Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
1.The Birdie lamp, from Flux, in Sweeden.
2. This building, created by the architects Denton Corker Marshall, in Manchester, England. (Seen at Dezeen).
3.These images from knight games held by Emperor Frederick III and Emperor Maximilian II in the years 1489 to 1511, found in BibliOdyssey.
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
I remember reading once that "beautiful design was invisible".
When I see what the duo Hi, from Switzerland, has been doing in editorial (mainly), I must agree. Simple, elegant and somehow astonishing. And I simply can't explain why.
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Havaianas for Fantastic Norway Architects, distributed during the press opening of the Venice Biennale. Some pairs still available for sale at their website.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
It's chaotic, but I like it.
• Since I am back from Venice, I've been putting a lot more effort at my magazine project. I need to present the research and some sketches in a Conference this October, here at KHiO - that's why this blog has beeg invaded with all ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Has anyone checked out the D&AD website for the year finals?
There are some very well designed magazines to look at. Good examples from every mark in the range between the mass-traditional-magazine-market and the super-alternative-conceptual zine. Here are my favorites:
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
1.When all comes together
“Psychogeography could set for itself the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals. The adjective psychogeographical, retaining a rather pleasing vagueness, can thus be applied to the findings arrived at by ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
'The fineness of Nature's work is so great, that, into a single block, a foot or two in diameter, she can compress as many changes fo form and structure, on a small scale, as she needs for her mountains on a large one; and taking moss for forests, and grains ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
What did the 0 say to the 8?
Nice belt.
A sans-serif face walks into the street and is hit by a Swiss Modernist truck. The carnage is grotesk... but you know, akzidenz happen.
from Typographunnies
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Today I did some research on personal mapping and how one can identify and create their own personal geographies. One of the books I got is "You are here: Personal Geographies", by Katharine Harmon. Among the various interesting maps in the book, there was one that struck me the most: ...
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
+Soma is a monthly free Brazilian magazine about underground culture, music and art. A paper-cut I made last month is now finally published in the 7th issue. If you are in Brazil, don't miss it.
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