Contraband is a new book by Taryn Simon. The book is a collection of phởtographs taken over the course of five days in November of 2009 during which Simon lived at New York City’s John F Kennedy International Airport. The book features phởtographs taken 24 hours a day of over 1,000 items that were either detained or seized from international […]
Being from Michigan, particularly outside of Detroit, I always have an interest in what is going on in that area. Detroit itself is a vanishing city; with the American car market tanking, the city has lost the majority of its population and jobs, and crime is up and tourism is down. A friend recently told me about an […]
Way back in 2007, before the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs’s commissioned Ethiopian born artist Julie Mehretu to construct a 23′ by 80′ mural in their new steel and plate glass building in lower Manhattan. The now-complete mural has come under a lot of recent controversy, the obvious being the $5 million dollar commission from Goldman Sachs, who […]
Last week a few of us from the office went to Collaboration: The Heads of State AIGA event. The Heads of State is the design and illustration studio of Jason Kernevich and Dustin Summers. Brought together by their mutual love for Bob Ross, the duo started out creating low-budget concert posters from a small studio apartment in […]
Now that it is FREEZING in the city there is no better time to invest in a new quilt. Soft-Maps are quilted maps of neighborhoods, parks and cities. These maps are meant to be used and kept close to your heart. You can purchase Brooklyn neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Williamsburg, Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill, […]
Who doesn’t love a good drop cap? Daily Drop Cap is a project created by designer, typographer and illustrator, Jessica Hische. Each day she will post a new hand-crafted initial cap with instructions on how to use it in your website or blog. Check out some of my favorites below!
While walking to work on Park Avenue South the other day I noticed something peeking out from behind the buildings. On the side of a building where movie poster advertisements are painted was a poster for the new movie The Informant! I immediately noticed it because of the hand drawn type and illustration. The posters normally painted there are […]
I recently noticed a new commercial from Absolut Vodka. I have always been a fan of their design and advertising but this commercial caught my eye with its use of typography.
The spot was created as a part of the In an Absolut World campaign by the advertising agency TBWA\CHIAT\DAY. The concept is groups of artists coming together in different […]
One thing I love more than a well-designed book cover is a well-designed series of book covers. Penguin recently published six non-fiction classic editions using a rare image from the Magnum archives on the book jacket. The book title, author and barcode are placed on the spine and a removable sticker is used on the cover so the dramatic impact […]
I have always loved the illustrations and stories by Maurice Sendak, especially his book Where the Wild Things Are. I cannot wait to see David Eggers’ screenplay adaptation of the book in the film directed by Spike Jonze, as Rick posted about before. Sendak’s stories and illustrations have inspired so many people that I was excited when […]
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