- ARCHIVE / Free Radicals
- New Flarf New
Western Humanities Review and KFAI interview by Diane Richard.
Above: Cover of the Summer 2010 Western Humanities Review from the University of Utah English Department. Love the subtle touch on the ‘whr’ by cover designers Dawn Lonsinger and Patrick Foran. The new edition, available soon, includes two new pieces by Flarf poets Sharon Mesmer and [...]
- PRONGTRY SOWOHUD RECONN
A poem for a flag, a flag for the people.
Above: Video from Sunday’s Shoebox opening featuring Flarf poet Elisabeth Workman’s sound poem for the occasion, PRONGTRY SOWOHUD RECONN. Gallery founder Sean Smuda introduces the event as Jenny Schmid and yours truly remain appropriately silent. Thanks to AJ for coming and agreeing to shoot this. Music [...]
- The best day ever.
Shoebox Gallery opening, waffle intervention, a flag, a poem, a parade.
Above: From the pages of GOOD to the streets of MPLS, Powderhorn claims the Chicago-Lake intersection! Jenny Schmid, whose opening graced Sean Smuda’s Shoebox Gallery, stands just behind the flag in an appropriate shade of red for May Day. Image from one of [...]
- POHO Flag is Flying
Official unfurling at the Shoebox Gallery today.
Above: A quick test from yesterday, great flag conditions but poor light. Special thanks again to Jenny Schmid for including this in her opening today and also to Dave Schroeder (Flashbelt, Pilotvibe) for his expert help in getting this thing flying.
Join us at the Shoebox today, 11am-12:30 pm 2948 [...] - 1. Mai
International Socialist Rabbits Unite!
Above: May 1, 1998. Tomorrow’s May Day festivities in Powderhorn may, or may not, include such a scene.
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Avanti popolo alla riscossa,
bandiera rossa, bandiera rossa!
Avanti popolo alla riscossa,
bandiera rossa trionferá! - Papergirl No. 5
Random art distribution project in Berlin.
Above: Papergirl No. 4 poster by Florian Lamm und Lisa von Billerbeck. In a hot tip from our friend Verena Gerlach, the very cool Papergirl project announces it’s May 19, 2010 deadline for new submissions. Check out the sweet video of Papergirl No. 4 in action. In more [...]
- Elisabeth Workman / Nine poems.
Low quality image, inspired Flarf content.
Above: Flarf poet Elisabeth Workman, reading from her work last night (Feb. 21, 2010) at Intermedia Arts. This is from video shot by out friend Tim Tozer.
In both videos, Elisabeth explains her work and read from the following poems: We Are Surrounded By Parking Lots And, Cosmic Pinwheeling Terrorist, A [...] - EAB x 3
We did it.
Above: Elisabeth and I are overjoyed to share the news that we
are expecting our first child. Wish us luck, expected arrival is
August 23, 2010.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Avanti popolo alla riscossa,
bandiera rossa, bandiera rossa!
Avanti popolo alla riscossa,
bandiera rossa trionferá!
Ouchi-san, sugoi ne?! - They Can’t Deport Us All
Chingo Bling.
Above: On a recent visit to Los Ocampo (MPLS), I noticed a guest wearing this t-shirt and was struck by the message. After some searching, I found Chingo Bling’s single from last Fall. You can listen to the song here, ¡Para Justicia y Libertad!
Please find immigration support here, it’s time to legalize all human [...] - Poster4Tomorrow / 100 for Freedom
New poster exhibition online and in galleries around the world.
Above: Frank Arbelo (Cuba/Bolivia), see more at Poster4Tomorrow.
- MCAD_GRD_2010_F09_Brandt
Long overdue update from this beginning type grupetto.
Above: MCAD student Daniel, from a recent update to Geotypografika Flickr.
I am please to share some work from this hard working grupetto, and have
finally had time to post these. Please for to be enjoying.Above: MCAD student Courtney.
Above: MCAD student Peter S.
Above: MCAD student Tara.
Above: MCAD student Tuesday.
Above: MCAD [...]
- Naz / Final MA Work
Recent work from Iran.
Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009, three images from her final master’s thesis work in Iran.
Mamnoon am, Naz! A thousand congratulations, hoping to see more.Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009.
Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009.
Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009.
Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009.
Above: Naz Moosavi, 2009.
Updated Oct. 27, 2009 with these three last posters.
Thanks again for sharing these with us, [...] - SocialDesignZine / Ferdowsi
New poster for a green Iran.
Above: Erik Brandt, 2009 (70×100cm). Photo: Green Bird (Tehran, 2009).
A new poster I made inspired by the kind invitation and photo by Green Bird
is now online as part of the SocialDesignZine’s effort to rally support for Iran.
Many will recognize the statue of Ferdowsi (935-1020) symbolizing a high point
of the Green [...] - Persian cartoonists boycott Tehran Biennial
Signed statement issued by 156 brave souls.
Above: Via persiancartoon, a manifesto detailing the grave circumstances of life
in contemporary Iran, and the unwillingness of these brave cartoonists to participate
in the upcoming Tehran biennial. Read the full signed statement here. - Cybernetic Parrot Sausage
Tout simplement incroyable.
Above: Via Matt, simply beyond belief and most excellent.
Cherry garcia, Mateo! - A-W-E-S-O-M-E, Snakes!
Three new songs by The Awesome Snakes, who are awesome.
Above: “Color me.” 7/30/2009 8:00 PM at 18+ show! 7th St Entry
w/ Coconut Coolouts and Personal & the Pizzas , MPLS!
I admit it, Awesome Snakes made me join MySpace. Three awesome
new songs, Fist Fight! You Got Another Thing Comin’! Birthday Party Sally!
Oh damn… - UPDATED: July 17, 2009
The Green Wave rises once more!
Above: Via The Huffington Post’s Liveblog, stunning images and reports from the aftermath of Rafsanjani’s key sermon in today’s prayers. The word is that thousands are streaming into the streets well past the conclusion of the sermon, itself strongly critical of the current state affairs. May the people rise up [...]
- Plug-in to blackout!
July 21, 9PM Tehran/Iran
Above: Word on the electronic street from Iran, a call for a mass demonstration
by plugging in and turning on all home electronic devices at the same time (July 21,
9PM Tehran time). The action hopes to create a blackout in cities nation-wide,
and the people will once again take to the roofs and cry [...] - And they sang.
Remarkable voices from the streets of Tehran.
Above: Remember this song from July 4th and before? The most significant
message from today is that Iranians no longer feel alone, they know they still
have each other. Let them know they still have all of us! - Shirin Neshat / Women Without Men
Speaking out on and analyzing the Green Revolution.
Above: Via FLYP Media, Shirin Neshat, director of the film, Women Without Men,
see trailer below. A invaluable resource to help gain a more balanced historical
perspective during these times. Simply amazing. Mamnoon am, Shahram! - UPDATED: Iran / 18 Tir
27 seconds from today, Bolvare Keshavar.
Above: Posted on YouTube, scenes from earlier today.
Above: Keshavarz, also up recently today.
After quiet morning, in terms of uploads, video is now starting
to pour in via Twitter and more sources, follow #iranelection.
UPDATES are going to follow quickly below, no way to confirm
if many of these are from today. I will [...] - Shahram Azad / Bearing Witness
“It shall be a most glorious story, and it has just begun.”
Above: Photograph by Shahram Azad, Tehran University protests, 1999.
Below, a moving essay by a friend of the photographer that eloquently describes
the feelings and motivations of many within the Sea of Green. On the eve of what
may be the largest and most widespread demonstrations we [...] - Yüksel Doğru / Istanbul
Faces on the Wall.
Above: Yüksel Doğru, Faces On the Wall, illustrations, 2009. Really striking
new visions from Istanbul, Turkey. Teşekkürler, Yuksel!Above: Yüksel Doğru, Faces On the Wall, illustrations, 2009.
Above: Yüksel Doğru, Faces On the Wall, illustrations, 2009.
Above: Yüksel Doğru, Faces On the Wall, illustrations, 2009.
Above: Yüksel Doğru, Faces On the Wall, illustrations, 2009.
- Free voices still sing.
Kashan University, July 2009
Above: This striking video is making the rounds on the FB and is posted here
at Revolutionary Road, with an English translation of the song and sentiments.
How appropriate on July 4th, the living, beating heart of humanity reaches out
through these voices. An inspiring example of peace and beauty for the ages.From the translation:
My [...] - Adria Chilcote / Don’t Give Up!
New profile photo echoes cherished old work.
Above: Adria Chilcote’s latest profile photo in support of the Iranian Green
movement, adapted from a lovely project she undertook while traveling in
Berlin last year. See this link.
Now Adria is venturing into the Indian design market, setting up shop in India!
Can’t wait to hear more. Bon voyage and bon chance, [...] - Greg Chadwick / For Neda.
A California artist manifests the world’s collective mourning.
Above: Greg Chadwick, The Call - ندا - Neda, 2009. See also his blog, Speed of Life.
Mamnoon am, for sharing this work here, Greg. - Dr. Massoud Pezeshkian
A brave man implores the Iranian Parliament to act with fairness.
Above: A recent speech to the Iranian parliament by a very brave an impassioned
Dr. Massoud Pezeshkian. He warns of dictatorship and reminds the members
of the just actions of the Imam Ali and his proscriptions for benevolent government.
Quoting the martyr Beheshti, “…I prefer the bitterness of [...] - 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? - Ghoba Mosque
The brave and the brutalized still march!
Above: Video of Sunday’s rallies around Ghoba Street and mosque. Many apologies
for the funkstille as of late, moving days are now (more or less) complete. As we know,
the mood in Iran seems subdued, but there is continued protest even today.
The Huffington Post began archiving their liveblog into daily sections [...] - 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 message from Marina in [...] - UPDATED: Strong like bull.
Awe inspiring (faked).
Above: Found floating around in a social networking site, this image has
to be shared, and shared… UPDATE: Fake. Ooof.
Below: The latest video from brave Tehran via the Huffington Post Liveblog,
where one of our heroes, Nico Pitney, has also asked President Obama
a question during today’s news conference.UPDATE BELOW: A courageous and outraged woman confronts [...]
- 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, led by
Mr. Isapour. The [...] - John Malinoski / VCUarts
New poster to help break the clouds.
Above: John Malinoski, new Poster for VCUarts (24″x36″), 2009.
Image includes registration marks. - Kiyan Forootan / Tehran, June 20 2009
Two brave young men venture into the streets.
Above: All photos by Kiyan, sent into Geotypografika via his good friend Hamid.
Both are students who braved the streets of Tehran yesterday, and it is humbling
to include these images here. Mamnoom am, Kiyan and Hamid.Above: Allah O Akbar! Surely the world has heard these voices, may we
somehow find [...] - UPDATED: Iran June 21, 2009
The voices will not be silenced.
Above: The only thing left to say? Feel free to use as a profile.
Above: This video is purportedly from today and airing via CNN International
and several other outlets. Nico Pitney at the Huffington Post continues his
work to share the latest developments, and reports that many Iranian’s are
following the Liveblog as [...] - Naz / Iran
Posters from a graphic design student in Iran.
UPDATE: Naz has just sent in a second poster, there may be more. Avanti, Naz!
Above: Naz sends in a special poster (rem her last?), such an inspiration.
Mamnoon am, Naz, and thank you for your courage. - Reza Abedini / Iranian
New profile online from a master.
Above: Reza Abedini, Iranian.
- LiveGeo: Avanti popolo, ‘Khas o Khashaak’!
June 20, 2009, The Sea of Green is under fire.
Above: Latest from BBC Persia (5:54). Trying to follow the news from Tehran
and will keep posting updates here today. Best liveblogs are the Huffington Post
and the Guardian. Twitter: #iranelection, or #gr88. Andrew Sullivan has also
been performing heroically through his liveblog. Photos from Tehran via Demotix.
Images from [...] - Where is this place…?
A heartbreaking voice from Iran.
Above: Via the Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney, simply devastating testimony.
Watch the original, then got to the HuffPost Liveblog (5:30PM ET posting) for
a new version with English subtitles. Video posted June 19, 2009.
“Where is this place, where people are simply calling to God?”
UPDATE: The above original with subtitles (now available).UPDATE: Alternative YouTube [...]
- Vai, verde, vai!
Fears of a bloodbath are rising.
Above: Some images from friends as we reflect on the implicit threats made against the green movement today. Parvez Sharma has a worrying article in the Huffington Post, and we must hope together that the worst fears of a crackdown will not be realized. The candles below are commemorating those [...]
- Montreal
Pour l’Iran!
Above: Montreal, Canada.
- For the Sea of Green
Persian proverb.
Above: A humble offering from Geotypografika.
- UPDATED: A green message.
More brave and poetic words via the internets.
Above: A poster that started appearing on Facebook pages recently, it carries
the following message, translated below.Above: Inspired by the sentiment? Another Persian proverb I learned recently:
“Together, ants can defeat a roaring lion.”
VIVA the Sea of Green!
UPDATE: New Flickr images available on Moussavi1388.Above: The latest video via HuffPo’s Nico [...]
- UPDATED: Iran Google Petition
One day protest proposal.
Above: Via the Mousavi Facebook page, a petition
to ask Google to change their logo for one day.
Please consider voting. Below, the latest video from
today, June 18, 2009, via the HuffPost hero Nico.UPDATE: Via Nico Pitney, Huffington Post. “8:59 PM ET — Huge news. For the last several days, people have been pressuring [...]
- VIVA Marjane Satrapi and Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Today’s important press conference in Farsi/English.
Above: Via friends on Facebook, the amazing press conference with the
Iranian filmakers Marjane Satrapi and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
One can only hope that one day, like her, young women and men will tell
their own stories of revolution and hope.Above: Via the HuffPost, new video from today’s massive rally in Tehran.
- UPDATED: Tehran June 17, 2009
New footage of today’s massive silent protest.
Above: Via the ever-vigilant HuffPo writer Nico Pitney, compelling images from
today (6.17.09). The Guardian Liveblog reports over 500,000 marchers. May the
people’s resistance flourish and may the the thieves and murderers be arrested
and brought to justice!
UPDATE: Via the Guardian Liveblog: “4.51pm: Saeed reports that Mousavi’s wife
Zahra Rahnavard today joined injured [...] - Guardian / Jinoos Taghizadeh
Ian Black’s recent article on the controversial Iranian artist.
Above: From Ian Black’s Guardian article in March, 2009,
compelling images from this artist’s beautiful and controversial
work. Read the full article from the Guardian. - UPDATED: Subway in Tehran
A quick collection of recent messages and findings.
Above: An inspiring subway ride in Tehran from yesterday. The Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney is back at work (fresh from a stint on the Rachel Maddow show). Please follow the updates there, events are unfolding quickly and there are glimmers of hope (Police with green armbands, much more).
Above: [...]
- UPDATED: Tehran June 16, 2009
A silent green wave marched peacefully today.
Above: Original images from today’s protests (June 16, 2009) in Tehran via friends,
Geotypografika is blessed and humbled to be able to share these images of peace
and longing. May their protest succeed!Above: May the people’s will be understood and respected. Below, YouTube footage
from the same parade via Nico Pitney’s Huffington [...] - @Twitter #nomaintenance
Please cancel the maintenance, leave Twitter open for the brave Iranians!
Above: Twitter’s explanation for a scheduled service interruption. If you use Twitter,
please consider sending a message of support to CANCEL the maintenance and leave
the airwaves open for the GREEN WAVE in Iran. Send your message to:
#nomaintenance
UPDATE: Twitter postpones! See screenshot below. - UPDATED: Open letter to the World.
A YouTube message being shared on Facebook.
Above: Via friends in Iran on Facebook, an open letter to the world posted by
iranartexile. They ask for help to pressure our governments NOT to recognize
the illegally formed government. Global solidarity with Green!Above: Via Facebook, students and protesters being beaten, including a
female student at the end who stand vigorously [...] - 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! - UPDATED: VIVA The Green Wave
The green wave rolls on, hundreds of thousands protest in Tehran.
Above: Via our hero Nico Pitney on the Huffington Post, today’s rally, initially
postponed, is the largest yet. There is news that an unprecedented reversal from
Khatami could mean an official investigation of the voting process. An earlier
story in the Telegraph (UK) describes a leaked document proving [...] - UPDATED: Iran / Allah O Akbar
The voices of the people cry out for help.
Above: Found via Rene Wanner on Facebook, video footage of the Iranian people calling out ‘God is Great’ at night, from windows and terraces, rooftops and streets. Truly some of the most moving moments ever caught on video? As I prepare this,
I hear via a friend on [...] - UPDATED: Iran Facebook Protests
Limited access yields protest form.
Above: The ubiquitous profile photo being adopted by many pro-Mousavi supporters
in Iran. Many Iranian Facebook users are adopting this badge and urging friends to
post in English whenever possible, hoping to share news. Consider using this or the
below variant to voice your support for change in Iran. The Facebook group is
Go Green [...] - UPDATED: The people take to the streets.
Images from Tehran, the day after.
Above: Via friends in Tehran, thousands upon thousands stage massive protests
of the disputed election results of last night. There are claims of equally massive
fraud from the popular candidate Moussavi, stirring the response in Tehran.
(CNN International, Yahoo, NYTimes, Al Jazeera)UPDATES TO FOLLOW BELOW:
UPDATE 001: The protests turn violent. Feel free to [...]
- MRS / VIVA Iran
A strong message for the ‘Greens.’
Above: MRS, VIVA Iran! Iran votes for a new president, after a passionate election cycle, M expresses his favor for the reformist Moussavi. He posted this on Facebook, where a thriving Iranian design community is incredibly active. Thank goodness the current government’s ban on Facebook was lifted, and may the [...]
- 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 Mohammad provides [...] - Andy Scott / Singapore
A is for Andy.
Above: Live from the streets, new photos from ‘our man in Singapore’, Andy Scott
(you remember). A is for Andy promises to be an excellent reportage from our
intrepid friend, fresh impressions of the city and beyond. Sure enough, he’s got
a Twitter going, yo.
Kyotsukete onegaishimasu, Andy-kun! - Max Grove / Kiss Family
Rejected by Awkward Family Photos?
Above: MCAD student Max Grove (as Peter Chris) and family, Merry Kissmas (2001).
Rejected by Awkward Family Photo (poor quality photo, missing Ace Frehley?), it had
to find a home here! Rock’n’Roll Over, Bringdaruckus. - Love Vigilantes
For memorial day.
Above: New Order, Love Vigilantes (Japan, 1985).
- Derrick Buisch / Studio Move
News from Wisconsin.
Above: Derrick Buisch, new studio wall.
Above: Derrick Buisch, low res img 8647.
Also recommended, the work of Joseph Heeg, an American artist living
and working in Germany.
Many thanks for sharing these updates, DB. - Dan Sinclair / Papyrus
Challenge and proposition.
Above: I’ll Eat Your Sould, 2009. MCAD gung-fu student Dan Sinclair’s experiments with the dreaded font, Papyrus. His challenge? To solve the problem in an appropriate way. Well on your way, Dan!
Above: Dan Sinclair, 2000 Years Ago, 2009.
Dan Sinclair writes:
Project Papyrus is an effort to bring the typeface Papyrus under analysis.
I want to [...] - MPLS Flyer
From the recent May Day Parade.
Above: Flyer from Sunday’s parade and celebration of Spring. More information available here, at the Minnesota Historical Society, who also have a reference for the 1934 Truckers’ Strike available.
- MPLS / May Day Parade
Sunburns are awesome.
Above: New images available on Geotypografika Flickr from today’s May Day Parade in Minneapolis, Minnesota (concluding in Powderhorn Park). This is how it feels to be outside after a long winter in the great white north. ¡Olé!
- Raiders: The Adaptation
Stop, stay out of the light.
Above: Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, shot-by-shot recreation of
the original film, from 1982. Here, the first ten minutes.
UPDATE: The Trailer. (!!!)
UPDATE: Hot tip via Aesthetic Apparatus, Ghostbusters! - The Blue Masks
Michael Aberman’s inspired tangent.
Above: MCAD student Michael cut out these felt masks for our GRD_3020
grupetto, and we gladly donned them toward the end of class the other day.
Click for a larger image, I believe this was when Michael asked us to do a
serious pose. Much more, soon. Wait, you ask our style?!
Typogeekomus graficus. - Site M 011
abundance / desire
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2009.
Pen, marker. - GRD_3020 Perso-Arabic Images
More detail from the workshop.
Above: MCAD student Eric. Check the Geotypografika Flickr page for additional
images from our Perso-Arabic experiments.Above: MCAD student Emily.
Above: MCAD student Sarah.
Above: MCAD student Tousue.
Above: MCAD student Liam.
Above: MCAD student Michael.
Above: MCAD student Ryan.
Above: MCAD student Dan.
Above: MCAD student Brendan. More at Geotypografika Flickr.
Mash Allah. - 14:00 MPLS Time, 61ºF.
Mongo feel human.
Above: 26th and 3rd Ave., Whittier neighborhood. Approximately 08:45 AM.
Minneapolis, MN. March 16, 2009.Above: 25th and Stevens, Whittier neighborhood. Approximately 11:30 AM.
Minneapolis, MN. March 16, 2009.
Perfect timing for a new tag, just as we notice the odd sensation of warmth
upon our cheeks. - Lindley Warren / Expanded Dictionary
The Photographic Dictionary
Above: Leo Postma, Assassin. Via Lindley Warren’s The Photographic Dictionary
project. Perfect for a Sunday, there is always The Ones We Love. - Transatlantis / R26
Tom Kaczynski of MPLS, MN
Above: Tom Kaczynski, of Robot 26 here in Minneapolis. Tom was kind enough
to include Opolis in a review of the Walker Art Center’s Multiples Mall recently.
Shokran, habibi!Above: Tom Kaczynski, Vague Cities cover. Now on order for the Geotypografika collection! More investigation of his excellent Transatlantis blog reveals a broad international [...]
- Dadabase
Vancouver, Canada
Above: Sameh Habeeb, Victim’s Victims, 2009. Via the incredible online
gallery Dadabase, a new acquaintance, Mohammed Salemy, has generously
encouraged this post. Visit Dadabase now, a truly diverse collection of artists
from around the world.Also, please visit the inspirational I heart Gaza project,
started by Dadabase in 2007.
Salaam Dadabase! - Site M 010
critical thinking
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2009.
Pen, marker. - Geotypografika Interview 006: David Berman
“Don’t just do good design, do good!”
001 Take the Do Good Pledge.
David B. Berman
Designer/Strategist/Expert Speaker
David Berman Communications
Ottawa, Canada
Editorial note: David’s new book is out and, thanks to him, in my hands. It is a fascinating and inspiring narrative that captures all of his well-known precision and passion. Too put it simply, it must become a [...] - MCBA Letterpress Redux
On a typographic fiction tip.
Above: An older print of mine from around 2001, slab-serifs make the world go around.
Our GRD_5010 grupetto is heading for the MCBA letterpress studio today to try their
hand at typographic experimentation, with an eye to produce more experiments for their
own typographic fictions. Nun ja, ficciones typografika!Above: Another early print of mine [...]
- Enjambement
Widows and orphans, unite!
Above: From William Packard, The Poet’s Dictionary, Harper & Row Publishers,
1989. (Click for a larger image.)
Enjambement, an age-old literary or poetic device, “to create the illusion of energy
being carried over to the following line.” This will require careful study for those of
us used to ‘forced returns’ out of common practice. Indeed, it [...] - Una voce appassionata.
Strong accents, con gusto!
Above: Seen above the free New York Times newspaper stand at MCAD last week.
Strong accents for difficult times, these pointed comments remind us of how much
is actually at stake. See today’s CNN International reports here, and here.Above: A pixelated reference to the recent Shepard Fairey/AP controversy.
Via Dylan, Print Magazine has Milton Glaser [...] - Ivel Rose Workman
1923-2009
Above: Ivel Rose Workman, who left our world on February 17, 2009. Ivel was Elisabeth’s grandmother, and originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. As you can see from this photograph (the lovely message from then six-year-old Aunt Lynne), she was and is beloved by all who knew her. The service is today in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
Une chanson [...]
- One Night Lexicon
Facebook Page, yo!
Above: Brouse + Derobertis. In most excellent news, One Night Lexicon
has a page. No, seriously. On FB, yo. - SPACE RACE
Red Rocket Gallery
Above: Derrick Buisch, pinkhornetson white=Hornets Nest, 2009. Red Rocket Gallery. Armagedion Time, a collaboration with Damon Locks, Tracy portrait, below.
- saba7 el 7′er!
Oh my, and isn’t it a good morning?
Above: MCAD student Josh, aside for a few hics and tics, not a bad sketch and certainly a very ohiogozaimasu! Fresh sketches from our yes we did Typography: Hierarchy + Expression grupetto.
Oh, and it is on!
Several of our groups are approaching this problem from varying degrees. Again relying [...] - Mon Dieu.
Via The Huffington Post
Above: 1-2-3-4-5-6 years on earth. Youth is NOT wasted on the young,
and not a bad track either. Madin Mohammed, you rule the school.
Sacre vache! - Multiples Mall: A Bookish Fair
Walker Art Center, MPLS
Above: Opolis, 2007. As mentioned previously, we are grateful and excited to be
participating in this Saturday’s Multiples Mall: A Bookish Fair at the Walker Art
Center (Jan. 29, 2009) We are especially excited and humbled to meet the other
artists and see their work.
We will have fifty copies of Opolis on display (and for [...] - Lizardman
Opening at SSCA
Above: Matt Wells, AKA Lizardman, Citizen/Terrorist. From an invitation
to the opening here in MPLS at the Stevens Square Center for the Arts (SSCA)
on February 28, 2009. - POS / Drumroll
Rhymesayers Entertainment
Above: Via Dylan and TheRealRhymesayers, 2:47 of WTF. Check it.
- Complexity
Owen Jones
Above: Owen Jones, via the spectacular but does it float collection. Thanks to
Dylan for sharing this and mabrouk to Atley of but does it float and FFFFound,
amazing collections and somehow perfectly apropos.
In the same breath, make sure to check in with kindra is here,
some stunning recent additions. - How to fight.
Valuable self-defense tips for the big city.
Above: From the internet scanning machines of Colin Trechter, this reminds me
of another internet classic by the intrepid Amalia Nicholson. - Tagged
Late night, contemporary forms.
Above: A tag that appeared on our access stairwell late last night. Translation?
Reminds me of this one. - POPYÖUDESIGN
Sandra Chui Huynh
Above: popyöudesign: Check, check, one two…
- 3arabia dada / 3revisions
Revisions from Dylan C. Lathrop, who has the rock.
Above: Senior Gung-Fu student Dylan C. Lathrop.
GRD_5010_P003, option 001.Above: Dylan C. Lathrop, GRD_5010_P003, option 002.
Above: Dylan C. Lathrop, GRD_5010_P003, option 003.
Sugoi, ne? - Fann 3arabi
Lamia Ziadé
Above: Red Shoes, Blue Song. Painting and collage, 2004. Via Fann3arabi,
work by brilliant Paris-based artist Lamia Ziadé. Below, Hotel’s Wars, 2008. - Cape Arcona Type Foundry
Dear Mr. President, thanks for the free fonts.
Above: Via the the eminent Peter Reichard of Typosition, an update on
the leaders of legendary Cape Arcona, where President Stefan Claudius
rules the roost. The font pictured above, CA Texas Funeral™, is available for
FREE via their new website. And it’s the a to N, y’all!
Nuestro eterno agradecimiento, señor Presidente! - Vandalog / Fairey
Excellent review of all recent issues.
Above: Vandalog has an extensive accounting of all the recent
Shepard Fairey controversies. - Verena Gerlach / 20 Jahre Mauerfall
The Wall: Twenty years later after the fall.
Above: Verena Gerlach, Nie Gegeben, 2009. Detail from a recent photo
from Berlin (see below). “The DDR never existed.”Verena Gerlach, Nie Gegeben, 2009. Verena captures the ‘Loch” by the Palace of the Republic. Click for a larger view and typographic greeting to the left. Note the splash of light [...]
- Bad Gals Radio
Live from Blogadelphia.
Above: Via Bad Gals Radio, ‘Roots Rock and Real Truth since 1999′, an honest and open blog from a vibrant perspective. The image above is from a brief post on Fela,
the legendary Nigerian artist and activist. ¡VIVA Bad Gals! - BoingBoing / Pardon?
Mon président parle français couramment.
Above: Via BoingBoing, “Barack Obama is Tired of Your Motherfu*king Shit,”
with more details on the background story. The audio is real, the techno OK,
and the below would be very pleased indeed?
Update: Language warning!Above: Lenny Bruce, First Amendment Champion.
- Boston Globe / Shepard Fairey Arrested
ICA Guest DJ goes down.
Above: The man himself in a dated photograph from 2008, via a a tiny city.
The Boston Globe reports that Fairey was arrested on two outstanding warrants
while arriving at the ICA in Boston last night as a guest DJ.
Story link on The Huffington Post. - Adieux, iPhone.
Projected internet data.
Above: Fresh from the latest TED conference, and via Wired and Robots Dreams,
a stunning new development from Wear Ur World (website coming soon).
MIT Media Lab students Pranav Mistry and Pattie Maes have developed relatively affordable demo versions, seeing is believing.
Sugoi. - NYTimes / Poster Boy Arrested
NYC Street Artist goes down at opening.
Above: Video of Poster Boy’s activities. Read the NYTimes article by
Randy Kennedy for more information. Happarently, an event flyer
was the tip-off to authorities. Somehow poetic? Free Poster Boy Now!
(Flickr sets abound.) - Yanko Design / Urban Space Station
Chris Burns locates Sofia, Madrid.
Above: Via Yanko Design, our own Chris Burns scours the internets and hits paydirt, a brilliant project via Madrid, ‘hacking architecture’. Read more at Yanko.
Hup, Chris and cheers for the links. - Front Pages: Kannada Prabha
Bangalore, India
Above: Kannada Prabha, from Bangalore, India. Check in with Newseum daily.
Front pages and links to newspapers around the world.Above: The latest front page made me wonder, where is Hindi Rinny
when you need her? Asoko! A new Flickr set from MPLS based Erin’s
extensive resource on South Asian type and typography.
Hup Erin! - Site M 009
miracle, magic is
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2009.
Pen, marker. - Poodle Excercise with Humans
DJ Bead rules the internets.
Above: Fresh from the mysterious DJ Bead, somehow perfect is.
- Studio 360 / Hassan Elahi
Tracking Science
Above: Via die liebe Bettina, a live feed from Hasan Elahi’s Tracking Transience. Listen to the compelling report via Studio 360, We See Your Every Move.
From the intro: “After someone reported Hasan Elahi as a terrorist, the artist began using the internet to clear his name. He posts every detail of his life, from [...] - Icograda / Ruth Klotzel
New thoughts on the state of things.
Above: Ruth Klotzel image via ssahn (see more amazing one.eye images there). Recently made available via Icograda, take some time with Klotzel’s recent lecture
in Madrid. Klotzel is an internationally renowned Brazilian designer and educator.
Her expertise and broad perspective continue to be inspiring.
From Klotzel’s lecture: “Our model of development, modeled [...] - Mato Atom / Champions
Remembering the New World Order
Above: Spotted on Computerlove™, watch Mato Atom’s remarkable short film
from last Spring, Champions: Remembering the New World Order.
A controversial perspective even then, the sometime slow yet carefully woven
football metaphor reveals excruciating accuracy.
All dressed up and nowhere to go, goodbye W and Co. - CR Blog / DR Dead
Or perhaps just playing possum?
Above: See the article by Patrick in CR Blog, things look a bit pear shaped
for now, happarently.
UPDATE: Emigre 29Above: Via Emigre, remember when? Insert for Emigre 29 guest designed
by DR’s Ian Anderson in 1994. A telling quote from the intro: “If you believe
there’s no place for personal expression in graphic design, [...] - Dance
Stevie will show us the way.
Above: Stevie Wonder, Don’t You Worry ’bout A Thing. Did you know I speak,
very, very fluent Spanish? Urbi et Orbi: Tonight we dance!
Um beijo, um abraço para todo o mundo! - Harmen Liemburg / Ultralight
Traveling show celebrates ten years of graphic work.
Above: Via Liemburg’s own site, have a look at this self-contained collection of work, now beginning it’s journey around the world.
Gute Reise, Ultralight! Bonne chance, Harmen! - de Volkskrant / Max Kisman
Editorial animations from the graphic master.
Above: On the Malinoski tip, animated Max Kisman editorials in de Volkskrant.
Enjoy many more there including the below, Jouw President. - Verena Gerlach / Green Update
FF Chambers Sans goes Grün
Above: Frau Gerlach sends an update: FF Chambers Sans live from
Süd Tirol, Italy, apparently used extensively in a Green Party campaign there.
Bravissimo, Verena! - Information Aesthetics / Chris Jordan
Jordan’s June 2008 TED Talk
Above: Via the ever expanding reach of the excellent Information Aesthetics blog, this TED lecture provides new insight on Jordan’s remarkable work. All the more compelling since the recycling market has recently been upended. Ja, jetzt beginnt das Ernst des Lebens. Apropos recent talks, TED is featuring Paula Scher in their [...]
- Shigeo Fukuda
1932-2009
Above: Shigeo Fukuda (1974) via Posterpage (with respect).
In sad news, Posterpage and AGI announce the passing of the
great master on January 11, 2009.
The image above will speak forever to the best in us, despite the
worst in us. Bonne chance, Fukuda-sama.
Peace for the world. - Höpöhöpö Böks
Posted by Eiríkur Örn on January 15th, 2009.
Above: Böks! From Iceland to Finland, just watch. Hup Eiríkur Örn!
Öl! Köld! Gvöds! - Poets Protest War in Gaza
From January 8th, 2009
Above: Israeli President Shimon Peres. Via die liebe Bettina, an Israeli poet group stages a moving protest outside of an event celebrating national poet Hayyim Bialik. They read from his poem, “On the Slaughter,” from 1903, a despairing voice.
The first stanza via old poetry:
Heaven, beg mercy for me! If there is
a God [...] - New News / Brutal Cold
Difficult typographic conditions, stay in your tents.
Above: Via the Weather Channel, our beloved MPLS is in the lucky -7ºF range (windchill makes it feel like -29ºF. Ja, that’s -34ºC).
In other excellent news, the Danish daily Politiken has joined with Der Spiegel and NRC Handelsblad in creating English language online access to their reporting.
(See Oct. post [...] - World Famous Design Junkies
Just one of Chris Burns’ block-rockin beats.
Above: One of Chris‘ own photographs from the post, 2414 is Broken. The blog itself, World Famous Design Junkies, is described as an effort to find and share links about “the most excellent moments of genius from the greatest (and most undiscovered) design minds in the world before they’re [...]
- Walker Art Center / Multiples Mall
Donnerwetter!
Above: Walker Art Center, mailer for the exhibition Text/Messages:
Books by Artists. (Dec. 18 to April 19, 2009)
UPDATE: Via MN Stories, a short about the exhibition sponsored by
the Walker, and produced by MPLS videographer Chuck Olsen.
It’s official! Elisabeth and I are thrilled beyond belief (a thousand thanks!) to be included in the Multiples Mall: A Bookish [...] - Yossi Lemel
Haunting images.
Above: Via the incomparable Israeli designer Yossi Lemel, a stunning image from
an older new years greeting. His work is more relevant than ever.
Make art not war. - Wired / Holy Punk Rock, Batman!
Sounds! Chip Kidd interview…
Above: Via Wired Online, Scott Thill interviews Chip Kidd (above from his website) on his new ‘lost’ Japanese Batman book. Equally interesting, Thill reveals Kidd’s musical side project, Artbreak. Thill quotes Kidd’s collaborator Mars Trillion describing their sound, “Bowie crashing The Cars into Joy Division going 300 mph at 4 a.m.
on Abbey [...] - Elisabeth Workman / fourW 19 arrive enfin!
Things to do in the Green Zone
Above: Fresh in the mail, my wife Elisabeth holding the new publication fourW nineteen, published by the Booranga Writers’ Centre in Waga Waga, New South Wales, Australia! Her recent poem, Things to do in the Green Zone, is included within this ambitious collection of contemporary international writing. Mabrouk!
Above: The [...]
- Self Destructing Sticker
Via EROSIE
Above: Super-cool sequence from EROSIE, thanks to Lindley from
The Ones We Love for sharing this. Don’t forget her excellent
new project, The Photographic Dictionary.
Fightoh, Lindley! - Site M 008
Extreme Hair Hate
Above: Visual notation postkarte by John Malinoski, 2009. Pen, marker,
debate on contemporary hair issues with Lulu. - The Manual
Handmade newspaper from the UK.
Above: The Manual. Thanks to Phil for this link, a really fascinating project launched last October by a team of intrepid inkers. Bravo! Will we hear more?
UPDATE: The Manual was guided by Shakeup Media partners Richard Addis and Ryan Bowman. Visit their site for more endlessly interesting work and information. - How Lovely the Leaves that Fall.
Sven is good with a knife.
Above: Tja, another oldie, but perfect for winter. That is the real Dr. Günther Brandt having a herzinfarkt. Jens und Erik spielen mit, ist doch klaro!
- Deseos de paz del pasado, una vez más.
Some tÿpøgrafika from New Year’s 2000
Above: From the flat file, some cards from a new year’s greeting from tÿpøgrafika,
sent out years ago. Scanned here with translucent envelope that is even older.
These were made when Kinko’s had blue toner in some copy machines, then stamped with a red star by hand. Ja, old school days, ne, [...] - Funkstille.
Geotypografika will be off the grid for a few days.
Above: An old photograph from Cameroon days (circa 69-71?). Part of a larger collection that I hope to post one day, note the pale-skinned character at the top of the image. Est-ce moi?
- World of Winter
When I was seven.
Above: Seasons greetings from Geotypografika! Here is an old watercolor I made when I was seven in Buxtehude, Deutschland! Die liebe Bettina and I wish everyone the best of health in the new year, five billion good wishes for the world!
- Making Things
New York Times: Brooklyn printer wins inaugural contract.
Above: Via The New York Times (photo by Todd Heisler) and on the Adria Chilcote tip, a lovely little story about ink.
From the article: ‘A small, dark-haired, steady-handed man named Augusto Lovato, who speaks more Spanish than English, hunched over a drawing board in a quieter room off [...] - Typo de Virginia
How the state was won, one honk at a time.
Above: Via the fearless Obama team from Williamsburg, VA, a collection of signs from the pivotal yet little known Honk-for-Obama campaign that took the state by storm. These signs of change now rest in a garage, but still resonate with purity of purpose.
Above: Many converts amongst [...]
- Box
Boîte de Mystère.
Above: Aus dem Hause Malinoski, a mysterious gift with instructions. Though we were instructed not to open it until Christmas Day, DJ Wuwu already told us what was inside. DJ Wuwu always wants people to know what is going on.
That’s on the Accomack Pack tip, y’all. - Chris Burns / The Summer of Rudiment
A Prediction for the Summer of 2009
Above: Typographic Design Research from [Cléa Manzoni-Lucht]
Chris Burns writes: Soon comes the first Obama Summer. It is also a year of the 己 丑 Ox; and I predict, a warm season of rudimentary method.
The year of the Ox produces people shown to be dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, [...] - Typo de Poconos
My hero and yours, Dave.
Above: Live from the Poconos Mountains (north of Philly, yo!), from a business card rack at a local gas station con mini-mart. Note the contact numbers.
- Eco Font
Drilled-out Vera Sans
Above: On the Malinoski tip, ecofont claims to reduce ink-jet ink by 20%. Honto ni!
Free download for both Mac and PC systems, perhaps an alternative for email print-outs or, faxes (if you have to print out)?
A strikingly simple design solution (circles work best, of course!) it may remind older cyclists of the drilled-out [...] - Guerrilla Innovation
Most Excellent Site
Above: Via Guerrilla Innovation (and on the Bettina tip) ‘How To Keep
Motherfu#%ers From Putting Their Seats Back’. Video demonstration
of a simple ‘hack’. Below: Piercing example of most excellent
product available. - Piotr Szyhalski / Labor Camp
Seasons Greetings
Above: In the mailboxes at MCAD today from Piotr Szyhalski, Labor Camp leaflet, front and back. For more, go to Szyhalski’s excellent Labor Camp.
Gracias, compañero! - Tone Poems of Color
2D Foundation Fall 08 Sec 001 Brandt
Above: As promised earlier, a full assemblage of the color experiments based on a self-discovered NYT grid. These initial forays into color are from a MCAD foundation studies group, and each exposes varying level of care and innovation. Fantastico!
Above: My inspiration for this problem, an old Saul Bass [...]
- Der Spiegel / Berlin
‘How Advertising Ate Graffiti’
Above: Via Der Spiegel (English), a compelling article on contemporary advertising in Berlin. The above ‘graffiti’ is actually advertising for a mobile phone company. Many of Berlin’s street artists are campaigning against this appropriation of popular culture.
- Yugop
More fun than should be allowed.
Above: Yugop, screenshot from semi-automatic mode, where you control the size of the circles, yet once “released,” they assume a life of their own. Relaxing and intriguing, there are many more modules to enjoy.
- Mo choto genki, ne?
Transformer Hooter
Above: Japanese owls, on the Kelly English tip.
Danke schön, Ke-ri! - A Thousand Thanks / Tech Update
Irashaimase, mina-san!
Above: QR code for an HTML link to this site. Take a picture with your cell phone
and store the link, standard technology on Japanese cell-phones, of course, of course.
Remember Greg’s experiment? The above was generated for free via Wolfgang Hafenscher’s excellent resource.
Geotypografika Tech Update: On December 7th, this URL turned one year old, though, [...] - Walking Home
Looking up.
Above: Elisabeth Workman, On my darker block, 2008.
- For Sale
USD $3.5 Million
Above: Via Wired Online, an Aerocar. Qué gran milagro.
For sale by Marilyn Felling.
UPDATE:Above: Don’t believe it can fly? See above.
- New York Times / Recycling programs threatened?
Apropos volumes of trash.
Above: Artist Chris Jordan, Plastic Bottles (detail), from an earlier post.
From yesterday’s New York Times, ‘Back at Junk Value, Recyclables Are Piling Up.’ Matt Richtel and Kate Galbraith report on how the global economic crises has reached the American recycling sector. In their words, “Trash has crashed.”
From the article: “One reason prices [...] - O Sighting
Madrid, Spain
Above: Público. O! Public investment leads the theme in Obama’s
remarkable Meet the Press appearance today as well (Dec. 8, 08).
Quoted from the Huffington Post: ‘The president-elect said his administration is interested in “elevating science once again, and having lectures in the White House where people are talking about traveling to the stars or breaking [...] - Delirious Hem
Advent Calendar of Poems
Above: Elisabeth Workman (remember Site Q?) has a new poem,
ABRAMOVIC ABRAMOVICH, included in the December 7 spot on an
advent calendar approach featured on delirious hem. Make sure to visit
for the other entries, a collaborative effort, the project has connections
with several other contemporary poetry initiatives. - Site M 007
Tolerance
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2008.
Pen, marker. - Obama YouTube 004
A sunrise.
Above: New release from the office of the president elect.
“We will repair broken schools…” Avanti!
Guten Morgen! - Poyner / Buchanan
eye magazine
Above: Vie eye, Rick Poyner’s, “It’s the end of graphic design as we know it.”
A must-read ‘New Views 2′ review and discussion of Richard Buchanan’s thoughts on
contemporary graphic design issues.
From Poyner’s article: “…Buchanan thinks the time is fast approaching when a critical public will start to ask what graphic designers have actually accomplished. As [...] - Kiosk
Sheffield, UK
Above: Kiosk poster, via the excellent Artsmonitor. Lovely work and very cool site,
Kiosk was founded by a former Designer’s Republic central figure, David Bailey. - MPLS / Snow for the World
Reality sets in.
Above: MPLS aktuell (from the studio window, click for larger view).
Insert disappointed emoticon here: yesterday came and went without a YouTube video from our future President, and we can imagine it is a direct result of the recent horrors in Mumbai and the planned announcements for Monday, including, perhaps, his choice for Secretary [...] - Akim / New Forms
Berlin, Germany
Above: Via Streetart Berlin Blog, an exciting new alphabet by Akim, who grew up
in Vietnam but has been living and making art in Germany since 1989. The system is ingeniously based on a single paint roller stroke and limited by the basic height of scaffolding units.
It is tempting to see new forms like these [...] - Sinbad
Too cold for sticker glue.
Above: Sticker found across the street from MCAD in MPLS. Why? Because ze extrem cold simply destroys the glue. No disrespect intended, sticker person!
It’s a lovely flower to find, and got me thinking… where had I seen this before?Above: Sinbad vie! It was over a year ago, in a photo by [...]
- Dime cuándo, cuándo, cuándo?
Student voices on the election.
Above: Tami, Why Me?
Here are a few samples of an attempt to respond to the recent election by a first year class of 2D art foundation students at MCAD (Gung Fu Sec 016 ). We gathered on the week following the MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY OF ALL TIME and tried to talk [...] - Saudi women rrrock.
What will the great Albini say?
Above: From the other day, paper airplane unfolded. Check, check, one, two… curious about the history of the tic mark? A guilty quick wiki reveals that in Japan and Korea, they use this, ◯, as a symbol for yes. Some suggest the tic has Roman origins, but it’s history is [...]
- A moment of levity…
Wait for it.
Above: About a month old or more, but worth watching. Officer: “You simply were driving too fast. OK, conversation’s over.”
- Jim Merkel / Radical Simplicity
Engineering a sustainable life.
Above: Via the Times Argus (Vermont, USA), Jim Merkel, a former military engineer, has literally designed a life that only costs USD $5,000 per year.
Part of his Global Living Project, as well as the subject of his new book,
Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth.
From the web introduction:”Imagine you are [...] - Well, it’s 40º below…
Urk.
Above: Via The Times (London, UK). Nothing like settling down for a cold evening in MPLS with the local English rag. Seems the American intelligence services are issuing a rather chilly forecast for our not to distant future–Weltuntergang! As in,
you know, end of the world type twak. This story is also running in Der Spiegel,
The [...] - It’s a new day…
will.i.am
Above: Found via Der Spiegel. Ja!
- Apropos ah-ru-ba-i-toh.
kindraishere.
Above: A test pattern. Detail of work in progress by Kindra Murphy.
- Holiday in Tangiers
Work in progress.
Above: MCAD Gung Fu student George Folz. Good things are happening
with ace master, Barbara Schulz.
Sugoi! Fight-oh, Jorge! - Overnewsed but uninformed
Stefan Bräutigam
Above: Overnewsed but underinformed, Diplomarbeit. This site features a wide variety of documentation, MPLS residents will find his study of content covering
the 35W bridge collapse intriguing. - Your hero and mine…
Vivienne Westwood.
Above: From a Guardian article by Emine Saner, “Please don’t write that
I’m eccentric,… It’s always, ‘aah, this eccentric woman’. I’ve heard that story
so many times.” - Leo Divendal
Fotograf
Above: Leo Divendal, untitled work from his Foto’s section. A lovely way
to see much of this Dutch master’s work. Servus, Leo! - The Photographic Dictionary
Lindley Warren (Holland)
Above: Pair, by Nicole Chang from The Photographic Dictionary,
Lindley’s new site (rem The Ones We Love).
Mabrouk, Lindley! - NYT SE Plus / DJ Wuwu
Art, fake news, camouflage, penguins.
Above: Joshua Callaghan, public art.
Above: Fresh from the Yes Men, a fake NYTimes plus website, all in SE mode.
Above: Público, from Madrid, Spain. Via Newseum.
Above: Via the New School, Ours.
Above: Pingu goes Fishing, via DJ Wuwu.
- Obama is Beautiful World
Kureesu Burunso-san told ya so.
Above: Fresh in the mail from A Tiny City, maybe the best thing ever?
Genki, ne! - Erik T. Johnson / Lobrow
Minneapolis, Minnesota
(Ice Station Zebra)Above: From Lobrow Comics, Erik Johnson. Apropos cold, which has finally arrived here in MPLS, many of you will remember the voice of Weatherman from the recent Nozone lecture at MCAD. Here are many more examples of this inspiring work,
und ich wünsche ihnen viel genuss!Above: From Nozone X, Weatherman by Erik [...]
- London Underground Map
Excellent BBC Documentary
Above: Detail of the contemporary map, available free via Transport for London. Noted on the incomparable Information Aesthetics, watch this detailed BBC documentary available via GUBA here. Much, much more on IA, below a screenshot from an emoticon short story by poet Rives, presented during his TED lecture.
- Geographic and geotypographic change.
¿Qué significa el futuro?
Above: Signs of the times. Adieux, Obama mark. Servus, presidential seal? How will this aesthetic influence the visual communications of such an historic president-elect?
It already has. America has experienced literal change, and cause for unbridled joy,
and it is interesting to consider the graphic and typographic changes that occurred almost overnight. Click [...] - MCBA Type
Wood Type Preview
Above: After enjoying the premiere of Typeface at the Walker last night, now ist time on Shprrrockets when we go down the stairs and to the landing. Welcome to the amazing facilities of the Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA).
Click on the images for a slightly larger view,
and start making your plans.
Careful of [...] - Chicago
Above: The Chicago Sun Times.
- Esquivel Animates
Fresh from Æ
Above: New animation directed by Æ in collaboration with Kate Farstad,
who gets the drawing credit.
Weiter so, estudiantes! - Mutti wins Virgina
The Virginia Gazette
Above: Mutti with a copy of today’s Virginia Gazette, November 5, 2008.
First, only her left nostril and forehead were visible, now, it’s enough for the back of her head on the front page. Well, here ist die liebe Mutti, a tireless Obama volunteer in Virginia. Thanks for helping to win it!
OBAMANOS A LA [...] - Votar
Los Estados Unidos: November 4th, 2008
Above: Alyson Coward, Watching and Waiting. From a first-year assignment in 2007, an amazingly prophetic placement that is still extant! Bravissimo, Alyson!
Today, we are, all of us together, watching, and waiting.
Votar! - Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Benthem Crouwel Architects
Above: From a previous post, but worth revisiting, the new building by Bentham Crouwel Architects for the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Holland.
- AYA Chair
A good day for a good story.
Above: The AYA Chair from Nienkämper, an award winning design by Mark Saffell and David Ritch and aptly named by my old man, as he likes to say, Kurt Hanson. Apropo stories, Dad is an excellent raconteur, and not a bad story teller, either.
Pour peu Aya Sofia. Merci, père. - George Folz / Jedi in Training
Strong is the force with this one.
Above: George Folz, MCAD Gung Fu student, shared the above recently.
Scare vache. Gracias, Jorge! - Anthony Esquivel / Chicago Talent
Set volume to eleven.
Above: Still from Movelmo’s latest effort to document a Chicago scene featuring, Shala Esquire, Mic Terror, Drea & Million Dollar Mano, Chris Ho, GL-Joe, Nick B,
Chris Napalatano, “The Movement.” How can one forget Cool Kids. - Site M 006
Choice
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2008.
Pen, marker. - Yes We Carve (dot) com
Starlight, star bright…
Above: From Yes We Carve. Sacre Vache and holy typographic pumpkins, Batman! Danke Schön, Marissa, for this joyous link!
- Verena Gerlach / Katowice, Poland
Berlin Type Designer teaches poster workshop.
Above: Via Verena Gerlach, some posters from a recent workshop she enjoyed with some wonderful students in Katowice, Poland. See more of this inspiring work
on her Flickr post here.
A priceless quote from the master herself, “Man achte auf den Kasten Bier
auf dem einen Bild!”
Mabrouk, Verena! - El Conejo / Counterforms for Obama
Free for copy pasting.
Above: Obama, (condensed) by Erik Brandt, 2008. Something new from the studio para tu, some free letterhead (US Letter size: Condensed, Condensed Bottom, Positive 90, Negative 90) for those of you who need some completely unofficial Obama ephemera.
Tja, Monsieur Tozer, I too am feeling positive about negative space!
[...] - Doko wa, Ouchi-san?
Bandiera rossa trionferá!
Above: Something Akira might say. From the homasote, my teacher, Akira Ouchi,
in old school days. Chicago in the 60’s. - MCAD / Nicholas Blechman
The forecast for tonight…
Above: Prepare to meet your maker, Christian Northeast.
From Nozone X, Forecast. - New from the Left Coast
Pink. Oh?
Above: Pink Factory, Derrick Buisch, editor. 7″x7″, 09.08, saddle stitched booklet. Calder Buisch, cover.
New in the mailbox, a collection of thirty-nine images. Most welcome news, arigato DB. A few more quick scans below.Above: Damon Locks, Pink Factory.
Above: John Hitchcock, Pink Factory.
Above: Ryan Nygard, Pink Factory.
Above: Derrick Buisch, Pink Factory.
- MPLS / Booksmart
A good day at the used book store.
Above: Yes! Bad scan of Bat Boy Lives! Sterling Publishing, 2005.
Finally, my own copy.
Of course, they have a website. - Our United States / Nuestros Estados Unidos
Above: Rep. Bachmann of Minnesota and her shocking perspective via
the Chris Matthews Hardball show, Oct. 17, 2008. It must be seen to be believed,
and these rogue and dangerous words must be answered!Above: The Nation Editor Katrina Vanden Heuvel’s impassioned and resonant response. Brave soul, you inspire us all!
GEOTYPOGRAFIKA CALLS ON ALL MINNESOTANS! ON ALL AMERICANS!
TO [...] - 51 15 25 05 97
Blanka + Farrow
Above: Via Blanka in London, UK, a seminal Factory Records (FAC)
poster by Mark Farrow finds new life.
Quoting designer Farrow in the Blanka announcement: “We designed this poster to celebrate the 15th birthday of the Hacienda.” Farrow explains, “We had no idea at the time that it would be the club’s last. [...] - Super Tuesday
Enter the Dread Noun
Above: At last, the word! Screen shot from this morning’s Huffington Post entry page, 8:25 AM CST, Oct. 14, 2008. Also from yesterday’s New York Times, Nationalization Has Happened Before in U.S.. The title was the featured link yesterday, but leads to a story sub-titled, Intervention Is Bold, but Has a [...]
- To all Running Dogs of Capitalism
Above: O Povo, from Fortaleza, Brazil. Via Newseum.
Geotypografika: To all Running Dogs of Capitalism
Respected global members of the greater capitalist infrastructure, your theme for the week: Think positive and remember us little people you effing’ bastardos!
Oye, mira! A happy market place equals a school yard.
Basta!Above: Via Der Spiegel, Reuters/Philippe Wojazer. The heavies weigh [...]
- My Momma hugged Obama
Newport News, Virginia
Above: That is my mother’s left eye and left nostril at the top right corner of the shot.
In the front, Barack Obama’s elbow. Her quote: “And so I said, ‘Thank you for all you are doing.’ And he said, ‘Thank you for all you are doing.’”
Mom is a 24/7 volunteer in Virginia and [...] - Site M 005
Jumpsuit
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2008.
Pen, marker. - Waltz with Bashir
Festival de Cannes 2008 Official Selection
Above: Waltz with Bashir (official site), the haunting trailer for this highly acclaimed film by Ari Folman. Review by Wendy Ide for TimesOnline here.
Synopsis from the offical site: “One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by [...] - Liemburg / Black Current
Harmen shares some images from his latest show.
Above: Harmen Liemburg, standing in front of his work and some source material from
his time with the collection of La bibliothèque Smith-Lesouëf in Nogent-sur-Marne, France. Black Current is open through October 26, 2008 at the Maison d’art Bernard Anthonioz (also in Nogent-sur Marne), and features new screen prints [...] - Male Penguins: A New Scourge of the Seas?
Banned Books Week in America, urk.
Above: A Banned Books Week display at the Glendale Main Library in Glendale, Arizona. This years theme, “Treasure your Freedom to Read.” Harrrr.
Above: Poster from the American Library Association. How does the pirate vernacular carry this most important annual event? Consider the list of most challenged books. But seriously, [...]
- Chris Burns finds Jeeyun Michaella Chung
Aeroplane Typeface
Above: Aeroplane Typeface. Jeeyun Michaella Chung, 2008.
Chris Burns writes: Greetings from the portfolio-scouring wetlands. Today I’ve found quite a fun gem from Graphic Design graduate*, Jeeyun Michaella Chung, who presents this excellent flying collection of letters!
Words from JMC herself: “Three-dimensional aeroplane typeface is created for Virgin Galactic to promote the event on the launching [...] - Talisman / New Details
Manar Al-Muftah, Artist
Above: Manar Al-Muftah, Ayn. 2008.
Above: Manar Al-Muftah, Faa. 2008.
Above: Manar Al-Muftah, Kaff. 2008.
Above: Manar Al-Muftah, T’aa. 2008.
Honto ni, shokran, Manar! - Más Obama, en francés!
Free for the copy/pasting.
Above: John Malinoski, 2008. Pour nos amis du Québec
et en France! - Malinoski / DIY Obama
Avanti popolo alla riscossa…
Above: John Malinoski, 2008 …bandiera rossa, bandiera rossa!
Feel free to copy/paste.VOTE: No matter what side you fall on, nuestro amigo John urges us all to vote.
Follow the links provided at the this US Government site Registering to Vote and Voting. Links include absentee ballots both within and without the US, as well [...] - Frank Nijhof
Sad news from Amsterdam.
Above: Frank Nijhof. In a sad note via Warren Lee, we learn of the passing of his partner Frank. Anyone who has ever visited the incomparable Nijhof & Lee bookstore in Amsterdam, Holland, will know how sad this truly is.
Thank you for all of the books. - NYTimes / John Ashbery Collages
Famed poet shows collage work.
Above: John Ashbery collage, from the NYTimes Slideshow, The Collages of John Ashbery. The works were largely generated in the 1970’s. (Also see the related NYT article by Holland Cotter.)
- Democracy Now!
Reporters arrested covering RNC will not be charged.
Above: St. Paul, MN, Sept. 4, 2008. A photo I took of some reporters gathered to observe a small crowd that day. The main march was cross from this bridge, and this group occasionally chanted words of support.
In the news, St. Paul has released a statement that they [...] - Emily Reile / Dear President ______.
Something cool and California here in MPLS.
Above: Emily Reile’s submission to the MCAD Dear President _______. Project. Make sure to have a look at her flickr photo collection. Love this one below, bravissimo!
Above: Emily Reile, Eurostile.
Weiter so, Emily! - Site M 004
Designer
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2008.
Pen, marker, plaka. - 10 Second Streets
More from Dan Ibarra
Above: 10 Second Streets #1, 2007.
Above: 10 Second Streets #2, 2007.
Two lovely wee haiku. - Dan Ibarra vs. Sarah Palin
Blunt Observation Alert
Above: Apparently feeling “helpless and bored” last night, Dan, of Aesthetic Apparatus status, posted this wee ditty on YouTube. The title comes from Jenny Schmid at Bikini Press International.
Click on the image to see the video. I would have embedded it but YouTube’s auto screen shot ruins the joke. Absurd times call for [...] - UPDATE: Chris Burns’ aunt is a genius.
Perfect?
Above: Visual commentary by Chris Burns of A Tiny City via Unequal Design.
UPDATED SEP17 2008: Chris wrote to explain this was a family collaboration, so the post title now correctly proclaims that his aunt is a genius. Apparently, this was her splendid idea. Chris, you are a good man, Charlie Brown. Original text below:
Chris Burns [...] - Dylan C. Lathrop / Ted Leo & The Pharmacists…
…Help Victims of the RNC.
Above: TL/Rx–Rapid Release digital EP cover.
Dylan C. Lathrop writes: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists got together in a basement in New Jersey on September 5th to record two new original songs and cover two tracks for this digital only EP, Rapid Release. All proceeds from this release are going to Democracy [...] - Doha Pearls
Kayane documents some Doha tÿpø.
Above: From the Carrefour, a mega grocery store.
Above: On the road again. Love the varying cap heights, just perfect and human.
Above: A Mazda sample Kayane shared recently.
Above: The imperfectly perfect a.
Above: The imperfectly perfect e. Ja! For more on Doha truck type, see an older post on Human Rebranding: Traces of [...]
- Talisman / New Images
Doha, Qatar
Above: A few snapshots from Manar Al-Muftah’s recent Talisman show in Doha.
Above: Hanging the show.
Above: Guests at the opening on Sept. 3, 2008.
Above: Manar Al-Muftah, 2008.
Above: Manar Al-Muftah, 2008.
Above: Manar Al-Muftah, 2008.
It’s hard to underestimate this show’s importance. Mabrouk Manar, and may your example help lead the way for many new emerging artists.
For more [...] - City Pages / Matt Snyders’ RNC Arrest
St. Paul, MN
Above: A photo I took on the way home on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. City Pages reporter Matt Snyders has his version of last weeks concluding RNC events online. Mr. Snyders was seated next to me as we waited through the process for several hours, and was arrested himself (his credentials blatantly ignored). [...]
- NYTimes / Martha Rosler
Cut and Paste
Above: Invasion (2008). From the NYTimes article by Carol Kino on the artist Martha Rosler. Make sure to watch the short video interview with her, stunning images.
- The Uptake / RNC Free Speech Zone
Scenes from September 2nd, St.Paul.
Above: From The Uptake, video by Chuck Tomlinson from the aptly named
RNC Free Speech Zone, complete with metal fences. Beware the terrifying youth dancing to Madonna. Which reminds me, (see second officer from left),
“Aren’t you a little short to be a stormtrooper?”
Surreal. Thank goodness for The Uptake. - Guardian / Rage Against the Machine
St. Paul Performance Cancelled
Above: Come wit it now! Found in the Guardian of all places, some good YouTube links from yesterday’s CANCELLED Rage appearance in St. Paul. YouTube has many more links to an acapella version of wawa tikka wawa tikka tikka tikka wawa tikka wawa… Guess they were too rough around the edges for [...]
- Gulf Times / Talisman opens
Qatar Now Series: Manar Al-Muftah
Above: Fresh newspaper clipping from The Gulf Times in Doha. Shokran, Manar!
Here is another link to The Peninsula, also published in Doha. Arabic and English text can be found on the main VCUQ page. My hero and yours, Leland Hill, helped arrange the work in the gallery. Mabrouk to you both!
Awaiting [...] - Site M 003
The Benefice
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2008.
Pen and marker. - RNC 08 / St.Paul, Minnesota
Étudiants, à St.Paul!
Above: Aug. 31 2008, St. Paul, MN. As close to the RNC Convention as die liebe Bettina and I could get today. Welcome friends, and here are our local crack stormtroopers! It seemed to get serious when the National Guardsmen, just in the back, could be seen donning their gas masks as well.
The [...] - Chris Burns / Will I Do Anything…
… good design tells me to? Presenting, for your consideration,
Daniel Eatock’s “No Smoking Signs” collaboration project.Chris Burns writes: The No Smoking sign is not the best example for things I need to be told not to do. But, it’s an excellent battleground for those who wish to creatively tell people to please stop killing themselves.
What [...] - Guardian / Polish Posters
Film Poster History and Analysis
Above: From the Guardian, a welcome review by Paul Rennie on the history of the Polish film poster. With Poland playing an awkward role in the renewal of archaic Cold War tensions and games, the irony of this history of state-sponsored design is striking.
Tangentially, it is also interesting to note this [...] - The Uptake / MPLS
Journalists notes seized.
Above: From yesterday’s The Uptake, shades of Chinese intimidation tactics
for a trio of journalists/artists, who specialize in documenting police activity during political demonstrations.
St. Paul is hosting the Republican convention, let’s hope this kind of thing
was just a mistake? - PO4 / Poster Offensive
St. Paul, MN
Above: Screen grab from The Poster Offensive, detailed info on an upcoming exhibition of posters, PO4. Opening August 29, 2008 at the The Black Dog Cafe, featuring a long list of participants, including the smashing Aesthetic Apparatus,
Dan Ibarra and Micheal Byzewski. - Piotr Szyhalski / Labor Camp
IF/THEN: You Decide Leaflets
Above: Piotr Szyhalski, Ideaology leaflets, front and back. IF/THEN: You Decide is a compelling part of the upcoming Faculty Show at the MCAD Gallery. For more, go to Szyhalski’s excellent Labor Camp. The project is based on propaganda leaflets dropped over Iraq.
- Gabe Hudson / Dear Mr. President
McSweeney’s and Gabe Hudson
Above: Screen grab from Dear Mr. President by Gabe Hudson.
Feel free to write your own letter.
Die liebe Bettina found this recently and it is apropo to a new school-wide problem running at MCAD this fall, “Dear President _____.”
McSweeney’s 28 has the full compendium of letters, filed under Gabe Hudson’s Dear Mr. President [...] - Qatar Now / Talisman
Manar Al-Muftah
Above: Manar Al-Muftah, Zai (2008). The artist celebrates her first exhibition. Mabrouk, Manar. The first of many. Enshallah!
Qatar Now: Manar Al-Muftah: Talisman opens on September 3, 2008
and runs through October 4.
UPDATE: From Manar, her artist’s statement for Talisman. An important window into the mind of an emerging artist.
“Arabic is deeply rooted in my repository [...] - Site M 002
Hunger
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski, 2008.
Pen and marker. - nuestra heroína
Roqaya Al-Gassra, Bahrain
Above: Out of the blocks in modesty track suit. Al-Gassra is a new hero, missing the final by just 0.1 seconds. Run, Roqaya, run!
Can’t help but recall that a former colleague, Mary McLaughlin, always thought this would be an excellent design problem for the fashion students at VCUQ.
See this story from Bahraini TV [...] - MCAD / Faculty Show
Position and Imposition
Above: Piotr Szyhalski, IF/THEN: You Decide, detail from The Leaflet Project (from the upcoming Faculty Show at the MCAD Gallery). For more, go to Szyhalski’s excellent Labor Camp. The project is based on propaganda leaflets dropped over Iraq.
Above: One of some new digital prints, I have been working on, this is a process [...]
- Site M 001
Horsegirl and Athlete
Above: Visual notation by John Malinoski (2008).
Pen and marker. - A TINY CITY / デザイン
Most excellent mail.
Above: In the mail today, fresh screenprint from Chris Burns,
sole-proprietor of A Tiny City and more.
Muito obrigado, Chris-san! - DJ WuWu / CocoRosie
Representin’ the Accomack pack, y’all.
Above: DJ WuWu says, “That’s not my name.” Check the CocoRosie, en française. On the Malinoski tip.
- Posterpage / Rambow
Poznan, Poland
Above: Gunter Rambow (on right). Rene Wanner’s Posterpage has some great shots from the opening of Rambow’s recent Lenica Prize show in Poland.
White shoe? Black shoe? More in Geotypografika Links. - icecreamdesign
Amsterdam, NL
Above: Flower offering. Icecream Studio is Dima Stefanova and Henk Groenendijk, living, working, and teaching in Amsterdam and beyond.
Also see Henk’s blog, Design, Theory & Research, for excellent access to his work at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. - No Age / Eraser
From The Smell in LA.
Above: Eraser, from the album Nouns (Sub-Pop, 2008).
- Chris Jordan / We the People
83,000 Abu Ghraib photographs.
Above: Chris Jordan, Constitution (2008). 8 x 25 feet in five panels. Via Crooks and Liars, Jordan’s new work involves the same process (past posting), this time featuring photographs of “…83,000 Abu Ghraib prisoner photographs, equal to the number of people who have been arrested and held at US-run detention facilities with [...]
- Hindi Rinny
Doko wa, MPLS? Asoko.
Above: Gruss aus Nippon! Asahi Shimbun weather graphic (in masthead), from today. Mushi atsui, ne?
Just noticed that Hindi Rinny is back online and mentions a trip to Japan (Sugoi! ). Let’s hope for even more interesting data from this intrepid global typophile.
¡Hola, Hindi Rinny! - Hallo, Orbi.
Sorry, it has been a while.
Above: The state of things. A carefully wrapped selection of postcards from Scotland (Glasgow to be exact), with international stamps. Sadly, never mailed. Tja…
Geotypografika has been slow lately with travel interruptions and high-humidity (phew) accounting for the break. I am humbled and grateful for the consistent visits (Hup Holland! Australia!), [...] - New York Times Sunday Book Review
The Ace of Spades.
UPDATE: Just out today (Ja!).
Above: An illustration I made for the NYTimes Book Review for a review of Mark LeVine’s, ‘Heavy Metal Islam,’ a new book focusing on metal bands across the broader Muslim world. Yes, my beloved Aya Sofia. Para tu!
From the NYTimes article by Howard Hampton, who describes strangely familiar [...]