Love Jean-Philippe Delhomme.
Only a 1000 copies of the book were printed, each numbered. Go to Amazon to purchase your copy.
November 04, 2012
Today I Bought: The Unknown Hipster Diaries
Love Jean-Philippe Delhomme.
Only a 1000 copies of the book were printed, each numbered. Go to Amazon to purchase your copy.
September 11, 2012
Your child's drawing made into a plush toy – amazing!
I think this is one of the most charming, original ideas for a gift I've seen in a while. You submit a drawing your child did to Child's Own Studio and they make a custom plush toy based on it. Brilliant.
July 01, 2011
June 29, 2011
June 04, 2011
Joel Penkman: Paintings of Sweets (and some meat & cheese)
Yes, another painter that has taken a cue from Wayne Thiebaud and done a lovely job of it.
See more of Joel Penkman's work here.
May 31, 2011
Q and A: James Rosenquist
James Rosenquist’s works are on view at both the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Hirshhorn. The pop artist spoke with the magazine’s Courtney Jordan.
When you were starting out, you worked as a billboard painter in New York City?
I painted the Astor-Victoria sign seven times, and it’s 395 feet wide and 58 feet high. I dropped a gallon of purple paint on Seventh Avenue and 47th Street from 15 stories up and didn’t kill anybody. I dropped a brush at Columbus Circle. It fell on a guy’s camel-hair coat. He never noticed it, and down his back was a dark green stripe. I brought artistic skill to my sign painting. I made movie stars look better. I made them real. That experience helped my fine art.
You paint on a huge scale not unlike Michelangelo at the Sistine Chapel. Are you giving him a run for his money?
I’ve wondered if during the Renaissance, I would have been good enough to be an assistant to Rubens or Michelangelo. They were some good old boys. But you couldn’t get a job back then unless it was painting St. Sebastian or Jesus.
You paint bluejeans, nails, bacon, beer bottles, drill bits. What’s the attraction?
I’m not like Andy Warhol. He did Coca-Cola bottles and Brillo pads. I used generic imagery—no brand names—to make a new kind of picture. People can remember their childhood, but events from four or five years ago are in a never-never land. That was the imagery I was concerned with—things that were a little bit familiar but not things you feel nostalgic about. Hot dogs and typewriters—generic things people sort of recognize.
Pop Art is often characterized as frivolous, but you have addressed nuclear war, Vietnam, the environment, AIDS. Are you the conscience of Pop Art?
That is a silly question. I’m just a painter. All my life I just do any damn thing I feel like. Lo and behold, some people like it and pay a lot of money for it. I’m not anything. I’m just curious. Doesn’t everybody do that? Picasso did Guernica. Goya’s paintings—incredible. I think Roy [Lichtenstein] and Andy Warhol were serious. Warhol was questioning the capitalist society. Certainly I have made comments on American society with the various pictures, and have done about nine antiwar paintings. But I did them because I was incorporating my feelings into my work.
Is it hard to let your work go?
When I started out, I didn’t want to sell anything because I was developing my ideas. I was trying to gather strength by putting a number of pictures together. I also kept my union card for billboard painting, so I didn’t care. But I thought to myself, I have empty pockets. I could buy more paint and canvas. Now, the works are spread out all over the world, Singapore to Cologne, Germany. But I never let anything go out of my studio if I don’t think it has something, an essence, because it could wind up in a museum.
May 25, 2011
Graphic Designer: Lora Lamm
An exerpt from Display
April 23, 2011
March 03, 2011
Kafka Editions from Schocken
Amazingly wonderful. By Peter Mendelsund
February 13, 2011
Maxim Dalton's Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Board Game
I know more than a few people that would love this as a gift – myself included. Sold out currently – but hopefully they'll be a reprint soon. Here are some detail shots – click to see larger!
December 05, 2010
Today I bought: Top Shop Make-Up at Jonathan & Olivia
Stopped by Jonathan & Olivia today to see their new Top Shop make-up bar. I've been a fan of this line since I saw the charming packaging profiled on numerous design blogs a while back. I love the naive illustration style – it feels so right for the TS brand.
I'm happy to report, after testing practically everything there, that the make-up is quite nice and the pigments are rich. I left with a big bag of goodies and will report back after a few longer wears.
November 21, 2010
Stuff I'm liking today:
Shot by Colin Angus.
I don't know what this means but I love how the purple smoke looks – esp. against that blue tile. Wouldn't it be nice if it smelled like grape?
This is a Christmas garland from TOAST. Wish it was a necklace instead.
This is an awesome mural from the Ace Hotel.
This is Melissa Auf der Maur and Olivier Theyskens during their collaboration. He reminds me of Trent Reznor in this outfit and haircut.
This is a brilliant fucking idea. I'm mad at myself for not thinking of it sooner. Why isn't everything this good?
This charming illustration is by Ben Weeks. I met him recently at the Design Thinkers conference.
This is a detail from a dress I want to buy from Urban Outfiters. It looks very similar to one I fell in love with last Spring from Jonathan Saunders.
The necklace and dress are both Lanvin.
Some lovely packaging design for Merchant & Mills. Have you ever seen a more beautiful pin?
I don't know where this is but I want to go there and never return.
November 17, 2010
Record Makers iPhone App
Love iPhone apps? Well have a I got one for you – Record Makers has released one to celebrate their anniversary with amazing illustrations by Mrzyk & Moriceau. Download it for free here!
November 14, 2010
October 29, 2010
Paris vs NYC
Cute comparisons from http://parisvsnyc.blogspot.com
October 03, 2010
Love Courtney
Say what you will about Courtney and her "kook" but I still think Hole's Live Through This was a great album. This video kills me...""It's not TAUPE! It's fucking Caramel!"
October 02, 2010
September 20, 2010
September 11, 2010
Is it sadly predictable that...
...a designer would choose to draw stationary? Well, maybe, but these notecards are my favourite – from Jean Rouget Paris.
Oh hello...
After I drew the fellow above, I found myself grinning like a fool at my computer acreen. Does it feel like he needs an ear?
August 22, 2010
Famous Eyebrows: A Chart
Pretty spot on actually
July 30, 2010
July 11, 2010
July 10, 2010
July 08, 2010
June 17, 2010
June 05, 2010
June 04, 2010
Hot Dog!
May 20, 2010
Marks & Spencer 125 Years Anniversary Packaging
I wish more brands would follow M&S's lead and mine their rich archives for some gems from their past branding & advertising campaigns. This Jellie box is one of many designs revived for M&S's 125 Anniversary. See more here.
May 07, 2010
May 02, 2010
Ruth Jackson's Ice Cream Trucks
Saw these are on Design Sponge yesterday – aren't they charming? They are hidden under Links in this site.
April 19, 2010
Doodle of my dad
There was a time in my life when I used to "chat" on the phone quite a bit. Nowadays I barely say more than "I'm on my way" and "do we need milk?". I don't miss the endless yammering really, I prefer texting or face-to-face. But – – what I do miss is the doodling. I would doodle for hours while on the phone – sometimes "drawing" entire conversations in a marvelous state of complete and utter unselfconsciousness. And because I was not worried about pleasing anyone or what the final result would be, I actually drew better. In fact, the work was often much better – because I wasn't getting in the way of myself. One's ego can really fuck up good work, pardon my French. Anyhoo, not to say that the above is any great masterpiece, but it was a genuine little moment captured. A moment on a little scrap of paper where I quickly drew a very Simpson-like portrait of my father, Karlo Sr., about fifteen years ago. I love it and it's on my fridge now. MUST. DOODLE. MORE.
Raymond Savignac
A dear friend bought me this lovely Tin Tin poster from a stall along the Seine during one of my many visits to Paris when I lived in Strasboug. Sadly, it is still waiting to be framed.
April 18, 2010
Jean Philippe Delhomme
One of my favourite books that I bought last year was Jean-Philippe Delhomme's The Cultivated Life. Today, after reading an article in Interview magazine, I was delighted to discover that he has a marvelous new blog under the nom de plume “The Unknown Hipster”. I think I love this man.
April 13, 2010
Great new illustrator: Martin Bregman
April 07, 2010
March 27, 2010
March 23, 2010
March 22, 2010
March 13, 2010
March 06, 2010
February 22, 2010
February 16, 2010
February 15, 2010
February 14, 2010
Gary Taxali at Narwhal
Marty, AliB and I dropped by the Narwhal gallery yesterday to see Gary Taxali's show "Taxali 300" where he had, actually, over 300+ works on display. As wonderful as they are when you see them digitally, as shown above, they really do come to life in person when you can see the paper and ink textures up close and personal. Needless to say, I'm an even bigger fan now than before.
February 01, 2010
January 14, 2010
Threadless Loot!
Whoohoo! – MB surprised me with this awesome Threadless T by Brock Davis. You can also still buy Marty's shirt here.
January 11, 2010
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