ArtBabble: Graphic Design

Project Projects, Salón and Pia Camil

Museo Tamayo — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:36:03 +0000

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Dialogues

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Museo Tamayo

Project Projects, the New York based design office that made the new identity of the Museo Tamayo, dialogue with Celeste magazine's editor Pia Camil about their designing process, the origin, and its projection.

Graphic Design Collective Gorilla: A daily visual column

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:42:41 +0000

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Dutch Design

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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Disguised as eloquent gorilla’s, this mysterious and rebellious designer collective tells us about the experiences with their daily visual column on the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. Six times a week a revolving duo drawn from the collective was given three hours to create a visual response to the day’s news. Gorilla gives iconic images a twist and creates a visual double take that challenges readers’ expectations.

Joost Grootens: Information layers of atlases

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:38:22 +0000

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Dutch Design

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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Joost Grootens (1971) states: ‘The book is not a linear medium, but a data carrier with various possible points of entry’. For him the organisation of information is more important than the creation of a beautiful and stylish page. His designs are based upon the graphic conventions of books such as architecture monographs, photo books and atlases.

Christien Meindertsma: A pig in a hundred pieces

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:27:24 +0000

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Dutch Design

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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

‘Products are given an important value when we know where they came from, how they were made, the effort that has been involved’, states the Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma. 'The starting point for my projects is a particular place. A place is the location, the vegetation, the people and animals.'

Laylah Ali: Designer Nicole Parente

Art21 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:28:17 +0000

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Art21

Exclusive Episode #060: Artist Laylah Ali and graphic designer Nicole Parente work together in the designer's home office in Cambridge, MA. The artist's hand-drawn notes are transformed into precise digital illustrations otherwise impossible without a computer.

Design by the Book - Episode 4

The New York Public Library — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:12:32 +0000

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NYPL: Design by the Book

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The New York Public Library

The final reveal! Grace Bonney visits our five artists in Brooklyn one last time to see the final results of their creative adventure at the New York Public Library.

Design by the Book - Episode 3

The New York Public Library — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:12:08 +0000

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NYPL: Design by the Book

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The New York Public Library

Episode 3 of "Design by the Book" finds the artists back in their studios, experimenting with different projects based on what they found at the New York Public Library.

Design by the Book - Episode 2

The New York Public Library — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:11:38 +0000

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NYPL: Design by the Book

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The New York Public Library

In this episode, second in the "Design by the Book" series from the New York Public Library, the five artists head to the library to meet with reference librarian Jessica Pigza. Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi also joins us to share his sources of inspiration.

Design by the Book - Episode 1

The New York Public Library — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:11:09 +0000

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NYPL: Design by the Book

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The New York Public Library

The New York Public Library holds a wealth of unexpected sources of inspiration for artists and designers: from vintage valentines and textile patterns, to fabric samples and turn-of-the-century menus from around the world. For this online-only miniseries, Design by the Book, NYPL partnered with the leading design blog Design*Sponge to invite five New York City-based artists to sift through its collections in search of inspiration. Watch as the artists, who range from a glassblower to a letterpress printer, create unique works inspired by what they found.