left is the book i made for artist ‘martin de waal’ earlier this year… and right is a poster for the upcoming film the social network (thanks to martin himself for pointing out the pretty surprising similarity…)
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this upcoming title from ‘gestalten’ celebrates the world’s ugliest piece of furniture
…monobloc is the established term for the ubiquitous stackable plastic chair that can be found on patios and in yards, snack bars and campgrounds around the globe. Although despised by design aficionados, it is arguably the most successful piece of furniture in the world…
back home
congratulations and good luck to my friend, photographer ‘paul d scott’ who is a finalist for the prestigious bouw in beeld art prize this year (award ceremony next monday in the cobra museum)
time capsule
what a great little story this is: a time capsule of poster design from 1959
a section of tunnel in the london underground which has been hidden since the late 50’s has recently been rediscovered in ‘notting hill gate’, this was obviously the era prior to the period when photography became a dominant medium in advertising…
see the whole set on flickr here (images courtesy of london underground) if i understand correctly they are going to preserved exactly as they are…
balls
not something that often gets a (positive) mention on this blog: football… however here’s a collection of 80 years of ‘world cup’ posters, a few of my favourites are these ones shown, as usual the more recent ones are dreadful…
