It’s a bit shocking to me, given my ambivalent relationship with facebook, but one of my all-time graphic design heroes, Martin Venezky of Appetite Engineers, has decided to use a facebook page as portfolio. And given the amount of work they’re posting, and the level of detail they’re showcasing with each piece, it works surprisingly well.

Facebook reticence (and bad image compression) aside, the photo gallery is really worth checking out. Many of the works featured are completely new to me, and they’re some of the most innovative and striking designs I’ve seen in a long time.

I’m currently working on a visual identity project for an exciting arts event this fall in MTL and have been exploring JPG hacking as a technique for generating images. Its a tedious and unpredictable process whereby I mess with the actual code of the file in a text editor, but I think the results are pretty interesting (sometimes).

I’m posting these process shots here in the hope that others that have played with this technique might stumble upon it and offer any feedback/advice on ways to approach the changing/fucking up of code. What do you think?

As of July 1st, Catherine and I have moved into our new apartment. It was a bit of a hellish move and we’ll be living in boxes for a while, but if you want to stop by or send us gifts of encouragement, our new address is:

2139 boul. St. Joseph est
Montréal, Québec
CANADA
H2H 1E6