ever wanted to see all the passports in the world in one place? or even to sort them by colour?
then you should probably take a look at the passport index
me news
360
unit editions are due to release yet another great book: spin 360, celebrating the work of unit co-founder tony brook and his studio
08:55 – 17:34
design student jelle kok interviewed me (plus michiel schuurman, staynice and herman van bostelen among others) earlier this year for his graduation project, the results of which can be seen online, a book with two opposed reading directions (and stories)
also check out his visual poetry festival project which looks great… good stuff jelle well done… and of course congratulations on graduating
mas context
…a quarterly journal that addresses issues that affect the urban context. Each issue delivers a comprehensive view of a single topic through the active participation of people from different fields and different perspectives who, together, instigate the debate…
the latest issue of mas context focusses on tokyo through the eyes of a talented group of illustrators and artists, including mister luis mendo, check the whole issue (or download it) free online
logo
laurence king publishers have reissued their excellent (2007) book logo (also featuring me studio work) in a smaller, soft-cover format and the author michael evamy was recently interviewed by it’s nice that
…I think it’s to do with the compression of meaning: the representation of something as large as an organisation in just a few marks. Humans seem drawn to symbols that resonate with their own experience and can accommodate different interpretations. The more economical they are, the more we’re drawn, the more they fascinate us. The digital era has made logo-makers, avatar-creators of all of us, so the art of the logo, of capturing maximum meaning with minimum means, is more magnetic than ever…