this image from the growing archive of random observations by graphic designer herman van bostelen made me smile
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two books featuring my work have just been released this week: ‘selected A – graphic design from europe’ from index books and ‘los logos – compass’ from gestalten publishers, i have yet to see/receive both books myself…
deep space
even astronomy it seems, has it’s own awards festival as a photography discipline, must be a tough one to judge… the overall winner, surprisingly, is shown at the top…
this year i will try not to
…born out of frustration, complacency and laziness. Most designers are seduced by design trends… easy to appropriate, and even easier to imitate. The challenge is to innovate…
a mildly amusing publication and project from designers elliott scott and christopher doyle, watch for example the very sarcastic ‘how we did it’ making of film
christopher doyle was also the designer who grabbed a bit of attention earlier this year with his ‘personal’ corporate identity project, which i personally found better
a temporary identity?
armand mevis in discussion with design.nl about their temporary stedelijk museum identity and posters (which i posted last week)
…mevis is adamant, however, that being asked to work on this project has absolutely nothing to do with the controversy surrounding the Stedelijk’s graphic identity “This is simply a project,” he says. “We were never approached to create the identity of the whole museum. People seem to think that, but it is not true. We were told from the start that this was just for the temporary opening and was not a commission to do anything for the future.”…
it seems to have become a highly controversial subject the new ‘stedelijk’ identity, although there are worse choices for the job than ‘mevis & van deursen’ or even ‘experimental jetset’ who made their previous temporary identity in the old ‘Post CS’ building, we shall see who finally gets the commission