currently living between paris & new york akzidenz describes his work as follows: …“My works aren’t pictures of something, but objects about something.”
The single ‘effects’ of contemporary post-processing are not important to his work, to the point that he refuses to use such ‘effects’ – anything beyond the traditional workflow of the darkroom is prohibited in his work…
something about the new MIT media lab identity created by pentagram (michael bierut & aaron fay) feels very ‘familiar’ and ‘established’ to me… and yet it is also really fresh and smart, great job
last week i attended the launch of the new, ridiculously thick 2500 dagen rust book by designer ruben steeman, i now have my own crowdfunded copy and you really need to see this monster (and feel it)… well done ruben and congrats
…most people are lucky if they finish a couple of side projects in a year. Last year, Darius Kazemi released 72, averaging one every five days. His projects fall under what he calls “weird internet stuff” — bots that generate random Amazon purchases, surreal metaphors, rap battle lyrics, pickup lines, and everything in between…
a brilliant send-up of the “how I succeeded as an artist” talk by darius kazemi
