the wonderful intro films (from two young designers at studio dumbar) made for the dutch design awards (last weekend) have been put online by fontanel for all to enjoy, they don’t quite have the same effect online as they did in the hall that evening, (with weird sound effects and actors dressed as insects sitting everywhere in the room) but still definitely worth a look… (the clips are in dutch only)
i am currently working on a great number of projects, but two that are nearing completion are the 220+ page book ‘seasons of the zeitgeist’ for my friend ‘tom kniesmeijer’, his first book and a very interesting one too… the second is a small corporate identity for friend and very talented photographer ‘dominic davies’, more news on both projects soon…
my friend ‘andré thijssen’ has just returned from a trip to venice and sent me this image of two smart little symbols for the two cities that will meet in 2010…
here is a fascinating image archive of unusual and, at times, disturbing images from the first world war, click on the ‘our choice of poignant images’ section for example…
interesting type seminar coming up on the 6th of november in the hague