August, 2009 | the mehallo blog. beta.

Compromise

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Utrecht-based illustrator Marlos Duyker knows her way around a sewing machine. She describes her work as ‘an infinite fusion of illustrative design, art and fashion.’ Check out more in her Flickr photostream.

Found via Doodlers Anonymous

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Justin’s playground

Justin Lovato’s work is a mix of surreal landscapes, feudalism and playful typography (with some great interpretations of Baskerville in several of his pieces). He is the cover story in the July 10th issue of SubMerge and has a show going on right now at the Upper Playground location in Sacramento.

The Art of Justin Lovato
Runs thru September 12th, 2009
at Upper Playground 2524 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95816 [map]

meet the artist
Closing reception is 7 – 11 p.m. on Second Saturday, September 12th, 2009.

For more about Justin, visit his website here.

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Storytelling with sand

Storytelling is universal. Kseniya Simonova’s powerful recounting of Germany’s conquest of the Ukraine during WWII; featured on Ukraine’s Got Talent. More info here.

Found via Twitter.com/LyndsieRoss

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Nylon moves!

idn ‘typographic landscape’ from Brian Castleforte on Vimeo.

Promo piece/reel intro for Nylon.

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Jamie Caliri interview

Jamie Caliri Interview from SubmarineChannel on Vimeo
More detail and links at Forget the Film, Watch the Titles

Years back I was dazzled by the opening titles for the television program Big Apple (8 episodes, 2001). And when I found myself in a position to showcase motion graphics at an exhibition, title designer Jamie Caliri was at the top of our list.

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Pablo the Movie

‘Pablo is the story of outlaw filmmaker, countercultural icon, and world famous title designer Pablo Ferro.

‘The film blends animation, documentary footage and testimonials of illustrious filmmakers and artists who unravel the legendary life of Pablo Ferro and his legacy.’

More on Pablo The Movie here. Updated trailer (with animation) posted here.

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Great movie titles

Browse thru Christian Annyas’ Movie Title Stills Collection, which contains ‘hundreds of main titles from feature films’ – and some shots of trailers – organized by decade.

Found via Designisms

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Movie poster typography

Neville Brody’s New Deal fonts in use, custom designed for Public Enemies

Yves Peters over at The FontFeed gives their monthly roundup of movie poster typography.

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T Magazine rocks

I was almost a journalist. And love good newspaper design; and a few years back, got to adapt newspaper design to a magazine format. Dream gig for me.

The New York Times Magazine is a visual delight and I’d say sets the standard for what a weekly newspaper magazine can aspire to (Parade, are you listening?). At one of the schools where I teach, the library has a subscription and a nice stack of back issues. They also subscribe to the stylish spin off, T Magazine.

Yesterday, T Magazine posted the best of their 2009 covers on their daily blog. And the day before, they posted the best of 2008.

And their 5th Anniversary issue has just dropped. 5 different covers – by Frank Gehry, Jenny Holzer, Francesco Vezzoli, Jeff Koons and the Starn brothers – plus work by Karl Largerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Stefano Pilati, Alber Elbaz, Miuccia Prada and Nicolas Ghesquière, the latter 5 doing a makeover of actress Carey Mulligan.