Incomplete Manifesto for Growth posters
Ninja July 31st, 2009
Hanna Viktorsson’s typographic posters remind us of Bruce Mau’s good advice from his 1998 Incomplete Manifesto for Growth.
TGIF,
Ninja
Archive for July, 2009
Dark Night Of The Soul
Ninja July 30th, 2009
I just ordered my copy of the book, Dark Night of the Soul, a project which combines the talent of powerhouses, Danger Mouse (Brian Burton), Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous), and David Lynch. This 100+ page, 2-pound book contains Lynch’s eerie, beautiful photographs.
The music album that accompanies the book features contributions from the Shins’ James Mercer, the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, the Flaming Lips and Iggy Pop. The entire album is streamed at NPR’s site.
You can download 3 of the tracks here:
+ Revenge (featuring The Flaming Lips)
+ Little Girl (featuring Julian Casablancas of The Strokes)
+ Daddy’s Gone (featuring Nina Persson of The Cardigans)
Purchasing link
+ Dark Night of the Soul (Hardcover book ONLY), $31.50
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Illustrator/designer: Sougwen Chung
Ninja July 29th, 2009
Really digging the rhythmic, swirling compositions of Brooklyn-based illustrator/designer, Sougwen Chung. Sougwen can be found hard at work at the design shop, Cuban Council.
Afterthoughts
Fleurette-de-lis A
Fleurette-de-lis B
Fleurette-de-lis C
Fleurette-de-lis D
SepalCure
Spectral Sound
Spectral Sound
You can check out her drawing process here:
Related link
+ See more at Sougwen Chung’s drawing blog
Purchasing link
+ Buy Sougwen Chung’s prints
James Jean’s Kindling book is in
Ninja July 28th, 2009
Featuring 12 oversized prints from James Jean’s solo show at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in January 2009, Kindling is a beautifully produced keepsake portfolio from Chronicle Books.
Purchasing links
+ Get your signed copy of Kindling: 12 Removable Prints from Process Recess, $29.95
Signed copies are temporarily out of stock—will be back in stock by August 3, 2009
+ Unsigned copy of Kindling: 12 Removable Prints
Liu Bolin’s camouflage art
Ninja July 28th, 2009
No Photoshop here! Beijing-based artist, Liu Bolin, covers his subjects from head to toe with paint so that they blend into their surroundings. This camouflage collection is an exploration of human nature and animal instincts.
Most animals live in harmony with their environment, creating habitats and protecting themselves through concealment and adaptation. Humans conversely seek to manipulate and destroy natural environments to best suit our needs, or the remove ourselves as far as possible from our base form. Through presenting humans camouflaged in artificial surroundings, Bolin questions whether we ourselves are natural, or artificial? We seek to elevate ourselves outside of the natural world, but this in turn alienates us and upsets the balance from which we came.
Artist’s education
In in 1995, Liu Bolin graduated from the Art Department of Shandong Arts Institute with a bachelor’s degree. In 2001, he Received a master’s degree from the Sculpture Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing.
Via Telegraph
Related postsSetting goals with Mary Kate McDevitt
Ninja July 27th, 2009
I am loving Mary Kate McDevitt’s mini goal chalkboards!
See more here.
Purchasing link
+ You can fill in your own blanks and pick up a set from Mary Kate McDevitt’s etsy shop
Cardon Copy’s flyer makeover
Ninja July 27th, 2009
Queens-based designer Cardon Webb (aka Cardon Copy) took his mother’s advice: “Leave it better than the way you found it,” and redesigned and replaced hand-made neighborhood fliers around New York City.
Cardon Copy, takes the vernacular of self-distributed fliers and tear-offs we have all seen in our neighborhoods. It involves hijacking these unconsidered fliers and redesigning them, over powering their message with a new visual language. I then replace the original with the redesign in its authentic environment.
Take a look at his before and after shots:
Via IDSGN
Related postsHigh Speed Bullet Photography
Penguin July 24th, 2009
Digital Picture Zone has 30 colorful shots of high speed bullet photography. Photos by alan_sailer
Via: BrianJKim
-Penguin
Related postsVideo: Treevenge
Penguin July 23rd, 2009
Great short film about trees and Christmas. You’d never see anything like this in the theatres. And that’s the true gold mine for what’s to come. Original and innovative stories like this.
-Penguin
Related postsVideo: Mabona Origami
Penguin July 22nd, 2009
Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection from MABONA ORIGAMI.
Sure most of it is CG. Sure it’s a commercial for Asics. But dang, is it beautifully animated and realized.
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-Penguin
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