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Brand Schmand
Like lots of other stuff that experts thought was worth a lot that now is magically worth a whole lot less, maybe your brand has lost fantasy 'worth' faster than your tract house in San Bernardino.
"In periods of economic dislocation, brands that were supposed to be gilt-edged guarantees of success have never provided the kind of cushion that marketers imagine they will."
NOTHINGSOMETHING NOTHING:SOMETHING:NY Graphic Design Kevin Landwehr Devin Becker
Nothing/something is a brooklyn based design agency is led by my two old university coherts, kevin and devin. their work has a very physical and textural elegance that conveys a really nice sense of age and intimacy to the projects they create across the board.
A.B.C I Morituri Te Salutant I The New Chapter
17 Minutes of pure pleasure.Nico Stumpo is so freshing & inspiring.
Madnessssssssss.
Art / Design : Sfaustina™
"SFAUSTINA is an artist graphic designer from the Bay Area. He thrives on making works of art reflecting the everyday elements in life through merging illustration, collage, graffiti, typography and graphic design. He has contributed artistically to public works project in the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy. Recently he used his illustrations to help promote the use of bio-diesel for PG&E. SFAUSTINA participated in an artist series for Burton Snowboards and has been featured in numerous youth culture publications such as IdN, Design is Kinky's Semi-Permanent, and COLORS magazine."
Brilliant work by one of my Flickr friends. Never been to his site until today. Loving it.
Urban Art Book
The official book about world's biggest Urban Art event.
A colourful journey through works of more than 60 international artists implied in an event that turned the Ingenio (Canary Islands) emplacement into the greatest outdoor Urban Art museum.
Their works, their experiencies and their styles reunited in more of 260 pages.
Hardcover book, 270 × 190 mm broadside,
264 full colour pages in English and Spanish
ISBN-13: 978-84-612-7308-9
With actions from: 333, Asma, Boe, Bonim, Ces, Dems, Dibone, Dome, Dran, Fons, Freack walls, Escif, Hanem, Jank, Kiam, Logan, Loomit, Maclaim, Mast, Morse, Nano4814, Okuda, Otes, Reso, Rois, San, Scien & Klor, Sen2, Sex, Scottes Gang, Sixeart, Spl, Spok, Sye, El Tono, Uw, Wip...
More info at Urban Art Book official site.
ND10 Call for entries
Netdiver just turned 10 and we are staging a number of on-going design competitions as a way of celebrating and you are invited ! How about designing cool merch for the occasion? Brief info and guidelines for 1 inch button (badge) and 4×6 postcard.
A panel of leading creatives will select the top designs that go into production for the Feed your Eyes limited edition - vintage collection to be released next Spring (2009). Nice huh?
Graf & Guilt
I'm never really bought the 'fight the system' mantra of most graf artists, who in the end aren't doing much more than the type of self-promotion that = marketing in another context. That said, 10 months in County seems pretty harsh. Beware hipster college-graduate graphic designers, of which "Buket" is one.
"A Field Guide to the Stamps of the World" by Gavin Potenza
Tiny, user-submitted, limited-run, amazingly high-quality and archival artwork.
Stunning stamps. Almost makes me want to send letters again. Almost.
Surfstation