Design is Kinky is a online Graphic design magazine acting largely as a gallery of artwork. Also includes commentary, interviews, profiles, mug shots. They also create EMPTY which is a magazine about creativity, in all its forms. It’s published 4 times a year, however in Australia. You may be able to get issues shipped over to the uk but until [...]
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January 7, 2009
Alan Aldridge Books…
Alan Aldridge – The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
This illustrated biography charts Aldridges life as a graphic entertainer, with paintings and drawings covering his whole career from 1964 right up to the present. Interspersed in some 250 colour illustrations are stories and anecdotes about those who Aldridge encountered along the way, among them Picasso, the Queen [...]
January 5, 2009
Useful Websites
The Wallpaper Graduate Directory 2009
http://www.wallpaper.com/content/feature/graduate-directory-2009/
On this website you will find up and coming architects, designers, illustrators, photographers and more, fresh from university.
The Wallpaper Architects Directory 2008
http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/architects-directory-2008/2474
Here you’ll find well known architects from all over the world.
The Architects Website
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/
Building design is a website where you’ll find up to date news from the architecture world.
Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/
A video sharing website.
blogcatalog
http://www.blogcatalog.com/
Network [...]
January 4, 2009
Jon Burgerman: Pens are my Friends
For the first time ever Jon Burgerman’s commercial, personal and collaborative works are collected together in one lavish publication. Included amongst the many projects are toys, clothing, exhibitions, murals, customizations, sketchbooks and a sick bag.
About Jon Burgerman
Though known for his colourful work in drawing and print, animation and toy design, Jon Burgerman retains a British [...]
January 4, 2009
Non-Format
Non-Format is the creative team of Kjell Ekhorn (Norwegian) and Jon Forss (British). They work on a range of projects including art direction, design and ilustration for arts and culture, music industry and fashion and advertising clients. They also art direct Varoom: the journal of illustration and made images.
Covers for wire…
and Creative Review.
Love Song, a [...]
January 3, 2009
Saatchi Gallery
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/index.htm
On my first visit to London in 2003 I also visited the Saatchi Gallery. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit as I especially liked its collection of quirky artists. Its collection of contemporary art usually consists of largely unseen young artists or by established international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK.
The audience for exhibitions of [...]
January 2, 2009
Quirky Art Blogs – Beautiful/Decay
Beautiful/Decay is the definitive art and design publication showcasing emerging and established contemporary artists. The magazine acts as a go-to, first exposure sourcebook that reveals today’s most influential and innovative talents from the creative world. B/D strives to uphold the integrity of the magazine through distinctive covers, attention to detail and design, and provocative creative [...]
January 2, 2009
Henry Moore
Henry Moore was one of the 20th century’s leading sculptors and his monumental carved and bronze sculptures can be seen in galleries and museums around the world. Moore was born in 1898, in Castleford. Henry Moore often referred to the influence of the West Yorkshire landscape on his development as a young artist.
This changing display [...]
January 2, 2009
Milton Glaser
Milton Glaser is a Graphic Designer, best known for the ‘I love New York’ logo and his Bob Dylan poster, the “DC bullet” logo used by DC comics from 1977 to 2005. He also founded New York Magazine with Clay Flecker in 1968.
His style ranges wildly from simple to avant garde in his countless book jackets, album covers, advertisements and direct mail [...]
January 1, 2009
The Brit Insurance Design Awards 2009 Shortlist (Architecture & Graphic’s)
Here are the nominees for the Architects and Graphic Designers put up for this coming Brit Insurance Design Awards 2009. The exhibition opens 12 February until 14 June 2009, the category winners will be announced on 24 February and the overall winner will be awarded at the Awards Dinner on 18 March at the Design Museum London, so [...]
