It’s a sad day for bananafish: the great J.D. Salinger passed away yesterday at the grand old age of 91. Celebrate the author of Catcher in the Rye, Franny and Zooey and Nine Stories with this splendid hand-drawn wallpaper from Stickers and Donuts. Here’s raising a glass to Mr. Salinger.
Rosy Nicholas is a British graphic designer and illustrator whose work makes me smile. Things that seem to fuel her aesthetic: bent limbs, big noses, sketchy butts and bright colors battling against blotchy ink. There’s a wonderful handmade quality to everything Nicholas does, from sequined patchwork costume design to linocut illustrations adorned with googly eyes and pipe cleaners.
Graphic designer Johnny Kelly’s animations are rad. The above-pictured stop motion papercraft ode to the life cycle is entitled The Seed and was funded by Adobe. Why is this not on Sesame Street? It seems like just the type of arresting, unusual animation that would provoke a lifetime of unconscious aesthetic influences for children who come across it on PBS.
Also check out his 2007 graduation film from the animation program at the Royal College of Art, “Procrastination.” It’s funny because it’s true– and if you’re watching it, you’re probably procrastinating too!
The first word that comes to mind when viewing a Richard Sarson drawing is “hygienic”. They are clean, exacting works with an economical sense of composition (like a blueprint) and a tactical use of color (like a doctor’s office).
A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Sarson is fond of explaining his work by drawing parallels between art and science–for instance, highlighting the spirit of experimentation that guides advances in both. Knowing this, it’s not surprising that Sarson counts Ludwig Wittgenstein as an inspiration. No one walked the interdisciplinary line more adventurously than LW.
I came across divine t-shirt designer Milton Carter’s site through an interview he conducted with The Fiery Furnaces’ graphic designer, Mike Reddy (Reddy’s work is rad too– especially his illustrated interpertation of the aforementioned band’s Blueberry Boat record). Carter’s t-shirts and bags are explicitly nautical, tropical, mellow and beachy, exuding an air of respect towards the natural world. With Ed Hardy T-shirts littering the fashion landscape, graphic T’s in general have become increasingly scrutinized– but luckily Carter’s work never crosses over into cheaply ironic or needlessly ostentatious territory, favoring simplicity in design over pointless rococco flair.
Brilliant work from young New Zealand-based graphic designer Joel Cocks. His design school final project is a series of translucent illustrations exploring the intersection of politics, election cycles and the public relations industry. What I get out of it most, though, is gratitude that I don’t have x-ray vision– Excedrin would not be strong enough.
Spike Jonze’s feature film rendition of Maurice Sendaks classic story Where The Wild Things Are has hit movie theaters worldwide.
The film represents years of work from hundreds of different artists, writers, photographers, musicians, actors, and creators of all degrees.
This place has been established to help shed some light on many of the small influences that converged to make this massive project a reality.
Site designed by Landon Metz, developed by Ricky Irvine, in cooperation with Matt Rubin.
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