BLU

Artist Blu creates some pretty crazy drawings on public walls. His latest film "Blu: An Ambiguous Animation Painted on Public Walls," is drawn in Buenos Aires and Baden and is simply overwhelming and intriguing.

Check out his blog for more drawings and illustrations.

Every Person in NYC

Jason Polan (of the "Every Piece of Art in the Museum of Modern Art" book fame) is now trying to draw every person in New York City. Talk about some serious ambition!

Valero Doval

The fine ladies over at Pica + Pixel have enlightened me to the work of Valero Doval. All of the work is great, but I especially love the "Haunted Houses" series.

May 1968: A Graphic Uprising

"Forty years ago next month, the streets of the French capital saw workers and students protesting against the increasing levels of unemployment and poverty that were all too apparent under Charles de Gaulle’s conservative government.

In Paris, on 16 May, students and faculty took over the Ecole des Beaux Arts to establish the Atelier Populaire (the Popular Workshop). The organisation went on to produce hundreds of silkscreen posters in an unprecedented outpouring of political graphic art."

A gallery show of these posters is now at The Hayward Project Space in the Southbank Centre in London.

Creative Review has an interview with the curator. Also, Keep Calm has a very limited number of these posters available for purchase and they are going fast!

A Good Thing to Remember.

via SwissMiss.

Illustrator Hennie Haworth

Hennie Haworth illustrates book covers, type, people, food, drink, and many things in between. via INT.

Amy Ross

The fantastic artist, Amy Ross, has joined the ranks at Keep Calm and her first offering is quite nice!

Shannon Rankin

You probably know that I have a massive love for maps, so I instantly fell in love with Shannon Rankin's work! Thanks to Frank for finding her Etsy page.

Oscar Diaz

London-based product designer, Oscar Diaz makes some really nice work.

Jeff Canham

Jeff Canham makes art, design, and paints signs the real way! Simply fantastic!

Frank Chimero: The States

Wow, I can't believe I haven't yet posted about this! My good friend, Frank Chimero, is currently creating an illustration of each state of our blessed Union. Nice, smart, and clever - as always.

Frank also has a book of his illustrations that you should purchase.

Julianna Swaney

All I'm saying is that if you embroider a squid vs. ship scene, you are awesome in my book.

MOMA Color

The Museum of Modern Art in NYC has a great exhibition called "Color Chart: Reinventing Color 1950 to Today" going on now until May 12th which has a nice flash-tastic companion website. I wish I lived in NYC - I bet it's even better in person!

Hall of Best Knowledge

The fantastic Ray Fenwick is about to release "Hall of Best Knowledge" on the world! I can't wait!

See a few samples here.

How I See Things at This Moment.

Alan Kitching

How do I not know about Alan Kitching?! Seriously, how do I not know about Alan Kitching?!

Photographs by Myoung Ho Lee

Myoung Ho Lee creates some fantastically simple in concept/difficult in execution photographs.

Design Commission

Design Commission, based is Seattle, has a very nice gallery of works by various artists. One of the best is Overlooked. Also, they had a a recent benefit show where different artists decorated or redesigned umbrellas called Chance of Showers.

Light Drop

Rafael Morgan has created a piece entitled "Light Drop" that makes us think about our energy usage in a beautiful way.

Visual Inspiration from L.A.

Dispatch from LA is a nice visual blog showing inspiration from Los Angeles, California. Linked from one of my students, James Mulvenon.

Illustrator Joe McLaren

Joe McLaren's work work is wonderful, fantastic, and all-around great!

Collage, Ephemera, & Design - All in One Place

Flickr user Daily Poetics puts all the best in one place! Her great collages, ephemera collection, and photo set of business cards provides great work and inspiration.

You can also visit her blog/website.

Nicole Gastonguay

Do you see this?! Fantastic work by Nicole Gastonguay!

via tantramar.

Installation Art in London's Heathrow Airport

Multi-disciplinary art and design practice, Troika, based in London has created a new art installation in Heathrow Airport.

Really interesting and nice - but when I flew through Heathrow, there wasn't anything pretty and it wasn't that clean and shiny...

Rearranged Puzzles

Artist Kent Rogowski combines pieces from different puzzles into fantastically interesting images.

Jaime Gili

Jaime Gili, originally from Venezuela, is a fantastic London-based painter and installation artist. His work fuses the colours of South America with modernist hard-edge painting and dynamic compositions.

If you happen to live in London, you can check out his new show opening February 11th at the Riflemaker Gallery.

Three New Letterpressed Prints!

I want to announce three new letterpressed prints that I just finished!

First: "All You Need Is Love" - Perfect for your sweetheart or anyone that needs a reminder of what is most important. Metallic Silver ink on red.

Second: "Less Is More." - My homage to the Swiss Modernists. Simple, clean, and probably one of the most difficult posters I have ever printed. Metallic Silver on dark-grey.

Third: "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!" - A phrase we should all follow! Brown ink on green.

All three prints will soon be available at Keep Calm. You can see more pictures on my Flickr page.

Make Your Own Path - Part Deux

Due to the overwhelming response to the first limited-edition prints of "Make Your Own Path," I have issued a reprint!

Each poster is printed on an antique map and although part of an unlimited edition, each print is totally unique and different. If you would like to purchase a print, please visit Keep Calm and they will be more than happy to help you!

Library of Congress on Flickr!

Thanks to Frank Chimero, (who has just started a great blog called "By So And So") I have learned that the United States Library of Congress is now on Flickr!

They have a fantastic collection of Farm Security Administration photos in color (which normally you only see the famous black & white photos) as well as many other photographs from their collection. I can only hope that this is just the beginning of their collection coming online! The Library of Congress also has a blog - who knew?

Grant Hamilton

Somehow, I have never posted about the amazing work of Grant Hamilton - but I am now! I especially love his Geometries set.

Also, a huge thanks to Frank for getting this blog to integrate nicely into my website!

Fresh Type.

It seems that Letman loves type as much as I do - which is both exciting and a bit disturbing! (via The Serif)


Merci Bernard creates some very interesting typographic experiments using three-dimensional space. Nice! (via Monoscope)

Nina Katchadourian

Artist Nina Katchadourian creates some amazingly creative and really interesting work.

Obsessive Consumption = Kate Bingaman-Burt

Over the holiday break I got the pleasure to meet the wonderful Kate Bingaman-Burt and her husband, Clifton, in the great state of Mississippi.

Kate is the creator of Obsessive Consumption which is a collection of daily drawings of her daily purchases. She helps with a non-profit design firm that her husband started, has had multiple big-city gallery shows, teaches at Mississippi State University, has been featured in many books, and still has time to sleep (I think)!

If you want the full list of her awesomeness, visit her website!

Poetic Letterpress

Although I don't fully understand all of what he is doing, Jeremy James Thompson creates some really interesting letterpress poetry. Via Monoscope.

Maira Kalman

How can I describe Maira Kalman? She is a fascinatingly original, simple-minded (in the best sense of the term) creative illustrator, story-teller, speaker, and day dreamer that lives and creates in New York City.

She recently came out with a new book entitled "The Principals of Uncertainty" (based on a series she did for the New York Times) which I just finished reading. I would recommend that everyone pick up this book and read it in one sitting!

Maps by Paula Scher

Paula Scher's maps at the Maya Stendhal Gallery in New York are quite fascinating!

Liquidated Logos

French street artist Zevs is creating some really nice work.

Mixed Media Constructions

Artist Chris Kenny makes some very nice constructions using maps and organic materials.

Vintage Wallpaper

Need true vintage wallpaper? Live in Belgium? Have Euros to spare? Have I got a great place for you!

Ceramic Typography

My grandparents owned a ceramic store when I was young and so Stephanie DeArmond mixes two things that make me very happy.

A Few Interesting Images

I don't know much about these, but I like them.

Organic Typography

For my Advanced Typography Assignment #5 - Organic Typography: Here are links to different examples of interesting experimental/organic typography.

Some iconic work is done by Stephan Sagmeister - one & two.
Marian Bantjes makes some great work.
Never forget to Think Beauty.
Christian Robert-Tissot makes some interesting work here.
Bryan Collins is a great Art Director & Designer that makes nice things.
Post-Typography has some interesting experimental work as well.

Rosalie Gascoigne Assemblages

Australian artist, Rosalie Gascoigne, created some really great assemblages with found materials.

"Heaven is a Place on Earth"

Artist Jacob Dahlgren creates some great works of art. Especially this one.

Architectural Deconstructivism

Architectural Deconstructivism creates some pretty amazing buildings like these buildings for big-box store Best.

Keep Calm and Carry On.

I am very excited to announce that I am partnering up with the fine folks at Keep Calm to sell a few of my prints and posters online! Keep Calm are based in the United Kingdom and they make some wonderful things that you should all go and purchase. Christmas is just around the corner, let us not forget!

Electro-Magnetic Art.

Artist Richard Box has an installation entitled "Field" in which he placed 1,301 fluorescent tubes in the ground that light up by the electro-magnetic field surrounding the high-power lines above them.