“Lisbon is a person… It is a girl and young woman with a flair for protagonism! She is the protagonist of some movie, some music, some book, sometimes sad, sometimes joyful… If Lisbon has 7 hills, CAMERA OBSCURA has 22 invitations, 22 rooms, 22 people, 22 walls and ways...
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Taking as reference the first erotic publications of the 70s, Odiseo intends to reinterpret the concept of ‘publication for adult entertainment’ by combining in a simple, direct and spontaneous way, sexuality, sensuality and cleverness. Each volume of Odiseo will contain several photographic editorials – as well as a variety of essays exploring issues related with philosophy,...
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Büro NTMY & Praterstraße Berlin invite you to survive with them… CALL TO ACTION – Deadline 05.11.2012: What would You take on a desert island? Please send your answers to: thetruthisoutthere@buerontmy.ch This question will be the starting point and red line of the exhibition and numerous events taking place from...
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Submitted by: Allan McEvoy Allan McEvoy was asked by Revision Arts a collective of NYC designers, to submit a peace of work for their upcoming exhibition ‘Metamorphosis‘, a study of our environment and how it affects our work. His submission to the brief focus on repetition as a way of finding change....
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Diego Córdova and Martí Canillas met while working for Folch Studio between 2010 and 2012. Their studio’s approach is defined by a collaborative network that allows them to integrate graphic design, art direction, photography, communication and strategy to develop projects for commercial and institutional clients focused in contemporary culture.
Pretty Girls is the first album released on the label Happiness Records. I have no idea what kind of music is on there, but the design looks promising.
The beautiful posters of Márcia Novais. She studied Communication Design at the University of Porto in the Faculty of Fine Arts and graduated in 2010. Shortly after, she started working as Graphic Designer at the same Faculty (check the tumblr). To check what she does besides posters, have a look on her website, or on this...
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Traven T. Croves is a Londen based graphic designer with a clear preference for print. His posters and bookwork are minimal yet playful, somewhat experimental but always with attention to tactility.
Published bilingually (English/Spanish) and quarterly, PERDIZ is a new magazine about people and the things that make them happy. A compilation of amazing stories from common people. A survival manual without magic formulae. A collection of beautiful things. A publication of social activism with a positive tinge. A collectable object....
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It seems the Belgian graphic designers are doing very well these days. Yet another great example is Thomas Desmet. He works mainly in book-design but also has his fare share of posters. Have a look for yourself.
Italian furniture manufacturer Beplushave produces some very interesting objects. Simple forms and clear materials, just the way we like it.
For the 9th edition of Salon Light, Cneai, hosted by Palais de Tokyo, will showcase meetings and dialogue with 53 independent publishers and bookstores, and three research and performance seminars on publishing practices. The players in the field of micropublishing are experimenting in all directions and playing with the usual...
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Adriaan Mellegers is an Amsterdam-based graphic designer focusing on institutional, artistic and commercial commissions within the fields of art, architecture and design. With a strong editorial approach and a consistently innovative use of typography, materials and color, Adriaan’s design sensibility engages the creative and content driven objectives of all involved....
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Work of Sao Paulo based, Portuguese-Brazilian graphic designer David Galasse . He works on an ongoing study that consists of grabbing and deconstructing ads, communication materials and brand manuals. He clarifies his work with these 3 purposes: 1. Breaking with the vices and rules set by default for art direction and...
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Panatom Gallery presents Bureau Collective ‘Singing seven bridges builds circles in the water’ A glass of water stands on a subwoofer. Concentric waves are visible on the surface of the water, with no apparent cause. A quiet, moving image; an unexpected, slight touch; an inspiration in a quivering moment. Bureau...
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As a video for a musician from Italy Bart Traubeck and Viktor Matic dreamed up a world filled with cloth-like screens bending and waving in the wind of intercontinental data-transfer. The display as a medium dissolves into a flexible plane, readily adapting to whatever it encounters, with the single pieces...
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The amazing work of Antwerp based duo Cox & Grusenmeyer. Ines Cox completed her master at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem and Lauren Grusenmeyer at The Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, with a collaboration like that the work just has to be great. Have a look for some top-notch graphic work.
Collection is a magazine that presents drawing in many forms, from contemporary art to graphic novels to graphic design. All artists themselves, the Collection team proposes neither a journalistic viewpoint nor a critic’s vision, but instead aspires to defend drawing, with no barriers between genres, by letting the actors themselves speak....
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