a striking portrait of teen idol ‘justin bieber’ by inez lamsweerde & vinoodh matadin for ‘v magazine #75′

wish i’d thought of this idea, nice… (via fontanel)

congratulations to the winners of the dutch silver camera awards 2011, it must have been a tough job judging all of this: although the ‘national portrait’ category winner ‘annaleen louwes’ delivered a beautiful prize image ‘dees’; i must say that the striking image ‘jof’ (see above) by talented dutch duo blommers&schumm would have got my winning vote

an amazing collection of ‘colorised’ black & white images, including several very iconic ones; all beautifully retouched by ‘sanna dullaway’

(link via ‘jean louis denis’)

two posters i made for the ‘sugar factory’ this week

we have just completed a small identity project for the dutch national ballet, for their newly formed fan club for kids ‘jump’

the idea is to make a varied series of logos with scribbled ‘jumps’ drawn with the help all of the young kids who join the club

fascinating pitch film made by mister ‘saul bass’ to present his new corporate identity for ‘bell telecom’ to the board of directors

the embed function doesn’t work very well so see here to watch the 24 minute long video, worth a watch… as ‘garech stone’ (who sent me the link) pointed out, this kind of presentation (and wry humour) beats a keynote show anyday… the revamp for bell was the biggest rebranding of its kind ever including 135,000 vehicles and 22,000 buldings amongst many other things..

back in 2008-2009 photographer ‘eric klein wolterink’ made a series of clinical images of kitchens of amsterdam residents, the panorama-like images are composites made of separate images, in each case enough as were necessary to capture the entire plane of cupboards and drawers

closer inspection reveals a plethora of vanishing points & odd disjointed perspectives within each image, the series can also be viewed in (zoomable) detail here and the collection was also published in a book designed in 2011 by hans gremmen

a new project by my mate photographer alex ten napel is due to open at the ‘eduard planting gallery’ in amsterdam in january

portraits of twelve year old children combined with a series of short interviews with questions such as what they would do if they were president of the USA… me studio has made several projects for (and with) alex in the past (see ‘me work’)

the projects can be found under these following links: the alzheimers project, the water portraits project, the in holland project and a campaign for the city of amsterdam

we are currently working on some new posters for the ‘sugar factory’ in early 2012 whilst preparing the launch of their brand new identity which me studio has been developing over the past months, more news soon…

a revamped interior for the palace of versailles with some striking iconography from italian designer leonardo sonnoli inspired by the history of the palace and it’s previous owners… nice job wouldn’t mind getting a comission like that myself… anybody?

if you happen to be in amsterdam during the coming week i would recommend a short visit to the enormous public library next to central station, they are currently exhibiting a satellite show from the ‘graphic design museum’ well worth a quick trip (till the 17th) and free…

intro films for the contestants for the ‘grote prijs’ this year (a music competition in various genres held each year in amsterdam) the style, posters and leaders were developed by three of my neighbours: ’21bis’ ‘from the hill’ & ‘jihaa’, very nice boys…

see the whole set here

…this unique archive documents Russian criminals’ tattoos and their coded meanings. Included in the collection are more than three thousand tattoo drawings made by Danzig Baldaev during his time as a prison guard between 1948 and 1986. Tattoos were his gateway into a secret world in which he acted as ethnographer, recording the rituals of a closed society. The icons and tribal languages he documented are artful, distasteful, sexually explicit and provocative, reflecting as they do the lives and traditions of convicts. The accompanying photographs by Sergei Vasiliev act as an important counterpart to Baldaev’s drawings, providing photographic evidence of their authenticity, and allowing us a glimpse into this compelling and extraordinary world. In these incredible images the nameless bodies of criminals act as both a text and mirror, reflecting and preserving the ever-changing folklore of the Russian criminal underworld…

another interesting project from the makers of the sainsburys book posted a few days ago: fuel