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Have a heart

The photography of Ignacio Lozano. Article here.

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Normandie in a box

Normandie’s Circle of the Beloved membership kit arrived in the mail. Wrote about it last week.

Box o good stuff: Handmade CDs by the band and a bunch of things I designed, black and white tees, poster, lifetime show pass. For more info, hit up their merch page.

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Serena-Maneesh

Now signed to 4AD, Serena-Maneesh has a new album, S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor; it drops March 23, 2010 in the US.

Download a free six minute edit of new track Ayisha Abyss here. MySpace here.

Below, live performance of Reprobate:

And
Video for Drive Me Home The Lonely Nights from 2006:

Found via theSTART’s Jamie Miller

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Guy Saggee, posters

‘with particular emphasis on culture and politics’

Check out the online exhibition of the poster work of Israel-based Guy Saggee.

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exit strategy, digital
The two editions of Aaron Winters’ Exit Strategy art annual are now available to peruse online at Issuu. Featuring art by Jessie LeDoux, Attaboy, Steak Mtn, Jay Howell, John Stuart Berger, Skinner and many, many more.

For Exit Strategy #1 (2005), go here.
For Exit Strategy #2 (2006), go here, registration required ’cause of naughty bits.

exit strategy, print
Some print editions are still available. ES #2 features a 10″ vinyl LP; bands include Sincabeza, PETS, Butch vs Femme, GOLAB and The Tangles (also available as a download).

Go here for more info.

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Da Kings Artist Project

So Sacramento’s kinda full of Kansas City emigres.

Many graphic design studio owners came from there, having studied under the legendary Rob Roy Kelly at the Kansas City Art Institute. And it may be only a matter of time until DJG ends up in Sac (I’m just guessing).

The Kansas City Kings moved to Sacramento in 1985. And recently, I found out a few of my students have been designing Kings billboards on the side.

Part of a campaign headed up by Sacramento Kings creative director Heather Vaughan – the handmade, graffiti-themed billboards have been appearing all over town. Not prints, but the actual handpainted art. The project has garnered national publicity appearing as a ‘Coast to Coast Best Practice’ in the Sports Business Journal.

Time-lapse video, above. Work (by students) below. More details here.

Demetris Washington

Jonathan Price

Daniel Mendez

Found via Lyndsie Ross, Kings design intern

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DJG Design

Graphic designer Danny Gibson doesn’t do things the way he’s supposed to.

And last we spoke, I think he said he’s not even using a computer anymore.

Based out of Kansas City, Danny is a prolific experimenter. Artist. Something like that. Has an eye for composition and his work is fresh, unusual and fun. I’m not even sure how I found him. Few years back, I’d shown his poster work in two local design exhibitions; one group show and a solo show at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center.

danny’s own take
Limited editions is the best way to describe what he does. Low budget, obsessive constructs. Mixed-media would be a good term too – since Danny uses anything he can get his paws on; used paper, envelopes, newspaper, stencils, handlettering, rubber stamps, yarn, hardware products – I’m pretty sure he’s got some rotting food in there too. [Read more →]

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G-Force, 1978

Another sort of Star Wars-influenced adaptation.

I used to watch this early mornings before heading out to school, often missing the ends of episodes. Didn’t know much about it until I looked it up tonight.

Battle of the Planets (1978) was a reworking of a 1972 Japanese program called Gatchaman. Redubbed and reedited with Star Wars-like elements, the Gatchaman team became ‘G-Force.’ The American version was heavily sanitized to remove ‘graphic violence, profanity and transgenderism.’ Wow. And the original show had an environmental theme, sort of lost in translation.

More details on the Wiki page here. American show titles (above), original Japanese titles (below). Interesting contrast.