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

First Print Color Conference comes to NYC Oct. 4–6

Explore the world of color through the lens of fashion, science, film, design, theater, food, photography and more: The first Print Color Conference, from our friends at Print magazine, will run Oct. 4–6 in NYC.

Hosted by the Art Directors Club in partnership with Pantone, the conference aims to inspire creative color thinking with an impressive array of top thinkers in visual culture, including:

Bill Moggridge
Director of Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Museum

Gael Towey
Editorial director of Martha Stewart Living

Eddie Opara
Partner at Pentagram

Leni Schwendinger
Lighting designer and principal of Light Projects

Jessi Arrington
Co-founder and creative director of WORKSHOP

Lee Eiseman
Executive director of the Pantone Color Institute

Darius Monsef
Founder and CEO of COLOURlovers and CHROMAom

Jude Stewart
Contributing editor at Print

Be part of the discussions on color’s often-overlooked impact on society, politics, branding and everyday life. Explore color trends, get your hands dirty with dyes and swatches, test your color perception, and leave with color literally under your fingernails. And uncover a storehouse of color inspiration to use in your next creative project.

Register by Aug. 30 to take advantage of early-bird savings. Learn more and register here (and get an extra $25 off by entering the code JUDE).

Thanks to our friend Jude Stewart for alerting us to this opportunity. [TB]

08.16.11

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