CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATION

Check out Christoph Niemann's Petting Zoo, an interactive app for iPhone and iPad. Download at the iTunes Store.. Also available for Android.

THE STORY OF MY APP Posted by Christoph Niemann

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/03/christoph-niemann-petting-zoo-app.html#ixzz2OsPRrOj8


"The painful and inevitable struggle remains to create in a childlike and openhearted manner, but to be un-wistful and cruel when judging one’s creation."

Let It Dough!

Unpopular Science
Christoph Niemann's "Abstract City" Continued:
The Haunted HouseholdCome Rain or Come ShineGood Night and Tough LuckNew York Cheat SheetsThe Boys and the Subway

Browse Inside the Book

mural by Christoph Niemann

A foundation has built colorful new libraries in public schools, luring well-known artists and illustrators to create works for their walls.

ILLUSTRATION: Christoph Niemann

Roll Call(Read about Lilly Ledbetter here.)

And here is another roll call onSen Gramm's bill for deregulation, or as he calls it "Act to enhance competition in the financial services industry."

(The Community Reinvestment Act was in effect for 30 years without causing any problems whatsoever. It was not until mortgage brokers, realizing how much money could be made by making home loans, bundling and selling them, and avoiding the risk of holding them, began making loans to anyone with a pulse and even to some without one.)
This idea of faulting the CRA originated in the anti-regulation wing of the far right, and the goal is to blame government intervention for the current economic meltdown, and to score political points by blaming Democrats.
Is more, or less regulation needed on Wall St.? In the long run it won’t matter what the American public is thinks about this. Wall St. will need stronger regulations if the rest of the world is going t…

Illustrations by Ana Juan and Roz Chast

In a unique collaboration, artists from The New Yorker and other leading figures from the contemporary art scene have created illustrations, paintings, and sculpture inspired by the Met's new production of Humperdinck's beloved opera based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. The works are currently on view in the Met's exhibition space, and many of them also appeared in a portfolio in a recent issue of The New Yorker. Here's The New Yorker Slideshow.

THE POLICE CLOUD

(Thanks to pixie stix kids pix)