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WAX Magazine

03.6.12

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WAX Magazine is a new print publication about art, culture and surfing in and around New York City. The bi-annual publication, conceived of and edited by graphic designers

David Yun and Zak Klauck, and writer Aeriel Brown, will feature art work by prominent New York artists who share a connection through the surfing community …
- :: Support WAX
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Top albums of 2011

02.8.12

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Of all the metaphysical backdrops to our day to day lives, music may well be the most ego-centric. With a persistent, unruly tendency toward reemergence, it is ever undulating between

background and foreground, shifting from where we would like it to exist where it just does exist. Music has no “place”; its place is everywhere. …
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Good Lookin’ Gates

11.7.11

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I have a little thing for games. Not board games and the typical indoor fare, but light-hearted, social outdoor games the likes of bocce ball, horse shoes, or the Foxtail

Gates, a modern rendition of croquet, fits perfectly into this camp. Designed by French product designer Romain Lagrange during his masters studies at École Cantonale d’Art de …
- :: As seen on Grid Based
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Architecture of the Foot

08.6.11

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As I’ve been reminded of in a handful of conversations over the last week, design is nothing without process. For graphic designers, we have no medium without form. And we

certainly have no profession without process. Our industry is built upon bringing unity to the finicky relationships one form has with another. There is joy in this …
- :: Hat tip to @Deezen, who turned me on to ten Bhömer's work.
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Cannes 2011

04.9.11

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Not much to say here… what needs to be said?

This poster, for the upcoming 64th annual Festival de Cannes, by French design studio H5, is a stunning bit of work. Photograph by Jerry Schatzberg.
- :: By way of Iain Claridge.
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Beyond The Daily

03.27.11

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It has been almost two months now since the launch of The Daily. Soon after its release, I noted an observation: as far as I could tell, the only people singing its praises were

“type people” — type designers, especially, but also type lovers. In many ways, the release of The Daily is a win for typography. The app calls on, after all, quality typefaces by talented

designers — in a ballyhooed, well-funded publication on an exciting new digital platform. But is this a win for the craft of typography as a whole, or a win simply for type designers? And …
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Focus. Obscure.

02.19.11

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A little editorial clipping makes for some enjoyable but unsettling viewing, in the latest photographic work of former editors of Colors magazine.

The artists Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, in this set of photographs, artfully obscure context from scenes taken during The Troubles—the long period of violent …
- :: Selections from People in Trouble Laughing Pushed to the Ground.
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February Son

02.16.11

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Electronic musician Son Lux is up to some good things. For the month of February he is recording an album, at the behest of NPR, and, to keep things extra interesting, he is keeping a log

of his progress—including audio and video clips—on his blog.
- :: Photo by Brendan Beecy.
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Today or Tomorrow

02.8.11

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I’ve been captivated by the blog Today or Tomorrow, by illustrator Tim Lahan. In my book, social conscience—coupled with a little wit—goes a long way, and Lahan’s drawings do this

well, in a quirky but simple style.
- :: Thanks to Christopher David Ryan for turning me on to this gem.
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The Lover

02.4.11

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I fell immediately for The Lover, a couple of printed pieces by the New Zealand designer Brogen Averill. His work—covering ground from graphic design to product—is all decisive

and loud, but maintains a staying effeminate character.
- :: Originally unearthed on one of my only consistently favorite visual design blogs, September Industry.
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