The bell rings, school is out for summer, but you're heading straight to the library to pick up your summer reading list. Sound familiar? The famous list was designed by American schools to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer, including classics like "The Secret Garden", "Of Mice and Men", and "A Wrinkle in Time". Some titles have even raised concerns among parents and others that students are being exposed to material that is overly grim. For the 20 participating artists in "Summer Reading List," now on view at Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, these books are not only a part of their childhood, but continue to provide their artwork with inspiration.
Four young Black sisters come of age during the American Civil War in this warm and powerful YA retelling of the classic novel Little Women, part of the Remixed Classics series.
The new project for our Online module is to create a font. I spent a good lot of yesterday looking through some of my favourite type books and browsing online. One of these books is 'New Typographics with font samples' which the below examples are from. The first two pieces are by Richard Niessen and the last was designed by Barbara Battig. I love the colours and creation of a wonderland like castle using fonts and the retro feel of the other pieces. I was inspired to look at retro 8 bit fonts. The other book is 'Playful Type' which has an amazing collection of experimental type. The below examples by Lisa Rienermann and Superscript show how type can be created using the environment around us which is very relevant to the brief. Camille Lebourges and Hjarta Smarta's work show examples of how fonts can be made of objects. I like the childhood nostalgia in Lebourages piece, which I was considering for my work. Smarta's work relates to my love of collecting objects and I was considering doing a font based on collections in the V&A because of this piece. Another work that relates my collector mentality and my love of physical objects over digital was the piece below by Annemarie van de Berg showing a letter made of books. While Yokoland's piece yet again brought in my interest in 8 bit graphics and type. I combined these ideas to create a font which I wanted to express my love of books and while I know there are advantages to digital e-readers I never I want books to be replaced entirely.I cut 8 bit style type into books to create depth and show the physicality of books. I kept thinking of different more handmade ways of creating digital looking fonts and was inspired by the pieces below.The letters using light by Hort and Nir Tober inspired me to experiment with coloured light and Karina Petersen's piece below these inspired me to look at shadows. The results of these experiments are shown below. It was hard with light I had to create sharp images and the camera wouldn't focus on the shadows but I think the results were interesting. I decided to focus on cutting letters out of books and trying to successfully photograph them. As part of my initial research I also looked at Rebus, Film Titles and various other things. I was really interested in film titles like Saul Bass inspired pieces such as 'Buried' and 'Catch Me If You Can' as the way the text and image interact is really successful. While not relevant to the direction my project is taking they could be useful for future projects. http://www.artofthetitle.com/ is a great site with a variety of interesting film titles. There was also the above posters for the 'Coraline' movie promotion which was a alphabet where each letter was placed in a magazine with the corresponding first letter. I like the small additions to the letters which makes them images. This 'I Fight Dragons' album cover is where the 8 bit inspiration also came from. I was also interesting in possibly doing a rebus piece similar to Paul Rand's IBM piece.
Collages by Cecil Touchon: Cecil Touchon Born 1956 Austin, Texas is a contemporary American collage artist, painter, published poet and theorist living in Fort Worth, Texas. Co-founder of the International Post-Dogmatist Group, Touchon is director of the group's Ontological Museum, Founder of the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction and founder of the International Society of Assemblage and Collage Artists. Collages by Juan Gris: Juan Gris (1887 - 1927), was a Spanish painter and sculptor who lived and worked in France most of his life. His works are closely connected to the emergence of an innovative artistic genre—Cubism, creating several of the movement's most distinctive works.
Psychedelic, dazzling stories set in the cracks of the Texas-Mexico borderland, from an iconoclastic storyteller and the author of Tears of the Trufflepig. No one captures the borderits history and imagination, its danger, contradiction, and redemptionlike Fernando A. Flores, whose stories reimagine and reinterpret the regions existence with peerless style. In his immersive, uncanny borderland, things are never what they seem: a world where the sun is both rising and setting, and where conniving possums efficiently take over an entire town and rewrite its history. The stories in Valleyesque dance between the fantastical and the hyperreal with dexterous, often hilarious flair. A dying Frédéric Chopin stumbles through Ciudad Juárez in the aftermath of his mothers death, attempting to recover his beloved piano that was seized at the border, while a muralist is taken on a psychedelic journey by an airbrushed Emiliano Zapata T-shirt. A woman is engulfed by a used-clothing warehouse with a life of its own, and a grieving mother breathlessly chronicles the demise of a town decimated by violence. In two separate stories, queso dip and musical rhythms are bottled up and sold for mass consumption. And in the final tale, Flores pieces together the adventures of a young Lee Harvey Oswald as he starts a music career in Texas. Swinging between satire and surrealism, grief and joy, Valleyesque is a boundary- and border-pushing collection from a one-of-a-kind stylist and voice. With the visceral imagination that made his debut novel, Tears of the Trufflepig, a cult classic, Flores brings his vision of the border to lifeand beyond. | Author: Fernando A. Flores | Publisher: Mcd X Fsg Originals | Publication Date: May 03, 2022 | Number of Pages: 208 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 0374604134 | ISBN-13: 9780374604134
Dimensions (Overall): 8.23 Inches (H) x 5.41 Inches (W) x 1.16 Inches (D)Weight: .83 PoundsSuggested Age: 13-18 YearsNumber of Pages: 448Genre: Young Adult FictionSub-Genre: Action & AdventureSeries Title: Remixed ClassicsPublisher: Square FishFormat: PaperbackAuthor: C B LeeLanguage: EnglishStreet Date: September 6, 2022TCIN: 85008101UPC: 9781250853509Item Number (DPCI): 247-26-4702Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
The bell rings, school is out for summer, but you're heading straight to the library to pick up your summer reading list. Sound familiar? The famous list was designed by American schools to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer, including classics like "The Secret Garden", "Of Mice and Men", and "A Wrinkle in Time". Some titles have even raised concerns among parents and others that students are being exposed to material that is overly grim. For the 20 participating artists in "Summer Reading List," now on view at Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, these books are not only a part of their childhood, but continue to provide their artwork with inspiration.
One of the most polarizing aspects of Great Expectations 2011 is Gillian Anderson’s portrayal of Miss Havisham. Many people loved it; as many hated it. At 43 years of age, some critics regard…
« Design Graphique Hyperosmique » est le titre du mémoire de fin d’étude de la designer graphique Alexia Roux. Quelques mots du designer : Pour le titre de ce mémoire, je me suis emparée de l’hyperosmie ; une augmentation des capacités olfactives. Le choix d’associer une pathologie au design graphique, met en lumière l’aspect humain et sensoriel […]
Tom Haentjens has united 100 artists from 28 countries to redesign covers for a book from the list compiled by Robert McCrum in 2003. Here are just 12
No novel in English has given more pleasure than Pride and Prejudice--one of the great classics in literature. Critics in every generation reexamine and reinterpret it, but the rest of us simply fall in love with it--and with its wonderfully charming and intelligent heroine, Elizabeth Bennet. We are captivated not only by Pride and Prejudice's romantic suspense but also by the fascinations of the world we visit in its pages. The life of the English country gentry at the turn of the nineteenth century is made as real to us as our own, not only by Jane Austen's wit and feeling but by her subtle observation of the way people behave in society and how we are true or treacherous to each other and ourselves.
The bell rings, school is out for summer, but you're heading straight to the library to pick up your summer reading list. Sound familiar? The famous list was designed by American schools to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer, including classics like "The Secret Garden", "Of Mice and Men", and "A Wrinkle in Time". Some titles have even raised concerns among parents and others that students are being exposed to material that is overly grim. For the 20 participating artists in "Summer Reading List," now on view at Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, these books are not only a part of their childhood, but continue to provide their artwork with inspiration.
PRODUCT INFORMATION The SAMURAI series of lamps takes on new charm thanks to the original shade enhanced and adorned by the refined Moonlight Peonies floral motif. Featuring handpainted peonies on a black background, this subject selected by Barovier & Toso from Misha’s China Classic collection relies on the Chinese decorative tradition, but in a modern reinterpretation. The Samurai limited edition comes in two versions: the shade has peonies with pink petals, or in vibrant tones of blue. The rapport created with the Venetian crystal base is very special. The tapered geometric lines and large size of the Samurai lamp, emphasized and accentuated by the ribbing, convey a forceful image with a decisive, rigorous character, based on a design created by Angelo Barovier in 1966. The contrast is generated by the lightness and delicacy of the evocative decorative motif, suggesting a nocturnal luminous setting. The result is a novel mixture of cultures that reflects the ability to reinterpret the precious legacy of age-old traditions in a contemporary way, now taken forward by repeating ancient gestures and consolidated practices of fine workmanship. Light Bulb: Type W - E12 - 60 DIMENSION H 180 cm - Ø 56 cm PRE ORDER Delivery time on request at [email protected]
Dimensions (Overall): 7.98 Inches (H) x 5.28 Inches (W) x .81 Inches (D)Weight: .61 PoundsSuggested Age: 22 Years and UpNumber of Pages: 384Genre: Fiction + Literature GenresSub-Genre: ClassicsSeries Title: Vintage ClassicsPublisher: VintageFormat: PaperbackAuthor: Jane AustenLanguage: EnglishStreet Date: September 4, 2007TCIN: 88895479UPC: 9780307386861Item Number (DPCI): 247-53-9414Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
The Rains Small Wallet features three card slots and a buttoned compartment for loose change. Crafted from Rains’ signature matte waterproof fabric, this classic zipped wallet is completed with embossed Rains logos. Three card slots and a buttoned compartment Measurements: L 110 mm / 4.3" x H 90 mm / 3.5" Shell: 100% polyurethane with 100% polyester backside Lining: 100% polyester Zip closure *** Rains is a contemporary rainwear lifestyle brand creating waterproof designs for the global citizen. Influenced by its Scandinavian heritage, Rains practices an uncompromising approach to simplicity that is as equally rooted in functionality as it is in relevance. Rains is of the opinion that proper rainwear need not come at the cost of considered design. Rather, Rains apparel, bags, and accessories are designed to withstand the stormiest of weather, all while speaking to the current tendencies of today. The name Rains celebrates the basic element to which Rains products are designed to protect the wearer from: rain. A word that has historically been a bearer of both joy and discomfort, Rains offers the opportunity to reclaim the word and view inclement weather as an opportunity rather than an inconvenience. Each product in return becomes a celebration of precipitation and the opportunity that lies within a rainy day. Each Rains product is initiated to honor and challenge traditional perceptions of rainwear. In conjunction to providing quality waterproof products, Rains apparel, bags, and accessories are designed to mix function with fashion. Headquartered in Denmark, a Scandinavian undertone of simplicity remains constant in the Rains aesthetic, yet each product is carefully considered for the global customer. Since 2012, Rains has set out to rethink quality rainwear. Based on an initiative to reinterpret the traditional rubber raincoat in a novel way, Rains launched with just one product: a poncho. The season after, Rains launched with a full collection of waterproof apparel, bags, and accessories. Today, each collection continues in the same spirit; providing a mix between revitalized designs from rainwear archives and original rainwear solutions found exclusively at Rains. Since 2016, Rains has opened concept stores in carefully considered cities across the world, including: Copenhagen, Paris, New York City, and London. Whilst exercising the same design principles found in each rainwear collection, the architecture and interior of each store is thoughtfully designed in respect to the original features of the space. Rains’ bright, modern – and surprisingly uplifting universe – has become an essential signature to Rains stores from city to city.
In this careful and compelling study, Ryan K. Balot brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to reinterpret courage as a specifically democratic virtue. Ranging from Thucydides and Aristophanes to the Greek tragedians and Plato, Balot shows that the ancient Athenians constructed a novel vision of courage that linked this virtue to fundamental democratic ideals such as freedom, equality, and practical rationality. The Athenian ideology of courage had practical implications for the conduct of war, for gender relations, and for the citizens' self-image as democrats. In revising traditional ideals, Balot argues, the Athenians reimagined the emotional and cognitive motivations for courage in ways that will unsettle and transform our contemporary discourses. Without losing sight of political tensions and practical conflicts, Balot illustrates the merits of the Athenian ideal, provocatively explaining its potential to enlarge our contemporary understandings of politics and ethics. The result is a remarkable interdisciplinary work that has significant implications for the theory and practice of democracy, both ancient and modern.
