congratulations to the winners of the european design awards 2012, once again the dutch are very strongly represented, although i must say that like the past few years i find the level of the winning entries a bit ‘all over the place’ to say the least… there doesn’t seem to be a strong viewpoint on what the best of the best is… personally this is also a reason for me not to enter the competition
normal service will resume a.s.a.p: just back from a whirlwind 5-day birthday bash (for the misses) in barcelona and ready to go
currently churning out 72 hours worth of online video content every single minute of the day: ‘you tube’ turned 7 yesterday, although i’m not sure i should post this film, it feels more like propaganda than anything else…
the 23rd annual, international chaumont poster festival is being visually represented by this anarchic work by local ‘jean marc ballée’, as the organisers themselves put it:
…the communications, whose role is to foster dialogue, were in themselves a subject of discussion. Their design and publication was a two-way piece of work with Jean-Marc Ballée, and this dialogue laid bare the 2012 Festival project: its gaps and flaws as much as its strengths and its embrace of the event’s established identity…
(tip via ‘michiel schuurman’)
the ‘special collections’ department of amsterdam university has acquired the archives of my friend, mister andre thijssen for their archives…