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japan design office

the name masaaki hiromura and the expansive portfolio of his design studio was previously unknown to me… not necessarily the graphic work, but the signage and exhibition design stuff is definitely worth a look, impressive stuff

the use of colour, predominance of white, the choice of materials, the overall aesthetic and even the way they present themselves is unmistakably japanese to me, check also the nissan design center project…

(a dutch version of this post was also on ‘fontanel’ this week) original tip via the ‘IdN blog

m / 04-01-2011 12:24 - tags: ,  

photo, shoot

a bizarre story to start the year: a manillan politician unwittingly took a picture of the man who was about to assassinate him on new years’ eve, the police later arrested the man in question after a devasted family discovered the incriminating evidence… (with thanks to ‘janet deibert’)

m / 04-01-2011 12:07 - tags: ,  

black & noir

i really love this hysterical illustration series called ‘noir’ from local illustrator sitnie where animals and humans become morphed together, check also his ladie’s hat made with racoon skulls & feathers etc.

m / 04-01-2011 09:11 - tags: , ,  

here he goes

london-based designer ‘alberto hernández’ actually hails from madrid, spain… he has a really nice portfolio of (mainly editorial) projects: here i go which all looks very intriguing from where i’m sitting…

m / 04-01-2011 08:22 - tags: ,  

on the sixth day

of christmas… celebrating men with a ‘golden touch’ a short animated film by christian borstlap…

m / 03-01-2011 15:09 - tags: , ,