Return to the Lost City.
Lost City Products, purveyors of “the most beautiful hand embroidered products in the world” has expanded their collections to include pillows, scarves and one-of-a-kind chairs. They turned to us once again to design the latest iteration of their website featuring a media page for sharing their inspirations, a blog with the stories behind the products, as well as a new slide show and video player that streams content created exclusively for the site by video artists and musicians.
Twenty Ten.
Happy MMX!
Kees Goudzwaard.
Kees Goudzwaard’s creates his paintings by transferring paper models, compositions he applies to the canvas using sheets of paper and tape. The process by which Goudzwaard’s work comes into being consists of two parts: he first makes a model which he then translates into paint on canvas.
Each painting is the product of an accumulation of strips of tape and areas of paper. Due to the transparent nature of the materials, there is a new nuance of colour in each overlap. Consequently, the strips of tape or the areas of paper are no longer independent entities. Whenever they coincide with other areas or strips they generate new areas and tones of colour. – Eva Wittocx
Flight of Stairs (2005)
Follow Us.
We’ve been tweeting for about a month now, follow us @chmstry and @tddwlsn.
Also, check out Ape Lad’s cool re-interpretations the of the Twitter bird.
Autumn Jones.
Our soulful cinematic soundtrack for celebrating the coming autumnal equinox. Fall is back, jack!
Blackgrass.
Blackgrass, a summer soulful, jazzy blues inspired geetar set. The illustration is by artist, educator and Zakiya Art Gallery owner, Willie Tobert.
Keith Loutit.
Photographer Keith Loutit creates these amazing time-lapse short films using the process of tilt-shift miniature faking. You can see more of his films on Vimeo.
Happy Birthday Tibor.
Today is the birthday of one of my design heroes, Tibor Kalman.
Tibor Kalman was an influential American graphic designer of Hungarian origin, well-known for his work as editor-in-chief of Colors magazine.
He founded the legendary, multidisciplinary design firm M&Co in 1979, which did corporate work for such diverse clients as the Limited Corporation, the New Wave music group Talking Heads, and Restaurant Florent in New York City’s Meatpacking District. Kalman also worked as creative director of Interview magazine in the early 1990s.
M&Co is one of the few studios with whom I’ve wished I’d worked, though I hear it was a real tough place. I’ve always been jealous of the fact that a good friend of mine was fortunate enough to have done some freelance for them.
I was introduced to M&Co through their quirky line of watches, clocks, and paperweights, which combine wit and whimsy with good graphic design.
I received the Askew watch for Christmas in 1987. It is the only watch I’ve worn since. I still enjoy the puzzled look I get when someone notices the watch face with its beautiful, randomly placed numbers and is prompted to ask “How do you tell the time?”
My design work has been influenced by the thoughtfulness of the M&Co ethic. I strive to create smart, concept-driven work. It been ten years since the Perverse Optimist, passed away, I admired his design work, the way he ran his business and how he shook things up. Happy Birthday Tibor!
The Love You Save.
A soulful remembrance.
Deck Desk.
The designers over at Metrofarm create these very cool custom DJ Desks.