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

Paper folding reveries

Talk about a dream job: Paul Jackson has been a professional paper folder and artist for 30 years. His new book, Folding Techniques for Designers: From Sheet to Form, is also a dream: elegant 3D forms folded from paper (as well as fabric, cardboard, plastic and metal).

The book covers 70 key techniques like making pleated surfaces, curved folds and crumpling (not the same as what most of us do to paper that’s about to hit the trash bin). Step-by-step drawings, patterns and photography accompany the startlingly beautiful examples. Folding Techniques for Designers is published by Laurence King Publishers and distributed in the U.S. by our friends at Chronicle Books.

Catch some hand-on-paper folding action: The exemplary Dutch site Dezeen.com is currently offering videos of a selection of techniques. Dreamy. [TB]

07.28.11

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