Posts tagged with logos
April 1, 2010 | New Design | by Kareem Black |
Craig Duffney is a designer and artist living on New York City’s Lower East Side. He celebrates his birthday every year on March 4th, which is the only calendar date that is also a command. Duffney can design a logo or create something good that you will want to hang in your bedroom or place in your pocket forever. He also has an incredible flannel shirt collection. He can only do three things, but he can do those three things very well. He likes to see his name.
February 23, 2010 | New Art | by Gerry Mak |
Nathan Vincent knits and crochets stereotypically male images — guns, mounted animal heads, John Deere logos, lawnmowers — to make a comment about the gender assumptions specific to certain crafts. Read more
January 23, 2009 | New Design | by Gerry Mak |
Chances are, if you’re into metal at all, you’ve seen some of Christophe Szpajdel’s work. The Belgian forestry engineer has designed some of the genre’s most recognizable logos – Emperor, Borknagar, Old Man’s Child, and Enthroned among many others. A recent Vice Magazine spread elicited some pretty ignorant responses deriding his designs as unreadable. What the uninitiated fail to comprehend, however, is that heavy metal logos say everything one needs to know about a band (whether they’re thrash, death, black, or grindcore, and whether they’re Satanic, pagan, punk influenced, neo-Nazi, or humor-driven), and sometimes illegibility is the whole point. Read more
February 16, 2008 | New Trends | by Gerry Mak |
Personally, I think the new AT&T logo sucks. In attempting to make it look 3-D, the designers have also made it look like a scoop of ice-cream, not exactly what I associate with cellphones. Neatorama recently posted a rundown of how a few other iconic logos evolved. [while we're on it, check out the Wolda design a logo competition]
From the vibrant panels of such critically acclaimed comics as DMZ to the storied pages of The New Yorker, artist Nathan Fox’s poppy fantasia of reckless color, cheeky pin-ups, and rock-and-roll-infused imagery makes him one of the most innovative and sought-after voices in illustration. His new postcard book, Stay Tuned, is now available online.
Everything about illustrator Bradford Haubrich’s work feels charmingly handmade. Even his website has a lovely sketched feel to it. My sense is that this is a guy who just loves to sketch and doodle and who can’t resist a single surface in his path because it’s just what he does.
Comedy troupe Summer of Tears edited itself into the classic ’80s movie Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox, providing a new and gut-bustingly hilarious side-plot.
This Purple House for Pembrokeshire represents an unconscious and personal trip into the Norman legacy during the Middle Ages, aiming to find a lost sense. What were the forgotten exchanges between England, Wales, Ireland and the Mediterranean shorelines? Read more
We’ve been watching random, terrible movies and making themed cocktails to enhance our viewing pleasure. You can check out our growing collection of reviews and cocktail menus here on our secret blog (which is no longer secret).
We featured red hot Brooklyn band Yeasayer on Lost At E Minor a few months back, so we thought it was time we checked in with keyboardist-sampler, Chris Keating. Read more
There’s a fun range of prints up on the Boo Ware site, a Sydney based t-shirt label that began selling at the legendary Paddington Markets in 2003. You can still find them there every Saturday morning. Their tees are ‘soft and comfortable with original, quirky prints’.
WE'RE POSTING / SOME OF THE BEST
It’s refreshing to see artists like Joe Kievitt who are contented to explore the beauty in simple forms and asymmetrical patterns. Read more
Baltimore Mural by Josh Van Horne
My friend Josh Van Horne, a local Baltimore artist, did this amazing mural in our neighborhood that depicts the history of this warehouse-laden area.
The return of the Brionvega rr226
Italian brand Brionvega has resurrected the classy Radiofonografio piece first created in 1965. The updated version is just like the original turntable/radio unit, but also has a CD/DVD player.
Pencils made from recycled newspaper
The problem with awesome things like these pencils made out of recycled newspaper is that you almost don’t want to use them.
Benjamin Edminston’s psychedelic heads seem to have some fearful wisdom behind their blissed-out eyes. Read more
This Powder Necklace features a pearlized Turbo Cinereus shell with tiny holes drilled into the bottom, filled with a sparkling silver-colored powder that when gently tapped, sprinkles a light dusting on the wearer’s chest. Designed by Stephanie Simek. Read more
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