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I’m sure you’re probably already aware that we love milk over here, but we also love coffee. That’s why we were so excited to stumble on this great graphic poster by Plaid called The Perfect Pour. It depicts various hot, tasty coffee beverages and how they’re made. Buy it here.
makelike is a Portland-based multidisciplinary design studio with a life long obsession with cacti. That’s why they decided to design a limited-edition theme-based line of products created for the home specifically focusing on the prickly green desert plant. The collection includes wallpaper, limited-edition posters, tea towels and pillow cases, screenprinted by hand using water-based inks in (or around) Portland, Oregon. What a fun theme!
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.
A few weeks ago 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 fifth in the series.
Seattle-based poster designer and musician, Nat Damm is now 29, but he’s been designing posters since age 16, and has been on the scene since age 14. He has also played drums for a number of bands including Akimbo, The Tight Bros From Way Back When, Automaton Adventure Series and others.
Otis College of Art and Design student Davis Ngarupe certainly has a knack for creating really rad poster art. When he’s not craving typography or making art, he’s playing Scrabble on his iPhone. My kinda man!
Tadanori Yokoo’s bold use of collage, psychedelia and appropriation of popular cultural icons — both Japanese and Western — created a new visual language for the turbulent, youth-charged 1960’s. As a focal point of the Japanese avant-garde, Yokoo’s work helped define post war Japan as an international cultural force.
What: Tadanori Yokoo: The Aesthetics of End. Early Silkscreens 1965-1971
When: April 24, 2010 – May 19, 2010
Where: Friedman Benda Gallery, 515 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001
Jesse Kirsch has been the art director and designer of the Columbia University Film Festival for the past 5 years. He recently finished the latest design for the festivals 23rd year running this week at IFC Center in NYC. The posters and mailers are beautifully done.
His main parameter has been that he must use an iconic piece of film or movie-making in the design — an object that people can instantly recognize and relate to. What would normally be cliché and overdone, Jesse tries to approach from a graphic standpoint and use shapes and color to transform the subject matter. For 2010, he used vertical strips of movie tickets to create a skyline and reflection, tying the design to NYC where it resides.
A few weeks ago, 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 fourth in the series.
Nate Duval is a wonderfully talented illustrator who has a knack for hand-lettering.
NAXART is a design company that specializes in graphic art, paintings, and posters. Their most recently project was 12 design posters that featured famous quotes from various creative minds. They worked to create very minimalist and pure graphic statements but at the same time visually powerful. Some of the famous quotes used in their designs include Steve Jobs, Le Corbusier, Frank Chimero, Colin Wright, Scott Stevenson, and David Carson.
A few weeks ago, 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 third in the series.
The Small Stakes is designer Jason Munn, who makes his home in Oakland, CA. His signature minimalistic design style has made him one of the most well-known band poster designers, and one of the most in-demand. The Small Stakes also takes on projects like t-shirts, book covers, and album design.
I have to say that he is one of my current favorite designers.
