Helmo.fr
Tuesday June 30th 2009, 10:30 am
Filed under: inspirations

helmo_lux

In counterpoint to Sunday’s post, I’m loving the work of French design duo Helmo. Rigorous, boldly graphic and smart without being pretentious. Their cartographic posters done for lux* blows my mind.



Distorted Perspective
Sunday June 28th 2009, 3:55 pm
Filed under: inspirations

distorted-perspective

Beautiful, grungy, and poetic design work from Colin Smith of Distorted Perspective. I love the fact that he’s got a lot of his work available as pdf’s for download and I love that he’s working in a style that many have abandoned exploring for the gloss of web 2.oh… stayin’ true to his (and my own) design roots and fighting the good fight. The photography work is also top-notch. All round inspiring stuff (and lots of it) to be found on his recently relaunched website.



Emanuelle Enchanted: MA Type Workshop 2004
Friday June 26th 2009, 6:07 pm
Filed under: inspirations,miscellaneous,type and typography

Emanuelle Enchanted was a collaborative typography project conducted by my fellow students and I during our MA course at the London College of Printing in 2004. The two-day project was based on a brief by tutor Paul McNeil that instructed us to design selected extracts from experimental theatre company Forced Entertainment’s play of the same name. The results, when seen as a whole are pretty impressive, and I’m reminded of how lucky I was at the time to be surrounded by so many talented individuals.

Part two after the jump.

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Sexy Letters
Wednesday June 17th 2009, 12:33 pm
Filed under: inspirations,type and typography

Airside Letters for Wallpaper

Here’s a beautiful set of sexy “illuminated” letters designed by Airside for Wallpaper‘s Sex & Art issue. Graphic, in both senses of the word. You can find the backstory, sketches, and more visuals on Airside’s Blog.



Kevin Ledo “Vandalism” Photo Set
Thursday June 11th 2009, 8:47 pm
Filed under: inspirations,miscellaneous,photography

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Montreal artist (and Four Minutes to Midnight contributor) Kevin Ledo is probably better known for his beautiful and seductive portrait paintings, but it turns out he’s a bad ass street artist as well!

More proof after the jump, smiles guaranteed…

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6/4 20 years since tiananmen
Thursday June 04th 2009, 12:03 am
Filed under: miscellaneous,news

The first protest I ever attended was at the age of 11, outside the Chinese embassy in Toronto.

Grab bag of web content below. If you have anything to add, please leave a comment…

The Lost Voices of Tiananmen (BBC podcast)

BBC audio slideshow

Frontline documentary: The Tank Man

Tiananmen footage

What I saw at Tiananmen (WSJ)

Bao Tong Interview (WSJ)

Internet censorship in China (wired)

Internet censorship in China (NY Times)

Internet censorship in China (CBC)

History Matters: Remembering Tiananmen (and Abu Ghraib)

#tiananmen twitter