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MULTISTOREY
2007-10-30 00:45:00 Super Design Market / London Design Festival exhibition graphics by Multistorey
THE BIG 4 UNVEILED
2007-10-26 22:51:00 Channel 4's big sculpture is a towering installation that mirrors the channel’s on-air identity, with metal bars forming the instantly recognisable logo only when viewed from a particular angle. More images and info here.
BUILDING BLOCKS
2007-10-23 23:29:00 Artist Kumi Yamashita uses light and forms to create very life-like silhouettes of people. There is a great video of some of the work in motion on youtube More About: Building , Blocks
MYSTERIUM TREMENDUM
2007-10-20 05:31:00 Check out Brazilian artist Bruno 9Li's incredibly vibrant works on paper. More About: Trem , Myst
THINK BEAUTY
2007-10-18 22:53:00 Nice public typography piece by 'Something Planned' using weaved ribbon and a chain linked fence. More About: Beauty
TYPOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS
2007-10-18 04:57:00 German designer Tobias Battenberg has a nice photo collection of typographic projections on buildings.
SOLAR DECATHLON DC
2007-10-15 16:25:00 If your in the DC area between October 12th - 20th check out this years Solar Decathlon . The Solar Decathlon is an annual competition in which 20 teams of college students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. The houses are open to the general public help raise awareness about renewable energy technologies. Full gallery here
DORIS SALCEDO AT TATE MODERN
2007-10-11 15:29:00 Doris Salcedo’s latest installation Shibboleth was recently installed at the Tate Modern in London. Shibboleth is a very large crack in the concrete floor that spans the length of the Turbine Hall.
SUPER FIBER REVOLUTION
2007-10-09 22:38:00 Tokujin Yoshioka's approach towards structures of the future follows the idea that, to achieve great strength small light fibers should be systematically organized. More About: Fiber , Super , Revolution
ROBERT STADLER
2007-10-07 23:22:00 Designer Robe rt Stadler created and displayed a lighting installation inside the church of Saint Paul in Paris last night during Nuit Blanche all-night cultural festival. The installation consist of eight illuminated globes forming a question mark.
"UNREAL" ART
2007-10-04 23:36:00 Very nice artwork generated by data from the game Unreal Tournament. Each image represents about 30 mins of gameplay in which the computers artificial intelligence plays against itself.
STINA PERSSON
2007-09-30 02:28:00 Stina Persson is a Swedish illustrator who creates beautiful paintings primarily with watercolour.
TYPE WORKSHOP
2007-09-21 04:04:00 Typeworkshop origins from workshops organized by Underware in various locations in and around Switzerland. The goal is for participants to search for interesting shapes that work well as a repeated module for a 'pixel font'. This one module/shape can be anything, 2 or 3 dimensional, geometric or non-geometric. The participants then collect lots of these modules and start sketching the alphabet, encouraged not stick to a grid and apply it manually into a physical environment both big and small. Loads of projects in their archive worth checking out. More About: Workshop , Type
MARIAN BANTJES
2007-09-18 04:04:00 Marian Bantjes recently worked with Pentagram to develop beautiful typography pieces for a recent Saks Fifth Ave campaign titled "Want It" More About: Marian , Maria
UVA TAKE ON BATTLES
2007-09-14 18:24:00 United Visual Artists have brought their light installation skills to the promo for Tonto, the next single from the band Battles . Produced by Warp Films, the 8-minute video sees the group performing amidst a sea of poles of light – each one responding to the fractured sounds within the track, which is taken from Battles’ recently released album, Mirrored. - via CR
VISUAL COMPLEXITY
2007-09-13 15:12:00 Manuel Lima is an interaction designer, information architect and design researcher who runs visualcomplexity.com. His site has a great archive of information graphics and network visualizations. More About: Visual , Visual C , Lexi
CITYSCAPE
2007-09-10 06:29:00 CITYSCAPE is a gigantic sculpture of tangled wood that will stand for one year on the Prowinko building site on Avenue de la Toison d'Or, in the heart of Brussels' luxury district. The inauguration of CITYSCAPE will coincide with the world premiere of the new MINI CLUBMAN on september 14th. The work is of Arne Quinze, Belgian artist and artistic director of Quinze and Milan. More About: Scape , Cityscape
INSECT54
2007-09-06 15:23:00 Much like the Joe Kral's Flickr set of vintage penguin books, Insect54 also posted a range of graphic design photos from his personal collection of books and posters. Including the works of Karl Gerstner, Alan Fletcher, and Herb Lubalin. A good source for inspiration.
A 40 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
2007-09-04 19:03:00 I made my way to New York this weekend to experienced the '40 Year Retrospective ' of Richard Serra at the MoMa. One of the sculptures shown in an exhibition for the first time is 'Sequence'. Sequence is a sculpture constructed of 12 ribbon-like plates that weighs a total of 243 tons. The interaction between sculpture and spectator is unbelievable. When you walk though the eighteen feet high steel walls you can see them consistently shifting angles and bending your perception, you feel your equilibrium faltering, but pleasantly so.The 40 year retrospective ends September 10th.
LISA RIENERMANN
2007-08-31 19:06:00 German designer Lisa Rienermann explores photographing building forms and sky to create type.
TYPE IS IMAGE
2007-08-30 14:47:00 Paula Scher is one of the finalist for the National Design Awards for 2007. (Paula Scher has been a principal in the New York office of Pentagram since 1991) More About: Type , Image
MODERNISM IN MEXICO CITY
More articles from this author:2007-08-28 01:36:00 Michael Rojkind of Rojkind Arquitectos is making a name for himself and modernism in Mexico City . His most recent design is of the Nestle Chocolate Museum in Mexico City . The bright red origami-inspired building was designed and constructed in just 2.5 months and now serves as a public space where visitors can learn about and witness the production of Nestle chocolate. 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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