i posted an article on fontanel about this little type motion piece by robert hodgin made for the latest issue of ‘wired’ magazine (for the ipad), check also the original piece he made addition subtraction which i find perhaps even more interesting…
me news
other music disturbs me
…every day sitting in front of an empty
piece of paper, i am lost…
fascinating interview with polish, electronic music composer krzystof penderecki on RA…
a good point, well made
these are incredible, i find it almost difficult to believe they are for real… pencil sculptures from dalton ghetti, including a complete alphabet
they remind me a bit of those rice paintings: where a name gets written in ink on a grain of rice, but then much more impressive… tip via mister ‘uwe’
‘beguiling’ infographics
it’s not very often that graphic design gets a serious item on TV, let alone infographics or ‘data visualisation’ if you prefer the term… and it generally ends up being the sort of ‘non-topic’ which just baffles the general public:
what on earth are they talking about? who cares? this isn’t important… etc
this week new RCA head ‘neville brody’ and ‘david mccandless’ (from ‘information is beautiful’) clashed on the BBC newsnight
current affairs programme on that very subject: a lively comment discussion has also picked up on the CR blog, the BBC ‘iPlayer’ doesn’t unfortunately work outside the UK but without having heard the talk i kind of feel inclined to agree with neville brody… although i can just picture my mother watching this, shrugging her shoulders and thinking ‘boring’…
update: an amusing footnote to this story, point taken :)
message carrier
yet another name that i was not familiar with: french graphic designer and illustrator/artist alain carrier, who is particularly remembered for his ‘humanitarian cause’ posters
here’s a selection of the posters and logos which caught my eye… the series on africa for ‘air afrique’ still look incredibly modern
many thanks to my mate ‘harm’ for pointing me towards this one, after visiting an exhibition currently taking place in sarlat, france
