Ninja vs Penguin

Ninja October 9th, 2009

Veer’s Word pendant features Adios Script by Alejandro Paul.

+ Word pendant, $40.00

Make a statement with these Kate Spade bracelets.

+ Red letter day bracelet, $65.00

+ I dare you bracelet, $65.00

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Ninja October 5th, 2009

Check out these super-fun creative economy tees by Etcetera Media. They come with various labels: designer, maker, ideas guy, or business man. Which one are you?

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Ninja September 17th, 2009

+ Hand printed by David Dodde
+ Individually numbered
+ Printed on: 130# Acid-Free Cover Weight Paper
+ Sizes: 8.5″ x 11″ and 20″ x 26″
+ Prices: $18 / $35

Purchasing link
+ Get your House Industries prints here

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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

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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

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+ Buy Sougwen Chung’s prints

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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

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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

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Ninja June 23rd, 2009

Chow Martin uses ink and charcoal on mylar to create mythical, muscular creatures and type. You can check out the rest of his work here.

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Ninja June 22nd, 2009

Digital Slaves and Kaalam have developed a new system for real time calligraphy and drawing. I just love watching Julien Brenton work his digital magic on the side of a building.

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Ninja June 10th, 2009

From time to time, I like to add to Penguin’s ever-growing library (his room has so many neat stacks of books that it looks like a stalagmite labyrinth sprouting from his carpet). Usually my selections are art-related like Richard Avedon’s Portraits or Banksy’s Wall and Piece.

After some random browsing, I found The Story of God: A Narrative Theology by Michael Lodahl. Interesting title and a subject I think Penguin would really like. What’s more, it has GORGEOUS cover designed by Arthur Cherry, featuring the typefaces, Restraint by Marian Bantjes and Perpetua.

Purchasing links
+ The Story of God: A Narrative Theology, $22.79
+ Restraint typeface by Marian Bantjes, $45.00

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