Build a Robofrog with Photoshop
.psd magazine is a very popular magazine in Poland and has just arrived on our shores. The first US edition includes a Photoshop tutorial to create that friendly robofrog you see on the cover. The Magazine also includes a DVD of walk-thrus. The first issue is in Barnes and Noble now…or you can visit .psd at www.psdmag.org/en.
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Design company Tomato
(http://www.tomato.co.uk ) was founded in 1991 in London by John Warwicker, Steve Baker, Dirk Van Dooren, Karl Hyde, Richard Smith, Simon Taylor and Graham Wood. In 1994, Michael Horsham and Jason Kedgely joined.
tomato specializes in: Architectural Design, Consultancy, Drawing, Education, Electronic Interactive Media, Film & Commercial Direction, Graphic Design, Fashion, Motion Graphics, Music & Sound, Strategy, Branding & Identity, Photography, Publishing, Title Sequences, Typography, Writing.
In 1997, tomato interactive was formed with Tom Roope, Anthony Rogers and Joel Baumann. Tota Hasagawa joined in 2001 when tomato and tomato interactive became one and the same.
Baumann has since become Professor of Interactive Media and Communication at Kassel University in Germany and is still a member of tomato. Roope is a lecturer of Interactive Media Studies at the Royal College of Art in London.
Currently, tomato has studios in London, New York, Tokyo and Melbourne.
From http://www.lostateminor.com/
Queensland-based artist and designer Janet Pogorelc works for RED-i Design. Having passion for both illustration and for Irish Dancing, she describes her work as ‘organic, feminine and psychadelic. I look back on old doodles and they’re very similar to the ones I do now. I’ve always been drawn to swirling and organic shapes and have been told that my drawings are kinda psychadelic, which could be a result of the 60s music my parents have always played. I often use pastel colours but every now and then try to break out and use bright, bold colours.’
Tiphanie Brooke, a super talented graphic designer / industrial designer teetering on the edge between fine art and commercial art and her memoirs sometimes highlight that emotional struggle. Look at her work but click on “memoirs” and you’ll find a designer to empathize with. http://www.antigirl.com/
Made from Bic pens by Madrid-based design studio enPieza, the Volivik chandelier pays homage to “the movement of Charleston fringe and the rhythm of Baroque patterns…the shape of a bulb, [and] the Bic ballpoint pen as an 20th century design.” The transluscent version does what chandeliers due best, refracting and casting delicate patterns of light onto the walls and ceiling. Limited to an edition of 30, each lamp costs $1000.
Marc Schiller captures the ephemeral world of street art.
Doesn’t matter if it’s New York, London, Tokyo, or Rio. Our urban environment is defined as much by street art (graffiti, murals, and installations) as by commercial graphic art (signs, ads, and billboards). Walk around any downtown and you’ll see that some of the best art is just … lying around. Mysterious works of visual alchemy and anarchy appear overnight, oblique messages that are unsigned and evanescent, waiting to be picked up or erased by the elements or the day’s foot traffic.
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Who creates street art? What motivates street artists and how do they make a living? Sessions Product Director Scott Chappell talked to Marc Schiller, co-founder of a street art organization called the Wooster Collective. A street artist by night, by day Marc is the CEO of ElectricArtists, a innovative marketing services company. Oh, and he is also a photographer of the world beneath his feet. An ideal tour guide for the urban world. . .
Q: I first learned about the Wooster Collective because I was trying to identify the artist that created a piece of street art I found in Soho. One day on lunch break I found this beautiful little 6" x 10" painting by Adam Neate leaning against a fire hydrant. I would never have known who created it if I hadn’t tracked down your site, which celebrates the diversity of street art. It really got me thinking: why would such an accomplished artist leave his work for any random person to pick up? Let’s start with this—why did you decide to form the Wooster Collective?
Michael Bell-Smith, Self Portrait NYC, 2006
Video Loop 2:00 min
Art Fag City has compiled a list of what they think are the best and worst exhibitions and talks of the year. ”…The list obviously can only include those exhibitions we’ve seen, so if you are wondering why, for example, the Goya show at the Frick, Amy Sillman at Sikemma Jenkins or “Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Moran,
Tourism and the American Landscape”, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum have been slighted, please bear in mind the inherent fallibility of a list put together by one person. You can only see so many shows, and sometimes you have to miss exhibitions you know you shouldn’t.
Check out the full list at: http://www.artfagcity.blogspot.com/
Interview by Laura Schwamb
As Executive Creative Director for Sullivan, a marketing strategy and design firm in New York City. John supervises all aspects of creative development across all media. For almost 20 years, he has worked closely with writers, designers, and technologists to create communication experiences that shape perceptions and change behavior. At the core of his process lies a deep understanding of the needs of the audience, and the ability to craft a visual language that dramatizes an organization’s values and vision, always keying off the big idea that will bring the core message home.
As the leader of Sullivan’s creative group, John brings a full range of experience from working with a broad spectrum of clients that covers financial services, media, healthcare, and not for profit. Clients include American Express, Fidelity Investments, Schwab, HNTB, Dow, IBM, Meredith, Better Homes and Gardens, Playboy, Tribeca Films, Gentiva, Medtronic, and NRDC. The company Web site is www.sullivannyc.com.
Sessions faculty member Laura Schwamb talks to John about his inspirations, his achievements and his goals..
Q: Tell me a bit about yourself and your current position.
John: I am the Executive Creative Director (ECD) for Sullivan, a marketing strategy and design firm. My responsibilities cover a wide range—from managing staff and budgets, to client service, to developing strategy, and of course, overseeing all design work. I like to think that no mater what I do, my role as ECD is still a creative function. Over the past twenty years I have worked in numerous environments: from branding agencies, to boutique design firms, and in-house studios. Regardless of the setting, I have always learned something new about myself, and about being a creative person in a business environment.
The most important thing that I have learned about design is to trust my instinct. You do not need to have a business rationale to believe in something, or to understand why some things work and others don’t. In order to succeed as a creative person operating in the business environment in which our clients live, you need to help them see the way you do, and in many cases, help them learn to articulate what they don’t see. (more…)
http://www.woostercollective.com/2006/
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This Post-It Sacred Heart Jesus Christ was done on a wall of the Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo in the Universidad de Chile.
Artist: mecanismo
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