Some very nice work by Brooklyn based designer Ben DuVall. His portfolio has plenty of self-initiated projects (which we love!) and a very nice style. It seems DuVall experiments with many styles, from contemporary old school to full on contemporary.
My dearest readers, as you probably have noticed the last couple of months it has been awfully quiet on Crap is Good. The reason for that is, well, first of all holidays, but also we should mention that blogging is not our main activity. Next to Crap is Good there...
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“A room, full of upholstered furniture. A huge playground of blended fabrics in muted shades, from grey to beige up to fancy black or red orange. The journey begins. Lying, sitting, kneeling, or crouching the upholstery gets conquered.” A new series of images by Jasmine Deporta. The series was realized...
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For those of you who are in the neighborhood of Antwerp do drop by Hot Fox Gallery tonight. They open a new exhibition titled ‘I sang, and thought I sang very well; but he just looked up into my face with a very quizzical expression’ — A duo exhibition by...
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Inlands is the latest photographic endeavor of Greek photographer Petros Koublis. The images of this series are exploring the landscape through small individual fragments, each one of them describing a state of transformation. Those miniature scenes are approached as if they were completely independent existences, released from their actual surrounding space and...
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FALA is back with a new collection of scarfs. As usual designer Joelle Batens surprises us with her wel balanced eclectic designs. This season she mixes oriental motives with sporty patterns, which may sound like a bad idea but works remarkably well. The Belgian based brand limits itself to one...
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Brussels based studio Visionandfactory have released a very exciting new book compiling their work of the last 24 years. Graphic designer Hugo Puttaert (proud to call him my previous professor) and founder of the studio takes us on a visual trip that urges us to ‘Think in Colour’. In 386 pages the Brussels-based...
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A couple of weeks ago we started a new little zine called Tarot. The zine will follow a full Rider-Waite tarot deck from 1905, each issue based on a single card. A full deck counts 78 cards consisting of the Major Arcana (22 cards) and the Minor Arcana (56 cards)....
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Pol Solsona is a Catalan graphic designer and art director based in Helsinki, Finland. With some experience behind him he recently started his own studio. Some nice and various work by Pol Solsona.
Designbolaget is a Copenhagen based design studio working at the intersections of art, fashion and culture and was founded in 2002 by Claus Due. The studio has a quite extended range of competences but mainly puts its focus on printed matter and art direction. Have a look at what they do....
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A very random collection of work from design collective Cabinet Gold van d’ Vlies. The collective consists of Jeferson Brito Andrade, Frederick Hüttemann, Matthias Keller, Bernd Krönker and Martin Petersen. All of them bring together independent positions in the fields of design, photography, publishing, and curatorial practice. Accordingly, in a different constellation different results arise. Gold van d’...
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We’ve been eagerly waiting for this one, Romka #8! Romka is a collective photo album in which people from all over the world share the stories behind their favorite photographs. Both amateurs and professionals are invited to take part in the ongoing project and so far they’ve gathered more than 300...
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Dear friends, For the next two weeks (until the 14th of March) all of our books will be shipped out for completely nada! So have a browse in our shop and if you see anything you like we’ll ship it to you for free. ps. the font you see in...
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Rasmus typeface was created in 2014 by Markus John after the first typeface Tilde. Rasmus exists as a regular and bold version. The typeface is based on classic serif fonts like Times or Sabon paired with contemporary details. One significant detail is the oblique serifs and edges. The bold version has a larger x-hight and therefore becomes more...
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Klotzholz is the studio name of Swiss designer Adrian Wicki. Mid Century design and Modernism as whole, clearly inspire Adrian in his design and material choices. Complex wood connections, bended steel tubes and beautiful metal structures form his objects to furniture. The office is still young but promising non the...
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Libros Mutantes is Back! On April 25th-27th, Libros Mutantes will reach its fifth edition in Madrid. Publishing projects from around the world are invited to join in a celebration of independent publishing, art books and experimental design. The program will include lectures, exhibitions and workshops, but the core of the...
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Annie Marie was born south of Seattle in a quiet town surrounded by deep forests and cold water. Her first personal project, Finding Trust, started 7 years ago at a wildlife sanctuary near her hometown in Seattle. The images are so crisp they almost look unreal, as if all the...
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The choice of eighteen architects and architectural studios – the central focus of the present study – has been made, in most cases, with two basic criteria in mind. The first is the unique signature that they have added to Greek postwar architecture, their participation in the dominant trends of...
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