Photographer and creator of some of the most iconic images of the 1990’s – including the July 1990 cover shot for The Face that launched the career of the then 16 year old Kate Moss – passed away last Friday at the age of 45 after a long battle with illness.
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I absolutely love this portrait of the man, the legend Eric Cantona - a massive childhood hero of mine – by the man, the legend Stanley Chow! Many of you may recognise some of Mr Chow’s recent handiwork in the shape of the Dr Who, Charlotte Church, Graham Norton and Richard Hammond characters that feature throughout Saturday nights on the BBC.
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Richard Hollis, as many of you will know, is a graphic and book designer in the grand old tradition of British designers – working in his own small studio with an assistant and building personal client relationships with writers, editors, artists, curators and architects.
He is also a renowned designer writer with ‘Graphic Design – A concise History’ and ‘Swiss Graphic Design’ to his name.
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Any Londonites with a taste for the work of Dieter Rams may well be interested to learn that an exclusive guided tour of the exhibition is being given by Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic on the 26th February.
Places are limited to just 30 lucky Rams fans at a cost of £45 per ticket which includes the tour, museum entry and the proper, proper nice 800 page catalogue which normally retails at – yes you guessed it – £45. Half of the tickets have already gone so be quick!
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Spotted this over at Amass – the blog of designer James Phillips Williams – JP to his friends. Lovely to see the simplicity and beauty of the card. I wonder how it would look if Mr Rand was to design it today with all the added content that goes on a card these days – email address, URL, Skype, Fax etc. I reckon it would still be a belter!
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I chanced across the site of Chermayeff & Geismar pretty much by accident and must admit I was pretty ignorant, if not of their work but to fact that they did it.
Take a look through the ‘identities’ section and discover a virtual who’s who of great American branding.
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To celebrate 111 years of outright brilliance GF Smith is going on tour!
The touring exhibition will showcase material which encompasses both European and American promotions, with work from contributors such as Saul Bass, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, Bill McKay and SEA Design.
Launched at the Edinburgh School of Art in October 2009, the tour will commence in ernest in January at The Glasgow School of Art, and continues to tour the countries leading Universities throughout 2010.
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Happy Birthday tomorrow – 21st November – Mr Wim Crouwel!
One of the true, true legends of graphic design he is an innovator, a genius, my design hero and the, very obvious, inspiration behind the Bitique logo face – which is called Whim.
Great little article over on Design Observer by Michael Beirut on the subject of showing his portfolio in 1979 whilst job hunting in New York. An excellent read as always from my favorite design writer.
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Nice interview with Ben Kelly – legendary designer of The Haçienda, Dry Bar and the Factory Records HQ – covering his work, life, Factory and the silkscreen Haçienda prints produced as part of the Buy Art fair.
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