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two weeks ago, we spent a day in the studio with dutch stand-up comedienne ‘ellen dikker’ shooting the poster image for her new show ‘horten en stoten’ an expression which translates in english as ‘fits and starts’, the literal meaning however is more something like ‘bumps and scratches’

the day mainly involved wrapping ellen in protective foam sheets, covering her in plasters and bandages but we eventually settled on a rather uncomfortable and large orthopedic neck brace, the brief for the image in terms of styling was ‘mid sixties record sleeves’ and the image was shot by rietveld photography student ‘martine folkersma’ with assistance from ‘bernard van dongen’, we will be working on the actual poster during the coming months…

m / 04-03-2012 13:15 - tags: , ,  

random observation

m / 02-03-2012 08:44 - tags: ,  

the revolution will be copy / pasted

doctored images of stalin and mussolini are well-known and often cited examples of early image manipulation and it is no surprise that the largest nations (russia & america) were some of the first to use this form of propaganda

however it now transpires that the best known (& therefore iconic) portrait of abraham lincoln (shown above) is also one of the very first images (perhaps even the first?) to have been modified to deliberately alter the context of its subject

(link via the right honourable, doctor ‘martin de waal’)

m / 02-03-2012 08:22 - tags: , ,  

labour of love

my new ‘most favourite poster ever’ is not one made by me, but for me: to celebrate my 45th birthday last tuesday… it’s hard not to be impressed when a designer puts everything they have into crafting a design, or am i just a proud dad?

m / 01-03-2012 19:49 - tags: , ,  

a cunning mouse went for a walk

anybody with children (and many without) will be familiar with the story of ‘the gruffalo’, here is a short behind the scenes documentary

based on the book written by ‘julia donaldson’ and illustrated by ‘axel scheffer’ the animated film was made in collaboration with talented animators studio soi and french composer ‘renĂ© aubry’

m / 01-03-2012 09:09 - tags: , , ,