Dante Bookcovers
These are great.
Originally linked via quipsologies, but I found it on creativereview.
inspiring!
Jeremy Jay on XLR8R.tv
Some guy with a band with a new album that is pretty good, talking at SXSW. Here’s a link to the original page.
Brazil - AP2 Motion Titles
I decided to youtube my AP2 motion titles project for the Terry Gilliam movie “Brazil.”
It was fun, but it was definitely more of a learning experience than one of good design.
Vector-Lovers
http://www.myspace.com/vectorlovers
http://www.vector-lovers.com/
It’s nice to come across something electronic that feels right. To sell Vector Lovers short.. I’d say it sounds like a cross between more ambient Aphex Twin meets Air abut the time of their first album. Mellow layered stuff.
It makes me want to go watch Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis or maybe go through all of the Ghost in the Shell material I can find.
Rob Bailey ‘Hello World!’ Exhibition
It’s in Manchester(UK) at a Bar, but anyhow -check it out.
Marian Bantjes on Speak Up
One of the UMSL visiting artists/designers/etc. has a piece publishes on UnderConsideration site “Speak Up” about Graphic Designers being known as the ‘Photoshop Guy’..
http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002845.html
Marian Bantjes visits UMSL’s Gallery 210 on March 31, 2008.
Michael Bierut Speaks About Type
TheAtlantic.com has a somewhat short clip featuring Michael Bierut discussing type.
I was skeptical of snobbery at first, only being familiar with his writing on Design Observer and nothing else. When the movie Helvetica brought him up visually and gave him another chance to speak his piece, my opinion changed.
Entertaining. Period.
Thoughtful and Creative. Period.
Stephin Merritt, Project Song
Here is Stephin Merritt on NPR from November.
I had originally saved the podcast in iTunes some time in December but never bothered to watch/listen until a moment ago. I feel like it’s worth mentioning.
Here is Stephin Merritt’s entry for NPR’s “Project Song” section of the “All Songs Considered” program:
Stephin Merritt - A Man of a Million Faces
He’s ridiculously humble to the point of self-deprecation and partial truth by saying that he would have done more with the song if given more time.
The new Magnetic Fields album sounds nice after a few listens through.
I’m ready to see them, but I have to wait until March.