“Stylistically, there is a general attention to craft amongst Tokyo’s graffiti writers, as well. This indigenous mix of styles is both worth noting and further analysis.” — Ian Lynam
Liminal: An Examination of Graffiti in Tokyo is an awesome zine by Ian Lynam, I recently picked up Grass Hut. The title of the zine pretty much explains it all. Ian examines some various graffiti around Tokyo and talks about that writers influences.
Jessica Hische talks about Daily Drop Cap. Via @crankypressman
Illustration by Alex Stitt
Illustration by Alex Stitt
Spread from Apartamento magazine.
Apartamento issue 4 magazine cover. Only own this issue of the magazine, and I love it. Lots of interesting articles to read. Gotta pick up some more of these.
Spread from Gym Class Magazine.
Illustration by Aurelius Battaglia
Awesome advice on starting out.
Ira Glass on Storytelling #3 (via kentj1)
I don’t teach in the summer, but I am talking to a group of sophomores tomorrow at PSU and then later that night I will be reviewing senior portfolios at PNCA, so my mind is back in school mode for the time being.
A few years ago, I stumbled upon a great set of Ira Glass videos about storytelling. The above video is especially good for several of the frustrated design students that I encounter almost daily. They are firmly rooted in the situation where their taste is WAY better than what they are making and they are pissed. They feel stuck. They start to question whether or not they should even do this whole design thing. To them I gift the Ira Glass advice:
“It’s normal to take awhile. You have to fight your way through that. You will be fierce. You will be a warrior and you will make things that aren’t as good as you know in your heart that you want them to be.”
You are NORMAL, but you have to keep busting ass and making work and sharing and revising and making and doing. Each new piece is going to yield a tiny discovery. A small advancement. Something to apply to the next piece.
I remind myself of this daily. And I keep making.
BE WARRIORS! BE FIERCE!
Logo by Celeste Prevost.
Illustration for Break Your Tapedeck by Celeste Prevost.
Amazing poster! Any poster that has pizza pie on it automatically gets two thumbs up.
Guess what? I finished the Snoop Dogg poster, complete with munchies and Lakers’ colors.
Great advertisement/collaboration between Jay-Z and Absolut Vodka.
