Changethethought™

“Radio Silence is a selected visual history of American Hardcore Music. American punk kids who loved the speed and attitude of punk took hold of its spirit, got rid of the “live fast, die young” mind-set and made a brilliant revision: hardcore. The dividing line between punk and hardcore music was in the delivery: less pretense, less melody, and more aggression.”

I’m always facinated with the American hardcore scene of the 1980’s, there was a lot of heart and soul in the movement - what these kids were doing should be an inspiration to everyone, especially those of us in the creative world. This book takes a deeper look into the design and artwork of the time. Check out the mechanicals of Gorrilla Biscuits 12″ Start Today, pretty awesome to see this stuff.

written by Aaron Ray | tags: American Hardcore, DIY, Gorrila Biscuits

A little about DIY straight from the horse’s mouth:
“DIY (do it yourself) is a graphic design studio founded in 2001 by Laurence Jaccottet, Philippe Cuendet and Ivan Liechti.

All three have a degree in “visual communication” from the ECAL (ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne) where they had the opportunity to participate at many workshops with renowned visiting professors like M/M, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Cornel Windlin, GTF, Scott Makela, James Goggin and many more.

One of the main objective for DIY is to create a multidisciplinary platform focused on graphic design. The ambition is to diversify the creativity, and to communicate through various media such as photography, music, styling, fashion, video, etc. Then, the agency is working for all kind of prestigious contractors in different fields such as edition, press, advertisement, multimedia, record industry and fashion.”

written by Christopher | tags: DIY, Do It Yourself, Graphic Design, Illustration