a few things I am really tickled about this weekend:
1. just received my lines & shapes subscription (with the first three volumes), providing not only ample reading material, but hopefully a spur for 47!
2. lena corwin (a creator and contributor of lines and shapes) also just put out a book printing by hand. I am [...]
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:
My current commute to visit the nice folks at Modernista! a few days a week has me walking past this at least twice a day. A nice way to not look at the temporary wall of green plywood at 460 Harrison Ave, miniaturized posters of the work sell to benefit ARTcetera (for AIDS Action) at [...]
Is it a new fad, or is it a solution for the reference or morgue file clippings that I have scattered all over my work area (and desktop)? Hello, image bookmarking! Hopefully, this will be the answer to my inquiry two years from now about the great info graphic in the Sunday times magazine (right [...]
Indulging in my ongoing obsession with wildlife-inspired graphics, I recently came across Charles Harper. In a style he called “minimal realism”, Charley Harper looked at nature as a series of shapes, patterns and textures, all amounting to a colorful phantasmagoria that inspires his simplified and controlled compositions.
“There’s some who want to count all the [...]
There are usually only seven or eight people in the world who hear about things after I do, and three of them are in jail. It follows, then, that you have probably already heard about this man who drew a self portrait on the earth by sending a GPS device on a world tour using [...]
we made sure to get to new york before design and the elastic mind closed… some of our favorite things:
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fervent spring is making my “research” a bit slapdash, but a nice cushion of time makes for lots to look at (plus, studio mates make good recommendations)! hence, in no particular order:
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looking at the plethora of zines at Quimby’s, it was [...]
Fwis (www.fwis.com), beloved for their little ReadyMech cut and paste toys (and for the pinhole cameras for Corbis, above). I just learned that they also have a Covers blog, a commentary on contemporary book design (that is short and pithy). (Print’s NVA profile)
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Holly Gressley [...]