”Critical Objects” is a series of items that balance on the border between functional furniture and sculptural form without taking a definite position within either concept. In this self initiated project, graphic design studio HelloMe explores the curious nature of everday objects. From the preface of the catalogue: ”Till Wiedeck...
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Antwerp based artist ‘En plein public’ is slowly but surely building a real-estate empire. He works in area’s with high vacancy rates and flips property prices by rapid gentrification.Bars, clubs, galleries, bakeries and butchers pop-up over night. ‘En plein public’ organises site-specific exhibitions and interventions.It is an initiative of Frederik Lizen...
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Crap is Good publications is very proud to announce its newest title! The artist Valentina Karga shares her diaries from her adventures in search of self-sufficiency: What does an urban garden in a European metropolis have to do with a Mars simulation base in the desert in the USA? The...
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This series of prints by Jeffrey Waldman is based on distorting images of government-run signal intelligence systems (that intercept communication). These sites are often shrouded in secrecy, Waldman has taken text from the limited amount of public information available and inserted it into the jpeg file via a text edit program,...
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The Daily Pattern Project is a research project by Annika Syrjämäki exploring the possibilities of content based textile design in which the daily news is used as the inspiration and content for the patterns. With the constant flow of information surrounding us at all times, the world in one way...
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Photographer, curator, & editor Nicolas Poillot lives and works in Paris. He is one of the co founder of JSBJ – Je Suis une Bande de Jeunes – JSBJ is committed to the promotion of contemporary photography by producing zines as well as larger collaborative, photographic publications. A small selection of images...
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Büro NTMY, founded by Soraya Lutangu and Nina Reisinger, strives to use interdisciplinary and unconventional working methods – in particular terms of creative processes and new visual languages with a focus on typography. In a previous blogpost NTMY announced an open call for submissions as a contribution to their current exhibition at Gallery Praterstrasse (Berlin)....
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Shoebox Memories is the newest publication of the Belgian Topy Copy. Shoebox Memories is a limited edition (/100) riso booklet documenting the Ghent (BE) skate scene between 1989 and 1999. After a long road trough the archives of many skaters etc they have made a collection capturing these moments, people...
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Freddy Taylor is currently a Junior Art Director and Designer at KesselsKramer Londen. Maybe you might remember a previous post about his project ‘Further Four ‘ right here on Crap is Good a while ago. In addition to that to just came across a work of him for t-shirt company 1 in a 100,...
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The Kinetic sculptures of Tokyo – Los Angeles based Krister Olsson. It’s difficult to tell what they actually do, or even if they do anything at all. The ‘maker-culture’ in full glory.
Based in Barcelona, fashion designster Wai Lin Tse has her focus on contemporary photography. Some random shots from her extensive portfolio and Flickr.
Off The Map is a new project by graphic designer Thomas Wood, which allows people to discover the stories behind London Underground’s disused stations. Ten original designs bring to life the history and secrets of forgotten stations including Aldwych, British Museum and Down Street. 2013 marks 150 years of London Underground – the...
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Last week the ‘CAMO’ exhibition opened its doors at H.O.T.FOX Gallery in Antwerp, for those who didn’t see it, an overview. The theme and starting point for both artists is camouflage, but the more important subject is creating a conversation between graphic design and art. It’s about how the artists deal...
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A promotion poster and postcard set created for the newest performance of MiMoDa Jazzo. MiMoDa Jazzo is an experimental dance style that is all about contrast and bold movements. Public-Library created a design that reflects the strong sentiment of Jazzo but also the delicate and fragile nature of its sincerity.
CAMO (camouflage), An exhibition opening the 4th of January at H.O.T.FOX gallery in Antwerp. The exhibit tries to open a discussion between the analogue and the digital, between Art and graphics. Featuring the works of Vincent Vrints ( who we all know by now) and Benny Van Den Meulengracht-Vrancx. If you happen to be in...
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The friendly folks at fourfiveX just launched their fourth edition on monday, just in time for you to offer a lovely gift this Christmas. Following the previous edition, the ‘Creative Research’ t-shirt (in colaboration with Catalogue), they’ve decided to implement the ‘Creative Research’ motif in a mug, thereby providing a...
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The all new Junk Jet Nr.6 – Here and Where – OUT NOW The global is but the local on world tour. On this tour the local is not preserving identity – be that cultural, political, or social, but it is (re-)inventing itself, as art, activism, or enterprise. The local even aims...
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Library Paper is an up-to-date representation of varied design/art practices from all around the world giving readers an insight into the artists thoughts. In every issue they invite a selection of graphic designers to present themselves. Contributors: Barriobajero, Côme de Bouchony, Drawswords, Hassan Rahim, Hugo Hoppmann, Ian Rousey, I Like Birds, Jung and Wenig, Louisa Gagliardi, Michael Willis, Namik Shwarz, Qubik, Raf Rennie, Reynald...
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