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on the trail of vincent
although vincent has been on the trail of the other vincent: ‘van gogh’ for many years, he himself has been notoriously difficult to find online, that has now been rectified as talented dutch photographer vincent van de wijngaard has started writing his own blog, although he makes unique images the context is as important and his background stories provide a clear insight to the mind behind the work… worth a visit, vincent has recently relocated to paris to continue his quest…
dal bello
brazilian born designer ‘rejane dal bello’ was a new name to me, her work on the other hand has been posted on this blog several times in the past few years, she is currently a senior designer at ‘studio dumbar’ and responsible for a great deal of the projects they have made in the past five/six years, including the beautiful ‘amsterdam sinfonietta’ poster series
her work shows a great diversity of styles and a strong grasp of vivid colour use and expressive (illustrative) typography techniques, very impressive, see more of her portfolio here
bare bones information
…when a pedestrian is struck at 30mph by a vehicle, there is an 80% chance they will survive. If a pedestrian is struck at 40mph, there is a 70% chance they will die. 10mph, a seemingly subtle difference while you are behind the wheel, is the difference between life and death as a pedestrian…
nice dot matrix animatic for the new york city ‘department of transport’, made by henry lai (via the CR blog)