THAT'S DEAD GOOD THAT

JAMES BLAKE

2011-02-05T17:13:00.001-08:00

James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream from Alexander Brown on Vimeo.

The album drops tomorrow. Sweeeeeeeeeeet. Cannot wait!

ASHKAN HONARVAR

2011-02-05T16:59:00.001-08:00

http://www.ashkanhonarvar.com/

PATRICK KELLEHER

2011-01-21T09:17:00.000-08:00

A pretty sweet music video by Sophie Gateau for musician Patrick Kelleher.

http://www.myspace.com/patrickkelleher
http://www.sophiegateau.com/

KEVIN J. HSIA

2011-01-19T15:42:00.001-08:00

http://cargocollective.com/artistfriendship

FONTS IN USE

2011-01-19T15:35:00.000-08:00

A really rather good new blog by three heavyweight type identifiers/savants — Sam Berlow, Stephen Coles, and Nick Sherman — that "will catalog and examine real-world typography." Great examples of work, and thoughtful commentary. Bookmarked.

http://fontsinuse.com/

ANAGRAMA

2011-01-19T15:10:00.000-08:00

These guys are bloody good....

Anagrama are based in Mexico and after viewing their work online I couldn't decipher what to share and what to leave out on here. All of their work (predominantly branding) is so ruddy good its annoying.

I especially love their taco business cards, now thats a clever idea!

http://www.anagrama.com/home

MAGICK MOUNTAIN

2011-01-19T14:56:00.000-08:00

Magick Mountain - One For My Ego from The Pop Manifesto on Vimeo.

windows media player visuals on an epic scale.

JAMIE WOON

2011-01-10T18:44:00.000-08:00

Proposed poster idea for Jamie Woon's Liverpool gig next month. I might screen print it, thoughts?

KNIT KNIT KNIT

2011-01-09T11:50:00.001-08:00

Latest poster for Knottingham Trent Knit Society's upcoming events.

TEENGIRL FANTASY

2010-12-14T09:59:00.001-08:00

Hoop Dreams from Sam Gurry on Vimeo.

A beautifully mad video by Sam Gurry.

http://vimeo.com/user1543591/videos

myspace.com/teengirlfantasy

BIN BIZAY

2010-12-13T18:19:00.000-08:00

Eyup, been a while since i've used the old blog but there's good reason for that. Hectic work schedule, deadlines to meet and all that malarky. Finally i'm done for the year at Uni though so I can take a nice month long break for Christmas and New Year. As well as finishing my University work i've just finished setting up my new website. Well it's not officially a website, it's a cargo account, but it's a start.
go have a peak if you wish........

http://cargocollective.com/thatsdeadgood

I'm hoping santa will get me a web domain name for christmas, along with a few typefaces and some lovely design books. It's a long shot but the money towards those would be nice, that and a bunch of printed business cards.

Anyway, happy holidays, and I'm sure you'll get see a lot more posts up on here over the next month with me having so little to do to keep myself occupied when I go home this Christmas.

LYKKE LI

2010-11-26T07:38:00.000-08:00

Lykke Li - Get Some (Director: Johan Söderberg) from Lykke Li on Vimeo.

SEXY

6 DEGREES OF SEPERATION

2010-11-08T09:40:00.001-08:00

Below are six posts on six different designers/design duos who link from one end of the spectrum to the other. This was a university research project where our blog is meant to 'show incremental shifts from the funky, unorthodox work of Antoinne et Manuel all the way to the rigorous typographical experimentation of Emigre'. So keep on reading....

6 DEGREES OF SEPARATION: ANTOINE ET MANUEL

2010-11-08T09:23:00.000-08:00

Antoine Audiaul & Manuel Warosz are a graphic design duo, studio and both professional & personal partners.
The pair work and live in Paris, where they have created some stunning work over the years. Recurring themes that seem to run through each of their pieces is the use of flowing lines, of organic feel, often though with more structured lineal lines like those used in their version of the Paris subway map.

Above: Antoinne et Manuel's version of the Paris Metro Map

Colour is also used to great effect in all of their pieces, a great example being the invites and catalogue designs created for Christian Lacroix that they are well known for. When observing their work I can also see how they like to toy with geometric shapes and play around with contrasts between soft and sharp edges. Their pieces are always printed in the highest of quality, which seems to add more class and value to what they do, using techniques like foil blocking & die-cutting.

Above: One of their Christian Lacroix invites from 2007
Their design work seems mostly to have been constructed digitally although many pieces have been illustrated by hand, such as their ‘Photographier’ poster designed for the Collection Lambert en Avignon in 2002, which happens to be one of my favourite pieces of theirs.

I Love how the piece, along with others designed for Lambert en Avignon, were drawn completely with felt tip pens, often thought of as a child’s artistic tool, which they have picked up and utilised so perfectly when other designers simply shy away from using such a material.
The pair have also delved into other areas such as furniture design, something that only makes me admire them more for their skills.

6 DEGREES OF SEPARATION: M/M PARIS

2010-11-08T08:51:00.000-08:00

M/M Paris are another design duo based in Paris, set up in 1992 by Mathias Augustyniak & Michael Amzalag. The pair work in many realms, most prominently art direction for fashion, but work within music, art, film, publication design and experimental typography.
They have an immensely impressive list of clients that includes the likes of Prada, Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, Madonna, Vogue Paris, Adidas and many more. Perhaps their most recognisable pieces are those of an illustrative approach. Their series ‘dessin dans l’image’, translated as ‘drawings in the picture’ are exactly that, drawings applied onto images of female models that you’d expect to see in a high-end fashion magazine.
M/M have experimented further with their illustration work but have also created some high-end design based pieces and highly experimental typography to prove how versatile they are. Their typography work where they have constructed letters of the alphabet through the use of photos of models are a great example of this.

Above: One of the pieces from their ‘dessin dans l’image’ series
Below: M/M's experimental typographic piece 'The Alphabet'
The duo themselves have stated in the past that they’re influenced by post punk aesthetics as well as the more strict and structured approach of the Swiss school of graphic design and the more emotional and sensitive Polish school. Despite this they still to me, have a very Parisian design feel about them, much like Antoinne et Manuel, with the exception that they tend to use much darker colours and tones compared to their Parisian counterparts.
M/M Paris over their 18 year existence keep on proving they’re no one trick pony, constantly taking part in new artistic ventures, such as their two year involvement in designing a matruschka-like carved out book about Kubrick’s unfinished film ‘Napoleon’, which was a limited publication that sold for around £500 per piece. Their most recent project, in collaboration with Swedish brand Bryedo is their first eau-de-parfum fragrance labelled ‘M/MINK’, inspired by the smell of solid Asian ink they regularly use across their designs. That alone is territory never before crossed by a designer and only goes to show how far they like to push the boundaries, and how successful they have been in the fashion world.
Their work within fashion has crossed over many areas, and it’s their involvement with high end men’s fashion magazine Arena Homme + between 2007 and 2009 that links them onto my next artist. For those two years they were creative directors for the magazine, working on several issues, before the position was taken over by Graphic design heavyweight Neville Brody......

6 DEGREES OF SEPARATION: NEVILLE BRODY

2010-11-08T07:59:00.000-08:00

One of the biggest names in Graphic design today (if not the biggest), Neville Brody has had a career that has spanned over three decades to date. Hailed by many, and hated by some, his skills cannot be apprehended no matter what your view on him may be.
He first shot to prominence in the early eighties when designing record sleeves for various record labels, before working on cult British magazine ‘The Face’ as an art director. He has since worked for other magazine and newspapers such as City Limits, Arena, The Guardian and more recently The Times in 2006, where he was given the task of creating a complete re-design for the paper and created the typeface ‘Times Modern’ used as the body text for the paper, to replace Times New Roman that had been used since 1932.

Above: The Face magazine who Neville worked for as an art director during its heyday in the eighties
Below: An exclusive wallpaper subscribers magazine cover which translates as 'I hate design' designed in 2009

His studio, Research studios was created in 1994, which now has a presence in New York, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and of course London. The company has worked with a wide array of international clients, too many to mention.
Brody’s style was originally influenced heavily by the punk movement of the 70’s, which was in full flow when he was studying as a student in London. This punk aesthetic has followed through his work ever since, evolving and changing through the years due to the birth of the digital era.
Brody is known for his many skills but his experimental typography is perhaps at the forefront of everything he has accomplished in his hugely successful career. He was one of the founding members of FontWorks in London where he created many notable typefaces, as well as with Fuse, an experimental typography publication, which has produced three major conferences, with more planned for the future. Fuse is published by ‘FontShop’, an online digital type retailer set up in 1989 along with German typographer Eric Spiekermann……

6 DEGREES OF SEPARATION: ERIK SPIEKERMANN

2010-11-08T07:37:00.000-08:00

Born in 1947 in Germany, Spiekermann is a self confessed ‘typomaniac’, whose whole career and life has revolved around the art of typography. Over the years he has created many typefaces such as FF Meta, ITC Officina, FF info and many corporate typefaces. His style in contrast to Neville Brody could not be more different, taking a more structured and constrained approach to his typography work, focusing on creating typefaces that are traditional and as legible as possible, most often sans serif ones. He is an author of books and articles based around typography, his most prominent being ‘Stop Stealing Sheep & Find out How Type Works’.
In 1979 he started up the design firm MetaDesign, a ‘global branding and design firm’, that has worked with clients such as Adobe, Apple, Sony & Coca-Cola. It is the largest design firm in Germany, which has offices across the globe much like Brody’s Research Studio, buts it’s approach combines clean, teutonic-looking information design and complex design systems. Spiekermann left Meta in 2001 and started up Edenspiekermann although it has gone through various name changes since it’s birth.

Above: Type specimens of Erik Spiekermann Below: FF Meta, a humanist sans-serif typeface designed for the West German Post Office and 'dubiously' hailed by some as the 'Helvetica of the 1990's'

Spiekermann has won various awards for his contribution to typography and was the first person to be inducted into the Hall of Fame by the European Design Awards for Communication Design, which only goes to shows how highly regarded he is in the world of design.
In the Helvetica documentary film released in 2007, Spiekermann is interviewed amongst many other illustrious designers, and discusses not only the subject of Helvetica but his love of typography in general, and how he feels his typography should improve legibility without being noticed. His subtleness is his style, a style he feels should communicate to the public subconsciously. Also in the interview he vents his disapproval of Microsoft and it’s approach to typography, going as far as calling the company ‘despicable’ and ‘mean bastards’ for creating bad typefaces because ‘they can’t be bothered to pay the licence fees’ for good typefaces, although concluding that “Matthew did some cool stuff for them”, referring to highly respected typographer Matthew Carter, who has worked for Microsoft and is also interviewed in the documentary.

6 DEGREES OF SEPERATION: MATTHEW CARTER

2010-11-08T07:28:00.000-08:00

Regarded as one of the greatest typographers of our time, Matthew Carter, born in England and now residing in America, is one of very few typographers who has witnessed the transition from physical metal type to digital. This fact doesn’t help to disguise his age, but at the ripe old age of 73, he shows no signs of slowing down. Over the years he has created many widely used typefaces, ones in which millions of people use and see everyday. He is mostly responsible for aiding the transportation of typography to the screen, creating Verdana for Microsoft, a typeface the world reads from the web, quoted by the design museum as being ‘the elegant gatekeeper of a huge proportion of information.’, along with Georgia, a serif typeface also adopted by Microsoft, for the use of it’s ‘core fonts for the web’ collection.

Just four of Carter's most widely used and recognised typefaces
He also created the typeface Bell Centennial, a sans serif typeface commissioned in 1974 by American telecommunications company AT&T, to be used in telephone directory books, which is still used to this day. Carter has designed typefaces for many publications such as newspaper The New York Times, Wired, Time and more, however it is his continuous work with Microsoft and Apple that has gained him most recognition, and because of this he has received countless awards for his contribution to typography and design. It is Carters involvement with Apple that leads me onto my final link. In 1989, Matthew was interviewed by a magazine, about his views on the initial response by the world of graphic design to the introduction of the Macintosh computers, this interview was held for issue eleven of Emigre Magazine……

6 DEGREES OF SEPARATION: EMIGRE

2010-11-08T06:54:00.000-08:00

Born out of the digital uprising of Macintosh computers in 1984, Emigre are the typography design duo of husband and wife Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko. An independent type foundry based in Berkeley, California, Emigre originally developed fonts on and for the computer. They have designed a large array of typefaces, and hold license to over 300, many belonging to various contemporary designers.
The duo published an independent magazine for 21 years entitled ‘Emigre magazine’ that voiced their criticism and thoughts on type through essays, as well as displaying their vast array of experimental, cutting edge typefaces that took into account the bitmap, dot matrix and vector based design ideals of the era.

various issues of Emigre magazine

The final issue of Émigré magazine was published in 2005, although the type foundry itself carries on to this day and has published a number of books related to graphic design. An issue of Emigre magazine is today seen as somewhat of a collector’s item, and are held in high regard by many designers and anyone who has even a vague interest in typography. Vanderlans used the magazine as a platform for his essay writing abilities, discussing significant works and ideas in the design field he felt were of some importance or had to be shown, even when some of his observations were on those of people not yet out of design school.
The dawn of the blogging era is what appears to of caused the end of Emigre magazines existence, with its ability to showcase work in a much faster format and to a much wider audience. It seems both a cruel and bitter blow for a type foundry that’s own ethos was based around the evolution of the digital era. However the magazine’s influence it seems still lives on, as does Emigre itself and the typography both Vanderlands & Licko continue to create under its name.

INFLUENCERS

2010-11-04T13:56:00.000-07:00

INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION from R+I creative on Vimeo.

INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment.

The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach.

Written and Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today's pop culture.

"Influencers" belongs to the new generation of short films, webdocs, which combine the documentary style and the online experience.

influencersfilm.com
facebook.com/influencersfilm

BUILDING UP THE BOOK COLLECTION

2010-11-04T12:53:00.000-07:00

I've been spending a little too much money of late, and these two new additions to my book collection haven't helped matters.
First up is Marian Bantjes beautiful hardback 'I Wonder'. It's simply the nicest piece of print i've ever held! I blogged about it here a few months back now and having been released last month i've finally managed to pick up a copy for myself.

'Just My Type' by Simon Garfield is a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. About the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, or people like Neville Brody who threw out the rulebook, or Margaret Calvert, who invented the motorway signs that are used from Watford Gap to Abu Dhabi. About the pivotal moment when fonts left the world of Letraset and were loaded onto computers … and typefaces became something we realized we all have an opinion about.

This was also released last month, and although not as drool worthy as 'I Wonder' the cover is still really nicely designed and it's been a great read so far. Both are available on the cheap at amazon......

JAMES BLAKE

2010-11-04T12:26:00.000-07:00

I've been singing this out loud and in my head all day long! It's such a beautiful cover. I discovered James a few months back and haven't stopped playing his two e.p's. I never knew he could sing as well as produce though so I was blown away when I first heard this. Enjoy...

James Blake - Limit To Your Love from James Blake on Vimeo.

KATHRYN MACNAUGHTON

2010-11-03T15:56:00.000-07:00

Kathryn Macnaughton is an Illustrator/Graphic Artist currently living in Toronto, Canada.
She graduated from Ontario College of Art and Design and has been making pretty pictures ever since.

“Combining drawing with collage in a hue of light pastel shades, softening any ‘filthy rautten’
pornographic material, Macnaughton creates random associations that some of us might think is
fictional mess, but some will see subliminal messages, suggestive imagery of an interpretation of
the real. Asides from the women, shapes are prominent, patterns may be used to fill space, add
game or are intentionally drawing you towards something, an idea or relationship.”
-Raji, The Freak Show

http://www.kathrynmacnaughton.com/

EL GUINCHO

2010-11-03T08:08:00.001-07:00

EL GUINCHO | Bombay from MGdM | Marc Gómez del Moral on Vimeo.

http://www.myspace.com/ELGUINCHO

FACT REWIRE BRIEF

2010-10-28T08:08:00.000-07:00

Here are a bunch of proposed logo designs for Rewire. A history of media art, science and technology conference being held by Fact in Liverpool in September 2011. The second year is currently working in collaboration with Fact and have firstly been working on the identity for the event. Unfortunately my logo was not selected, but hey, their loss I guess......

KNIT WORKSHOP POSTER

2010-10-27T17:37:00.000-07:00

As part of an ongoing collaboration for Nottingham Trent's Knitting Society.....

GRAFFITI I LIKE....

2010-10-20T14:18:00.001-07:00

'Italian artist, CT, serves up a fresh twist on “modern” graffiti. It’s interesting to note that CT is from Torino, a town with a rich history in lettering. Societa Nebiolo, a type foundry known for its influential typefaces by their star designer, Aldo Novarese, was located here for many years.'

http://www.ekosystem.org/0_ITW/ct/

NEW POSTER DESIGN

2010-10-20T14:09:00.001-07:00

STACEY PAGE

2010-10-20T14:05:00.001-07:00

Nice aren't they?

http://www.staceypage.com/

NEW M.I.A TRACK

2010-10-18T12:05:00.000-07:00

(pretty snazzy website)

http://bedroomtothehallwaytotheroadtotheworld.com/

WARPAINT

2010-10-13T10:17:00.000-07:00

Playing the Kazimier in Liverpool on the 23rd.

http://www.myspace.com/worldwartour

JASON MUNN (THE SMALL STAKES)

2010-10-12T12:37:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I had the pleasure of meeting the extremely talented screen printing gig poster maker Jason Munn.
The Richard Goodall Gallery, based in Manchester's northern quarter are currently holding an exhibition of some of his best work and he was there in person on Saturday for a book and poster signing session. The California based artist recently had his first book published entitled 'The Small Stakes: Music Posters' which contains over 150 of his works, and I got myself a copy....

The exhibition at Richard Goodall Gallery runs until 28th October.

http://www.thesmallstakes.com/
http://www.richardgoodallgallery.com/

SCOTT CAMPBELL

2010-10-10T16:57:00.000-07:00

Scott Campbell is a graphic designer, illustrator, printmaker, and musician working and living in New Orleans, LA. After spending his early 20's learning various printmaking techniques at Louisiana State University and Penland School of Crafts, he devoted his time to teaching himself screen printing, recording and playing music all over the country, and working on print projects within the music & entertainment industry.
In 2009, Scott helped establish the Chattanooga, TN design and printing collective, Young Monster. He is passionate about print design, typography, screen printing, and analog synthesizers and drum machines. Scott's design work has been on display at the Museum of Design Atlanta (Graphic Noise 2005) and is featured in the new design book Dirty Fingernails by John Foster / Rockport Press (New Masters of Poster Design).

http://scttcmpbll.com/

THEE OH SEES

2010-10-09T17:23:00.000-07:00

How have I only just discovered this band NOW ??????

JENNILEE MARIGOMEN

2010-10-07T14:32:00.000-07:00

I could quite easily look through Marigomen's photos for hours I like them so much...

http://journal.jennileemarigomen.com/
http://www.jennileemarigomen.com/

AVEY TARE

2010-10-07T14:13:00.000-07:00

Yes another music video....

Lucky 1 from Abby Portner on Vimeo.

Avey Tare from Animal Collective releases his solo album this month.

STAR SLINGER

2010-10-05T15:57:00.000-07:00

Star Slinger - May I Walk With You? Music Video from Star Slinger on Vimeo.

'Star Slinger is one-man beat machine Darren Williams. The 24-year-old Manchester resident and art-house theater ticket-taker studied music technology at Leeds Metropolitan University and tried different styles of music-- emo, techno-- before starting his Star Slinger project in April. Since then, he's released a bounty of original beats as well as unofficial remixes for artists including Deerhunter and Small Black. All of his music is available for free at his site.

Williams' style combines the hyper soul sampling of Kanye West or Dipset producers Heatmakerz with a bubbling psychedelia reminiscent of J Dilla's spacier moments. In his hands, Deerhunter's 1960s-style lullaby "Helicopter" turns into the type of sliced-up head-nodder that Prefuse 73 used to offer.

Williams is increasingly in demand, and will soon release a collaborative EP with ambient-electro act Teams on Mexican Summer, a 7" on Double Denim, a new project with Canadian rapper Emay and San Francisco dream pop artist Blackbird Blackbird, along with another LP of beats.'

(Knicked off of Pichfork)

http://www.starslinger.net/home.html

DUCK SAUCE- BARBRA STREISAND

2010-10-05T07:44:00.000-07:00

Love it or hate it this song makes me believe it's still summer out there, despite the Liverpool cloud. Love the high energy frenetic feel of the video filmed by So Me.

Duck Sauce "Barbra Streisand" from Mr Goldbar on Vimeo.

http://www.myspace.com/ducksaucenyc

'COS CATS ARE COOL

2010-10-04T09:28:00.000-07:00

In the last few months I've been going through a weird phase of adoring anything cute and furry (I know it worries me too). Kittens seems to be the big obsession mainly, just above adorable pugs (triggered by that 'dog in a wig' orange advert).
Not long ago I used to love nothing more than to chase any cat I caught shitting in our garden around the house so I could kick the buggery out of it, but now my attitude has somewhat changed. I've watched my fair share of cat videos on youtube ('surprised kitty' being the personal favourite) and now I just want to squeeze them to death because they're so cute.
I'm not the only one though it seems. I've seen a lot of artwork circulating for a while now that focuses on our feline friends, especially in the music industry. New albums by Best Coast, Wavves and The Klaxons all have cats on their covers, and theirs plenty of designers using them as their subjects for art work, perhaps because it's seen as 'cool' and it's the 'in' thing right now. I reckon Beth from Best Coast is to blame. I'm in a catch 22 because i'm bored of it all now but I bloody love pussies!

get your cute cat fix here......

http://dreamcats.tumblr.com/

above image by this 'ere artiste....

http://www.zipporalux.com/#636195/My-Favorite-Things

JULIANE EIRICH

2010-10-04T09:00:00.000-07:00

A wonderful set of beautiful, weird and eerie photos from Juliane Eirich's 'Korea Diary'.

http://julianeeirich.com/

IT'S NICE THAT ISSUE 4

2010-10-04T08:28:00.000-07:00

Mine came in the post over the weekend and it's a dead good read. It's full of beautiful work and interviews with arty types, laid out perfectly in a simple but sexy format. Best of all, it has no advertisements in it! It really is a breath of fresh air in the magazine publishing industry.

http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/3111-its-nice-that-issue-4-out-now

2010-10-04T08:23:00.000-07:00

found via ffffound

FOALS TOUR

2010-09-30T02:22:00.000-07:00

Foals start their UK tour at the end of October and are currently running a poster competition to support it. They're encouraging people to get creative and design a poster for their upcoming gigs, and whoever wins will see their design used the length and breadth of the country. Heres hoping I win...

KNOTTINGHAM TRENT KNIT SOCIETY

2010-09-30T02:15:00.001-07:00

A double sided flyer/poster to gather recruits from the fresher's fair for Knottingham Trent Knitting Society

SAVE THE ARTS

2010-09-21T09:00:00.000-07:00

'The Save the Arts campaign is organised by the London branch of the Turning Point Network, a national consortium of over 2,000 arts organisations and artists dedicated to working together and finding new ways to support the arts in the UK.

The aim of the Save the Arts campaign is to encourage people to sign a petition which will be sent to the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. It points out that it has taken 50 years to create a vibrant arts culture in Britain that is the envy of the world and appeals to the government not to slash arts funding and risk destroying this long-term achievement and the social and economic benefits it brings to all.

Over a hundred leading artists including David Hockney, Damien Hirst, Anthony Caro, Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor, Richard Hamilton, Bridget Riley, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin have joined the campaign to make the case against the proposed 25% cuts in government funding of the arts. The campaign acknowledges that reasonable cuts and efficiencies are necessary but that the 25% cuts being proposed will destroy much of what has been achieved and will have a particularly damaging impact on smaller scale arts organisations, as well as on national and regional museums and their collections.

The first stage of the campaign presents a new video animation by artist David Shrigley highlighting the effect of the funding cuts and a new work by Jeremy Deller with Scott King and William Morris. Each week, the work of a different artist will be released. Mark Wallinger will present the next project.
The costs of David Shrigley’s animation have been covered with a grant from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. All artists engaged in this project have generously donated their time, talent and art.'

I've signed it, and I strongly propose that you do too!
To do so click the link on the website....

http://savethearts-uk.blogspot.com/

TEENGIRL FANTASY

2010-09-21T08:04:00.000-07:00

chiller

http://www.myspace.com/teengirlfantasy

LUIS DOURADO

2010-09-20T08:59:00.001-07:00

http://www.luisdourado.net/

GOOD FUCKING DESIGN ADVICE

2010-09-20T05:31:00.000-07:00

This website is pretty self explanatory really...

http://www.goodfuckingdesignadvice.com/

THINGS ORGANIZED NEATLY

2010-09-17T09:46:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I'll confess, I may be slightly O.C.D. I can be quite anal about keeping things in its place and generally cleaning and keeping things looking tidy, so this website to me is my idea of heaven, and for any normal person it just looks cool.
Go check it out if you haven't already. The website title says it all really...

http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com

MARK WARREN JACQUES

2010-09-17T09:19:00.000-07:00

I like bright colours and geometric shapes. I like Mark Warren Jacques.

http://www.markwarrenjacques.com/

JASPER JAMES

2010-09-17T08:21:00.000-07:00

'London photographer Jasper James has visited some international meccas: New York, London and Beijing, trying “to get as high up in the city as possible to give [him] an overview and a sense of scale to the size of the city,” and to to combine the micro with the macro- the individual and the cityscape into one shot.'

http://www.jasperjames.co.uk/

LEMON STORY

2010-09-17T07:58:00.000-07:00

This lovely little hand crafted ipad cover arrived in my post yesterday! The wool felt case was created by Kimenna who runs the little company 'Lemon Story', based in New York. She sells her goods through Etsy, where she also has some beautiful one off womenswear pieces for sale.

Now I can carry my new toy around in style and not in a shopping bag!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/lemonstorynyc

JULIE ROUSSET

2010-09-17T07:54:00.001-07:00

http://www.julierousset.fr/

MATTHEW DEAR

2010-09-15T08:24:00.001-07:00

I'm absolutely loving Matthew Dear's new album right now. He's got a UK tour planned for December this year, and will be playing @ Liverpool o2 Academy on Friday 3rd for only £7!. Someone come with me!!!

http://www.myspace.com/matthewdear

DAVID GONZALEZ

2010-09-15T07:44:00.000-07:00

David has a wonderful array of his sketchbook drawings available to view on his website...

http://pencildrifter.com/

BEEN A WHILE

2010-09-15T06:03:00.000-07:00

I'm aware I haven't posted anything in the last couple of weeks, something thats been bugging me intensely, so I'm ready to get back on the horse and ride this bitch.
What with my 21st birthday, moving into my new flat, going to bestival and not having any internet access, it's proved pretty difficult. But the last two weeks have been pretty awesome.

During that time i've been working hard on getting my summer project finished ready for the start of my second year of Graphic Arts at LJMU.
The brief was to create a typeface that combines two or more European languages other than English and present it as an A2 poster. This was the response I gave...

DAN BRERETON

2010-08-30T13:38:00.000-07:00

http://danhaspotential.com/index_old.html

MARK BOELLAARD

2010-08-30T13:21:00.000-07:00

You should know by now I like abit o' collage...

http://www.collageadventures.com/

SOMEONE BUY ME THIS FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!

2010-08-25T12:30:00.000-07:00

it's ruddy gorgeous!

http://burlesquedesign.com/storeintl.htm

SUMMER CAMP

2010-08-25T12:15:00.000-07:00

Summer Camp - Ghost Train (viral) from Paddy Power on Vimeo.

http://www.myspace.com/summercampmusic

ERIK ANTHONY HAMLINE

2010-08-20T16:50:00.000-07:00

http://woodsandweather.com
http://www.steadyprintshop.com/

CHICAGO SNAPS

2010-08-18T15:24:00.000-07:00

Just a small selection of my favourite photos taken whilst away in the windy city a couple of weeks back...

WORDS

2010-08-18T14:58:00.000-07:00

Every blog I follow seems to be raving about this, I guess it is pretty good though.....

CIELITO QUERIDO CAFE MEXICO

2010-08-18T14:27:00.000-07:00

Someone take me for coffee in Mexico!
After seeing this set of photos of the Cielito Querido Cafe I now know where my dream destination for a caffeine fix is!

'Drawing upon Mexican design heritage and inspiration from Latin graphic design of the late 19th to early 20th century – Latin-American sign making fused with the product labels of old grocery stores – Mexican studio, Esrawe, have created a wonderfully diverse interior for this newly conceived café that, whilst steeped in nostalgia, has it’s very own unique flavour.'

Quite simply this is the most beautifully interiored coffee house i've ever seen. I love the bold use of colour on black, the typography adorning the walls, ceiling and products, the fabrics used on some of the seating, oh, and that geometric floor tiling that is.......just amazing!

http://esrawe.com/

TUNE YARDS

2010-08-18T13:36:00.000-07:00

I came across Tune Yards today thanks to a post on Gopher Illustrated's blog. The video was what grabbed my attention, a live recording of the extremely talented Merrill Garbus, who's solo project this is (excluding the dude on bass). I'm rather late in discovering this artist as her debut album was released in June of last year, but i've already played the album twice within the hour on spotify and love it's lo-fi home recorded vibe that syncs so well with her beautiful voice (News is my personal fave track). Her music sounds like a mash of the dirty projectors and st. vincent to me, I highly recommend giving her a listen...

http://www.myspace.com/tuneyards

I'VE CAUGHT BIEBER FEVER

2010-08-17T17:12:00.000-07:00

After listening to Justin Bieber for a whole 35 minutes I was in a trance. This slowed down track of 'U Smile' is so epic!! Like Sigur Ross and Eno! Beautiful...

J. BIEBZ - U SMILE 800% SLOWER by Shamantis

http://gawker.com/5614579/how-to-make-justin-bieber-sound-incredible-slow-him-down-800-percent

BUSY BUSY

2010-08-17T15:30:00.001-07:00

Well it's seems to of been a long time since I last posted anything here! The holiday to Chicago may of had something to do with that, and the fact that whilst there my google reader stacked up a daunting amount of posts, so I've been slowly trawling my way through that! It's been a week since me and Aimee got back from the states so I need to get my arse into gear and get back on the blogging horse, get ready for moving into my new flat and get my summer graphics project finally underway!

I'll be uploading photos of the Chicago trip very soon, and whilst i'm here I might as well gloat about the fact that I bought myself an Ipad whilst over in the states. It's a lovely little toy!

MAYA HAYUK

2010-07-30T13:41:00.000-07:00

This woman's work is amazing. Every piece on her website is so colourful and uplifting. These images make for good viewing after witnessing such a dull and dreary day.

http://www.mayahayuk.com/index.html

CHICAGO

2010-07-29T14:30:00.000-07:00

Not long now 'till me and my lady friend depart for the windy city! 8 days of sun, sand, skyscrapers, oh and some festival called lollapalooza. Cannot wait!. Expect to see tons of holiday snaps uploaded when we get back! Time to get packing......

DEERHUNTER

2010-07-29T11:51:00.000-07:00

Have new material, yaaaaaaaaaaaay!.............

WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE

2010-07-27T13:35:00.000-07:00

Coinciding with the theatrical release of the highly lauded “When you’re Strange” documentary, Shoreditch’s brilliant Idea Generation Gallery, in conjunction with Morrison Hotel Gallery, is currently playing host to a mesmerising collection of photographs – iconic shots alongside more personal reflections – by Henry Diltz, Joel Brodsky, Bobby Klein and Ken Regan, who all documented the sensationally controversial, and quite brilliant, band at the height of their popularity – and notoriety. Showing until 27th August at 11 Chance Street, this is a must for anyone with even the slightest interest in rock history…..

http://www.ideageneration.co.uk/generationgallery.php

BATHS

2010-07-27T12:21:00.000-07:00

http://www.myspace.com/bathsmusic

WILL SHEA

2010-07-26T16:21:00.000-07:00

This talented little shit is only 18!!!

http://willshea.com/

RYAN KENNY

2010-07-26T16:07:00.001-07:00

http://www.ryanthomaskenny.com/

PVT

2010-07-23T13:54:00.000-07:00

Discovered this aussie trio today and instantly fell in love with this track. They're touring the UK mid september through to October so I'll be trying my upmost to catch them live. Tour dates are on their myspace...

http://www.myspace.com/pvt

PANDA BEAR

2010-07-23T13:34:00.000-07:00

Just bought the new single and I think you should too. Can't wait for the full album to drop!

http://www.myspace.com/pandabear

DAVE MCDERMOTT

2010-07-21T11:59:00.001-07:00

A Brooklyn based pretty picture maker.

http://davemcdermott.com/

THE BOOKS

2010-07-20T11:36:00.000-07:00

http://www.myspace.com/thebooksmusicpage

EIBATOVA KARINA

2010-07-18T11:11:00.001-07:00

http://www.behance.net/EikaDopludo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eika_dopludo/

THE DOGGIE GAGA PROJECT

2010-07-18T10:49:00.001-07:00

GENIUS!

http://jessefreidin.com/

PEOPLE COLLECTIVE

2010-07-18T10:29:00.000-07:00

They make some ruddy good stuff these guys...
http://www.peoplecollective.com.au/

SAVE OUR SOULS

2010-07-18T09:40:00.000-07:00

Save our souls is the title of this years degree show for Camberwell College of Arts' 2010 BA Illustration graduates. The degree show ended on the 13th, but the website showcases the 'unique spectrum of self-initiated work from a sixty-strong year' and is well worth a look at. Here's a handful of my favourite pieces from various graduates...

BRYONY QUINN
www.bryonyquinn.co.uk

MIRIAM ELGON

FRANCESCA SANNINO

JORDAN CHATWIN
http://www.jordanchatwin.com

COLIN STEWART
http://idk-whatever.blogspot.com

http://www.save-our-souls.co.uk/

NOA EMBERSON

2010-07-11T07:44:00.000-07:00

A beautiful set of landscape photographs taken by Noa Emberson for his 'reaching for imperfection' series, that were also used as part of 'the visual mixtape' poster project you can view on his behance network profile...

http://www.behance.net/joystain

ISAAC TOBIN

2010-07-11T07:04:00.000-07:00

Isaac is a senior designer for Chicago Press. His work is both striking and sophisticated, while maintaining a clean minimalism. He gets the message across of what each title is about with such ease.
He also has a great collection of sketchbook work and collages, as well as some type design that can be viewed on his website. It's his book cover designs I adore the most though, the images above being a small selection of my favourites.
http://www.isaactobin.com/

2010-07-11T06:49:00.000-07:00

THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF HERBERT MATTER

2010-07-07T14:52:00.000-07:00

Out this summer, a documentary film about a 20th century design master. I hope I can find a cinema that's screening this!
Doubt this will be one you can catch at odeon or vue!

Matter Teaser from Herbert Matter on Vimeo.

From the website:
With the help of historical footage, vintage photographs, never-before-seen film excerpts (some shot by Matter himself) and a broad overwiew of his extensive body of work, the feature length documentary helps in bringing the picture of an almost forgotten creative genius back into focus.

Interwoven with interviews from a who’s who list of legendary artists, designer and photographers, the film sheds light on a remarkable career and its impact on the evolving language of design during the short 20th century both in the USA and Europe.

For the first time in an encompassing and comprehensive way, the film touches on the innovative expressions of his free experimental work, his fashion and advertising photography and his portraiture. His amazing talent of combining bold combinations of words, images and space is shown in his iconic Swiss travel posters, pavilion designs for the New York World’s Fair 1939, photographs for Condé Nast publications; corporate image programs for Knoll furniture, the New Haven Railroad, exhibition- and numerous catalog designs for the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum; covers for the legendary Arts & Architecture magazine and his lesser known work in film, the prime example being a film on the works of Alexander Calder.

http://www.herbertmatter.net/home.html

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB

2010-07-06T15:45:00.001-07:00

Oh my giddy aunt! I've only just found out that Bombay Bicycle Club have a new album on the way! I immediately youtube'd them to see if any of their new material was up there and hey presto they have four tracks up. The album 'Flaws' is out next week on the 12th...

JUMP IN THE POOL

2010-07-04T06:51:00.000-07:00

This is a personal project I'm hoping to get up and running when I get back to University in September.
It's a blog that I want to use to promote and showcase local Liverpool talent involved in the arts, such as music, contemporary art, design & photography. As well as this, there'll be updates and reviews on new gallery exhibitions and music gigs in the city.
I'll be looking for contributors at some point to help me with posts and advertising if there's volunteers, and if this project actually works i'd love expand the whole thing and work on creating various arty events under the 'Jump In The Pool' name to promote the best young arty farty talent Liverpool has to offer. I may be looking far too way ahead of myself as this could easily fall flat on its arse, but it's something i've been interested in doing for a while, so I thought 'fuck it, just go for it.'.
Nothing's up on the blog as yet, as it seems pointless blogging about what's going on in the 'pool at the moment when I'm not even there for the summer.
Anyway, if anyone wants to jump on board and help me out with this thing, i.e. graphic arts students, (if any of you read my blog!) then let me know. I thought this would be an easier alternative to faffing around and organizing an LJMU arts society basically!

http://jump-in-the-pool.tumblr.com/

MICAH LIDBERG

2010-07-04T05:24:00.000-07:00

A self confessed nature lover who's represented by Hugo & Marie. His work has a similar neurotic complexity to that of Mario Hugo, one of my favourite illustrators around. He works well with type but it's his intricate woodland like illustrations i've fallen for. I'd love to use one of his pieces as wallpaper for my bedroom!
http://www.micahlidberg.com

BIKE RESTORATION PROJECT

2010-07-04T04:25:00.000-07:00

With all this fine weather we've been having so far this summer, and the fact that I need to shift a fair few pounds, I feel the need to jump on two wheels and get active.
Having ridden a heavy and rather ugly raleigh max mountain bike since the age of 12 I feel the need to move onto a more sophisticated ride for the road, which is why I've dug out my dad's old road bike from the back of our junk filled garage.
I want a bike for University when I go back for my second year, and although having my head turned by several sweet rides, I realise it would be best to bring this rusty thing back from the dead.
After I dusted the thing down and blew off a few cobwebs I could see it needed a little work doing on it.
Aimee told me about a bike rescue center in York, which I'm gonna go to, to get this baby restored to it's former glory!
So I wanted to show the bike BEFORE restoration, and then i'll be uploading a photo AFTER my ride has been pimped.

AARON MCLAUGHLIN

2010-07-02T09:52:00.000-07:00

niiiiiiiiiice.

http://cargocollective.com/folklore#473462/Sunday-Morning-Walkers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaron_mclaughlin

WETDOG

2010-06-29T15:35:00.000-07:00

http://www.myspace.com/wetdogthebest

MIKE LEMANSKI

2010-06-29T14:49:00.000-07:00

A Yorkshire lad with a shed load of design talent.

http://www.mikelemanski.co.uk/

SHAWN SMITH

2010-06-26T08:14:00.001-07:00

Shawn creates pixelized artwork with wood and paint. Clever shit.

http://www.shawnsmithart.com/

SAGMEISTER'S DARWIN CHAIR

2010-06-26T07:43:00.000-07:00

Graphic design heavyweight Stefan Sagmeister presented a chair with 200 patterns at Design Miami/Basel last week.
Called 'Darwin Chair', the piece for Dutch collective Droog is covered in 200 sheets of paper each with a different print.
The top sheet can be removed and discarded each time it becomes worn, or when you want it to simply blend in with it's surroundings.

'All sheets are printed with intricate patterns abstracting the creation of the universe, making their way through the creation of the world, the beginning of plant, animal and human life, all the way to the digital revolution.'

It reminds me of those carpet sample books we used to have lying around the house all the time, but obviously on a bigger, sexier and more comfortable scale.

PULLED APART BY HORSES

2010-06-24T14:39:00.000-07:00

The new album is a fucking belter!

http://www.myspace.com/pulledapartbyhorses

AUSTIN TAYLOR'S WORLD CUP 2010

2010-06-21T15:38:00.000-07:00

This is such a great minimal approach for a football based website, love it. My new alternative World Cup wallchart....

http://austintaylorworldcup.com/

SHHH...

2010-06-21T14:28:00.001-07:00

a collection of beautiful national geographic photos all on one blog...

http://quiettime.tumblr.com/

MYSTERY JETS

2010-06-15T16:27:00.000-07:00

The music video for the Mystery Jets latest track, taken from their next album, and it's a beaut.

WASHED OUT & SMALL BLACK

2010-06-13T16:54:00.001-07:00

These are afew shots i took when me and Aimee went to see Washed Out perform during Dot to Dot in Nottingham afew weeks back. Small black supported Washed Out onstage and pulled off a great set that was full of blissful summer-esque songs. I was hoping to get some snaps of all the bands we saw that day, but I was refused entry to other venues without a photopass. Bastards!

http://www.myspace.com/thebabeinthewoods
http://www.myspace.com/smallblacksounds