me news

give me…

for those who didn’t already know: ‘me studio’ started out as a duo (that’s where the name comes from martin & erik) the office has since changed location four times (and is due to move once again in october this year probably) we’ve worked for some fascinating clients and won numerous awards in the past few years, we’ve also had equally as much fun making all of the other less celebrated projects too… we’ve seen some amazing work from fellow designers & creative minds all over the world, which we like to share on a daily basis with everyone… graphic design is still the best job i could ever think of…

the ‘me blog’ recently underwent a pretty structural face-lift at the back-end (and will have another one in the coming months), the number of ‘unique page views’ is growing daily, we’ve received visitors here at the office from tokyo, denmark, london, italy, france and many many more from such faraway places as vietnam, chili, poland, china, kazachstan everyday via the blog… (thank you) i am also now blogging for ‘fontanel’ on a regular basis, sharing some inspiration in dutch too and the number of people who contact me with interesting stuff and invites to get my work published in books etc. is amazing

the point of all of this rambling is that we’ve got a birthday to celebrate, the time stamp on this post (8-8-8) marks our fifth anniversary as a company, i say ‘we’ because although i am the only person who sits in the office everyday ‘me studio’ is the result of a large network of fine people around me and talented artists i get to work with everyday, thank you all very much, if you feel like leaving a comment or even criticism here below, be my guest, here’s to the next five… cheers!

m / 08-08-2010 20:08 - tags: , ,  

hole in my head

if you already visit ‘fontanel’ regulary this will be old news by now, but i am joining their editorial team as from this week and will also be blogging inspiration posts (in dutch) starting this week… see you there, they had some nice things to say about my blog and i’m looking forward to getting started, i just need to find another two extra hours every day, has anybody got some spare i can borrow?

m / 03-08-2010 07:41 - tags: , ,  

madness and art

in late september the madness and arts festival will be taking place in haarlem, the netherlands… the accompanying ‘rorschach’ film & poster for the event are from ‘lernert & sander’, i couldn’t really think of a duo more suited to this theme…

m / 31-07-2010 14:11 - tags: , , ,  

ubiquity

the felicity poster competition, featuring amongst others ‘david carson’ and ‘woody pirtle’ as jury members is closing for submissions this coming saturday, so be quick if you want to enter…

i personally, however, cannot even understand what the brief means… if somebody can understand what they are asking everyone to do/make, please drop me a line… i’m just baffled:

…does graphic art have a sense in times of crisis? When the life conditions of a community are put into discussion and everything seems to take on a connotation of urgency, graphic art can be a tool for channelling a statement, to sensitize and propose new solutions, to transmit ideas, sensations and opinions. Over the years the needs of people change and diversify, professional qualities also change and diversify as well as the way of representing and communicating them. Felicity aims at providing a contribution to reflection beginning from an anthropological vision and arriving at modern times, in the expectation of a future where the city can be a better place for self-improvement.

m / 27-07-2010 13:50 - tags: , ,  

july the 12th

RIP mister harvey pekar

m / 26-07-2010 11:05 - tags: