while on the topic of imaginary forces, here’s a fun moment of syzygy:
1. I am watching “Long Weekend” (episode 10 of Mad Men)
2. I just finished posting the Paul Rand tribute video
and
3. I have a note here to post the Number 23 main titles
What do all these things have in common? Amazing work from Imaginary [...]
Paul Rand : Thoughts on Design : a short with a plethora of Paul Rand’s work and words, brought to life in witty animation (and sassy beat) by Imaginary Forces. One important part of the Paul Rand philosophy: “Don’t try to be original, just be good.” This striving towards creation of work “with quality” is [...]
the small stakes (aka jason munn) has a new graphics series for insound: 20 graphics for 20 bands on tshirts, sweatshirts, and limited edition posters.
grain edit has a nice little feature on the jose gonzalez concept, from sketch to finish:
although some of the old popstick crew have never forgiven me for the impulse moments of all girl summer fun band hopping (the place needed just a dash of girlyhood once in a while), I bet they will be thrilled to learn that the all girl summer fun band is back with their third album [...]
one day I happened upon my friend johna’s flickr photosteam and noticed these incredible images. beautifully situated inside a curved frame, with some interesting artifacts and weathering, some soft focus around the edges: what are these images? turns out, it is a brilliant method: through the viewfinder photography! take an old press camera (mine is [...]
while on the topic of contests, I am belatedly challenging the precinct to the this american life tshirt contest. I may be submitting something very similar to my corelle plate concept. ha! or might try using this as inspiration for an impulsive photoshoot tomorrow while on a run on old route 10.
Here are the guidelines. [...]
Corelle dinnerwear and Domino magazine are holding a contest to design the perfect plate! Submit original artwork, pattern or design for plateware and one winner will be selected for Corelle’s next line! Artwork submissions are due (I believe) by mid-August, so get your thinking caps on.
I am thinking of doing a texture series of the [...]