Good Wives and Warriors is a creative partnership between Becky Bolton and Louise Chappell. Together they create weird and wonderful illustrations, installations and sprawling wall paintings. Check out the link, scroll right and then down.
I recently went to Mass MoCA and saw the show Badlands New Horizons in Landscape. One piece by Vaughn Bell called Green Village stood out among the rest because of its simple, fun concept. Bell suspends small-scale natural environments, terrariums, from the ceiling so that viewers can put their heads inside. Above are photos my wife and I took of each other and another photo of a couple that let us take a picture of them.
My wife and I took a trip to Mass MoCA (Massachusettes Museum of Contemporary Art) on Saturday. We had a good time but over all the art was a disappointment. There were however two pieces of art that I really enjoyed. American conceptual artist Jenny Holzer’s PROJECTIONS and Vaughn Bell’s work called Village Green which I’ll write about in another post.
Holzer’s PROJECTIONS is an amazing installation featuring poetry by Wislawa Szymborska projected in helvetica in a large gymnasium sized room. My wife and I were a bit ah-struck. The words moving all about the room creating various sizes and perspectives. Throughout the floor viewers can sit and watch the words float by on 10 foot diameter bean bags. I’d love to have one of those. Anyway. Here’s a live feed of the installation. I’m not sure how much longer it’s up, so if you get a chance to see it in person I recommend it.
We’ve never done a post about an entire blog before, but we’ve been following Bobby Solomon’s blog, Kitsune Noir, for awhile now. The blog’s topics include art, design, music, movies, fashion and technology. The blog’s design is all about the images. They are large, well presented and the most prominent integral aspect of the design. Yesterday for his birthday Bobby offered his readers a great mix tape. I’ve had the pleasure of listening to many of his mix tapes and being an indie music guy myself have really enjoyed them. He’s also got some great wallpapers from The Desktop Wallpaper Project Presented by Kitsune Noir where Bobby asks friends to create wallpapers and then posts them for free downloads. Maybe someday we’ll be asked.
I was recently told that the New York Public Library now has a digital gallery section on their site featuring images from Arts and Literature, Nature and Science, Printing and Graphics and more. It’s easy to get lost looking around. Here are a few choice images I discovered. I recommend doing a bit of searching yourself if you get a moment. There are plenty of gems. Here’s the linky.
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Related post: farmidable.com/2008/06/18/web-design-index
If you’re not sure what this pattern references, ask your parents. This bun has been in the oven for a while, but today we are proud to announce the birth of our new Reproduction wallpaper tile. The biological design is available in a bunch of colors (some less busy than others depending on your preference) and includes iphone and ipod touch sizes in the zip file. As with all our desktop wallpaper designs, you can download this one for free in our gallery. If you’re interested in the design process check out the links below. Oh yeah, we’d love to hear what you think too. Please drop us a comment.
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I just found a nice collection of simple patterns on Fantique. Check em out, and check out their Live Journal page as well, there’s some nice stuff there.
Found these paintings and others in an interview with Brooklyn-based artist Tom Long on Fecal Face. The paintings are inspired, perhaps obviously, by Persian miniature paintings and Japanese wood block prints. These influences are used in really interesting manners, and produce paintings that are at once cavernous and dense.
Even if you don’t recognize the name you have probably seen Alex Trochut’s work. He’s worked for clients like Nike, Computer Arts Magazine and The Rolling Stones. Alex, often but not always, combines type and illustration to create amazing abstracted shapes and images. On his site Alex claims he doesn’t work in one particular style, but I tend to disagree just a little. Though his work does vary from piece to piece, at times drastically, every piece has a comprehensive polish that identifies it as his and no one else’s. Check out his site and enjoy.
Everyone probably knows about this already (and so did I), but Tokyo Plastic has a great site that also features lots of work that’s also really great. The design, animation, and audio are so tight it’s offensive, and the commercial with the two Yaris’s racing is totally hilarious. Check it out for sure.
Lucienne Day is a British textile designer who rose to significance in late 1940’s post-war Britain along with her husband, Robin Day, the furniture designer. Her work is much imitated these days in countless retro designs, and is also used to this day on such products as hand towels and Converse sneakers. As for the designs themselves, they evince a loose and automatic quality that belies their genius. I find them personally to be reminiscent of the work of Paul Klee, a favorite artist of mine.
