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berlin works

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fancy a month scholarship and a work space in berlin in early 2013?, then take a look at the munken works project

m / 14-12-2012 11:18 - tags: ,  

color strata

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…now, deep in the cockles of my drama queen heart, there’s always been a little shrine for the colors with the charismatic, less-spoken names. Could periwinkle roll off the tongue more adorably? Maroon? Aye, there be pirates about! And yeah, burgundy and chartreuse do sound a bit boozy, but they’re hella more fun at parties than “dark red” and “yellow-green…

interesting survey into common and less common colour names, the subjectivity thereof and some amusing reactions

m / 14-12-2012 10:57 - tags: , ,  

new connections

a new logo for the ‘hku’ art school in utrecht designed by thonik, with ‘new connections’ as a starting point for the visual style…

(link via ‘vormplatform’)

m / 14-12-2012 09:22 - tags: , , ,  

klad

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genius poster for theater group ‘t barre land from designer herman van bostelen, the dutch word klad means to ‘scribble’, ‘doodle’ or ‘draft’ but it can also mean ‘humdrum’, ‘monotonous’ or ‘drab’… all artfully combined here

m / 13-12-2012 09:36 - tags: ,  

dancers among us

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this is one of the ideas that i have wanted to make reality for my former client the dutch national ballet for years, now someone else has already done it… and really well too, amazing images from american photographer jordan matter

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m / 13-12-2012 09:34 - tags: , , ,