Audrey, train
Posted on February 8th, 2012 by steve
Varvatos, Green Day
Posted on February 7th, 2012 by steve
‘The ads were inspired by Philippe Petit’s 1974 ‘Man on Wire’ act – an illegal tightrope traverse between the Twin Towers – as well as Charles C. Ebbets’ classic 1932 photograph, ‘Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam.”
Green Day – art directed by Yard and photographed by Danny Clinch for (Howard Stern’s favorite designer) John Varvatos, Spring/Summer 2012.
Found via Fashion Indie
Remix everything
Posted on February 5th, 2012 by steve
‘Remixing is a folk art but the techniques are the same ones used at any level of creation: copy, transform, and combine’
4-part documentary by NYC-based filmmaker Kirby Ferguson.
Part 4 is in production, donations accepted here.
Website here, Facebook page here. Remixes (inspired by part 3) here and here.
Found via Creative Bits
Album mixes
Posted on February 4th, 2012 by steve
Charted: 30 years of music sales
Posted on February 4th, 2012 by steve
Outlaw
Posted on February 4th, 2012 by steve
‘Rose Tattoo’s promo-video for the hit single Rock ‘n’ Roll Outlaw taken from the 1978 album Rose Tattoo’
The Tangs
Posted on February 2nd, 2012 by steve
‘Yeah, for the logo the ‘g’ took longer to design than all the other letter forms put together.’ -bb
Former typography student. New band. Custom drawn g.
Brett Berry survived my graphic design courses and recently formed The Tangs with his brother Brandon.
Their debut EP Let It Out can be snagged on iTunes.
Website here, Facebook page here.
The Tangs: Take Me Down
Reflections
Posted on February 1st, 2012 by steve
US regions
Posted on February 1st, 2012 by steve
Ponzi
Posted on February 1st, 2012 by steve
‘Printed in red on 100% recycled chipboard, this poster utilizes some of the larger wood type we have.’
YeeHaw Industries’ letterpress PONZI poster. Available here.
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