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There are few professions for which self-promotion is more important then that of graphic designers, for it is on the material that they produce to sell their own services that they will be judged. And if designers can’t design a decent piece of self-promotional materials, what hope do they have of convincing a potential client that they could do a good job for them? Our biggest-ever feature, presenting the self-referential work of 25 artists and their views on how best to introduce yourself to the world.
IdN v16n4: Self Promotion Issue
Contents:
Have Special effects finally come of age?
Feature: Give it your best shot!
A heathly obsession with ornament
Let there be light!
Chairmen of the boards
Is Fez the future?
Specifications:
113 pages
6 varying paper stocks
4C process, spot UV
107 minutes DVD Video included
IdN v16n4: Self Promotion Issue Sampler
Give it your best shot!
There are few professions for which self-promotion is more important then that of graphic designers, for it is on the material that they produce to sell their own services that they will be judged. And if designers can’t design a decent piece of self-promotional materials, what hope do they have of convincing a potential client that they could do a good job for them? Our biggest-ever feature, presenting the self-referential work of 25 artists and their views on how best to introduce yourself to the world.
Featuring:
Ashleign Barron / De Barbaren / Because Studio / Cmod / Dead Voltage Design / Dudley Wild / Echolab / Michael Fryers / G-Man / Ryan Hurley / Jekyll and Hyde / Kokoro and Joujou / Hello Millo / Kenn Munk / Ethan Park / Ps.2 / Red Design UK Ltd. / Helene Ryenbakken / Scale to Fit / Selfbruning / Kamikace Studio / Tangent Graphic / Turnstyle / Undoboy / Mirko Zarkovic
IdN v16n4: Self Promotion Issue
IdN v16n4: Self Promotion Issue
Special effects finally come of age?
Hollywood’s latest hit The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has taken special effects to a new level of complexity and if you are underwhelmed, that is as it should be according to specialist studio Digital Domain’s Ed Ulbrich – for it means that the technical wizardry is so good that you don’t even notice it. He explains how a 155-strong team of artists enabled Brad Pitt to age backwards, from old man to baby, so convincingly.
Featuring:
Digital Domain
IdN v16n4: Self Promotion Issue
A heathly obsession with ornament
Is it merely a decorative accoutrement to mainstream design or a laudable artistic aim in itself? The following creators share a passion for ornamental design that impels them to make it their main focus. In this feature, they explain what it is about ornament that they find so compelling.
Featuring:
Marian Bentjes / Linn Olofsdotter / Mike Perry / ContainerPLUS / Yehrin Tong / Leonor Morais / Vault49 / By Vault49
IdN v16n4: Self Promotion Issue
Let there be light!
Half our lives were lived in darkness or candlelight until Thomas Edison invented the light-bulb 130 years ago. Now we can all enjoy round-the-clock activity, including extra time in which to be creative. Result? Lighting is no longer just a utilitarian boon, it can be turned into an art form in itself. See what these innovative theatre, concert and fashion-show designers, installation and holography artists, movie and motion-graphics directors and photographers have done with it.
Featuring:
Patrick Rochon / Stefan Mylleager / Robert Seidel / Jennifer Steinkamp / United Visual Artists
IdN v16n4: Self Promotion Issue
Chairmen of the boards
Some art is made to be framed while some, like graffiti, is destined to have a very temporary existence. So why does the ephemeral act of making a skateboard look good – by drawing or painting on it or covering it with stickers – in the sure knowledge that your creation will eventually be degraded or even destroyed make such an appeal to certain artists? The following leading exponents of the genre attempt to explain the attraction.
Featuring:
Jim Phillips / Bob Kronbauer / Andy Mueller / Dan Funderburg / Marc Nardelli / Marc McKee / Max Vogel (Raza Uno) / Kimou Meyer (Zoo York) / Craig Metzger / Curated by We Are Plus
IdN v16n4: Self Promotion Issue
Is Fez the future?
Award-winning Montreal studio Polytron’s latest video game Fez may just have opened the door to tomorrow for the whole industry. Will this mixture of 2D and 3D game-play, Escher-like optical illusion and environmental design become the next hot trend in gaming?
Featuring:
Jim Phillips / Bob Kronbauer / Andy Mueller / Dan Funderburg / Marc Nardelli / Marc McKee / Max Vogel (Raza Uno) / Kimou Meyer (Zoo York) / Craig Metzger / Curated by We Are Plus
IdN v16n4: Self Promotion Issue
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."
