Futura and José Parlá

Dope Interview over at Being Hunted with José Parlá and Futura, when they had their recent exhibit in London.

Clip Art of the year award

My nomination for clip art of the year award, easily goes to the Pirate Skull. Homey is putting in mad work lately. The Pirate Skull cuts across all boundaries. Hitting the Cool-Guy sect, Punk-rockers, the main-stream, jocks and kiddies alike. He has mad mass appeal. Period. Thats why my nomination for Clip-Art-Of-The-Year award is clearly for PIRATE SKULL.

Teutonic Thunder!

I just posted an extensive interview with L.A.-based German type designer/designer/creative director Jens Gehlhaar over on Neojaponisme. It features a huge retrospective gallery of Jens' type designs.

Mesk dropping the drippy styles

Upcoming Events

I've been sleeping on my blog updates lately, but thankfully my compatriots have been keeping you up to date with some of their ongoing events and shows. Here are few others to put in your calendar.

Lee Quiñones

PS1, Queens

Missed the opening, but its up for another week. Don't miss it. 

Greg LaMarche

If you're in SF this is a great opportunity too see work by this NYC-based artist. Gregs work MUST be seen in person to be fully appreciated. The textures and level of craft are truly incredible and I have not seen a reproduction yet that has been able to capture the level detail necessary to communicate the way this artist works and thinks.

Saved Tattoo

Brooklyn

Contemporary artists group show of their own interpretation of tattoo flash. Scott Campbell is making waves. Big waves. Did you see the article about him in the "NYTimes Style magazine" yesterday?

 

Also showing soon

Not to be grandstanded by suckers like that fool ;), I have work in a group show in NYC that opens next month, as well.
The Alphabet show will be opening soon at Cooper Union in New York.
Info:

The Herb Lubalin Center for Typography presents:
Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering and Experimental Typography
Cooper Union
Houghton Gallery, 2nd Floor
7 East 7th Street at 3rd Avenue
New York NY
October 11 through 27, 2007
Gallery Hours: Weekdays 11am-7pm, Saturday 12pm-5pm
Opening: Thursday, October 11, 6-8pm

Curated by the fine folks at Posttypography

Installation New York

I am part of the Installation Art Tour 4 currently showing in New York City.



Opening: September 6, 2007 | 7-11 PM
Reed Space | 151 Orchard Street | New York, NY 10002
212-253-0588 | www.thereedspace.com
Also featuring: Mike Giant, Cody Hudson, Rammellzee, Kofie, Angela Boatwright, Ron English + more!
Show runs September 6-27, 2007

W.T.C. - R.I.P.

6 years ago.... still feels like yesterday.

Our prayers go out to the survivors, victims families, NYPD, FDNY, and ALL of the servicemen and women of every nation who must be abroad at this time. Special prayers go out to Iraq's civilians who have been deeply affected by the tragedies of 6 years ago, and ever since.

Skuf One YKK, XTC

NEOJAPONISME

Long overdue, Neojaponisme launches with an initial manifesto, outlining the magazine's strategy for broadcasting cutural criticism, design writing, historical essays, music, and original artwork from Japan to the world.

Eats Tapes

Nice article and mini-doc in Japanese on the work of a station guard at Shinjuku Station who has been handcrafting tape signage for the people of Tokyo to help them around the station during construction. He makes soem really nice modular lettering. Büro Destruct will release 5 typefaces inspired by this guy next year- guaranteed.

grape and chocolate

Grotesk hooks up that laptop with the Krink customization


Dalek Rocks the Brown Krink