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

We want to kiss Miranda July

Independent filmmaker, actress and writer Miranda July has a way with words, even when she’s writing them on her stove. Her latest demonstration of wordsmithery (a word I made up) is evident in her “I want to kiss this person” poster, which she suggests is “a good thing to have in your home if words fail. Sort of like mistletoe, but less ambitious.”

The posters were designed by July for a two-night event hosted by the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Ore., and the Portland State University Art and Social Practice program, in celebration of her latest feature film The Future. Posters will be available soon via Nationale. There are about 30 left from a limited-edition print run, and they’re all signed by July. Proceeds from poster sales will fund future initiatives by the PSU Art and Social Practice program at the Hollywood Theatre.

If we could, we would put Miranda July herself underneath the poster. Who would go under yours? [SJ]

07.27.11

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