This Typodarium desktop or wall tear-off calendar is amazing. It features 366 different typefaces from 252 designers that live in 32 different countries. Each page features all of the information about that particular typeface design and where it can be licensed. The calendar can be purchased from Slanted.
Brooklyn, NY based artist and writer Shane McAdams created this series of abstract ball point pen paintings. I cannot get over his use of ordinary materials in such a non-traditional method of application. The depth created by the color variations is quite hypnotic and mesmerizing.
Christopher Gray‘s simple graphic illustrations are just the pop of color my walls need. And they’re affordable starting at about $80. If you think you kinda recognize that top one, it’s Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss.”
It is hard not to be impressed by the young South Korean-born artist Minjae Lee. At just 22 years of age, he has amassed an impressive portfolio of colorful portrait illustrations created mostly with acrylic paint and markers. The dramatic pieces are full of pattern and texture that create the haunting imagery.
How amazing are these Faber-Castell ringed black & white portraits by Chan Hwee Chong created using Faber-Castell’s PITT Artist Pens? The artist uses only the pressure of the pen with a continuous line until the portrait is finished.
A few weeks ago, smart invited people to participate in a collaborative art project that combined creativity and social networking. They asked people to tweet their visions of the future to @smartfortwoUK and watch as those visions were illustrated directly onto the exterior of a smart fortwo electric drive.
Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey opens on March 30, 2011 at The Design Museum. The exhibition, a celebration of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel’s career, will feature his work for design practice “Total Design,” the identity for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, as well as his iconic poster, print, typography and lesser known exhibition design.
In this series of prints, Edits by Edit, each designer was asked to represent a musical genre using one element and one typeface (stating the genre).
Above is Twist by Hey Studio and Folk by Manual Creative.
The Standard hotel’s very first book project What Me Worry by artist Andrew Kuo was released last week. The book debuts under the new exclusive imprint, “Standard Press,” in conjunction with Damane Editore and D.A.P. (Distributed Art Publishers).
Last month, I asked the Design Milk Twitter followers about some of their favorite band poster illustrators and I’m going to highlight one here each week. This is the sixth in the series.
You might recognize Tara McPherson because she is not just known for her fantastic gig posters, but her fine art and illustrations as well. Her signature salmon pink and green palette is calming, but is a great juxtaposition with her subject matter which often borders on the strange and unusual.
