Check out an interview that David Lang put together with Andy Chung for the MacNeil site. Andy was my intern at MacNeil and just launched a new portfolio site. Check that out here - animalyouth.com
A student from Sheffield has designed a cardboard bike to help reduce bike theft in the UK, while being inexpensive and “eco-friendly”. I don’t know how practical it is, but it looks pretty awesome, and I’m sure it was quite a deal to conquer.
On the other hand, I guess this is also the only way you can get your bike burned down.
I posted on the Kaws issue of i-D a few weeks back and didn’t really have much info other than a few photos and a blog entry from Kaws’s blog… Well, the issue is about to be on the news stands in North America and it’s probably already out in the UK, and to go along with the release, i-D just posted a nice video on their site with Kaws. The video is a short interview piece starting with a bit of history about how Kaws got started and then focusing on the i-D project. I can’t wait to check this issue and I really hope I can get my hands on a Kaws copy.
I’ve had this book for a bit now, I picked it up at one of the antique stores up here in Bellingham. It has some real original - simple design in it, which I really like! I’ve seen some other penguin books on some blogs recently which I forget the names of… that were similar… but haven’t stumbled across anymore in person, check the photos. Continue Reading »
I realize I have quite a book collection, a few records, trinkets, and whatever else I can find that I’ve acquired over the years I thought some people may like - like cassette packaging! Here is a cassette tape package that I really liked.
Check it - Continue Reading »
I just went down to visit my friend Javas Lehn who works at a design firm called Hornall Anderson in downtown Seattle. They basically specialize in every kind of media across the board from interactive to print web to motion graphics. with some 130+ employees working there on the 12th and 13th floor, the space is utilized very well giving a sense of almost complete privacy no matter where you are in more than half of the building which is pretty crazy - it was a really inspiring place to check out! Anyway I met some really nice, talented people there and I just wanted to post a link to their work. enjoy
I seem to go into phases ever few months, were I get obsessed with a different industry or aspect of design… I was really getting into a bunch of fashion stuff a few months back and I’ve been fading into more architecture and furniture stuff lately. I’ve recently come across a handful of great blogs and I thought it would be fun to post some of the site’s I’ve been psyched on… So here we go:
Arch Daily
Apartment Therapy
Better Living Through Design
Blue Ant Studio
The Mid Century Modernist
Dwell Daily
MoCo Loco
Rob Chiu or The Ronin just completed the directing and editing of the Webby Awards Intro Sequence for Digital Kitchen. The Sequence is shot all in one day throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. What really caught my eye was the motion work. There is a really nice use of expressions, motion tracking and 3D, without going overboard. I am not too familiar with Rob’s work, but after a quick glance at this piece I spent a while searching around for more. Here is a you tube link to his summer ‘07 reel, its really good.
Click here for - Webbys Award Intro Sequence
Its been a while since my last post, but I am back again hopefully to get a steady flow of content on this bitch! I just picked up Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far, a new book from a world renowned graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister. The book or I should say the package of many little books is definitely a good read/inspiration. Im into the succinct inspirational reads and I thought this one was put together especially well, with each book dedicated to each of the things - I guess he has learned so far in his life… Infused with great design and beautiful photography the book has interesting topics with one chapter called “material luxuries are best enjoyed in small doses”. I don’t know if it is suppose inspirational or not, but the way that he puts topics into context makes it appealing and makes you think none the less… check it out.
Neubauberlin, the people that put out one of the most comprehensive clipart books that I’ve come across, Nbwelt, are releasing a new typeface and just posted a dope new promo video for the typeface. I came across the video on TypeNue and it includes some images of NBGrotesk as well as graphics from their clip art book. I’m super psyched on all the light flairs and how it looks like you are looking through a bunch of layers of glass.
P.S. If you are into type, check out a nice free font that was posted on TypeNue here.
