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

AIGA’s “What the Book” wants to know what books mean to you

I confess: I silently judge others by their bookshelves and, apparently, so do at least 1153 other book lovers (87% of respondents). Concerned with and intrigued by the changing nature of books, AIGA launched WhattheBook.org to find out just what books mean to people these days.

The site was launched in conjunction with the opening of the AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers exhibition in New York last weekend. It’s a quick online survey with seven agree/disagree statements (such as “I silently judge others by their bookshelves,” and “A book has made me so angry that I’ve thrown it against a wall”). At the end is the question, “What does ‘book’ mean to you?” sitting atop a text field. Answers to this question have a chance of being written on the gallery wall at the AIGA National Design Center in New York for one day during the duration of the 50 Books/50 Covers exhibition. Take the survey here. [SJ]

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