a poster of the history of graphic design in icons (via fastco)
me news
body art
nice project from janine rewell, whom i met last year at the beyonderground festival
amsterdam
interesting news this week: an imminent reissue of the seminal anton beeke/ed van der elsken book ‘amsterdam’
color book
…in 1692 an artist known only as “A. Boogert” sat down to write a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. Not only would he begin the book with a bit about the use of color in painting, but would go on to explain how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding one, two, or three parts of water. The premise sounds simple enough, but the final product is almost unfathomable in its detail and scope…
i’m a bit late (re)posting this wonderful 17th century pantone book story but it is worth a read
open nostalgia
a wonderful archive of posters from the agi open archive