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

Chronicle Books & Pantone color the 20th century

Pantone and Chronicle Books are at it again. We just told you about the Pantone 100 postcard set, and now we’ve discovered that the two companies have collaborated on a soon-to-be-released book: PANTONE The 20th Century in Color.

In it, Leatrice Eisman and Keith Recker, longtime Pantone collaborators, reveal trends, radical shifts and resurgences of various hues by matching over 200 works of art, products, interior design and fashions with official Pantone colors.

Though the book was designed by Brooke Johnson, who also designed the Pantone 100 postcards, Chronicle Books prefers the design process to be a collaborative endeavor with partners and authors — with conversation, ideas and feedback — and this book was no exception.

PANTONE The 20th Century in Color is available for pre-order at Chronicle Books or here. And stay tuned, we’ll let you know as soon as we hear that it’s out. [KR]

07.29.11

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