i had spotted this poster earlier this week, but the chaps from the ‘amsterdam ad blog’ beat me to posting it: lovely idea for the exhibition’ miffy discovers the rijksmuseum‘, the only problem is the rest of the poster… what a waste to spoil such a good idea/strong image with that layout… no idea who made it, anybody?
interesting map application currently being developed, which helps to calculate travel time, find short cuts/ best route etc. or decide on the nearest bar you can crawl to within 3 mins.
and here another a similar app (via swiss miss)
as boss of columbia records ‘mike smith’ had unique access to many famous musicians during the past two decades, he made a collection of simple sketches of them on and off stage which are currently on show in london
the series is due to be released later this year in book form and several more of them can also be seen here
…the third episode reflects on the characteristics of digitised writing: the conversion of letters into electronic signals, the alternating structure of binary numbers, and also the games with codes and programmes and the complex networks that can arise out of these simple parameters…
interesting looking exhibition entitled ‘graphology 3’:
the third in a ‘series of exhibitions set at the intersection of drawing, photography, printmaking, film and computer graphics’ currently taking place at the muhka in antwerp
as luck would have it, i will be in antwerp this week and definitely popping by…
the paper sculptures by jeff nishinaka are worth a mention for their sheer crftsmanship alone… although i must admit that i do find the illustration style a bit too traditional, even old fashioned… but have a look and judge for yourself
update: by chance i just came across another guy with similar work: calvin nicholls