Creative Chain: Connecting creatives one link at a time, week four

[Emily Potts] Last week we were inspired by three amazing artists: Henning Wagenbreth, Sophie Dutertre and Placid. In keeping with the French artist theme, I’m starting off this week’s Creative Chain with an illustrator I deeply admire and respect.

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05.16.12

Mohawk Show 12: Submit to Your Love Affair With Paper

[Kim Rogala] As the Mohawk Show 12 entry deadline approaches (May 31st, so hurry and enter!) we wanted to direct your attention to the Show’s materials that were created by the team at Tether. We asked Stanley Hainsworth, founder and chief creative officer of Tether, to tell us a little about his thoughts behind the designs.

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05.15.12

Sitting pretty with PLANEfurniture

[Alyson Kuhn] Michael Boyd, designer of the PLANEfurniture line, collects modernist furniture, art, architecture and design books, and ephemera. Last year, he decided to create a line of modernist-inspired furniture that “makes you think, holds your body, eases your mind, and sits well within your budget.” That’s a quote from the jacket flap of PLANEfurniture: types + prototypes, designed by Mick Hodgson of Ph.D, A Design Office. I recently sat in some of the furniture and can confirm that it is quite user-friendly.

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05.14.12

50/50 bats 1000 … plus 80

The beloved AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers competition had a rough few days last week. It was merged, or perhaps even subsumed, into the AIGA’s broader design competition, 365: Design Effectiveness. A public petition to Save 50/50 quickly garnered 1080 signatures … and AIGA swiftly responded by reinstating 50 Books/50 Covers in its own right.

As lovers of books (even e-books, which AIGA hopes to include in the 2011 competition), we are grateful to AIGA for listening, for rethinking, and for preserving this literary design legacy. [AK]

03.8.11

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