * ''BAD'', or ''Bigger and Deffer'', the second album by LL Cool J, 1987 Songs * "Bad" (U2 song), 1984 * "Bad" (Michael Jackson song), 1987 * "Bad", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
American McGee
American McGee is a retired American video game designer. He is best known as the designer of ''American McGee's Alice'', its sequel '' Alice: Madness Returns'', and his works on various video games from id Software. Early life American McGee was born in Dallas, TexasBirth record for American James McGee - Dallas, Texas, Birth Index, 1903–1997 - Ancestry.com to an eccentric mother who was a house painter. His only interaction with his biological father was on his 13th birthday, a meeting which turned violent as McGee's father drunkenly assaulted him that night. McGee was highly creative and was gifted in mathematics and science, taking an early interest in computer programming. He was eventually accepted to a magnet school for computer science. In explaining where his name came from, McGee has said that his mother was a hippie and was inspired by a woman she knew in college that named her child "America": McGee had a number of stepfathers when growing up until his mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
