05.09.08
Wow, crazy audiovisuals at Club Transmediale 2008 by Rishaug & Watz concert at Generator.x 2.0. It’s like my favorite classic 70’s graphic design come to life and set to music.
Hipster drawing done right at Enyo Creative by designer/artist/illustrator Josh Kenyon. If you are going to draw koi fish, clouds and such, you should definitely do it on a kick-ass guitar.
There is some tastefully minimal work in the portfolio of URTD. Very nice. Keep an eye out for these talented folks.
Josef Lee is a designer / animator / illustrator from Singapore. At his website Museum of Modern Fiction he has been creating a series of what he calls ‘bedtime stories for adults’. They are very clever and have some really nice illustrations to accompany them.
You can read his first story, a modern retelling of Adam, Eve and the Apple with a supporting role by Steve Jobs here.
He also has a nice love story between a giant monster and lady liberty, minus the citywide destruction here.
Laslty, he has a modern and strange Japanese folktale about a half-fish, half-human boy named Yutaro here.
They are really neat little stories and I haven’t seen many other artists do anything like this on their blog before. A nice whimsical little way to kill a few minutes on a Friday afternoon.
Glossy, glitzy and glamorous florals and symmetrical layouts dot the portfolio of Bristol-based Ginger Monkey Design.
Luke Bamford has some really attractive graphic design in his portfolio.
Discovered at Formfiftyfive
Well, I had known about this before it even happened and I apologize for not writing about this earlier. Banksy held a one-of-a-kind show this week simply titled, ‘Cans Festival’ (a word play on the Cannes film festival). He invited more than 3 dozen international artists but also encouraged visitors to contribute their own grafitti starting Saturday. The festival was held in an apparently rarely used South London tunnel. Banksy told the Times of London, “I’m hoping we can transform a dark forgotten filth pit into an oasis of beautiful art - in a dark forgotten filth pit.”
The interesting thing to note here as it is a sharp turn in the career of the outlaw artist is that the show was approved and facilitated by Eurostar. Eurostart manages tunnel as it lies under an old train platform belonging to them at Waterloo Station. It’s an interesting development for Banksy as he has in the past been considered a wanted man by London authorities. It begs the question also as to whether or not he has unofficially been adopted into the mainstream. I am hoping not because it always seems like you can apply an expiration date to an artist once they reach that critical mass. I think Banksy is a true innovator though and I can easily imagine him reinventing himself, maybe even in another medium, under another name where he will no doubt burn another new and amazing trail.
Pictures from the show:
At Flickr
At Notcot
At the Pinewood Design Blog
News of the show:
At The International Herald Tribune
Video of the setup:
At Youtube
05.08.08
Radiohead has partnered with Aniboom and is currently holding a contest to create a 1 minute animated video using any of the songs off of Radiohead’s current album, In Rainbows. Robert Hodgin from Flight 404 decided to toss his hat in the ring with the beautiful bit of animation created with Processing above.
Photographer Theo Jemison sent me an email today to show me his work. He is a very accomplished photographer who currently calls Los Angeles home. He has some beautiful and very human work in his portfolio. He has photographed some of my favorite musicians and has managed to capture a very raw sense of their personality in his images.
Thank you for the email Theo.
I wanted to officially put out a notice that I am currently seeking new opportunities. I realize immediately that sounds vague, so let me explain. I am currently looking for several things. I am seeking representation artistically. I would like to gain representation to help me better access freelance projects for both my design and illustration work. With that said I am also actively seeking freelance work at this time. I want to emphasize that the work on this website, all filed under the ‘WORK’ section and subsections was all created by me (Christopher Cox) individually and no one else. So, if you feel you may have a project suitable for me but would like to see my capabilities you can find a good cross section of my work in the work section of the site. I have no real discernable style but consider myself a bit of a renaissance man in that regard. I feel comfortable working in whatever style best suits the unique considerations of the project. If you would like to see something more in a specific style I would be happy to send samples, if available, that are not currently on the site. I am fully capable in creating motion boards, digital illustration, typography, branding, logo development, design for apparel (t-shirt art), posters, comps for websites and providing concepts for television commercials. I am willing and happy to work for or with clients both in the United States and overseas.
In the very near future, because the site is growing so rapidly in audience and content, I will most likely have to move the site to a new host and server. So I am seeking hosting sponsorship along with potential advertising on and for the site. If you or anyone you know are interested in this please contact me.
In the near future I will be printing several posters and I am also looking for good printers for that project as well. I will be printing both digitally on heavy stock paper and screen printing. So for those of you that have been requesting posters, there will be several available before the summer is out.
If you would like to contact me regarding representation, a creative project, or are interested in advertising on the site please contact me via the contact section. Thank you so much for your support and for visiting the site. It’s been a fascinating sociological experiment and it has been great sharing with and engaging with you all on a daily basis. It has been a real growing experience and it will continue to be. Changethethought is only just beginning.
Allan Chochinov of Core77 gives an interesting talk about why shit matters in design. The talk was given this year at the PSFK Conference in New York.
Peter And Wendy is a graphic design studio based in Paris. They enjoy a close relationship with their clients and approach each project with a unique process. They produce a variety of media in print, publishing, exhibition and event identity and corporate identity.
05.07.08
Well, again I am sorry for the seemingly disproportionate amount of politics to art on my blog lately, but there is just so much entertaining content right now in the political arena that it is impossible to keep away from it. This video may be low-fi but since this blog is about the collision between creativity and culture, I cannot think of a better video that marries creativity and politics so harmoniously. It must have been a pain to edit this but it is just hilarious. It’s impossible not to have a laugh and enjoy it.
Young aspiring UK-based illustrator Craig Shields established Surpy in 2007 to house his work and ideas. The work is trendy but charged with color and energy. The above piece shows some real attention to detail with typography as well.
Adam Tickle founded Cultural Domain (great name) in 2003 to work closely with clients within the UK music industry.
I am sure by now you have seen the above image several times on FFFFound.
Utterly bizarre but totally absorbing photography and fashion-inspired projects by Bart Hess. His website isn’t exactly the most intuitive site I have visited but if you can mine out all of the content, there is some really interesting imagery to be found.