_Check out this article by Michael Bierut, a Critic in Graphic Design, titled 26 Years, 85 Notebooks. Also, the Gopher wishes Lili a happy birthday.
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_if you ever drop by Cheltenham don’t forget to visit the Meantime Project + Space. On top of this words some work by Freya Gabie [ no link for her because we just can't find anything on the interwebs ].
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_Sarah Cain is an American artist living in Los Angeles. Her work incorporates doilies, sometimes. via ArtNet
Interview / warm weather, Campari and Guy Yanai
As August comes to an end, we bring you an artist from beyond the turning leaves of Europe and America. Guy Yanai is a Middle eastern painter, the founder of the well-known project Gallery 33. Our sources reveal that Guy is also a better-than-average tennis player and Campari lover. For you, gentle readers, Guy and a couple of hours of Friday left, enjoy both. Read though.
[ click on the title for full interview ]
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_Blighia Sapida is the title given to this painting by Hurvin Anderson, a London Based artist.
Rita Indiana y Los Misterios /
El Blu del Ping Pong by Rita Indiana y Los Misterios
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Wednesday. Fourth day of the week. Last night we went dancing merengue. Like with flashing lights and stuff. Rum. No headache thanks. In honor of such rhythms we bring you [ dear audience ] a little jewel from Dominican Republic: Rita Indiana y Los Misterios, a merengue-fóquer ensemble that bla, bla, bla.
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_we had no idea that Sanna Annuka was half Finnish and half English, although we did figure out that the Kalevala had some sort of influence in her work.
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_Jill Lin made the scratch-n-sniff version of everyflavor beans, and in gorgeous tiny card form. See more of her work here
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_wonder if our dear friend Mario Wagner knows about Mark Wagner and his currency collages.
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_This photo we got from Sea Shanty’s Flickr whose name appears to be Lola and has a blog.
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_not only do we enjoy how Steve Raura’s website behaves [ all smooth movements and stuff ], but we certainly like his illustration work as well.
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_Sandra Juto’s written the book on having fun. Enough said.
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_Mark Silipo from Magic Sweater has a zine well worth a check if you’re into illustration: Teen Vomit [ and yes, we're not that much into the mag name ].
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_Tara Donne takes the kinds of pictures we wish our mothers took. Lovely indeed.
Interview / 18 questions for Mike Cina
- What lessons have you learned from working in design and within the art scene of Minneapolis?
1. I don’t really see myself as a designer.
2. People here really stick to themselves. It is a very Dutch/German town.
3. Minneapolis invented the modern form of advertising.
4. Minneapolis designers are obsessed with the “kitch retro” visual work. I still don’t know why.
[ click on the title for full interview ]
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_ok, ok, we swear is the last time we feature somebody from the Stephen Wirtz Gallery, but truth is that we saw the work of Alec Soth also at the CCCB [ Barcelona ] website. Some saliency syndrome happening around here, sorry folks.
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_Independent book publisher Lines&Shapes has just launched OtherBooks, which “originated for the sole purpose of publishing more ambitious book projects…” We like the sound of that. via randominspiration
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_since we’re still checking the Stephen Wirtz Gallery from two posts ago, we’ll like to feature some Deborah Oropallo today; also, her book Pomp was just released so you might want to check that too.
Shaken: Experiencing Dan Auerbach
Friend and Gopher-writer Dylan Shrader came up with an idea for a review format. Early on, us Gophers agreed that we’d like musicians to do all the music reviews. Shrader is a musician, so he qualifies for this, but he may have just convinced us that personal experiences with music can be effective introductions to music. Read through and let us know what you think. Check out Dan Auerbach’s music here.
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_Cardon Webb brings his design skills to the aid of missing cats and babysitter services in New York City. Sharpies, beware. For his complete portfolio go here.
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_in Raymond Saunder‘s work graffiti meets botanical meets chalk meets blackboard meets stencil, more images at the Stephen Wirtz Gallery.
“Le Grand Content”: A Clemens Kogler oldie
An old favorite of the Gopher, the Le Grand Content video is something we have bumped into in many different times and places. A document on the omnipresent PowerPoint culture, it reminds us that advertising agencies, sales teams and strategy fellas are always out there, lurking behind sharp corners, trying to categorize us. A good way to introduce video at the Eye Candy section [ since we have featured street art and photography already ] it still [...]
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_Dirk Fowler’s work profile describes him as an old man stuck inside a young man’s body – who is not that young anymore. But look at these posters! via random inspiration
Havalina: Like Javelin with an H… in Spanish
We met Manuel Cabezalí when he was touring with songstress Russian Red in a room papered with foil. It was then he mentioned his project Havalina, a band formed eight years ago and in the process of releasing their fifth album “Imperfección.” Below they describe their project, and per our request reviewed an album by another band. Also take a minute check out their blog. Without further ado:
Havalina
Incursiones – from “Imperfección” 2009
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_we just have the feeling that this is going to be a really short post: drawing by Tilman Faelker.
Take a peek: Jessica Hische
Lope, our Art Director, is a type freak. Longtime editor of Platanoverde Magazine in Venezuela, he dreams in highly stylized type-text and drools at the sight of Futura. When curating portfolios for our first edition, our dear Lope almost seized with delight. The reason? Jessica Hische.
Jessica graciously provided enough images to fill two portfolios and answered our many many questions. We were going to make you wait for the print edition for all the goodies we have in store but what the [...]
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_in the style of American paper-boys, rolled art pieces are distributed by bicycles in the streets to random passers-by, says the website of Papergirl, an art project that takes place once a year in Berlin since 2006.
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_just wondering how many anarchist / zine / activist shops like Irregular Rhythm Asylum are up and running in Tokyo.
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_ A few artists collaborated with cloudycollection to make a limited edition print set that reminds us of out parent’s childhoods. This one by Stephan Britt.
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_does anybody know what happened to the Canadian magazine Pyramid Power ? is it still around?
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_check out the Field Guide to Wild American Pulp Artists – because you don’t have a reason not to. This one by Leo Morey.
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_From the rare trove of unintelligible sources in the internets: the nonsense infographic here is credited to Viget via makenosound
Meet Matilde
We posted this interview last week, and like the elusive lens of the most sneaky it disappeared before we realized it. So once again we bring you the work of Matilde Travassos, a fashion photographer by trade who is living in Lisbon. She has agreed to answer our every curiosity.
1. what lessons have you learned from living in Paris?
Leaving in such a cosmopolitan city, I was closer to the fashion world, witch was really good to improve my fashion photography work. Personally [...]
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_We’re suckers for catalog-work, so we were thrilled to find the Museum of Flight’s airline logo archive. In other news of vintage interest, it’s Michu’s father’s birthday today!
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_if you drop by Morld‘s website don’t forget to check the Human’s Favorite Color [ 人間の好みの色 ] project.
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_we know this should be in the Sound part of the website, but what the hell, we’re really enjoying Minger Records music these days.
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_Mary Thompson likes to draw. She also makes jewellery.
