Flickr user insect54 has posted scans from classic graphic design book, Schweizer Grafiker / Graphistes Suisses, for all to enjoy.
See more here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/insect54/sets/72157622425296450/with/3940887457/
(via iso 50 & swiss miss)
I just discovered the work of Alighiero e Boetti thanks to this post over at Little Paper Planes. Here’s a sample from the MoMA archives:
See all of his MoMA stuff here. And his Wikipedia entry here.
–MANWOMANCHILD
Bad At Sports has a post about Deb Sokolow’s work with the Chicago Public Schools. Being a huge fan of Deb’s, I had to repost a link to it.
1. This profile and interview with Fernando Llanos
This week, “We Make Money Not Art” has a profile of and interview with Fernando Llanos. I didn’t really know anything about him before reading this, and I’ve never seen his installations, but it was both fascinating and inspiring to hear about him.
Check it out: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2009/10/-hope-youre-having.php
2. Newsweek Interview with Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, and Dave Eggers.
Great interview. I’d never actually read any interviews with Sendak before, so this was a treat. Good stuff.
Check it out: http://www.newsweek.com/id/216997
3. ‘Suicide’ live on WFMU
Apparently, earlier in 2009, legendary NYC electro duo, Suicide, got back together. I hope it wasn’t just a one-time thing. Either way, now it’s on the internet for everyone to hear. They’ve actually only put up two songs…but still it’s very rad.
Check it out: http://freemusicarchive.org/curator/WFMU/blog/Suicide_live_at_ATP-NY_2009_on_WFMU
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OK, that’s it for now. There will be more of these posts soon. I promise.
Yours truly,
MANWOMANCHILD
1. The Art of Blake Suarez
We only just discovered Blake’s work this week and already we love it. Not only has he done tons of projects (stuff for small magazines, t-shirts, screen prints, etc.) but he runs a great blog. Everything seems top notch but don’t just take our word for it. Check it out for yourself.
Look here: http://plaza.ufl.edu/bsuarez/
And the blog is here: http://blakesuarez.blogspot.com/
2. Bupp! for Mac/PC
This is an amazing audio App. Sort of midway between an old-timey arcade game à la Pong or Asteroids and…maybe some sort of sampling engine? Totally weird. Basically, you construct a maze containing any number of obstacles. Balls are then dropped into it. The balls move around and ricochet off of obstacles, triggering vocal samples in the process. (There seems to be pretty much no way of predicting what sample will be produced by a given obstacle and position. You just have to experiment.) The graphics are simple and the motion of the balls is a little jerky but the whole thing is totally addictive. Seriously. We haven’t gotten hooked on anything this quickly since they opened up that breakfast burrito place down the street.
Check it out: http://www.mediascot.org/drift/foolme/bupp
3. George M.’s “Musical Episode” Podcast
Sometimes you just need some classic R&B in your life. Not just sometimes. Often. Maybe it’s because you’ve just lost the love of your life. Maybe it’s the end of the week and you’re tired; you need something to take your mind of work. Or maybe it’s because you’ve been driving for a really long time and you know this really good college radio station but you can’t seem to get it on your radio because their transmitter is so weak and also it’s your car’s fault and what the hell why didn’t you just replace the radio when you bought the car but now it’s too late because you’re probably not going to hold on to the car for that much longer anyway. We don’t know what it is that keeps us coming back but we know a good thing when I hear it.
Check it out:Â http://musicalepisode.podomatic.com/
Enjoy,
MAN/WOMAN/CHILD
He had a piece go on sale at tinyshowcase.com earlier this week which was great. Some of the art on his own site is even more amazing. (link)
2. The new Need For Speed: Undercover for the iPhone.
I’ve played just about all of the racing games that have come out for the iPhone. A lot were great, but NFSU takes the cake easily. (iTunes link)
3. CreativeApplications.net
I don’t read very many blogs consistently. I have a whole mix of things that I’ve put in my Google Reader. Occasionally I’ll log in and nervously flick through the posts that have queued up before losing interest or clicking one of the outbound links. Suffice it to say that no one blog has inspired me so consistently as Creative Applications. I can literally go to this blog any day of the week and be guaranteed I’m going to see something totally amazing that will change my life’s ambitions. Outstanding curatorial effort. (link)
Enjoy,
RK
