felt and wire have written a small piece (with interview) about the imminent feltron 2012 annual report from ‘nicholas felton’
me news
a’dam book
the amsterdam university has organised an exhibition of book design work by ‘hansje van halem’, ‘irma boom’ and ‘lesley moore’ in the russian town of saint petersburg, the poster shown above was designed by ‘niessen de vries’
over there
the surge of loud, new architecture (such as the recently opened hi-tech ‘eye’ film museum) fed by a hunger for space to expand; plus the imminent arrival of a new hi-speed underground line will no doubt alter the character of amsterdam ‘noord’ (a largely forgotten working-class northern district) forever…
an impoverished urban sprawl on the verge of radical change, something which photographer ‘maaike koning’ has been documenting for some time… together with my friend designer ‘pepijn rooijens’ she has made a book to complete the project and via ‘voordekunst’ (a dutch – strictly arts related – version of kickstarter) they are appealing for funds to make their project aan de overkant a reality…
how to
the correct way to create a poster according to a manual from 1989 (using vintage british documents dating from 1881) by NYC typesetters ‘bowne & co.’
(via steven heller)
a round of applause
local talent, miss ‘roosje klap’ has updated her wonderful website with some nice jumpy green balls, but you might not see them unless you are still using a 56K modem… have a look around, some very nice work with a strong editorial / typography bias