dutch photographer ‘krista van der niet’ and furniture designer ‘caroline ziegler’ are teaming up for a show at the amusingly named coming soon gallery in paris, from sept the 30th till mid nov, i quite like the idea of shows with different disciplines together like this, an interesting development…
designer ‘paula scher’ has just created a set of childlike typographical murals for a school in queens in the US
(via the CR blog)
the UK, like the netherlands is on the verge of making huge and extremely damaging cuts to the arts, effectively handing the keys over to the money men… here is a sobering and funny perspective on the implications from mister ‘david shrigley, enjoy…
(link via the CR blog)
anarchic german graphic design collective ‘hort’ often use collage in their album sleeves and other artwork, i really love this magazine piece they have produced for a show entitled (funnily enough) ‘collage’ in NY
…through the removal and deconstruction of the existing layout, new images appear while flipping through the magazine allowing the viewer to redefine their way of seeing and creating…
UK designers ‘johnson banks’ have been working on merging roman and non-roman typography for a while (most notably their ‘phonetikana’ project from several years back) this time they have turned their attention to mandarin chinese