Handy Graphics
Craft designers say they love being “hands-on”, that the feel of real material between their fingers and the inevitable imperfections of the process make it more exciting than purely digital work. They also say that it has its drawbacks – mistakes cannot be rectified with a click of the keyboard and it tends to be time-consuming! Read what they have to say about their art – and view the result.
IdN v16n1: The Craft Issue
Contents:
Getting noticed by being versatile
Keeping their hand in
Toujours Paris – but now with a new design twist
Cutting the distance between eyes and ears
Like only Spider-Man Can!!!
Pick of the Month
Specifications:
105 pages
6 varying paper stocks
4C process, vanish, pantone
93 minutes DVD Video included
IdN v16n1: The Craft Issue Sampler
Keeping their hand in
Craft designers say they love being “hands-on”, that the feel of real material between their fingers and the inevitable imperfections of the process make it more exciting than purely digital work. They also say that it has its drawbacks – mistakes cannot be rectified with a click of the keyboard and it tends to be time-consuming! Read what they have to say about their art – and view the result.
Featuring:
Grégoire Alexandre / Kate Gibb / HORT / IWant / Jean Jullien / NAM / Ciara Phelan / Pixelgarten / Julien Vallee
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Getting noticed by being versatile
It is becoming so hard to stand out from the crowd these days simply by possessing a unique style that some studios are not even aiming at this kind of recognition. Rather, they are seeking a reputation based on their ability to handle all kinds of work, utilizing a variety of technologies and skills, to the same consistently high standard.
Featuring:
Imaginary Forces / Teppei Maki
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Like only Spider-Man can!!!
San Francisco-based video-games developer Shaba Games has come up with one called Spider-Man: Web of Shadows – faithfully based on the movie Spider-Man 3. We interview the lead character artist, Bradley Fulton, about the challenges this posed to his team and what it took to bring every scene from big screen to the world of hand-operated devices.
Featuring:
Bradley Fulton – Shaba Games
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Cutting the distance between eyes and ears
Means of reproducing music have gone from shellac to vinyl to tape to disc, from the cylinder to the 78rpm record to the LP to the cassette to the CD. But if current trends continue possessing music in any physical form may soon be a thing of the past. Invisible Creature and Marc Bessant – whose work has been largely associated with the sounds it was designed to sell, to share their thoughts on this controversial issue with us.
Featuring:
Marc Bessant / PMKFA / Invisible Creature
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Toujours Paris
The capital of France is called many things – the City of Light, the City of Love…. But now, thanks largely to new music and dance movements, such as “The French Touch” and Tecktonik, all that is changing. There is no Parisien movement as such, but local designers are feeling inspired and liberated – and it shows in the innovative work they are producing.
Featuring:
Hey Ho / 9eme Concept / Frederique Daubal / H5 / Ich and Kar / deValence / Jan-KRSN-Garet / Vier5 / Mambo / Sylvia Tournerie / Skki / Olivier Kosta-Thefaine
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Sydney, Australia
Sydney based animation and design specialists Sixty40 have won four international Promax’s, including a Gold Global Promax for their "TV1 Summer idents", and three Silver for Foxtel’s Winter Olympic interstitials.
Copenhagen, Denmark
“There is a strong masochistic side to much of the work I do…I deliberately don’t take the easy way out, I want to do the work, I want to dig the ditch so that I can feel at one with it. Because I created it."
New York, USA
If Bernstein’s illustrations filled the books you used to read as a child, you definitely wouldn’t have faked falling asleep!
London, UK
Check out London based Japanese artist Hiroshi Kariya and his works inspired by a unique combination of science fiction films and wood cut prints.
Warsaw, Poland
He is most inspired by his environment and surroundings, and his works are influenced by nature and a desire to recreate it in the simplest way possible while still preserving the complexity it represents.
Paris, France
Explore blindSALIDA's world of explosions, lines and movements, colors, and surreal, psychedelic designs.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
“I have learnt that it is not that easy to strike a balance with the environment. Awareness is important, but I think that the government should take a leading role.”
Chicago, USA
Check out the works of Dan Funderburgh, Mike Perry, Seripop and Sonnenzimmer at the 2nd annual Public Works design show. Opening night: 6th August 2010 6-9pm / Exhibition: 6 Aug - 3 Sept, 2010 / Andrew Rafacz Gallery, 835 W. Washington Chicago
Berlin, Germany
Verhaagen's work is like a child, high on sugar, feeling a sense of delusion and enlightenment!
Bath, UK
Keep your eyes on the simple, cutting-edge design works by Jack Maxwell, a recent graduate from Bath School of Art and Design.
Tokyo, Japan
“An optimistic mindset and a sense of humour and wit are more appealing to us than work that is too self-consciously serious.”
London, UK
“If I'm not at my desk drawing, you’ll probably find me outside somewhere, hopefully surfing or skateboarding or wandering around the woods, but my sketchbook will always be with me in case the urge to doodle becomes too strong.”
Hong Kong, China
Exhibition: 12 July - 22 August 2010 / Venue: New Gallery on Old Bailey / Location: 17 Old Bailey St, Soho, Hong Kong
Los Angeles, USA
"My work aims to draw a visceral response from the viewer through truth, humor and expose."
