- ARCHIVE / May, 2008
- Ink / Revue Participative
Lyon, France
Above: From Ink Magazine. Sacre vache! Produced by Pierre Delmas Bouly
and Patrick Lallamand, this interesting project was found via Étienne Mineur’s excellent archival blog.
Vive la France! - Nuevo / Posterpage (dot) ch
Julian Legendre
Above: Rene’s latest feature on Posterpage, Julian Legendre’s poster series for the Conservatoire d’Orleans, France.
- Ribéry / Toni
Euro 2008
Above: From the Bild (DE). I know this will lead to an ad (probably for Adidas), but it is still funny to watch Ribéry listening to the French anthem on his cell, and then see Luca Toni start in on him with the most terrible t-shirt ever. Excellent insults.
- UCLA / Educating Global Citizens
International Institute focuses on globalization issues.
Above: From the institute’s Manga’s Working-Class Heroes article.
UCLA International Institute: Highly recommended, Ajay Singh, Globalization:
Can Poor Nations Catch Up? Excellent insight from Thailand’s former foreign minister, detailing some lessons of globalization.
From the article: “On the morning of 9/11, as the world was transfixed by television images of the World Trade [...] - Metropolis / Reflecting on the Gulf
Karrie Jacobs visits Doha and Dubai
Above: From the article in Metropolis, the proposed Bahrain World Trade Center, envisioned by Atkins Dubai. Wind turbines, positioned between the two towers, are designed to supply partial power to the building.
While sharing such sustainable visions, Jacobs accurately describes the tensions between optimism and excess so palpable in the [...] - Yunker / Website Mourning in China
Globalization expert notes brand empathy.
Above: Via John Yunker’s Global by Design, the Microsoft China splash page. Yunker shows that many other international companies have followed suit,
converting their splash pages to mourning themed black and white environments, culturally appropriate in China and the region in general. - Blanka / New Posters
Dessin Graphique ABC’s: Aicher, Bill und Crouwel
Above: Otl Aicher poster from 1972 Olympics, featuring a Max Bill design.
Blanka, a UK poster retailer, recently announced newly reprinted classics made in collaboration with Wim Crouwel himself.Above: Crouwel’s famous Vormgevers poster, reprinted. Interestingly, Blanka now has a Flickr Photostream (in addition to their own website/interface).
Thanks to Blam from [...] - Jean-Benoît Lévy / Helvetia + 10,700
Guiness World Record
Above: Jean-Benoît Lévy, from Studio AND, a Guiness World Record video short of a human scaled, 10,700 participants, version of Jean-Benoît’s Helvetia stamp (below). See more of his stamps here, and click here for an interview with this
San Francisco based designer. - Paul Catherall / Printmaker
Above: Paul Catherall, Oxo Mono, 2001.
Above: From The Guardian, Shaping the City, a short video featuring printmaker Paul Catherall working on prints for the London Underground. See more of his earlier work on the Transport for London site, Art on the Underground.
Above: Sample from the Transport for London prints.
See more on Catheral’s site. - Space Collective
Space: The Final Frontier
Above: From Space Collective’s gallery page, one among many interesting categories, a design for a residence for up to 125,000 tenants.
Space Collective features an amazing array of topics, as well as an impressive interface. From their Gallery section, a fascinating quote via a contributor, (Spaceweaver, “My Cranium is Open Source”):
“Moreover, the very [...] - Le Sucre / Hamburg
Freie Bahn mit Marzipan!
Above: From the the Le Sucre site, who have set up shop in Hamburg early this year. “Freie Bahn mit Marzipan?” A great sense of humor! Y’all are welcome in my wee Konditorei anytime.
If there is ever any question, Niederegger marzipan (Lübeck) is really the only option. Klaro! Mensch, jetzt habe Ich [...] - V&A Collection / Olympic Posters
The Museum of Childhood, London (UK)
Above: Poster for the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City (From the Bejing 2008 site.)
The Victoria & Albert Museum is displaying a collection of Olympic posters
in The Museum of Childhood through September, 2008. Another search turned
up this review of the show by Diamond Geezer.
Now, if I could only fix the teleporter. - Kristin / Aesthetic to Ascetic
Above: Herzlich Wilkommen Kristin, of Aesthetic to Ascetic, a Richmond,
VA fashion professor joining us in Blogistan. From the subtitle: “An attempt to re-fashion a wardrobe which has gotten out of hand.” Visit and vote keep it, so-so,
or toss it. An admired and inspirational practitioner and educator, Kristin is also associated with Quirk Gallery.
Gambade, Kristin! - Dylan C. Lathrop / U.S. Soldier Uses Koran for Target Practice
Above: Taken from CNN, a photo of Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond after apologizing to local leaders in Radhwaniya, Iraq for a soldier in his command having used the Koran for target practice.
Dylan C. Lathrop writes: And so the story goes. A story about the ignorance of the American mind (at times) that leads us to [...] - Karjaluoto / Design Can Change
Canadian Led Effort Targeting Graphic Designers
Above: Enlarged Globe and Mail icon und gracias Canada! Paperless invoicing,
a small part of green professional practice.
Have a look at this interesting article from the Globe and Mail, Jennifer Hollet’s review of an inspiring effort by Erik Karjaluoto of SmashLAB called, Design Can Change. This group has attracted international attention [...] - Rothkopf / The Superclass
Global elite dominates in old ways…
Above: From a review in The Seattle Times, by Carl Hartman (AP), David Rothkopf’s
new work. Rothkopf is no conspiracy theorist, he served under Clinton as deputy undersecretary of Commerce for international trade (see Hartman article), and this material should be familiar to anyone watching and analyzing international affairs.
Please also [...] - Midway / Old News 4
Midway Contemporary Art Gallery, MPLS MN
Above: From Midway’s program for Old News 4. Curated by Jacob Fabricus, the current exhibit provides an extensive overview of both contemporary projects, as well as precedents (including some material as oddly nostalgic as Jello Biafra’s seminal work for Dead Kennedys album inserts, and much, much more.)
Highly recommended, this exhibit [...] - Chilcote / Out There Somewhere
Something new from Adria in Berlin
Above: A screen-grab from Adria Chicote’s latest type experiments, cut-paper letterforms inspired by her time in Berlin.
Weiter so, Adria! - Spiro / Beyond Citizenship
New markets, new identities… and G8 support?
Above: Cover of Peter Spiro’s, Beyond Citizenship: American Identity after Globalization. See this entry (by the author, I believe) from the Oxford University Press USA blog here.
This book seems to offer a perfect prequel to citizenship and identity issues that
may arise from global social networks - “The Republic of [...] - Napoleoni / Rogue Economics
A global view of emerging markets
Above: Cover of Rogue Economics by Loretta Napoleoni. A controversial new treatise on contemporary global phenomena, see this review by Russ Juskalian
for USA Today.
From the article: “Her logic can be hard to follow. It goes something like this: Communism gave way to capitalism with the fall of the Soviet Union. [...] - A beautiful day…
MPLS, MN
Above: A pool table found while enjoying a fantastic drive around Minneapolis with Dan and Kelly, two most excellent raconteurs (and great story tellers as well).
Apropo stories, this image is an accurate representation of what the
Minneapolis grid feels like. - Mabrouk, Chris Burns!
MCAD Gung Fu Graduate, 2008
Above: Some new cards Chris Burns made for his graduation opening yesterday at MCAD. The best part, Chris also helped solve the problem with uploading images on Geo, so… you can only see this (above), because he made it, and… because he found the WP fix.
Cheers, big ears! (More on Chris’ [...] - Geotypografika Update
Wordpress Upgrade yields Image Upload Failures
Just a quick note, there seems to be a major problem with uploading images
after the recent upgrade to Wordpress 2.5.1. Funkstille until I can resolve this,
sorry everyone in advance.
Any Wordpress users experiencing similar issues? - Donde va, ideas Americanos?
Nueva York?
Above: Poster by Mitchell Lewis, somehow apropo?
“Is U.S. Innovation heading offshore?” by Pete Engardio. Fascinating insight from Business Week into the state of “American” innovation. While the article confirms that American businesses are indeed starting to export more design and engineering work, a new report argues that regional innovation remains strong — though this [...] - FIFA / Sepp Blatter for Six plus Five
National Identity vs. Global Identity
Above: Sepp Blatter at full stretch.
The FIFA President is coming out again (and again) against recent trends in international football, and the familiar six-plus-five model (a minimum of five “home-grown” players), is looking to be his cause once again. From the Sun (UK) article, “This rule will be fighting against [...] - Justice / Stress
New Video tests boundaries.
Above: Justice’s new video, directed by Romain-Gavras. Warning: a disturbing short film focusing on the marginalized and disaffected urban youth that have begun to assert themselves in France over the past few years. Here, another recent article in Newswise warning of the impact of globalization on gangs, which are anticipated to spread [...]
- Fussball Total
The mystery Arsenal player is me.
Above: Guy Ritchie’s new Nike ad. Effing’ brilliant. Apropo football, a great summer awaits us with the European Championships ahead. in the meantime, an all-English Champions League final and a thrilling conclusion to the Premier League this year, with Chelsea and Manchester United vying for first place in both seminal [...]
- Lingua Global / Giovanni Trapattoni
The Maestro arrives in Ireland
Above: From the recent Bild interview coverage of Giovanni Trapattoni, the legendary Italian fussball manager. Trap gave another classic press conference recently, on taking over duties for the Irish National team. Famous for his icy relations with the Press and infamous for the “Ich habe fertig,” Wutrede he gave years [...]
- Icograda / Indigo
New Global Design project launched in Australia
Above: From the Icograda site (Image: Meghan Kelly, MIX06,
Monash University).
Indigo is a remarkable new effort sponsored by Icograda, here some explanation from their own about page: “Indigo is a project that asks: What is Indigenous design? …Indigo seeks to understand what makes design distinctive to its home and the [...] - MPLS / May Day Parade
Images from Powderhorn Park
Above: A mighty, mighty mushroom band. All images are from the May Day Parade last Sunday (May 4). Invited by our cultural cruise directors Hazel, Murphy, & Tozer (a highly influential local consulting group), we found a crowded spot close to the entrance of Powderhorn Park where the parade meets the day [...]
- Cool Kids / Run On Sentence
Movelmo’s bro goes viral.
Above: As of May 5, 2008 18:15 CT: 1,123,602 views. Directed by Joe Esquivel (assisted by MCAD Gung Fu student Anthony Esquivel), this is a Chicago summer project gone ballistic.
Above: Anthony Esquivel’s motion type project, Run On Sentence.
Ressspeck. - Recent MPLS
Some things from here and there.
Above: Pacifico 12-pack reveals beautiful secret grid.
(Para Christopher Thomas!)Above: Taken today, May 5, 2008 directly above our apartment at 18:14 CT
(no rain for miles).Above: Seen on an MCAD pinboard. Ciao Cypressa!
Above: 24th and Nicollet. MPLS, MN.
Above: Small screen-print seen on MCAD pinboard.
Above: Brown bag from Big Brain Comics.
Above: From the [...]
- Skyway Type
Seen at MCAD
Above: A kind message.
- Feiertag
All’s Quiet on the Midwestern Front
Hallo. Have been quiet for a few days, recuperating. A photo from some years back in Amsterdam, see postcard (”Greetings from Holland?”). This was at a Brazilian restaurant the night Brasil played eleven Carpirinhas? Or something like that.