Archive for October, 2008
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 by
Mike Frans
Either they were filming scenes for the next Harry Potter movie in Regent's Park last week, or the Telegraph has photos of the annual Frieze Art Fair.
Over 1000 artworks exhibited in 150 galleries, with even more – like the all-knowing, all-seeing skull shown above – on display outside. Just in ...
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 by
Mike Frans
Deroy Peraza is the man behind one of the many well-designed Barack Obama posters you may have seen this election season. His "New Hope" poster was exhibited in Denver during the Democratic National Convention, where it caught the eye of Cynthia Odier, founder of the Switzerland-based emerging-art gallery Flux Laboratory. ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 by
Mike Frans
Sure, we've all had fun bashing Papyrus and Comic Sans (heck, some designers even love to trash Helvetica). Now another font comes in for a good smackdown: Trajan. That's right, Trajan: the movie font.
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 by
Mike Frans
Here is a three part 1991 interview with legendary graphic designer Paul Rand, creator of logos for IBM, ABC-TV, Westinghouse, UPS and hundreds more. Even after his death in 1996, Paul Rand remains one of the most famous graphic designers in the world.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008 by
Mike Frans
If Jennifer Maestre asks if she can borrow your pencil, you’re never going to see it again. Not unless you go to her website later and see her latest creations.
Maestre cuts, drills, sharpens, and sews pencils together into sculpture, and also does some handy work with nails. Sporting what she ...
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