Nom Now Wheat Pasting

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Matt Goold under Nom Now

This past weekend I took a trip into the city with my brother in graphic design, Mike Smith, along with a few helpful friends to continue the spread of Nom Now. I’m kind of a baby (at least for right now) when it comes to this stuff, but I wanted to help further this idea as much as I could, so I decided to film it and compile a video. It documents the work, and immortalizes the often short life of street art. Nom Now is all about making yourself a better person and the world a better place. These posters are largely inspirational. Those two facts are far from being new notions, but the approach to them is what sets them apart. These aren’t the inspirational posters hanging in your elementary school classroom. I hope this inspires all of you to become active and creative. No one is going to give you permission to make the world a better place, you just need to go ahead and do it.

Keep an open eye for this stuff, it’s popping up everywhere.

Michael J. Ritacco, Fraud & Corruption

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Matt Goold under Clothing, Nom Now

Many of you already know who Michael Ritacco is, and are quite familiar with his latest brush with the law. For those of you who don’t, he’s the superintendent of the Toms River Regional Board of Education. In other words, he’s the biggest name in all of Toms River regional schools.

A few days ago his house was raided by both the FBI and the IRS for what we are told is part of an investigation for corruption. This honestly comes as no surprise, and raises more of an “it’s about time” reaction. I know that coming from the perspective of students, parents, and teachers, Ritacco often came off as pompous to say the least. He’s the kind of guy who has an enormous building, that became the centerpiece of the school district, built and named after himself, but can’t provide new books to the high schools. Looking for a few more kickers? In addition to his wife, he’s got a girlfriend…her house was also searched. And oh yeah…that guy Chris Christie? They’re pals.

I found it so fitting how “Michael J. Ritacco” and “Fraud & Corruption” went so hand in hand, both as words and an in real life, that I wanted to make something to show that one was just an extension of the other. Feel free to post this wherever.

Check out the article on nj.com

Impeach Chris Christie

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Matt Goold under Nom Now, Poster

Since my “Chris Christie Sucks” poster has gotten so much traffic, I wanted to expand on it and create something a little more “school friendly”. Not that “sucks” is particularly a crude word, and there are far worse words he deserves, but I was trying to think of something that could be hung in an elementary grade classroom. Teachers, students, parents, and those who care about the future of any of those… feel free to print this out and show your defiance at your public school. Here’s to hoping for a better New Jersey.

Mike Smith Studio Visit

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Matt Goold under Nom Now, Poster, Video

I got a chance to get into the studio with Mike Smith to watch as he made some shirts for the band We Were Once Children. I’ve known Mike for 3 years now and watched him just completely nuts with all forms of art. Do your self a favor and start checking his blog on a regular basis, he’s continually putting out lots of quality work.

Champlain Sunset

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Matt Goold under Nom Now

The idea for this just came to me one day. I don’t know where or why, but the way it looks now just entered my head, and I finally made it. I like when that happens. Mike and I saw the movie Art & Copy a few months ago and one part that I really just loved was when they talked about how creative people don’t know where their ideas come from, they just arrive. It’s really a blessing.

I know it’s impossible to tell, but the photo is the sunset at Lake Champlain in January of 2009. I took it while crossing the lake from Vermont to New York on a ferry with Ian, Jeff, and John.

Well, how far?

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Matt Goold under General, Nom Now

I continue to be inspired by the Nom Now movement, and I hope that many of you are as well. This is a wallpaper for anyone who’s interested, just click the photo and it will give you the big boy size.
Continue making the world!

Julius Various

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Matt Goold under General, Nom Now, Poster, Printed Work

It’s been a long while, and I want to show some stuff that I did over the past few weeks, that slipped through the cracks and never got put up anywhere.

I made this poster for my friend Amy Fread for her birthday.

My friends from Black Churches asked me to help them out with a design for their new EP cover. I was happy to do so. The album was actually released today. Don’t be a dope, just listen to them.

The printed version was done up by Radish White Ice Design.

And lastly, here’s a Nom Now idea I had a while ago that I just forgot about until now.

I promise I’ll have more stuff up soon.

Flutes And Horns

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Matt Goold under General, Nom Now, Poster

This is for Mike. Sitting through an aesthetics class full of music majors and listening to them try to relate readings that are talking about visual art to music, is something that makes you want to assault everyone in the classroom. God knows I’ve been there before.

Flutes and Horns

NOM NOW

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Matt Goold under Nom Now

Towards the end of my last semester, in talking with two of my good friends Michael Smith and Kevin Dixon, we wanted to exercise our thoughts with a visual campaign. The idea of “now” and creating your own outcome by being active spawned each of us to create a few posters all revolving around the same idea, which turned out thankfully all quite different. This project became known as Nom Now, with “nom” of course being the french word for name. Mine are below, and check out Kevin’s as well as his other work at www.kevdixon.com too much good stuff going on there.

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