Happy Birthday Art Chantry

Today is the birthday of Tacoma/Tacoma based graphic designer Art Chantry
"Mr. Chantry is probably best known for expanding on the bristling low-tech aesthetic of punk music, in posters and album covers..."
"These works reflect an omnivorous talent for the incisive recycling of vintage images, usually with a handmade look that Mr. Chantry calls roughed up."
"Among his sources are 60's psychedelic posters, wholesome 50's advertising (including pages from tool catalogs and grocery store circulars) and Monty Python's gloss on Edwardian illustration -- usually presented with a sense of clashing social values. These are underscored by techniques like torn-edge collage, taped images, messy script, punch-printed lettering, startling juxtapositions and endless variations on the possibilities of photographic graininess achieved by repeated photocopying."
Read the whole review from The New york Times
Check his book: Some People Can't Surf

quotes on design

Today's quotes on design:
"Leafing through an old magazine, I noticed a small ad about a design course by mail. The headline read, "Art for pleasure and profit!" I have never found a better definition to describe my profession. Of course, at times it is more the pleasure and less the profit, at times the contrary. But if one of the components were missing, design wouldn't exist."

— Carlo Angelini

Vintage Illustrations by Kareem Rizk

Vintage Illustrations by Kareem Rizk - http://bit.ly/dnFOiL

Is AT&T updating its logo again?

Is AT&T updating its logo...again?
"AT&T is undertaking an ambitious rebranding effort under the banner "Rethink Possible" that includes a redesign that updates its trademark logo." Read More from ADage
also check History of the AT&T Network and Bell Logo History

yesterday's earthquake

it was real - 7.2 in Mexicali. When asked what to expect here in California, the officer from California earthquake organization stated "be prepared for earthquake every single day."

Lego Table

22,742 pieces of Lego make a boardroom table for a new advertising agency (abgc)in Dublin"
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Lego Table - abgc from abgc-android on Vimeo.

Dali calls himself a bad painter

"I'm a very bad painter. "
"Because I'm too intelligent to be a good painter. To be a good painter you've got to be a bit stupid."
!!!!!?????

A few things I’ve learned about typeface design By Gerry Leonidas

Gerry Leonidas's brilliant article about things he has learned about typeface design. http://bit.ly/cOz3fy