Art
Typographic Posters: Pawaiian Hunch by Ruth Vissing
Copenhagen-based designer Ruth Vissing designed a series of typographic posters she calls Pawaiian Hunch. She designed posters featuring a typeface that has a combination retro 80s feel with Art Deco. The entire alphabet is available in various color stories, all of which pop off the page. You know I had to put the "D" & "M" together!
SILO 468: Interactive Light Art for Urban Redevelopment
The city of Helsinki tapped Madrid-based Lighting Design Collective (LDC) to convert a once-used oil silo into an interactive light installation to commemorate Helsinki being the World Design Capital of 2012. To mark such occasion, the silo's walls were perforated with 2,012 holes that display a mesmerizing light show in Helsinki's Kruunuvuorenranta district.
The Best 2013 Modern Calendars
Be ready for the new year! It's that time again - time for a whole new year. A fresh start. A new beginning. Or just more of the same old, same old. Any way you slice it, it's time for a new calendar. For 2013, we've rounded up 25 of our favorite 2013 modern calendars. Which one will grace your wall or desk this coming year?
Eva Zeisel Lighting Collection for Leucos
Beloved designer and ceramicist Eva Zeisel passed away in 2011 at the age of 105, and the last project she worked on was her one and only lighting collection and it has just hit the market. The Eva Zeisel Collection for Leucos is a line of hand-blown Venetian glass fixtures that come in two styles named Summer and Spring, each available as a pendant, wall sconce, or table lamp.
Friday Five with Martin Yeeles of Bob's Your Uncle
Martin Yeeles, a graphic designer, is this week's Friday Five subject, and the co-founder and creative director of Boston-based stationery and gift company, Bob’s Your Uncle. He created all of the Bob’s Your Uncle line, which includes boldly contemporary greeting cards, gift wrap, place mats, file folders, dish towels, and more. In 1993, he and his wife, company co-founder and former shoe designer Michele Yeeles, moved to the States from their native England “just for a year or two,” and never left. In case you're not familiar with the saying, “Bob’s your uncle” is a British expression used to indicate that a given task is very simple. It was possibly inspired by Victorian Prime Minister, Robert Cecil, who appointed his nephew to a ministerial post. Translation: having Bob as your uncle was a guarantee of success. Let's see where Bob, I mean, Martin, finds inspiration.
Latest Carpet Designs from We Make Carpets
Have you seen the unusual temporary carpets we've featured before that the team of We Make Carpets create? They are modern day versions of traditional woven carpets of centuries past made out of everyday items like pasta, cotton balls, plastic forks, candy bars, and now sponges and old plastic bottles. The three-dimensional patterns look labor-intensive, much like the carpets they are meant to reflect.
Patrick Wilson's Abstract Artwork
Artist Patrick Wilson, who lives and works in Los Angeles, explores mid-century modernism in his boxy abstract works. We're inspired by his color blocking combinations, as are the Hirschhorn and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which both own his work. Wilson is a self-described "slow motion action painter," who relies on intuition in the creative process. In terms of technique, he uses a drywall blade to drag layers of translucent and opaque coats of paint across the canvas to gradually build his architectural compositions. We used Colourlovers to create palettes for three of his works in this week's installment of CMYLK.
Friday Five with Studio Gorm
John and Wonhee Jeong Arndt of Studio Gorm met while studying in the masters program at the design academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. They set up their first studio in Rotterdam, though today, they are located in Eugene, Oregon. Let's see what inspires the pair who make simple, practical, and always beautiful products and environments, in this week's Friday Five.
