a new image by the talented ‘ingrid baars’ as album artwork for singer/songwriter ‘iet’ very nice indeed…
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the logo that never was
the skyscraper still (from the film ‘wall street’ 1987) above, just reminded me of one of the best logos that never was…
founded in jamaica in the 50’s label island records has gone through many logo variations through the years, from good to bad to average
however, the best one (in my opinion) actually never happened which is a real shame, the one i mean was used as an illustration on the back of CD sleeves for a few years (then dropped) but never actually got implemented as a logo for the company, even though it was the perfect mix of elements:
the ‘small jamaican company palm tree’ vibe and the ‘big, modern, downtown manhattan music business’ vibe all rolled into one clever image, shown here below…
a real shame, it had the potential to be on par with say the classic ‘fedex’ logo… and way better than the simple generic palm tree that did get implemented (thanks to ‘thomas’ on FB for the memory-jog)
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here’s a few work in progress spreads from my ‘façade’ book design, the moment is rapidly approaching when i have to start thinking about colour profiles and how to send a huge folder of images to the printers on time…
the ‘re:frame’ recycled product exhibition will also be opening this coming friday, plus two new ‘façade’ billboards are going up in town this week… images of both also have to be placed in the book on time too… deadlines, deadlines… we have also got the chance to fill a bookshop display window in early october with the façade project too, which is good news… more news soon
vandalism, isolated houses & dogs chasing my car in the desert
i have just stumbled upon the fascinating, graphic work of photographer and artist john divola from the states, whose work now spans four decades
the site contains a very thorough archive of his images and one of the highlights for me is the ‘vandalism’ series from the early 70’s, which somehow looks very contemporary…
(thanks to ‘today & tomorrow’ for causing me to stumble upon this one…)
old school – redu
…so what went wrong? well, many things, local things, national things, people things…
a beautifully crafted piece of stop-motion from NY-based studio ‘hunter gatherer’ to illustrate the manifesto of a school rejuvenation programe called REDU, using lots of wooden blocks and ditto patience…
(via ‘motionographer’ and previously posted on ‘fontanel’ by me)