by alaundre
calligraphy mural by usugrow | upper playground gallery october 2014 the two above are my favorites from the show…mainly because these were not in his most recent book other book by usugrow on my shelf ° my collection of shirts ° something to grow on
Categories: random / life, seen • Tags: art, art books, artist, books, calligraphy, design, inspiration, pen and ink, typographic, typographic art, typography
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A lavishly illustrated coffee-table book celebrating thirty years of artwork from the Criterion Collection. The most exciting names in design and illustration today apply their talents to some of the most important and influential films of all time. This volume gathers highlights from designs commissioned by the Criterion Collection, featuring covers, supplemental art, and never-before-seen sketches and concept art plus a gallery of every Criterion cover since the collection’s first laserdisc in 1984. From avant-garde experiments to big-budget blockbusters, cult […]
Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: art books, books, cover design, criterion collection, design, packaging design
by alaundre
recently acquired an old book from my wishlist . Written and Designed by Tomato Bareback is brilliant. A stunning collection of personal work created and compiled by the members of the world-renowned, London based art collective, Tomato. It was 1991 when Steve Baker, Michael Horsham, Karl Hyde, Jason Kedgley, Rick Smith, Simon Taylor, Dirk Van Dooran, John Warwicker and Graham Wood pooled their creative talent and started a journey that would become one of the major success stories of the […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: art, books, design, design books, graphic arts, graphic design, typographic design
by alaundre
it smells like really old paper….or it had been in a smoker’s home for decades says me when i opened the package Picked up an old book from my childhood, certainly not children’s reading material, in almost the exact same condition as when I originally read it (I think the original that I read was even more faded than this one, though it might have been a softcover because I remember the corner of the pages being curled or creased). […]
Categories: materialism, random / life, seen • Tags: books, high fidelity the movie, i love the 80's, lists, nostalgia, reading, trivia, trivial pursuit, vintage
by alaundre
– Now “reading” Jim Mahfood | IDW Publishing | more info
Categories: materialism • Tags: art books, books, comic book artists, cover artist, illustration books, illustrator, visual artists
by alaundre
Been a while since I’ve picked up or viewed a Dave McKean book and I’ve only posted three of them here on the blog (view other posts). This one’s a graphic novel (can easily see this as a short film….though more NC-17) without any dialogue or words. I’ve always liked his mixture of illustration, painting, photoshop/collage, and photography. This book leans heavier to line art/illustration which reminds me a bit of Peter Chung’s Aeon Flux: Dave McKean | Fantagraphics […]
Categories: materialism, random / life, seen • Tags: art, art books, books, design, graphic novels, illustration
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amazon description: International icon of black ink, artist Michael (GIANT) LeSage incorporates a broad swathe of influences and skills in the creation of a singular, unmistakable aesthetic. Mike’s central practice, drawing, is informed by his training in architectural drafting, his illustrious career as a tattooist and worldwide exploits writing on walls. Within his latest and most complete monograph, the reader will enjoy photos of perfectly executed tattoos, page after page of Mike’s inscrutable tattoo flash, hand lettering nonpareil, and of […]
Categories: materialism, random / life, seen • Tags: apparel graphics, art, art books, books, design, graffiti, illustration, illustration books, tattoo artist
by alaundre
gallery : the world’s best graphics just noticed it’s from Feb 2012. i thought i picked up a more recent one //
Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: books, design, design books, design magazine, magazines
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– i should do a lot more reading: . taken from elsewhere: Tycho’s Nova is at once a story, a journey, and a moving collection of words and photographic images. It was originally conceived as both a script for a feature film and an idea for a photographic book and has ultimately become a modern fairytale of simplicity and beauty. Tycho’s Nova interleaves a fictional narrative concerning four people and their mutual experiences and is documented in photographs and words […]
Categories: random / life, seen • Tags: books, literature, prose, reading, writing
by alaundre
managed to pick up the hardcover version at the local bookstore while I was waiting for a movie to start: // bit of damage on the cover.
Categories: materialism, random / life, seen • Tags: art, art books, books, comic books, graphic novels, illustration
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