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dear gretchen

some beatiful handmade infographics in this self published book by designer ‘gretchen nash’ in fact her whole site is worth checking…

An extensive book that investigates letters that I have kept inside a luggage case since my childhood. The process of the book included finding the word and phrase frequency of the letters, categorizing them by sender, by date, and finally writing personal reflections about each of the senders. Graphs were constructed to reveal the word frequency and each of the 187 letters were thoroughly documented inside of the book.

m / 26-07-2009 15:52

plus 8

richie hawtin’s own techno label ‘plus 8’ is asking for logo designs… and they seriously need it… more details here on the ‘m-nus’ site (see news)

In October 2009, PLUS 8 will celebrate its 100th release with a remix package. We asked our friends and colleagues to remix their favorite classic PLUS 8 track and out of this, have put together a great compilation.

We’d like to invite you, the fans to take part in the process by reinterpreting any of the five quintessential PLUS 8 logos in your own creative way. We are excited to collect your ideas and let them be part of the final release.All contestants whose artwork is selected will be rewarded for their effort.

m / 26-07-2009 15:47

lissitzky +

the ‘van abbemuseum’ in eindhoven, apparently owns one of the most important collections of work from russian modernist pioneer el lissitzky and they are hosting a triptych of his work and that of others such as ‘rodchenko’ ‘lĂ©ger’ etc… sounds great

m / 24-07-2009 12:51

louis reith

some interesting and very ‘energetic’ design and illustration from louis reith, a new name to me louis is based in ‘enschedĂ©’ (thanks to my mate ‘thijs for the tip)

he also has some video experiments here

m / 24-07-2009 12:47

remix

this fabulous documentary aired on duch TV last night, if you missed it or don’t live in holland you can also see it online or download it via the ‘usual’ channels… very interesting and depressing at the same time…

m / 23-07-2009 12:25