This week, a modest edition of Quipsologies.
The Graphic Artists Guild joins ICOGRADA.
Brangelina to launch line of “African homeware products”.
Creative Review launches an online companion to its monthly design publication, E-CR. At £30 this is an excellent offer to keep up with this great magazine.
Westvaco Inspirations for Printers 1956-1961, designed by the great Bradbury Thompson. [Via]
Sponsored by FontShop, the TYPO Berlin 2006: 11th International Design Conference runs from May 18-20. This year’s theme is “Play.”
Curiosity implies a certain immoderation, a certain necessary excess. That is precisely what makes it a passion: it is amoral and follows its own laws, which is why society insists on taming it in various ways. — The Dilemma of Curiosity and Its Use [Via]
Bill Keane’s Family Circus: Explained, kinda. [Via ]
The Internet Museum of the Polish People’s Republic maintains a collection of post-Soviet memorabilia including various, and modest, Polish design.
For all you type-in-art fans, there currently is an exhibition of Ed Ruscha drawings at the uptown New York branch of Gagosian Gallery.
In the United States, photography is increasingly coming under attack — with photo bans on the increase. New Jersey state senator Fred Madden is the latest member of a growing list of politicians pandering to an unfocused fear of terrorism.
New for Spring at UbuWeb: a collection of conceptual art documents, Jacques Lacan television appearances, the cut-up films of William S. Burroughs, and an amazing series of Vienna Actionist films — vomit, nudity, blood, animal carcasses, and the creative application of foodstuffs.
World Mustache Championship 2006, images that remind me of beautiful beautiful work.
I find it interesting that Thompson used some of Erik Nitsche's work in the Westvaco pieces. Their work has always felt related to me.
On May.16.2006 at 08:46 PM