me news
best as in ‘clever’ or best as in ‘cool’?
semi-interesting discussion on the CR blog around the ‘best logo’ ever… bit of an old discussion but still worth following just to to see what forgotten stuff turns up in the comments thread, they are planning a special issue ion the subject in april in collaboration with the brand new blog, the NZ commonwealth one (above) was new to me…
the biggest omission for me and the one i would perhaps personally term the ‘best’, going on my own benchmark definition that i really ‘wish i had made it’ is… terry jones’ fabulous i-D magazine logo (see… so simple you can even type it in any font) and the cover executions featuring the genius ‘logo eye wink’, which has been consistently and brilliantly executed for decades now, yes i’m seriously jealous of this one…
silver camera nominees
congrats to all of the nominees for the annual dutch zilveren camera portrait award, including a rather unusual one by the talented ‘joost van den broek’ of a dutch politician on his knees
housewarming
just a reminder that the latest schrank 8 by hansje van halem is opening this afternoon, she may well soon need a larger house judging by the ever increasing number of visitors her ‘living room shows’ are attracting
a dog’s life
fascinating series of portraits by erwan fichou i’m a bit speechless about this to be honest, so i’ll let him explain in his own words:
…portraits of a few people wearing their own creations knitting with the hair from the dog they love… well quite, scary stuff… could it be more than a coincidence that many seem to have a strong preference for beige clothing? probably not
and thanks to ‘pepijn @ dawn’ for the bizarre link