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…in that moment the designer was the client and the designer at the same time. They could express themselves in a way which was inspiring. This, was for me, a pure laboratory where the designers could go really very far. This was also the period where we worked together with Cranbrook Academy in Detroit which was at that moment the most avante-garde art school in America. The Head of Graphic Design Catherine McCoy visited me and was so impressed by the way we approached our work that she asked if she could send some interns. I said ‘of course’ and there is a lot of influence from Cranbrook Academy in this work as well…

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an interview with gert dumbar and my buddy graham sturt from VBAT, well worth a read even if you know the dumbar story and his opinions already… nice job graham!

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ashes to ashes

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the first single i ever bought and still own, RIP the legend: david bowie…

m / 11-08-2016 11:35 - tags: , ,  

well-travelled &…

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nice little project from the starshaped press: the well-traveled ampersand

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although i must admit that to me; the typeset composite itself, made up of hundreds of small lead type pieces; looks a lot more interesting than the print which it is used to create

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m / 11-08-2016 10:57 - tags: , , ,  

seedy underbelly

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simple idea and clean execution on this series of vehicles, but then from a different point of view by yasena popova

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(via wired)

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jan rothuizen

local artist jan rothuizen at work on his complex maps & illustrations, nice quote: “i draw what i could not describe and i describe what i could not draw”

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