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The typography sketchbooks of Marina Chaccur.

Found via Dr. Shelley

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The work of illustrator Matthew Lyons.

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From Philly: The work of Eleanor Grosch.

More here. Twitter here, blog here.

Found via Dr. Shelley

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‘Well, you know, my hobbie (one of them anyway) is using a lot of scotch tape  . . .  pick out the different things during what I read and piece them together and [make] a little story of my own.’

Collages made by Louis ‘Pops’ Armstrong, from reel tape boxes, photos and other ephemera. More info here.

Happy Fathers Day everyone!

Louis Armstrong: La vie en Rose

Found via The Paris Review and Oscar Grillo

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The work of Amsterdam-based graphic designer Louis Reith.

Website here, Flickr sets here.

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The work of Aakash Nihalani.

Found via Alice Woodruff

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The work of Grace Kang.

Also, check out her downloadable Neutraface poster (scroll down to see).

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Misunderstood genius or fool? Or a little bit of both.

I’ve actually been a fan of David Lee Roth since high school. Just deal with it.

With a friend, we used to do DLR music video comic strip parodies in our high school newspaper. We called him David Lee Broth and changed lyrics to be all about food. ‘Just a Buffalo’ instead of ‘Just a Gigolo.’

And you know, I do think Dave’s part genius – with a bit of the foolish side dancing around what works/what’s public opinion/where his next career move will be.

Pictured in this post are highlights from Dave’s sketchbook, which can now be seen at his rather sparse website. The art bounces thru a few genres, as is his thing. [Read more →]

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‘comic books that use typography in place of imagery as the primary method of storytelling’

James Pannafino is working on producing a unique type-only comic book and is seeking funding thru Kickstarter. Website/more details here.

Found via James Saturnio

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Above: Scrabble ad created by Irina Dakeva and Clément Dozier of Wizz for Ogilvy Paris.

Part of Scrabble’s ‘the Beautiful Word’ campaign. More videos (and details) here.

And here’s two more (below), created by Mathieu Lafontaine and Didier Tovel (aka C4) of Apollo.

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We’re closing in on spring finals at the Art Institute. And I just got this note from a student:

School is like being hit by an invisible bus. A bus full of sardines, and being driven by a monkey. After being hit, the monkey flips you off, leaving you speechless and confused. So basically school is stinky and is going bananas.

And I’m thinking the ‘everything is due’ pressure is starting to sink in. And that I’m the monkey. And wow, I get to drive An Invisible Bus.

in perspective
But in all the melee going on right now, I’d like to see something more positive come of this. Usually the positive part hits when standing in a classroom filled with incredible final projects – which I hope happens next week.

This is my spin. It’s what I do these days:

I’m a game show host in a forced labor camp.

But – I was recently talking with web instructor and confidant Bill Mead – and we both agreed that we really love teaching in a creative environment. Because our students really are nuts. In such a great way.

And that’s so cool. It’s fantastic to be around all that creative energy all of the time.

The world needs more creative and fun people. Who work hard. Who can change the world.

more learnt in school
New video (above) from Raina and Brent as part of their totally random What I Learned in School series.

What started as a few photos is now a series. They’ve been making these pretty much on a weekly basis at this point.

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