Apologies for the lack of blog updates recently, we’ve found ourselves in the middle of various Press Passes, Pitches and Photo-shoots over the last two weeks, so it’s been hard to keep up. Normal service should resume this week.

You can now get smaller A2 versions of the “Now Showing” prints for £50. A revised HTML version of the WIWP site is coming soon, but they are available to purchase here for the time being.

Intercity have been given the opportunity to curate a series of shows for 55dsl – to be held in their Studio55 space (above the store in Newburgh St) – and the first is happening this Thursday 29 October.

“The concept is Pic+Mix – where we ask an image-maker to work with a collaborator of their choice – preferably someone from a totally different field. Sanderson Bob is kicking off the series – and he’s working with blacksmith Sam Sherborne on a sculptural render of one of SB’s graphic heads.”

To attend the launch of Pic+ Mix on Thursday, contact Billie_de_voil@55DSL.com

For further information regarding Pic + Mix & the Studio55 space check www.55DSL.com

…hoping to make it my self!

Just spotted these stuffed felt alphabet magnets from MiChiMa – they have loads of funky little fuzzy bits to buy.

A Flickr set to be proud of by Corrie White, via It’s Nice That

I was flicking through the new D&AD annual when I saw some work I hadn’t seen before.

McCann Worldgroup Hong Kong has created “Paper Battlefield”, a set of posters bringing to life the spirit of competition of the Nike Basketball League. The work has won the Grand Prix for Design at Cannes recently and this award follows the D&AD Design award earlier this month.

McCann were briefed by Nike to create a call-for-entry poster for the annual Nike Basketball League Competition, the most prestigious and competitive Basketball League in Hong Kong. The creative team literally translated the spirit of competition onto the posters. 350 posters were handmade by the players. Images of the top 10 players, each representing a unique skill, were turned into printing templates. Players were invited to a silkscreen workshop to print their image on top of each other. The posters became their battlefield. The random cross-printing became their battles. The printing process became the message.

I want one.

From what I can gather, Qompendium is an evolving and ever-changing platform for philosophy, art, culture and science, represented by a series of print publications: magazines, books and monographs. Furthermore, it is enriched by a real gallery concept, a workshop and a fast-moving online portal. They just published a magazine of the same name.

Qompendium derives from Latin “compendium” and offers a summary of subjects from the fields of philosophy, art, culture and science. The magazine is set for the lovers of natural curiosity and rational amusement with a keen eye for photography, delicate graphic design, typography and in-depth discussions of metaphysical issues.

The reader will find himself amidst vivid short anecdotes on Apollo and Hermes, Hot-Jupiters, Martians, robot wars, celluloid beauties and beaus like Morgan Fairchild, Brooke Shields, Dolph Lundgren and Bill Gates, while stumbling upon Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Tim Burton, Orson Welles and Hypatia of Alexandria, herself. Sounds like an interesting mix, very ‘Six‘.

When it comes to production and printing, the magazine is proudly produced in Germany – a demonstration of premium print culture at its finest in utilizing various paper qualities, numerous custom colors and finishing techniques.

In this volume, the editorial board commemorates the 40th anniversary of Man’s Moon Landing Apollo 11 Mission by analyzing the rich diversity of the NASA and Hasselblad iconic archives.

For more images see their Flickr site. I want one, not sure which cover to choose though, all so nice.
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Blanka has been trying to introduce an affordable range of photographs on their site for a while, and today sees the launch of the first in an ongoing series of affordable photography. First to be featured are ink and dye tests shot by Corey Holms.

Located in Southern California, Corey has juggled working for large agencies and running a private practice for over a decade. Focusing on the fields of identity, type and entertainment design, his clients range from small boutiques to large multi-national firms. In his spare time Corey is also a keen photographer and his work is commercially available via Getty. Check out his Flickr site, full of wonderful shots.

…also of Team Macho, Nicholas Aoki. Check out an interview with him here

Team Macho is a collaborative illustration and fine art effort composed of Lauchie Reid, Chris Buchan, Nicholas Aoki, Jacob Whibley, and Stephen Appleby-Barr. Their joint efforts are divided equally between illustrating for clients and preparing gross quantities of for galleries. Worth checking.

This weekend The Guardian & The Observer Launched a 7 part series of themed Fairy tale books free with your paper. Out today is the 3rd in the series, ‘love’ illustrated by Emily Forgot.

Fancy that!
For his “extraordinary efforts” to build diplomacy and promote nuclear disarmament.
Image courtesy of Mr Terry Richardson

What fun !!
(Nabbed from @FFF)

The Design Council’s slide collection has been launched online as a database featuring 4,000 images of British design from the 1940s to the 1990s. Worth trawling through if you have the time. Nicked from CR

An amazing array of Drawings, Paintings and Sculptures from the US based artist, Kiel Johnson. Super Talented.

These woodcarvings by the italian artist Gehard Demetz, left me speechless. Amazing and Captivating. See more here

Robin Grasby graduated in 2009 with first class honours in 3D Design: Furniture and Product from Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK. Driven by a desire to create rational, enduring, functional furniture for mass production. His design process starts and ends with the user; identifying what they need and want from a piece of furniture and how best it can enhance their lives.

With the increasing trend for home-working, Robin wanted to create a piece of flexible office/studio furniture that could be aimed at the mass market. To this end, he began his final major project by interviewing and photographing the workspaces of people in a variety of different proffessions, including designers, architects, illustrators, print makers, teachers and students. This informed a deeper understanding of exactly how people use the space around them, and how their environment directly influences their enjoyment and productivity at work.

From this research “Homework” was born.

Robin designed the desk by focusing on two zones; the work surface and the storage area below. In each case the aesthetic appeal is created by a graphic simplicity in his approach to flexibility and functionality.

The work surface is comprised of interchangeable tiles of various sizes, which simply slide into place on the desktop and come in a choice of materials and finishes including Desktop LinoTM and FormicaTM. In this way the user can select different colours and textures to customise the aesthetic aswell as functional aspects of their desk to match their taste and needs. There is also the option to include a built-in adjustable drawing board, as well as a self-healing cutting-mat tile with printed grid and a magnetic whiteboard tile for notes and doodles.

I want one.
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Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away this year, captured the work of nearly every modern and progressive architect since the 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Frank Gehry.

His images epitomized the singular beauty of Southern California’s modernist movement and brought its iconic structures to the attention of the general public. This unique film is both a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the magnetic, whip-smart gentleman who chronicled it with his unforgettable images.
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Currently based in Hong Kong, central St. Martins graduate Toby Ng was given a brief to design something which needed improvement. Toby thought about postage stamps and how people lick the back of the stamps.

“The act of licking stamps, is loved by some and disgusts others. Even though nowadays there are sticker stamps, those old-fashioned lickable stamps will never die. So if we have to lick it anyway why not make it tasty so we can all be happier.”

Toby has designed a set of stamps called Chocolate Mail, which comes in 3 flavours – dark, milk and white chocolate.

They are a set of 24 1st class stamps that are designed to look like a bar of chocolate, packaged as an envelope.

Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2009
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Some interesting work from this Hungarian freelance graphic-designer.