- ARCHIVE / June, 2009
- It’s about franken time.
Minnesota’s junior senator is finally confirmed. Above: Our man in Washington D.C., Al Franken. ¡Que Viva! St. Louis Park in da house… er, Senate.
- Rietveld for Rietveld
Protest in full spectra color! Above: The latest on the Rietveld for Rietveld’s efforts to prevent the closing of their beloved building. A new Flickr set celebrates color and humanity all at once. Check the full R for R set here and consider signing the petition here. By the way, guess who designed this T-Shirt?
- Green balloons over Tehran.
Fresh video via the Huffington Post. Above: Without words, yet with no small measure of emotion. May these green wishes come true.
- Marina Córdova Alvéstegui / La Paz
From peace and for peace, a poster lives in Tehran! Above: From recent protest in Tehran, Marina’s recent poster for peace in Iran makes it into the streets. The bravery and courage of this simple act is beyond belief, since the targeting of protesters has become even more murderous and bloody. This empathetic and sincere [...]
- Ragnar Freyr Pálsson / BREAKBEAT.IS
New poster for 2009. Above: Ragnar Freyr Pálsson, ‘kireee’ new event poster form our good friend in Iceland. See an example from 2008 here. Sugoi, ne? Domo, Ragnar.
- TABRIZ: Re-Posto!?
Why we care. UPDATE: May 29, 2009: ‘Now this is a type workshop!’ Thought it was worthwhile to look back just until last May and see these amazing images workshop images again via Rang Magazine. This is Iran. Original post text below: Above: Via Rang Magazine, type workshop at the Art University of Tabriz, Iran, [...]
- John Malinoski / VCUarts
New poster to help break the clouds. Above: John Malinoski, new Poster for VCUarts (24″x36″), 2009. Image includes registration marks.
- Reza Abedini / Iranian
New profile online from a master. Above: Reza Abedini, Iranian.
- Montreal
Pour l’Iran! Above: Montreal, Canada.
- For the Sea of Green
Persian proverb. Above: A humble offering from Geotypografika.
- UPDATED: From La Paz, a poster for Iran.
Marina Córdova Alvéstegui stands with Green! Above: Marina Córdova Alvéstegui, an art director and designer from La Paz, Bolivia, sends this poster expressing her suport for Mousavi, Green, and Iran! Gracias, Marina! Es lebe die Grüne Welle! UPDATE, June 24: Incredible image from Tehran. Bravo, Marina! Bravo, Iran!
- iA / Interactive Web Trend Map
Preview of Information Architects interactive web trend map. Above: iA’s Webtrend Map 4 (click image for a larger view), also available via their own site. In exciting recent news, we can look forward to an interactive version of the map (webtrendmap.com), see the sweet promotional trailer below. Visit iA on Flickr for a great collection [...]
- Pascal Zoghbi / FF Seria Arabic
FontFont’s first Arabic release. Above: From Pascal Zoghbi’s own posting on his exciting new release with FontFont. Pascal’s FF Seria Arabic is based on FF Seria by Martin Major, and has a lovely choppy flavor especially at the heavier weight. The new font is based on a collaboration between both designers from the Khatt Foundation’s [...]
- Elisabeth Workman / West Wind Review 2009
New poems included in the latest edition. Above: This just in, Elisabeth’s poems (Populist Granulation, Brooklyn Coptics, Eliminating the Hairy Obstruction) were included in the most recent West Wind Review, hurra! Edited by Lacey Hunter, the publication is available here. In a continuing series of especially pleasing cover designs, Elisabeth’s inspiring Flarf colleague K. Silem [...]