I love the character design from this new animated promo by Buck for Nike. Watch the short promo, its really nicely put together.
I think well thought out 2D animations like this are few and far between at the moment with everyone seeming to only be producing shiny 3D pieces, with the all too popular physics engines in the latest batch of 3D software to arrive. Rant over…for now.
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A few pints after work around Liverpool Street and a stroll from Bishopsgate to Whitechapel, you could quite unwittingly stumble through ‘Alphabet’ street and be overcome by childhood nostalgia.
Occasional lights appear in windows of the terraced housing above the mishmash of signs of the local shops whose shutters are down for the evening. But rather than fading into sleeply night-time, the street is alive with colour, the once grey shutters sprayed over with lower-case alphabet letters in all sizes and colours. The street adopts a rather vivid cartoon-like quality; the typography may be out of context and more at home in a young child’s reading book but there is a feeling of finesse and style that makes the work of the artist, Ben Eine, specifically distinctive.
His star has risen speedily since his early multiple arrests for vandalising property. President Obama was given an Eine painting as a gift from Samantha Cameron in the last month; the prime minitster’s wife a bizzare benefactor of this ‘hoodie art’ (as so called by the Daily Mail) particularly given her husband’s predisposition towards ‘hoodies’.
The work is not the run-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-and-spray-over-a-stencil-graffiti to which many Londoners are accustomed. The process of obtaining permission from the council and working with the local shops took around a year, the letters themselves about an hour each. The result of this random project? A set of happy shopkeepers and excited passers by; a refreshing breath of creative air next to the imposing city skyscrapers.
Eine’s website shows a personal affinity with the warm, cuddly fairytale programmes of the past and is even a little disconcerting – what with the assorted Care Bears and My Little Ponies jumping out on each page. He is an artist perpetually trying to recreate the delight associated with early childhood and it seems to hold some bearing judging by squeals of delight or smiles seen on the faces of passers by. He’s not just about letters though – some of his more stylised work, canvasses and screen prints can be seen in his website’s gallery. A few of these have light socio-political irony in the vein of one of his old friends, Banksy.
I’d also recommend having a look at artofthestate.co.uk, which is where I first discovered Eine’s alphabet. It provides an excellent collection of urban photography spanning both graffiti and architecture and covers a range of London artists.
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A few prints from Argentinean illustrator/designer Leandro Castelao. Really nice colour and great attention to detail. I love the way the animals take the form of intricate technical drawings. All the above (and more) are available to buy at the Kemistry Gallery, London.
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Mush by La Boca - Available at Counter Objects
I mentioned Counter Print a while back. Since then they’ve opened a ‘new’ online store which I’m super excited about – Counter Objects. Whereas Counter Print specialises in the sale of hard-to-find and out of print books, magazines and journals, Counter Objects focus is more on the product design tip – smashing.
Make sure you head on over and especially check out their growing poster collection. All very well priced.
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I’ve just started working on a new website for the various boys. The concept is hush hush for now but trust, it’ll be something a bit different, nice and creative – like the label itself. Make sure you get subscribed to the mailing list.
Josef Albers (1888-1976) was an influential American artist, teacher, and writer. These album covers were designed for Command Records from 1959 to 1961 and were just featured in an exhibition at Minus Space, Brooklyn.
Via AsileOne
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I don’t really have to say anything… the work above speaks for itself, the detail is CRAZY. Martijn van Dam, plenty more where this came from on his Behance folio.
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Sawdust have a new site up. The first project you land on is the artwork for MVSICA from the Fine Art label – and what a treat it is. Gold latex print covers the downtempo compilation cds title and track-names, included is a plastic counter to scratch off and reveal what’s underneath. Beautiful.
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We love Dieter Rams on this Blog. Spotted this poster on the Design Museum Shop. Its part of a collection of materials produced to celebrate the ‘Less and More’ exhibition currently on. The poster in question details Dieter Ram’s ‘10 Principles’ for good design. There is also a book to accompany the exhibition, which is more than 800 pages deep and looks amazing.
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Great motion work by Bonsajo. Love this sort of thing, great use of shapes, colour and music. Really need to learn some After Effects…
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Spotted this was on at Kemistry Gallery (Shoreditch) and thought I’d share. I’ve not been yet but looking to check it out in the next couple of weeks, as its next to the Studio it would be rude not too.
The exhibition is “Inspired by the collation and sorting of random data sources, Danish design polymaths Nan Na Hvass and Sofie Hannibal are reinterpreting information and expressing it by way of wooden sculptures, hand-benched silkscreen prints and offset posters.” If the poster above is any indication then we’re going to be in for a real treat.
Its running from the 14th January through to the 27th February. Kemistry is open weekdays from 11–6 and Saturday from 11–4, and its free. For a more detailed write up see the Kemistry Website.
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Mark Weaver is a Designer and Illustrator based in the US of A. Above is a collection of some of his prints from his Make Something Cool Every Day series, these are also available to buy. A continual influence for me, Mark has worked with clients such as The New York Times, WIRED Magazine, GOOD Magazine, Dell and American Airlines…
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The Latvian magazine Jaunā Gaita has always had some really fresh cover artwork. Going right back to 1955, Mikus Vanag’s Jaunā Gaita archive details them all. Looking at the gallery you’ll be able to see Jaunā Gaita has a heavy influence on the Bridging the Gap posters.
Aisle One 2010 Calendar
Aisle One is a great graphic design/typography blog I frequent run by Antonio Carusone. This is his 2010 Calendar, and its a treat. Here’s the blurb:
“Limited edition of 50 letterpress prints featuring a calendar with the year printed in English, Italian, French and German. The 2010, the days of the week, and the edition number line are all printed blind. Type is set in Helvetica. All prints are numbered and signed. The calendar size is 16.5″ x 23.5″ (A2) and printed on Crane Lettra Fluorescent White 110# (300gsm) paper.”
Love the clean gridded up design, single colour, blind emboss and letterpress print. More here.
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The Italic Poster by Eivind Soreng
Great poster by Eivind Soreng. A limited run of 100 were screenprinted white on black Plike. Now sold out there might be some around later in the year. I’ll have to get my hands on one of these.
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Stumbled across this little gem the other week. Counter Print is a uk-based website “dedicated to the promotion and sale of Art and Design related material. Often out of print or hard to find, we aim to celebrate both forgotten gems as well as those heralded designers that we all admire.”
Spreads above are taken from ‘Avant Garde 8′, by Herb Lubalin.
Counter Print sells internationaly, specialising in books, magazines, journals, ephemera, photography, architecture, product design, art, graphic design, typography and illustration.
Berni Valenta is from Munich, he draws on old cardboard boxes. Spotted on Behance, these photos are taken from an exhibition in Germany which consisted of 100, each one having its own great unique character.
See the full 100 on Berni Valenta’s Behance portfolio.
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“Make Something Cool” numero trois…
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