It’s been out for a few weeks now but I’ve only just managed to get me mitts on the first edition of the Computer Arts Collection publication thingy on the subject of Graphic Design. Not actually entirely sure what the title is but I’ve seen people refer to it as CA Collection #1 [computerarts.co.uk], which sounds pretty good to me. Inside CA Collection #1 you’ll find a bunch of quotes from a heap of ace creative bods including, er… me! See, I was approached by amazing future thinkers FranklinTill [franklintill.com] to comment on what they see as emerging trends in graphic design, in particular, the need to ‘embrace failure’ as an intergal part of the design process, since only when you fail can you then move ideas forward… that’s the jist of it anyways. To find out if I’ve hit the nail on the head you’ll have to pick up the mag… er, publication. Here’s a couple of things what I have been quoted as saying…
On young, emerging designers…
“It’s the only time you’re allowed to fail without direct commercial consequences.”
On future designer’s portfolios…
“I think we’ll see emerging designers happy to display both their failures and their successes as part of their ever-evolving portfolios.”
On ‘Retro Chaos’…
“This seems to be based on unearthing the mistakes of the past and turning them into graphic motifs.”
For this first edition of the Linefeed Reading List for 2012 we’re joined by, special guest, Steven Gregor from Gym Class Magazine [gymclassmagazine.com]. Together we try not to giggle our way through mag reviews of Collect [collectmag.com.au] / Desktop [desktopmag.com.au] / Dumbo Feather [dumbofeather.com] / Framer [frame-fund.fi] / Dor [decatorevista.ro] / Bloomberg Businessweek [businessweek.com] / Paris Vogue [vogue.fr] / The Good Times [goodtimes.thechurchoflondon.com] / Coverjunkie magazine [coverjunkie.com]. Posh!
In the upper echelons of Linefeed’s all time fave record labels sits Teen-beat. One of their ‘seminal’ releases — Unrest‘s ‘Perfect Teeth‘ (produced by Simon Le Bon, doncha know) — gets a reissue this spring as a series of 7″s plus associated goodies. Check out the vid above for the official speil and to take a peek at the actual produce and/or visit [teenbeat.net] for all the deets and more.
We received a New Year’s greeting just now, via email, so cheery we had to share it with you. The email in question was from Simon Wald-Lasowski [simonwaldlasowski.com], a Frenchman in Amsterdam with a curious surname (not unlike my own). Of course it takes more than a cheery email and curious surname to qualify for a Linefeed ‘What’s Up’. Mr Wald-Lasowski is also the holder of an ace portfolio of photography and art direction for clients such as Amsterdam Weekly, Time Out [amsterdamweekly.nl] and Blend magazine [blend.nl]. He’s was even invited to exhibit at one of the world’s premiere photographic institutions, Foam in Amsterdam [foam.org] back in 2010.
Linefeed recently spent a couple of weeks in Melbourne, catching up with the fam over the Chrimbo break. It was too short a time to get to see everything the city has to offer (and loads of stuff was closed because people were on holiday anyways) but we did manage to visit a few places of interest that we thought we’d share with yous…
First up is Third Drawer Down [thirddrawerdown.com], and thanks to Ms. Crompton for giving me a sneak peak at some exciting forthcoming product designs even though it was just before christmas and every person and their dog was wandering off the street to do some last minute filling of various Chrimbo stockings. If you’ve been to see the Postmodernism exhibition at London’s V&A (which closes today — eek!) or, indeed just like awesome nick nacks, Third Drawer Down is of particular interest.
In the store and on their website you can not only get yer mitts on ace stuff like a Day of the Dead woollen blankie [here] or a ‘Fries’ shaped beanbag [here] or one of Vuk Vidor‘s awesome Art History posters [and here], they are also selling a selection of objects by original Memphis Milano [memphis-milano.it] members Peter Shire [echoparkpottery.com] and Nathalie Du Pasquier [nathaliedupasquier.com] who is continuing to work with the fine folk at Third Drawer Down with some new, never before released prints being issued at some point later this year. Exciting stuff!
015 A Marvellous Concept Through the diminishing fog of jetlag comes this first poddie for the new year. In this edition you’ll hear the eclectic strains of Echo Park (with Thurston Moore) / Atlas Sound [deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com] / The Penetrators / Dead Man’s Bones / Desire [vivaitalians.blogspot.com] / Denim [bfi.org.uk] / The Drums / Portishead [via YouTube] / GusGus [via YouTube] / ABC plus a special bonus track we’ve hunted down from 1988 that takes a poke at the Iron (she ain’t no) Lady by Nick Sample. Don’t forget to grab yer tres exclusive Linda Jackson influenced artwork from above too. It’s beaut!
It’s a jumbo bumper Chrimbo! edition of the Reading List for December. Chock full of ace mags for your holiday reading pleasure including Wired (US) [wired.com] / Foam [foam.org] / Pin—Up [pinupmagazine.org] / C20 Magazine [c20society.org.uk] / Midcentury [midcenturymagazine.co.uk] / Head Full of Snakes [headfullofsnakes.com] / Response [agda.com.au] / Smith Journal [smithjournal.com.au] / KnockBack [knockback.co.uk] / Wrap [thewrappaper.com] / Little Joe [littlejoemagazine.com] / It’s Nice That [itsnicethat.com] / Gym Class Magazine [gymclassmagazine.com] / Loud & Quiet [loudandquiet.com] plus Graphic Design: Now in Production [shop.walkerart.org]. Phew!