nice teaser animation for the annual primavera festival, made by devicers, and a pretty amazing line-up too…
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ceci ‘est pas un egg
just arrived in the studio: courtesy of deimion van der sloot & hidde meulenbeek a.k.a. studio zijspan: a beautiful 4 layer silkscreen of an egg… using the unlikely (but very effective) colour combination of fluorescent yellow, cyan, magenta and transparent matte white inks on hi-gloss white stock… many thanks!
siggi
it’s been a while since i checked out one of my favourite illustrators: siggi eggertsson
particularly worth a mention is his twitter avatar, this works so great at actual size and is typical of his work for me…
made with heart
…there has never been a better time to be a designer. There have never been more tools or platforms at our disposal. But paradoxically it has never been easier to create something dull. Beware rationality overtaking creative intuition, beware the ‘design thinkers’, the post rationalisers, the colour theorists and the comments box bore offs who just want to make you consistent with what the world has already seen. It’s a new world out there and as designers we need to be brave. Break conventions, break structure, break perceptions, break free. But never break your heart…
interesting read from wolff olins’ chief design officer chris moody
paper time machine
…the original colour of the Eiffel Tower during its construction in 1888 was called ‘Venetian Red’ as shown in the photograph, applied in the workshop before being assembled on site. The tower has been repainted over a dozen times since in different shades ranging from a reddish brown to bronze. Due to the increased blue sensitivity of the photographic emulsion used in the image, the sky appears much lighter and washed out, but the lack of cast shadows in the photograph suggest an overcast day. Several paintings and picture postcards of the Exposition site were used as a reference for the background buildings, and the stonework of Port de la Bourdonnais on the Seine riverbank being constructed in the middle of the photograph are sampled from contemporary photographs…
the wonderful retronaut is crowdfunding this great book project right now…