[Ted Bertz] After recently finishing a personal project, a book commemorating posters completed from 1987 to 2008 for an agricultural fair held each year in Durham, Conn. — Fair Play: Twenty-three years of Durham Fair Posters — Ted Bertz, founder of Bertz Design Group, reflects on the evolution of the graphic design industry over the same period.
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On the wire: Chandra Greer interviews the small but mighty Dude and ChickFelt & Wire begins the new year with the first in a series of monthly conversations with up and coming stationery designers that, while tiny in size, are titanic in talent. Our interviews will be hosted by the insightful Chandra Greer, owner of Greer, an independent stationery shop and website with a longstanding commitment to seeking out and supporting independent designers. First-up are John Gurtin and Katie Wilson, the charming, clever and whip-smart duo that is Dude and Chick of St. Paul, Minn. Of their work, Chandra says, “I love the ironic juxtaposition of DNC’s perfect, letterpress-printed craftsmanship with their wacky sensibility. We like wacky, especially when it’s pressed into nice paper.” Furthermore >
A New Year’s appreciation for printers[Tom Biederbeck] Closing the old year and launching a new one makes this a good time to acknowledge the people we admire. We’re thinking right now of printers, heroes of the communication arts who confront paper, ink, type and image, day in and day out, for our benefit. We all know it’s been a tough year for printers, which ought to make us appreciate them even more. Through history, printers have earned their reputation for a certain kind of toughness and (certainly) independent thinking. Consider where we’d be without them! Furthermore >
Recipe for nostalgia à la Mary Tam[Alyson Kuhn] Mary Tam recently sold her home in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, formally signaling the end of her homemaking career. She was, by all reports, a great cook. Her five grown children — and other family members and friends — are eager to have some of her recipes. Furthermore >
It was a record year for How2DesignAs we reach the end-groove of 2011, the veteran design rockers at How2Design end their year-long paper playlist on a high note. As you may remember in our original story in January, the group dropped its clever mock-vinyl promotion in six installments that we’ve loved. Now that Felt & Wire’s collection is complete, we asked studio principal Noemi Kearns to share the backstage details of this outstanding series. Furthermore >
The Correspondence Co-op’s holiday soirée[Jennie Hinchcliff] If your holiday season has been anything like mine, you’ve been as busy as one of Santa’s favorite helpers: searching out the perfect envelope color for holiday cards (Pantone 360, if you must know), scouting around for vintage postage stamps, or standing in long lines at the post office. By the end of a long day, there’s nothing like a good ol’ yuletide party to get a postal-modern girl back into the spirit of kringle. Furthermore >
Publishing your book: Getting the green light[Emily Potts] So you think you have a great book idea? A lot of people do, but if you don’t have a solid proposal, your book will never see the light of day. Publishers have strict guidelines for book briefs for a reason: Producing a book requires a huge upfront investment, and it’s a gamble. Furthermore > |
Letters in the Mail is a new venture in which you sign up to get a weekly letter from a famous author — Dave Eggers, Margaret Cho, Nick Flynn, many more. Can this be for a mere $5 a month? Furthermore >
01.16.12
Paula Scher’s acclaimed map paintings will be presented in an exhibition opening tonight at the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in New York. Pulling inspiration from news headlines and personal opinions, Scher uses hand-drawn typography to map out the world. Tonight’s exhibition features both paintings and screenprints, including several works that are being shown for the first time. Furthermore >
01.12.12
Earlier this week, we shared a story on the amazing paper artwork created for Sephora’s holiday displays. We just discovered this short, three-minute video about the making of the cosmetic company’s 5th Avenue installation, with insight from art director Tom Sieu and artist Andrea Mastrovito. Check it out after the jump. Furthermore >
01.12.12
People are excited about Etchpop … how do we know? This startup more than doubled its project funding goal on Kickstarter for their online service that takes your original artwork or photographs and turns them into woodblocks for letterpress-style printing. Furthermore >
01.11.12
Hey girl, what DIY project wouldn’t be a little more fun with a helping hand from Ryan Gosling? It seems the phenomenon continues. Handmade Ryan Gosling is the newest in the “Hey girl” craze that’s making us laugh. Furthermore >
01.10.12
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