austrian artist ursus wehrli has an obsession with tidying things up, often with hilarious results…
his own website is a bit cryptic but you can see more images via the dutch newspaper nrc (dutch only)
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the sleeping arm
…this unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones…
this quote by desmond morris adorns the pages of a book which i received this week from recent KABK photography graduate ‘marlous van der sloot’, the book entitled ‘de slapende arm’ is a large (A3) sized publication featuring macro shots of skin
i advised marlous whilst she made the book but if photographers can make their own books like this, then designers may become an extinct species, very nice… the print-run is limited to 100 copies which can be ordered directly via marlous…
saccharine words
an edible book and exhibition graphics made from sugar (pastillage) by practice + theory for a show in london recently
more info and images also via fastco
from butchers boy to graphic designer
i just came across this: a new documentary on the life of legendary dutch poster designer anton beeke, due for release later this year… sounds interesting (the site is in dutch)
coincidentally, my copy of his new book ‘body type’ has just arrived in the studio today (designed by rené knip) i haven’t opened it yet but it looks amazing… i’ll post a short review when it’s open… next week
silver
the ‘amsterdam music theater’ (HMA) celebrates its 25th anniversary this month and we have been kept busy during the past few months creating a small identity around this event
the ‘HMA’ brand is relatively young in itself so i felt that the sub-identity should stay ‘close to home’, using the existing colour scheme and overall feel, the principal additions are the ’25’ monogram in the logo and the use of metallic silver (instead of the standard black) to emphasise the occasion
the logo has several variations employing the three main colours, red, black and white in rotating combinations amongst the large amount of the material produced were a series of posters, billboards, program brochures, flyers, t-shirts, flags etc etc.
