Please check out Grain Edit, a graphic design blog that my former roommate started. I write an occasional post about new designers that I like. It’s a great resource for rare out of print design from the 50/60s as well as interviews with new designers, fun stuff, book giveaways, mustaches, and lots of images. Tell all your friends!
Ha! This statue is hilarious! I would love to see more of these.
just saw the trailer for the new wes anderson movie, the darjeeling limited. looks like more of a move toward the royal tenenbaums(!) than (his last movie) the life aquatic (which i hated).
anyway, it looks really fun.
my goals for this summer were to get an internship and to make a new website. i finally got an internship, so now i have to make the website. so i won’t be putting anything up here for a little bit while i work on that.
(laughter)
in the meantime, i came across a few *hilarious* skittles commercials. check ‘em out: here, here, and here.
here’s a quick image of what the future napkinman site may look like.
One of the funniest videos I’ve seen in a long long time.
My second of three projects is a poster project. And since my teacher is a big time gig poster designer, we were given cd’s for different bands. I got John Vanderslice. Anyway, in reference to an earlier post regarding a book project I have to do using photography I thought I would pass on the John Vanderslice Photo page. I believe he uses a Leica M6, and maybe a digital camera as well.
I was impressed at the amount of photos/galleries he as made over the years, and the quality. When I think of a musician chronicling “being on the road”, it usually sounds pretentious and lame. “Just worry about the music, man!” But I was surprised by the thoughtfulness and consistency (and breadth) of his work. Really cool.
Plus he has a rad last name: Vanderslice! Just say it aloud, you’ll love it!
we just finished a big logo project in my design class. the project is to design three personal symbols based on 1) personal characteristics/idiosyncracies 2) the meanings of one’s names 3) and initials.
to clear up possible confusion, the first symbol is a combination of a first aid cross and a brush stroke.
also, none of the symbols were created with a computer — all were hand inked with a compass, brush, and photocopier.
when i was 7 i used to get buzz-cuts all the time! then one time when i turned 24 i grew my hair out to a wacky length and height. later while still 24, i fashioned a beard, similar in length and breadth to my hair. it turned into a big bushy, hairy, complicated mess. still later, while still 24, i cut it all off. now i look as close to 7 years old as when i was 7!
the whole process was thoroughly documented by professional photographers. go to the collection!
i’m back in school finally, and loving every minute with my crew. this semester i have to make a photo-based book for a graphic design class. exciting, no? it’s all fun until you shred your thumbs off with an x-acto knife while binding, and get blood on a member of your crew’s powerbook.
while brainstorming for projects, i try to research as much as possible, so i only take what’s *really* good from what has already been done. no seriously, it’s difficult for me to shoot with a concept, and easy to just go for a “look”. i’m including a few photo-based links that i think are pretty fabulous in terms of content/ideas and aesthetic quality. mike-slack.com, jasonfulford.com, and jandlbooks.org.
i have an idea of something i want to try for said book project, but i will wait until the aforementioned time to disclose said facts.
that last post was a joke. i didn’t do anything to the blog all summer. ha ha! sorry.
oh, and about those radiohead tickets, i didn’t get them. i waited and waited, and clicked when i was supposed to click. i smacked the computer too. but some friends said the show was great. great!