Reported by Kyle Blue, 10 August 2010, 15:35 PM
What began as a conversation over lunch and many email exchanges later has finally materialized into an event. Please join us tomorrow night for the inaugural Occasional Workshop with graphic designer Richard Niessen of Niessen & de Vries, Amsterdam. A special thank you to our friends at the William Stout Annex for helping to coordinate this event.
Wednesday August 11, Presentation 5:30–6:15, Book Signing 6:30
William Stout Annex
Architectural & Design Books
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
415.357.1860
Please RSVP at occasionalemail@gmail.com
Reported by Kyle Blue, 25 June 2010, 08:41 AM
I am excited to announce that our recent collaboration with Arkitip will be available at Dwell on Design this weekend. The prints were produced to coincide with our 10th anniversary of Dwell. Many of the artist and or illustrators have all been past contributors to the magazine. Each print has been inspired by a past Dwelling that was featured in Dwell, we selected one story for each of the past 10 years.
The artist list includes: Andrew Holder, Nat Russel, Steven Harrington, Mark Giglio, Daniel Carlsten, Dan Funderburgh, Todd St. John Adrian Johnson and Mike Perry
Yesterday, we met up with the gang from Arkitip to prepare and package the prints for Dwell on Design.
Dwell on Design
June 25-27
Los Angeles Convention Center
Reported by Kyle Blue, 10 June 2010, 17:35 PM
With much anticipation the World Cup kicks off in South Africa tomorrow. All of the worlds best soccer players will be on-hand to represent their respective counties. Over the next month, we’ll see some spectacular matches between rival countries on the pitch. Events of this scale always require new architecture that takes the form of infrastructure and stadiums to accommodate the games and the new influx of visitors. Countries love to flex here as we’ve all seen with the architectural gems that sprang up during the ‘08 Olympics in Beijing. Here is a look at the new stadiums that will set the stage for the 2010 World Cup. It will be interesting to see how these are utilized 5 or 10 years from now once the games are long gone.
(all images via Dezeen)
1. Soccer City by Boogertman Urban Edge + Partners and Populous
2. Green Point Stadium by GMP Architekten
3. Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium by GMP Architekten
4. Moses Mabhida Stadium by GMP Architekten
Reported by Kyle Blue, 4 March 2010, 09:24 AM
The Walker Art Center does a great job of curating and documenting their lectures online. The Walker Channel is a nice resource when seeking a bit of inspiration and thought provoking commentary on art, design, and architecture. If you’ve got an hour to spend I highly recommend checking out the latest installment in the series Drawn Here which features the work of the designer’s Kjell Ekhorn (Norway) and Jon Forss (Minnesota) of Non-Format. This is a nice trip down memory lane from the inception of the studio 10 years to their thoughts on innovative music packaging, and the thicks and thins of modern typography.
Below is a brief summary of the Drawn Here concept from the Walker:
Exploring the depth and breadth of the state’s (Minnesota) acclaimed design community, Drawn Here will host some of the innovative talent and progressive thinking making the local design scene one of the most vibrant and talked about in the country. Conceived as a lively public forum for debate and discussion, this series of dialogues is intended to be an active exchange of ideas among the host, guest, and audience.
Reported by Kyle Blue, 2 January 2010, 22:35 PM
Gun, Oliver, and I spent the better part of the day today exploring the outer Sunset. We began our day with lunch at Outerlands a great cafe which also happens to serve Sightglass coffee. I was stoked to see the logo that I designed with Brian Scott sketched on the chalk board.
Then we took in a bit of browsing at Mollusk Surf Shop and the recently opened General Store. We spotted these amazing bird houses by Luke Bartels and Jeff Canham in the small gallery at Mollusk. I love the typography and level of detail – very well done! They also have a nice selection of mini-cruiser skateboards by Two Birds Fly. Each one is hand painted and features equally unique grip tape. We rounded out the day with a drive over to Ocean Beach.
46th Ave.
by Luke Bartels and Jeff Canham
Loving the seat mod here.
