Hvass&Hannibal is having a show at the Kemistry Gallery in Shoreditch, London nowadays. “Inspired by the collection and sorting of random data sources, Danish design polymaths Nan Na Hvass and Sofie Hannibal are reinterpreting information and expressing it by way of wooden sculptures, hand-benched silkscreen prints and offset posters”
Delphic is an Electro band from Manchester. They make Trance influenced electro-pop and just released their debut LP “Acolyte” and i honestly don’t know if i like them or not.
My new Freitag F-77 Ben Computer Bag just arrived in the mail today. The bag is made out of recycled, used truk tarpaulins and used car seat belts.
It’s a new year. A new year of forthcoming albums and new bands. And to be honest, I couldn’t be more thrilled. After a slightly disappointing year I’m filled with optimism and joy over all the (possibly) great albums up ahead.
The space suits are put away, the starship’s in the shop and Christabelle has brought pop to the control station. Lindstrøm has joined forces with the artist formerly known as Solale, Christabelle again for his newest project. Form to Follow reviews (for the first time)
Nice Type must be one of the most beautiful channels on Vimeo. A channel dedicated soley to typography related videos. Matthew Buchanan is the man behind the 251 strong selection of videos. A great resource for inspiration.
The third part of this more or less regular column. The videos that caught our attention since the last collection includes a bit more varied stuff. The new Kings of Convenience video, a bit of animated identity work by Buro Knapzak and lots of other inspiering and cool clips.
A new round of videos. With work from YouWorkForThem, Ross Cing, Esteban Diácono, Sebastian Lange and the design students at BYU the selection is a bit more artsy this time around in addition to a fair share of typographic goodness.
Generation Press are giving away a set of “Not For Commercial Use” posters. To enter the competition, follow Generation Press on twitter and paste RT #iwantNFCU in a tweet. The giveaway will be open through september. The “Not For Commercial Use” posters were designed by Generation Press and Build in limited editions and are, obviously not available through commercial retailers.
YouWorkForThem has released a digital pdf magazine about typography and design. “Lorem Ipsum Vade Mecum” is type-porn for everyone.
Friendly Fires released a new single and an expanded version of their debut album, “Friendly Fires”, yesterday. “Kiss of Life” is the single, and judging by its sound, Vampire Weekend and their heavily African infused Indie-pop has had a big influence on the Indie scene since last year.
Moving Brands has decided to let everyone take part in their pitch for the re-branding of London, given by The Mayor.
The new docmentary by Gary Hustwit, maker of the Helvetica film, will be released on the 29th of September, but you can already pre-order it from the Objectified web shop.
A little roundup of some of the films and videos that has fascinated me the last months. Some are pure creative, some are funny and som are just beautiful.
