Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Studio Visit (14): WordToMother

This short film explores the creative process of this London based artist who likes to work with materials that “had a life before”…

 

Artist Profile : WordToMother from Andrew Telling on Vimeo.

(Found via Wooster Collective)

Monday, August 30, 2010

Michael Kenna

Michael Kenna is said to be one of the most influential landscape-photographers of his generation. Take a look at this short docu for an introduction to his work. There is also a somewhat longer version of this film to be found at www.michaelkenna.net and of course you can see plenty more of his beautiful photographs there. Highly recommended.

 

 

As an extra, a small selection of winter landscapes…

 

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(Found via www.triangulationblog.com)

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Marian Bantjes

A Canadian “graphic artist”, who’s work is conceptual and ornamental. She talks about intricate beauty by design.

Please meet: Marian Bantjes.

 

More? Visit www.bantjes.com

(Found via The Casual Optimist)

Friday, August 27, 2010

Moshun

This is an animated typeface called Moshun (get it? get it?), designed by Calango (aka Jeroen Krielaars) from Amsterdam. For more of his work, visit www.calango.nl. (Don’t forget to check out the amusing about-page. Just click the “and also”-button…)

 

Moshun from Jeroen Krielaars on Vimeo.

 

(Found via Kitsune Noir)

Thursday, August 26, 2010

SMSlingshot

It’s stupid. I know…

 

 

Check out VR Urban at www.vrurban.org

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Francois Berthoud

I don’t think we ever had fashion-illustrations on Monsieur Bandit. To be honest, most of them don’t do it for me. These did.

 

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For more work by Francois Berthoud, visit his website.

(Found via Artskills)

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Signage & Polaroid Negatives

This is the work of Craig Crutchfield. He wants to document old signage, afraid that soon they will all be gone. To do so, he uses the negatives from Polaroid films, the part that is usually thrown away. Good concept. Nice results.

Check out his set on Flickr for the full experience…

 

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Crutchfield is a designer at McGarrah Jesse. Follow the link to check out their work.

(Found via DesignWorkLife)

Monday, August 23, 2010

Telephoneme - MK12

Inspired by educational films from the 50’s and 60’s. Part live-action, part animation. Strange. Beautiful. About the science of the alphabet and hidden messages carried by language (apparently…). Made by design collective MK12. With its own typeface.

 

TELEPHONEME | MK12 from MK12 on Vimeo.

Find the typeface for download here. (Also for more info…)

(Found via The Casual Optimist)

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Peter Zimmerman

I don’t know what is wrong with me, but I am developing some sort of tendency to appreciate more abstract-looking (and sometimes even downright full-fledged honest-to-goodness real abstract) pictures. It doesn’t hurt, but it worries me…

This is work by Peter Zimmerman from Germany.It’s epoxy resin on canvas.

 

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More work by Zimmerman here.

(Found via But does it float)

Friday, August 20, 2010

Bookshelf Porn

After an half hour of feverously clicking one photograph after another, I suddenly realize how spot on the title of this blog really is.

And yes, I feel shame.

But only some…

 

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Visit bookshelfporn.com.

There is nothing better, really…

Hillman Curtis – Artist Series

Hillman Curtis is a filmmaker, designer and author. You can spend many a fine time on his site, watching his short films. Do check out the “artist series'”, little documentaries/interviews with people like Milton Glaser, Lawrence Weiner, Paula Scher and Stefan Sagmeister.

The short film below is a good example of the power and beauty of Curtis’s films. Four illustrators (Christoph Niemann, Steve Brodner, Robert Grossman and Viktor Koen) talk about art director Steven Heller. And about illustration, of course. They’re just sitting around a table, talking. Nothing more, nothing less.

I could watch stuff like this all day…

 

For more, go to www.hillmancurtis.com.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Photography: Tarmac

These are photographs of the tarmac at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, made by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.  They are not monochrome abstract paintings. I guess they could have been.

And in a way, they are.

 

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For more on Yann Arthus-Bertrand, go here. (in French)

(Found via Planetary Folklore)

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