me news

the dutch designed

i will be hosting an informal afternoon get-together in my studio in mid march, when a small group of graphics students from the design department of the pratt institute in new york will be coming to chat with me and a small group of dutch designers about our practices and work and the burning issue of ‘dutch design’

although i don’t consider myself to be, at all, part of the ‘dutch design scene’ whatever it may be; so that should give me plenty of material for a discussion anyway… they are currently working on a exchange project with students from the ‘academie st. joost’ in breda and i’m looking forward to meeting new people as always and hearing some fresh ideas

m / 22-02-2011 14:48 - tags: , ,  

dot to dot

good to see the blog from my friends at monodot in brussels filling up at a healthy pace with weird and wacky stuff, always worth a regular visit, they have also recently added several talented directors to their reel, including amsterdam-based friends ‘ewoudt boonstra’ and duo ‘lernert & sander’

see also this related post

m / 22-02-2011 14:33 - tags: , , ,  

stick with a company

…he found his two sons, now in their 40s, when they were small enough to fit into the same lawn chair, side by side. He found his wife, Angela, posing before a knife-sharp Pontiac Grand Prix in Prospect Park, looking very sultry in a jaguar stole; “real jaguar,” he said, “not the stuff they have today.” He found a picture of his father, Nicola, that he once worried he would never see again. He found a Social Security card issued by the Federal Security Agency (the office hasn’t existed since 1953) and an American Express card so old that it wasn’t green, it was purple and white. (Member Since 64.)…

what a great story this is: a guy had his stolen wallet returned after more than 40 years… (via ewoudt, thanks)

m / 22-02-2011 14:27 - tags: , ,  

various dingen

the website for the dutch best book design award has been updated, as i said in a post last week: two of our books from the ‘dingen’ childrens’ photo book series have been selected this year (amsterdam & transport things) odd that they’ve upgraded the site but still have very poor low-res images, come on guys…

on a separate note: we are currently busy working on the next few books in the ‘dingen’ series, including a very unusual one in terms of book materials if it all works out, more news soon…

also see several related posts here, and here, plus last years’ award-winning one here

m / 22-02-2011 14:20 - tags: , ,  

colossal

many thanks to ‘christopher jobson’ who runs the ‘colossal’ blog in chicago, for the feature yesterday, me studio was also featured on a french blog journal du design who also had some nice things to say, but then in french…

‘this is colossal’ is definitely worth another look too, it has an interesting mix of subjects…

m / 22-02-2011 13:25 - tags: ,  
« newer posts older posts »