- ARCHIVE / February, 2008
- Must have book / Blackstock’s Collections
I bought this yesterday, you will understand.
Blackstock’s Collections: The Drawings of an Artistic Savant
Gregory L. Blackstock. 2006, Princeton Architectural Press, NY. Click here for an Amazon link. Apparently all drawn from memory with pencil, black marker, crayons. Simply, unbelievably, beautiful.Above: Detail of crows by Gregory L. Blackstock.
- Aktuell / More Puzzlin’ Evidence?
As David Byrne, Scientist, might say…
Above: From the Guardian Weekly, photo by Rajen Nair.
“A dying art in India,” by Kumbharwada Kanthilal, a potter who chronicles the demise of the pottery trade in India. Some might say the oldest art form.
Related News Links001 From On the Media (NPR):
“Head Space,” by Clive Thompson. (Illustration: Ocarte) From [...] - John Malinoski / How to Hang a Poster
Quirk_Master_Plan
Above: Sketch by John Malinoski, advocate for squirrels and other such type of critter. John is a graphic designer/educator in Richmond, VA and writes with
this update below:
explanation
this is a preliminary study investigating a technique to hang posters from the shahneshin foundation’s shrinkage international poster competition
posters from the 2007 competition will be exhibited during the month [...] - The Telegraph
Today’s front page is from Calcutta, India
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- Diário de Noticias
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- Nokia enters Brazilian Design Education
Press release on new collaboration in Rio
Geotypografika: Follow the link for a Nokia press release (through Hugin) on their new collaboration with the Design School of UniverCidade in Rio de Janeiro. Guess where they opened a facility last year? The press release features interesting language as well. An excerpt follows:
Nokia opens satellite design studio in [...] - Essahafa
Today’s featured front page is from Tunis, Tunisia
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- Abi Chase / Seen at MCAD
News poster series initiated…
Above: News poster project by Abi Chase, MCAD.
Part of a beginning conversation?
Gambade, Abi!
- Globalization Aktuell
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Above: 24 x 36 (inches) poster by John Yunker from Byte Level Research.
Available for purchase, see link. Yunker explains that all internet country codes are sized according to relative population, though India and China are reduced by 30% to accommodate them.
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“India rides new wave of globalization,” by [...] - The Wall Street Journal / Europe Edition
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- Ben Schuster / Thai Translated
Former Mui-Thai student shares his insight
Ben Schuster writes: This is a picture of a McDonald’s in Thailand. I’ve enlarged the Thai type, then explain the order in which it is read under that, accompanied by the phonetic English equivalent to each Thai character.
Thai is very unique, almost like a combination of Eastern and Western languages. [...] - Guardian / Grafik Macbeth
New graphic novel tackles Shakespeare
Above: Panel from the Guardian article, “Something wicked this way comes.”
Favorable and stimulating review of visual tactics and more,
graphic novel by Classical Comics.
- Aktuell / Pakistan Blocks YouTube
Attempt to block site spreads worldwide
CNN International report on Pakistan’s decision to block access to YouTube.
In the few minutes it took to try and create this link, they have updated the image
to a flag burning…Moments ago it was a man shutting computers down in an internet cafe. Not as scarry, no? Plus, CNN itself cites [...]
- Wired / Life Cycle of a Post
Infographic details byzantine paths…
Above: Infographic by Build, from Wired.
Chris Burns called attention to this article some time ago, and the interactive online version you can see here is interesting on many levels.
- Belgian Television Today
Screen shot from De Morgan Website
Above: Screen shot from De Morgan’s website of their television schedule.
Simple and effective, it nevertheless allows access to a large amount of information. Interesting to see what they think is worth programming in Belgium at these, and other hours. Visual wetenschap pur!
- De Morgen
Today’s featured front page is from Brussels, Belgium.
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This just in via Colin: See the Media Circus review of De Morgen and five other newspapers here. I highly recommend an analysis of this website.
Click the image above for a link to [...] - Chris Jordan / Plastic Bottles
Artist visualizes the true world
Above: Plastic Bottles, 2007. “Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.”
See more of Chris Jordan’s photographic work here.
- Die Neue Geotypografika Redux
Feb. 20, 2008 MCAD/AIGA Lecture
Above: Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kommentar: Here is a brief synopsis and extension of important issues from my lecture from Feb. 20, 2008. My my sincere thanks again to Tom Garrett, Design Chair at MCAD and the AIGA Minneapolis for allowing me this wonderful opportunity.
I was most grateful for the generous audience, which helped [...] - Dubai / The Third Line
UAE gallery features regional artists
Above: Headgears (Lacoste) by Iranian artist Pouran Jinchi.
From The Third Line.Above: No to War by Egyptian artist Huda Lufti.
From The Third Line.
Aktuell: This just in via M in Doha. The Third Line, a Dubai Art Gallery with many interesting current shows, also features a brief online collection [...] - Aktuell / Cyrillic in the NYT
From today’s NYTimes Website
Above: From today’s NYT Website (as of Feb. 24, 08:00 CT)
Above: From today’s NYT Website (as of Feb. 24, 07:47 CT)
I was excited to notice this morning that the NYT designers had chosen to include a Cyrillic title, adding visual complexity to the overall image that is quite attractive. Unfamiliar forms and [...] - Gulf Times
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- NYTimes / Indian Letterwriter
An incredible story.
Above: Anand Giridharadas’ photo from his story on professional letter-writers in India, from the NYTimes (Dec 26, 2007). You must read this.
Found through Yale Global Online, an excellent resource.
- Internets’ in Space
Ssspeed is what we need.
From CNN: See this link for an interesting story on a new satellite launched by Japan that promises faster speeds. It also hopes to improve access and distribution of so called telemedicine services to remote areas of the world.
We show we can shoot one down, they put up interesting and dynamic [...] - Die Welt
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- Al Jazeera Banners
English website features interesting micro-content
Above: Al Jazeera banner cluster from the front page of their English site. Interestingly, a link for US voters overseas, a first in my daily scans.
A recent Geotypografika Interview with James Bertoni pointed to serious issues with a growing area of contemporary design practice (and function!). I find it fascinating to [...]