Marilyn Minter
I honestly do not believe that there is anyone out there who does not own a t-shirt. The most convenient clothing is not just comfy but a canvas to many. Including your favourite threadless, uniqlo, graniph etc. Be it shameless self-expression or a subtle poetry, designing a t-shirt frees you to get away without an explanation.We like it even more when ts come limited and affordable. This is Gap in collaboration with the Whitney Museum. Purchase
This is my favourite design by current hotshot billboard hogging artist Marilyn Minter. Her photographs exudes the power of an art installation you would see at the biennale.
"It's in the moment when everything goes wrong," she says. "It's when the model sweats. There's lipstick on teeth and the makeup's running."
Knock yourselves out. Best when dirty.
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also you have to consider that newspapers are daily, unlike TIME mag which is monthly. so in this case content will have more priority since everything will be scrapped for a new issue in 24 hours. photographs will be cropped to make way for words, and design is saved for the front page. also being an informational newspaper means that ambiguity has to be avoided sometimes, though many people in a newsroom office do try to push for good photographs and design.. but in the end its the editors say.
that makes a lot of sense because people do not buy newspapers to look at photographs. im wondering though, as a photographer, wouldnt you prefer to have more say in the issues you feel for? Is that where a magazine like TIME comes in
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Kumi Yamashita
Fine artist Kumi Yamashita, plays with the notions of light and shadow to form stunning works that render delusional and subliminal messages that takes a trained mind to catch.
www.kumiyamashita.com
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Apple - Coldplay
Apple releases a new ad featuring Coldplay.
A sequel to the Mary J. Blige one they did awhile back:
The production house behind these stunning motion visuals:
Hellologan
Monday, May 19, 2008
Tim Flach
Animal photographer Tim Flach, brings humanistic value in the various creatures he portrays.
http://www.timflach.com/
Fantastic Man
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Clip/Stamp/Fold
You have the publication, a magazine.
Architecture keeps us all at the edge of our seats.
Combine those and then throw in the great history. The revolution from "little magazines" about your favourite cityscape to the Domus you read today at 15 bucks.
Don't say i didn't caution, this is a timeline that would leave you begging for more.
http://www.clipstampfold.com/
UNIQLO! UT!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Helvetica Vs. Arial
If you don't already know, Arial has been always labeled the cheap imposer of Helvetica; its bogus counterpart, its fake cousin, its illegitimate child... okay. Anyway, in the recent years, people are beginning to question the authenticity and provenance of widely-used fonts such as Arial, Courier and Times New Roman. Some come from credible sources, but others are just mere marketable duplicates indirectly commissioned by Microsoft for usage on their text-editing platforms.
The Scourge Of Arial
How To Spot Arial And Helvetica
How To Spot Arial And Helvetica 2
Most font designers create fonts that are visually inspired by other fonts, and even though Arial has been sourced with all its bad publicity. Helvetica was actually also based on another font; Akzidenz Grotesk. Watch the Helvetica movie!
The font-sensation that hit the western world in the 60s to early 70s, was definitely one to have been liable to many of its sub-creations. Recent copies like Coolvetica, Helvetica Neue have all been the rage in the commercial world. Which really brings us back to the fact that Helvetica has never really left its podium as the King Of Fonts since its creation in 1957. Max Miedinger, where ever you are, you're Typograhy's Steve Jobs.
And to end off, something that got me(typo nerd) hooked:
Helvetica Vs. Arial - The Game
Friday, May 09, 2008
Friday Blues
Your wish is my command :]
This is a cult poster floating around the internet graphic design world.
Anyone care to ID its source?
Nike - Take It To The Next Level
Nike amazes us once again. Hoe do you get those camera angles without the sight of straps?
http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikefootball/en__EMEA/index.html
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Fred Perry - Spring Collection
Anyone digging the new print and web ads for Fred Perry's?
www.fredperry.com/
Jack Radcliffe - Alison
Photography to me is an innate thing, the connectivity of an emotion through a still visual in relations to a photographer, the object and the viewer... sometimes it's a wonder why some photographers discuss more about equipment, the lenses, the tripods, the everything, rather than the art of it itself. I guess to a certain level the equipment substantiates the beauty of a shot, but then again, how much of it should be deemed than the emotional basis of it. Which brings me to another question; how credible is this connection between photographer and object and viewer?
Can we take pictures of objects in an environment we've not explored or known about? How can the connectivity between an object and lens happen if there is no sense of familiarity? The photo series below, titled 'Alison' is by Jack Radcliffe; a photographer who meticulously documented his daughter's growth and development from a child to woman. He captures her life in moments of maturing, rebellion, in her most authentic being. That's something pretty tough to accomplish as a father; being photographers we all know that the art is to capture life at its very essence, while not intervening to mar the imagery with our own fingerprints. Something like being wary bystanders. Imagine how that must feel to be a father watching a daughter's life process without tangibly reacting or hiding any of it from the viewer. That creates something interesting in the relations between all three - viewer, photographer and subject. A series worth the time to absorb and look.
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Alison/49837?=gallery
Sunday, May 04, 2008
USB Digital Camera
Designer Sungwoo Park
A friend showed this to me.
Analog cameras are a rare sight these days among consumers, but this handy dandy device combines both the convenience of modern technology with the randomness and unpredictability of analog photography, just shoot, thumb it into your nearest computer, and you'll never know what kind of pictures you might expect. Kudos!
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Not so, current affair
What happens one day if someone took news and made them aesthetically pleasing? Wouldn't that be good since it would make like a 100 more people want to read it better?
That is completely impossible. And we all know that it is due to the timespan given to churn out tomorrow's papers. Copyrighters, editors and etc cannot afford to wait for designers to get anal about space and form. The appeal of the newspapers goes as far as its functions - its layout for legibility, illustrations and photography for clear cut communication of the event to its most accurate level. There is no time to source for abstract pieces and fuss about expressive typography in the world where today's news becomes tomorrow's trash, tomorrow's news enters our lives.
Sure, one can argue that there are insane designers out there who are able design faster than you can say newspapers. Another reason would be due to a sense of awareness and passiveness towards the current event that newspapers are not over-designed or designed at all. Picture this, an article on the Tsunami or 9/11 flooded with in your face typography. The papers would eventually end up seeming superficial and unreliable. These are people who's lives are dramatically changed and there you are, um, beautifying the layout about their missing family members? This is one such case where typography is a tool and not meaning itself. The type assist the content, not enhance it. Even though we design for a living (soon), we should always be purpose driven.
That said, despite having reasoned it all out, i still find myself incapable of picking up that pile of grey delivered straight to my doorstep daily, let alone read it. I just cant be bothered and that is something no amount of graphic design can change.
However, the same cannot be said for Newwork Magazine. Even if its for 40gsm paper printed in black and white, even if its 13.99USD. Customized typefaces, large format extremely light-weighted papers that you can glue to your wall.
Yes news papers can be flexible like that.
steph wrote at 12:13 PM
i don't know why i just talked so much about that. see ya!
-nart
Friday, April 25, 2008
Help I Need Help
I'm sorry this site has been so dead, Pehma and I have been doing our internships.
Say Hi Steph!
*Steph waves hi from her Atas holland V office, with Justin of Hjgher playing his Opera songs*
Okay, that was pretty lame.
Anyway, www.helpineedhelp.com is a funky new concept online store, that will definitely give you a taste of authentic and honest consumerism. Their T-Shirt Section allows you to type your own Help message over a plain tee, and it will be shipped right to your doorstep.
From the site:
Who we are
While some health problems are large, complicated and frightening, most aren't the end of the world. A kind word and a little help can get you on your way again.
www.helpineedhelp.com
ps: check out their Bored? section, bound to spice up a little of your office routines, sure did for mine. haha
Friday, March 28, 2008
Nick Knight
Alexander McQueen, S/S 2004
http://www.nickknight.com
I don't know if there is a word out of the dictionary complete enough to describe the above image. If there is, it is not known to me.
This is the most powerful.
Nick Knight creates not images but imagery.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Trevor Jackson
Multi-disciplinary designers are popping out everywhere, and Trevor's one whose clean and well-arranged layouts are just representing upcoming names like Kate Moross and others in Europe that's making RCA and Saint Martin's proud.
http://www.trevor-jackson.com/
Home Theater, at
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Item - Suck UK Message Tape
What works better than our typical post-its and doesn't bore our minds with the standard symmetrical squares of yellow? Suck UK, known for their funky and larger-than-life housewares, came up with a message tape that will never have us complaining again. This is definitely going into the ourpermanence team's wishlist.
"it's a tool - it's useful - it solves a problem - it's truly interactive and at the same time can be decorative if desired by the user - you only ever use as much of it as you really need - it's customisable - it can bind things of a completely different nature together - it can be used for heavy-duty utility applications as well as for art installations - it allows you to physically engage with the endlessly re-producible quality of digital information - it makes whatever you have to say look more official."
http://www.suck.uk.com/product.php?rangeID=92
Friday, March 07, 2008
Manuel Dall'olio
When you produce work as good as how Manuel Dall'olio does, you'll be comforted to know you've reached a new level of aesthetics analysis that many of us graphic designers try hard to reach or maintain.
Clean lines, perfect shadows interplayed with multiple dimensional experimentations, proves that this Italy-based designer knows what he's doing with shape and form. Give this some more work and it might just turn into a mind-blowing typeface (sorry, I'm such a typo-nerd)
http://www.manueldallolio.it/
http://www.behance.net/manmatova
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Jim Herrington
Love the grains, the duotones, the undefined borders. bottom line, We would beg for film, photo processing and its irreplaceable results.
Photojournalist, Jim Herrington knew what he wanted to do at the age of 13 after attending Berry Goodman's concert. He has shot for magazines like Rolling Stone (both mag and band), Mojo, GQ & even Gibson Guitars. It seems like musicians inspires photographers in so many ways- that includes the birth of the passion itself. So my question is, between music and photography, which has more impact on people who practices none?
I think it depends on the individual, whether out of what you see or what you hear, which is what you choose to believe in.
βI just stay out of the way,β he says, βand let the subject speak.β
http://jimherrington.com/load.html
I like how the site echoes his photographs.
