We went through hundreds of zines today from the Expozine archives in preparation for the next issue of Four Minutes to Midnight (details coming soon). Amongst many things, I was struck by the beautiful illustrations of Shawn Kuruneru and wanted to give him a little shout out.
I’m currently computerless in London right now (my apologies for the lack of images and brevity of this post), but I thought it would be worthwhile to share the news of the BA & FDA Roundabout show at my Alma mater, the London College of Communication. I was at the private view last night, and it was truly overwhelming (as is London in general, I’m finding) with the sheer scale, diversity and spectacle of the event. Not to mention the incredible talent involved!
If you’re in London over the next week, be sure to check it out. I was particularly impressed by the Design for Graphic Communication cohort and the work from the Graphic and Media Design Typo/Graphics course.
Sandbergh Wednesday Lectures poster by Anja Groten
Eurovision 3000 report spread by Anja Groten and Janneke de Rooij
It was such a pleasure to meet these brilliant ladies from the Sandbergh Institute last week in Nijmegen. Check out Anja and Janneke’s work and prepare to be amazed by Dutch design goodness!
If you’re in Amsterdam next month, their diploma show The Future’s so Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades promises to be something special.
In Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls, and developed with contributions from users.
A simple idea, perfectly executed, beautiful and relevant… This project gives me some interesting ideas for the future development process of the Fugue. Could a similar approach be applied to collaborative poetry and its typographic expression?
I had been meaning to write a post about my obsession with typography for a while now, as I feel it’s something I’ve neglected on this site, but unfortunately I still haven’t found the time. Then I discovered Sam Winston‘s beautiful, poetic, obsessive, intelligent and meticulous art work. Winston’s explorations mirror a lot (if not all) of my interests in type and language, but his execution is far more exacting, patient, and painstaking I imagine.
I’ll save my intended post for another time, there’s certainly much more to say, but for now, enjoy Sam’s work.
New Visual is a newly launched “inspirational resource minimalist blog-a-thing” curated by Simon Carrasco, Philippe Laurent, Anne Laure To and myself. Expect a wide assortment of posts relating to art, design and contemporary visual culture. Follow and enjoy!
First up, long admired political art collective, The Beehive Design Collective, have launched a kickstarter campaign to mark their 10 year anniversary. I remember first seeing their work during the FTAA protests in Quebec City back in 2001, and just recently referenced their work in a class I was teaching as an example of an approach to a visual essay. Check out the video above to learn more about their important and inspirational work, and if you’re in the states, help ’em out so they can keep printing and get yourself some beautiful posters while you’re at it.
