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First off, a big heads up to the talented folk at Melbourne-based design studio, Urchin Associates, who have created a new logo for Lost At E Minor which I think really captures the spirit of the newsletter. I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with Urchin on a number of projects over the years and they’ve always been an absolute joy to work with. Ok, onto other things and I’ve been checking out a few cool links during the week. One is for Manolo Campion, a New York-based fashion photographer who creates a wonderful sense of calmness and serenity with his shots whilst never stripping the subjects of their inherent sense of vulnerability. Another nice photography site is that of Californian Joe Koller who has a diverse array of coastal-themed work up on his website. I also got word during the week of a New York-based art magazine called Art Asia Pacific which features some beautiful illustrations and paintings alongside a pile of interesting cultural tidbits. Their latest issue (#46) is out now in hard-copy form, but the website also has all sorts of tasty snippets. As does the website of German illustrator and animator Craig Robinson. There’s a mixed bag of treats up there, from random articles he’s written to a series of his clever animated creations.
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I love the work of Hong Kong illustrator Johnny Cheuk. ‘When developing portraits, fashion, scenery and commercial products’, he says, ‘I like blending different materials, such as watercolor, pen, pencil and ink, with computer graphics’. Read more
Tom Denney’s heavy metal album covers
Prog rock had Roger Dean, ’80s death metal had Dan Seagrave, and now, the new wave of American heavy metal has Tom Denney, who creates some of the most intense and intricate album covers since the psychedelic ’70s. Read more
You’ve got to give it to the guys at American fashion label, Attus Apparel. Just over a year into business and already they are producing some of the more … ummm … interesting photo shoots out there. Read more
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George Lois is the god of good ideas, or at least one of them. When I am stuck on ideas, I pray to George the God, or look through his works in hope of doing something one hundredth as good as his work. Read more
We spoke with Patience, lead singer of Australian band The Grates, about the new album the group are in the process of writing. Read more
Dear Miss Helena, one time host of children’s show Romper Room, you have a lot to answer for. Yes, squeaky clean Miss Helena of wholesome blouse and values, I have not forgotten those childhood years spent patiently glued to the television waiting for you to call out my name through the magic ‘looking glass’ — that portal to ‘good’ children everywhere. Read more
A project of my producer and drummer, Tucker Martine, Mount Analog’s soundscapes are gorgeous, melty mixes of organic and processed sounds. Martine brings the best musicians together to create strange and beautiful music.
This awesome promo video for the Lost At E Minor site was created by our friends over at New York-based design studio, Lifelongfriendshipsociety. Read more
Cheap Monday are arguably one of the biggest revolutions in denim since Levi’s. They’re pretty much the uniform second skin for the music totin’, cons scuffin’ youth of today. Read more
Maverick artist come architect, Michael Jantzen, has created this fantastic experiment as a design study for a modular prefabricated eco-friendly house. Read more
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I’ve known Tiffany Bozic’s work for years, but I think her paintings are now looking better than ever. Read more
Italian illustrator and designer Massimiliano creates vivid, dynamic and richly textured work. We caught up with him recently and asked him what had been keeping him busy of late. Read more
There’s a lot I could say about South African artist Robin Rhode, whose work is currently part of Street Level, a traveling group exhibition now at the ICA, Boston. Read more
Things are happening almost too quickly for Sally Seltmann, the bashful Melbourne balladeer who plays under the guise of New Buffalo and who wrote Feist’s 2007 hit single, 1,2,3,4. Read more
Brazilian artist Carla Tennenbaum has come up with some pretty awesome decorative pieces made completely out of discarded EVA foam, the non-biodegradable stuff usually used to pad sports equipment. Read more
For the rest of this week, we have eight copies of the Anton Corbijn directed DVD, Control — the story of UK band, Joy Division — to give away to randomly selected new Australian-based Lost At E Minor subscribers. Read more
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Paul Rand - lostateminor.com said | 29 May, 2007
[…] The late Brooklyn-born graphic designer Paul Rand was labeled ‘the greatest living graphic designer’ by Steve Jobs in 1996, shortly prior to Rand’s passing. Best known for compelling logo designs and corporate identities, many of which are still in use today, Rand summarises the purpose of a logo in two short sentences. ‘A logo is a flag, a signature, an escutcheon, a street sign. A logo does not sell (directly), it identifies’. For further reading Chanpory Rith over at Lifeclever has captured some of the best written and visual content from Rand’s book Design, Form and Chaos. Timeless. [see also Urchin Associates] […]