Our friend Cliff Kuang mentioned he is now writing for Fast Company’s new design blog…Loving it!
in July, WeShouldDoItAll did 3 weeks in South Africa….part work for Nike part vacation. Stayed in Durban, Kwandwe Game Reserve, Knyzna, and Cape Town. More soon.
a taste of WSDIA work. main site to be updated soon.
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My favorite NBA player, Mr. Ray Allen gets his 20,000th point last night…check out this video (after the jump) looking back at some Ray Allen moments. > Read the full post
This is about a month old but i enjoyed these Umbro competition entries. “After thousands of entries, here at Umbro we can unveil the finalists in our competition to customise the sole on a pair of Specialis. The response we had was amazing, with a fantastic range of designs from different ages and different countries around the world. These are the final 14, chosen from the thousands of different designs by a team of judges which included Umbro designers Stuart Semple and Stewart Scott-Curran, and Esquire’s art director David McKendrick. Initially we planned to have 11 winners, but the points system used by the judges to pick their favourites meant that we ended up with four designs tied in 11th place!”
Commercial photographer Susan Anderson crosses over to a fine-art career with her striking portraits from child beauty pageants. She has released a book and opened an exhibition featuring “tarted-up tots” with elaborate couture costumes, hair, and make up, Anderson explores the “high glitz” realm of child pageantry. I felt sick looking at these images, so i ‘guess’ the photographer did her job (not sure). The video (bottom of page) makes me feel otherwise…as they seem to be encouraging it.
The brain child of directors Coodie & Chike and media mogul Damon Dash. A cutting edge online content label based upon the fundamental idea of maintaining creative control over all content and production from programming to advertising. Providing a new alternative to television with its online viewing platform and engaging content to unite our demographic through our communication and coverage of cutting edge fashion, music, and art. True to its name, CREATIVE CONTROL maintains a high standard of integrity in its programming, advertising, and campaigns. Plus they have tons of vids of my boy, the Mighty Mos.
Ski feat. Mos Def-Taxi from Creative Control on Vimeo.
beautiful site by the way, created by Knowawall
FontShop turns 20 years old.
In 1989 Erik and Joan Spiekermann signed contracts with leading type foundries, packed their small office with floppy disks full of fonts, and started taking phone orders. FontShop became the first independent retailer of digital type. Twenty years later we’re still stocking the best fonts (though the number has grown and the medium has changed) and still answering phones.
Graphics by Nicholas Felton (who else could do this better?). See our interview with Nicholas.
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INTERACTIVE VERSION HERE > so lovely!
Our favorite design studio, 2×4, have released their book, stating:
“Portrait of a studio in 1000 images.
by 2×4, New York
it is what it is was published in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition at the Eye of Gyre gallery in Tokyo in 2009. The book features 1000 by-products from the life of a studio, un-narrated and crudely arranged along a typical design trajectory from the earliest concepts, sketches, doodles and diagrams through the process of making, modeling, producing and, finally, delivering work into the world. A blurry telling of a blurry story, it is what it is attempts to locate a master narrative in the chaotic, quotidian process of making design, and to reveal how what we think about evolves into what we make.”
Now available at iiwii.org.
Eco-conscience, Eviana Hartman, designs the Bodkin Brooklyn collection in accordance with the principles of sustainability in materials and production methods, while maintaining the fashion aesthetic required by the stylish modern woman. The name Bodkin comes from the early English name for a dagger, needle, or hairpin. Bodkin was recently featured in I.D. Mag (Nov. 09)…Watch Eviana briefly talk more about her company goals and its roots here. Our talented friend, Roanne Adams art directed the photo shoot for the Bodkin catalog.
on a side note, WSDIA partner, Sarah, just bought this Bodkin piece.
Last Thursday we spoke at the ADC for their Pecha Kucha-style (20 slides, 20 seconds each. 400 seconds) 5+5 event. Here was the line-up:
Robin Bilardello and Ben Wiseman
Bridget De Socio and Yong Choe
dress code and Lindsay Ballant
Nicholas Felton and Jessica Hische
WeShouldDoItAll and Mario Hugo
Moderated by Connor Swegle of Click 3X Entertainment.
Svpply. A site that combines the function of an referral e-commerce site and FFFFound for fashion and the like. So dangerous. love it!
“Svpply is a retail bookmarking and recommendation service. Filtered through the collective wishlists of our members, Svpply features the full spectrum of retail products, from the exclusive to the wholesale.”
Mark Jenkins is an American artist most widely known for the street installations he creates using the urban environment as his context. His work has been featured in various publications including Time, The Washington Post, Reuters, The Independent and on the street art blog Wooster Collective.
Boston-based type foundry, Font Bureau, is seeking at least $2 million damages for unauthorized use of type fonts on Jay Leno and Saturday Night Live. Font Bureau alleges the broadcaster bought one software license yet widely distributed unauthorized copies of three fonts: Bureau Grotesque, Interstate and Antenna. The type designs are used in such highly visible programs as “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” “Saturday Night Live,” and “The Jay Leno Show.”
One has to wonder if design studio, Number 17 (designers of the Jimmy Fallon & SNL logos) has any part in lending.
Current TV’s all access program, ‘Embedded’ follows Mos Def through Japan. Loved every minute of it!
Really loving the mural painting of the Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye onto this sub-par table. The legs could use some work. More images after the break.
Rem does a 3 part interview that discusses his hatred of the term ‘starchitect’, contradictory times, journalism and current works in Asia, including one of my favorite OMA projects, the Seoul University building. Of course CNN shows Herzog & de Meuron’s Prada work instead of OMA’s. Silly kids.
We drove up to 116th St. and Broadway to see one of the world’s most accomplished designers speak on happiness and life lessons, Stefan Sagmeister. It was truly an endearing, comedic and humbling lecture. Loved every minute of it.
Here is he speaking in July for TED
We just recently watched the horror classic ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ by the great Roman Polanski. Loved it! Loved Ms. Mia Farrow and her impeccable style. Excellent movie poster too, view everything larger after the break.
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What New York looked like before it was a city. Exhibition is up until October 12th. Check out the beautiful imagery & site.
uhmm…speechless!!!
3D drawing on a new level. Meet Rhonda.
