Kaleidoscope is a platform consisting of the first international free magazine of contemporary art and culture, an independent publishing house editing books and catalogues, a project space for exhibitions and an art agency. Kaleidoscope issue 5 contents: Markus Miessen, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Zak Kyes, Ryan Gander, Slavs & Tatars, Dexter Sinister, etc . . .
Categories: Art, book, Daily know-it's, graphic design • Tags: Art, graphic design, kaleidoscope, magazine
Categories: Art, Portfolio • Tags: Art, Portfolio, ruth vanbeek
De Fernand Baudin Prijs is een initiatief van een aantal leraren grafische vormgeving die actief zijn in de wereld van het boek. De eerste Brusselse edite wordt ondersteund door Brussel Export. België en meer bepaald het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest heeft een indrukwekkende traditie wat ‘het boek’ betreft. Deze Belgische know-how wordt te weinig gewaardeerd in vergelijking met, bijvoorbeeld, de manier waarop Nederland, Duitsland of Zwitserland hun boekproductie ondersteunen. Door de creatieve en innoverende krachten achter de boekproductie te steunen zal […]
Categories: Art, book, Daily know-it's, exhibitions, graphic design • Tags: graphic design, prix fernand baudin
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which recently celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. Helvetica has been shown at over 200 film festivals, museums, design conferences, and cinemas worldwide. more info http://www.helveticafilm.com
Categories: Designers, graphic design, Videos • Tags: helvetica, typo
studio view more work and info: rvandevelde.web-log.nl represented by ZINK Gallery Munich/Berlin
Categories: Art, Portfolio • Tags: artist, Rinus Van De Velde
From 2006 on, KIOSK has been organizing a changing exhibition program by both emerging and established artists. After 3 years, KIOSK is now leaving its temporary pavilion and is moving into its definite and larger gallery space. This venue is located in the former anatomical theatre of Cloquet Insitute, a renovated historical building on the well-known Bijloke site in Ghent. MEKHITAR GARABEDIAN Young Man Blues 20.02.2010 – 28.03.2010 SUSANNE KRIEMANN Ashes and Broken Brickwork of a Logical Theory 20.02.2010 – […]
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WHAT HAPPENS HERE STAYS HERE (12), 2009 Spray and lacquer on wood – 116 x 89 cm Every Moment Is All Mine Oil and lacquer on canvas – 146 x 114 cm, 2006 Trained as a painter, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet initially worked at the fringes of abstraction before introducing, in 2004, his first words in painting with the disillusioned sentence I have lost my Illusions. Drawing from the consciousness of loss, an extraordinary energy and creativity, this work inaugurates an extremely fertile […]
Categories: Art, Daily know-it's, exhibitions • Tags: Art, exhibitions, Jean Baptiste Bernadet
Solo Exhibition by Paul Casaer – still running till 06.03.10 Paul Casaer (°1967) lives and works in Belgium. He is represented by Koraalberg Gallery, Antwerp. for more info and images check out: http://www.paulcasaer.com http://www.koraalberg.com
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Bob Noorda, an internationally known graphic designer who helped introduce a Modernist look to advertising posters, corporate logos and, in the 1960s, the entire New York City subway system, died on Jan. 11 in Milan, his adopted city. He was 82. “Don’t bore the public with mysterious designs,” Mr. Noorda once said, and he put that dictum into practice. He was a master of spare, elegant and logical designs that caught the eye, from minimalist corporate logos for the Italian […]
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For decades, dekochari have been the ride of choice for hardcore Japanese dekotora fans that are too young to drive. Modeled after Japan’s celebrated art trucks, dekochari (deko means “decoration” and chari is slang for “bicycle”) typically feature large front bumpers, ornate luggage racks, rear-mounted boxes that resemble truck trailers, colorful paint jobs, lots of chrome, and sophisticated electric light displays. This video pieces together random night scenes from Dekochari Yarou, a documentary that profiles a few dekochari enthusiasts and their custom rides. The soundtrack […]
Categories: Art, bikes, Videos • Tags: bikes, Dekochari, japan
