me studio

most grafitti around town is annoying, for the most part because it’s so badly done… this samuel beckett portrait near my house however, is a whole different level…

these objects are beautiful in themselves, reducing something to monochrome in this way always has a mesmerising effect on me, but take a while to have a good look… they are all fabricated completely from cardboard

Gilmour has imposed a strict logic on his works he makes objects using only cardboard and glue. There is no supporting structure, no wooden or metal frame. His interpretations of everyday objects are created in adherence to the use of a pure and single material, but instead of the marble or bronze of classical statues, he has chosen one of the most humble and commonly found of our industrial times.

(thanks to my wife for the tip)

‘tom kniesmeijer’ presented his first book (designed by me) to a packed room in ‘spaces’ (in amsterdam) full of colleagues and friends last thursday, and we all finally got to see the finished product… i’m very pleased with the result although the quality of the printing leaves a lot to be desired but that’s not something i was in control of, sadly… i will post some better pictures to ‘me work’ in the coming week

two interesting identity projects from mind design: a hair salon called ‘hive‘ using bee hive structures, it’s been done before but i still liked this one

and second an identity for a modelling agency called ‘tess‘ using borders and frames to create a custom font, not what you’d expect for this type of client…

i made this poster for hyperactive stand-up comedian ‘jochem myjer’ to promote his show ‘de rust zelve’ almost two years ago, so it was quite a surprise to finally see it hanging around town yesterday

one of the difficult things with making posters that have venue & dates printed in at a later stage is that you always have to leave some vacant white space somewhere that usually disturbs the balance of the design (usually they ask for lots of space but rarely fill it)… this poster was almost 70% vacant white space which i found quite amusing, even so they still pasted the addded info very neatly in magenta and fairly small right at the bottom, so thanks for that…