We posted about Alki1′s amazing Flickr Stream last year, its an amazing resource, all for free. Great insight to the history of many designs as well as may rare works. Check this smokin hot Paul Rand collection. Drop her a line and say thanks for doing this amazing stream for us all! See more design history collections, pure wickedness.
If Star Wars was filmed two decades earlier and Saul Bass did the opening title sequence, it “might” look like this…This was part of a school project. The song is “Machine” by the Buddy Rich Band off the album Big Swing Face (1967).
Eat it up, thanks Zander!
Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker, aka Karlsson Wilker, were shipped to Africa by the Design Indaba conference. They had them create a new piece of work each day in reaction to their travels. Creative Review has the story.
Swedish design student Martin Nicolausson has some promising work in his portfolio. The Haiku project is particularly interesting.
Netdiver Best of the Year (top 100) has been posted and we are happy to announce our founders (Cina & Young (WeWorkForThem)) have been named in the list. The recognition was for their design of the Commonwealth temp website. Hooray, now back to work…
A 4 minute short about Paul Rand created for his posthumous induction to the One Club Hall of Fame in 2007. Produced for Imaginary Forces by Cara McKenney and executive produced by Maribeth Phillips. Additional I.F. credits go to designer/animators Joey Salim, Jeremy Cox and Liz Centolella and animators Andrew Chung, Sean Eno and Chase Massingill. It was edited by I.F.’s Corey Weisz, with sound design by Derek Lee.
Also, Jay from Magers and Quinn wrote and said that Chip Kidd will be speaking in Minneapolis at the Minneapolis Central Library on February 27th at 7pm. Maybe it’s me, but the ending of that Chip Kidd video freaked me out.
Foundation Projects presents Off-Register, a traveling group exhibition of experimental printmaking.The Off-Register exhibition will showcase prints by a collection of international artists and graphic designers associated through the professional practice of commercial print design, but that do not consider themselves printmakers. This exhibition explores the relationship these artists and graphic designers have to printing and how commercial processes may inform more traditional methods of fine art print making. The title, Off-Register, refers to a mis-registered color plate pass during printing, as well as acknowledging the artists and designers experimentation with the various techniques of traditional printmaking. Each artist will present one print, produced in editions, that utilize and experiment with various traditional fine art printmaking techniques: serigraphy, lithography, etching, various transfer, block printing, as well as incorporating unconventional methods and experimental techniques of print impressions.
OFF-REGISTER CHICAGO (First Stop)
February 29th – March 15th, 2008
Featuring Grotesk vs. Lowrider, Steven Harrington, Cody Hudson, Evan Hecox, Ben Loiz + Carolina Chaves, Geoff McFetridge, Colin Metcalf, Andy Mueller, Michael Perry, Jon Resh, Joel Speasmaker, Todd St. John, Andrew Townsend, David J. Weissberg, WEWORKFORTHEM, and Rory Wilson.
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This CR Article is getting a new hole ripped into it, but I doubt it will hurt sales of Sagmeister’s new book. Most of the “things learned” are common knowledge (at least I think), but people are having a joy ride in the comments over there. Enjoy the drama!
