June 2009 Blog Posts (287)

Ebon Heath is an artist from Brooklyn who created these typographic mobiles. Here's what he said when describing the origins of the project "I want our type to jump, scream, whisper and dance, versus lay flat, dead and dormant, to be used and discarded with no concern for its intricate beauty of form, function, and meaning." You can read the whole interview at…

Look up the colorful dresses of Daryl Banks' leggy models and you've got his project titled "Crinoline Flowers". Inspired by macro photography of flowers, Daryl sought out to "simulate the intricate beauty of those photographs with crinolines, legs and hosiery." One thing is for sure - the angle at…

I love how completely original these baby announcements are! Designed by parents, Tosh and Victoria Brown, the announcements are hip and cool in a modern vintage kind of way. Love the spare use of color and the varying fonts.

The cards were letterpress printed at…

New ads for Louis Vuitton and Madonna just surfaced that's taking Photoshop to the extreme. It's for LV's Fall/Winter 2009 campaign. Though we love the dramatic colors, we can't help but think that everything looks too overdone. You have to wonder if they're trying to knock down a few decades on Madonna.…

Marsha Gubar (aka LimKis) certainly doesn't hold back with the bursts of color in her vector art. With the mastery of programs like Adobe Illustrator, the Russian illustrator takes us on a journey into the fantasy world, filled with magic, beautiful women, and weird looking creatures.



"I believe if a person isn't developing, he's slipping. It's not enough…

There aren't many artists that I know that really get under my skin. I'm talking for the good and the bad. Let's see - we're talking Chris Brown (bad), Rihanna (good then bad), Ne-Yo (really good)...and then, and then there's Kanye West. Sure, most of might dismiss him because he comes off like the cockiest mo-fo you've ever seen. No doubt. I don't disagree with you…

There aren't many sneakers that stop me in my tracks but these new Nikes are just too fresh to ignore. A collaboration with film director Spike Lee, Blazers have bold African flag-inspired colors. Aren't they sweet?



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