i picked up this story from the CR blog, british artist ‘stanley donwood’ (probably best known for his radiohead cover art) created a temporary show in holland and invited the public to loot everything at the end…
…seven days to build and … less than 45 minutes for it to be comprehensively looted…
the whole story can be read on stanley’s website
i just got word that ‘me studio’ will be featured in an upcoming book ‘selected A graphic design from europe’ by spanish publisher ‘index book’, no news on which projects they will publish as yet…
some colourful and anarchic mural typography for a redevelopment project in some disused old railway viaduct arches in rotterdam, made by someone i don’t hear much about these days: the very friendly mister ‘gerard hadders’ (formerly of ‘hard werken’)
there is a considerable hype of ‘minimalist fetishism’ currently surrounding ‘dieter rams’ following the release of the book on his work for cult brands ‘braun’ and ‘vitsoe’
i finally got a chance to have a read of the book this weekend and it’s beautifully made, the writing is perhaps a bit ‘dry’ but the background info on the story (with quite some considerable detail on the logo and the whole corporate look) is really interesting, get hold of a copy if you can, i’ll admit to owning an original ‘ET66 control’ desktop calculator for more than 20 years, which i still use and is one of the most beautiful objects i own, believe the hype…
some ‘sagmeister-esque’ type from letman who wrote this piece for a flyer in his own blood…