Visual Culture

This exploration of the economy is a collaboration between GOOD and Kiss Me I’m Polish. GOOD Sheet no. 011 is available in print in Starbucks from November 20-26.

RISD President John Maeda curates “Threadless Select Series” with 4 designs by RISD faculty members. A scholarship fund at RISD will receive $15,000 worth of proceeds from the sales. Find out more here.

Trent Burleson, Illustration professor:

Soojung Ham, Industrial Design professor:

Nancy Skolos, Graphic Design professor:

Randy Willier, Illustration professor:

What’s the future of “The Big 3?” The Los Angeles Times sheds light on this complex issue:

“This past summer, as part of a month long, groundbreaking print and television partnership, a celebrated group of designers transformed a beautiful Gramercy Park townhouse into a luxurious beacon of modernism inspired by the top six original hit series from Showtime.”

Visual Culture asks: Since when did the remnants of a sociopathic serial killer constitute a “luxurious beacon of modernism?” The following Dexter inspired dining room and kitchen were designed by Amy Lau and Johnny Grey, respectively. Believe it or not, all these items, and more, are available for purchase - for an arm and leg (no pun intended).

Blood Splattered Chairs: These babies are offered at ‘bargain’ prices. Only $2500 for the side chairs and $5000 for the arm chairs, the best part is, they come complete with permanent stains!

Fingerprint glasses by Thomas Fuchs: Only $137.50 each
These aren’t too bad, could pass for Halloween decor.

Dismembered flatware (classic, modern or antique) by Steve Butcher. $400-500 a place setting for useless flatware. Need we say more?

Fingerprint plates by KleinReid: $250.00 each
We could live with these. Still not worth the $250 price tag.

Dinner Plates By Nadeige Choplet: A steal at $60 for dessert plates, and $75 for dinner plates sprinkled with blood and gore. Bon Appetite…

Plexifilm has spent the past two years developing a Sharpie pen that actually writes in Helvetica! Check it out HERE. Please read the fine print before purchase. It doesn’t work for everyone.

This pen is so experimental that it’s priceless… literally. You can’t buy one, but you can get one free with any Helvetica merchandise purchase (DVD, T-shirt, etc.).

Ah, the hipster phenomenon. Adbusters sums it up rather succinctly:

“We’ve reached a point in our civilization where counterculture has mutated into a self-obsessed aesthetic vacuum. So while hipsterdom is the end product of all prior countercultures, it’s been stripped of its subversion and originality.”

Amen.

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The AIGA has featured an interesting article called “The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway.” Here’s a snippet:

Helvetica is the official typeface of the MTA today, but it was not the typeface specified by Unimark International when it created a new signage system at the end of the 1960s. Why was Helvetica not chosen originally? What was chosen in its place? Why is Helvetica used now, and when did the changeover occur?

To read entire article visit aiga.org

Christina Clausen’s “The Universe of Keith Haring” is undoubtedly on our must see list. Haring rose to fame in the early 80’s with his signature visual language that was born out of the NYC subways. His inspiring & prolific career was cut short, Haring passed away in 1990 from AIDS related causes. (more…)

This series of posters was created for a recent Quentin Tarantino Film Festival. The circular mapping system displays character interaction within the scenes of each film. Check out a similar exploration right here.

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We’re back on the soap box again.

A Visual Culturist pulled our coats to this one. As if the Pantone pins, messenger bags and sh*t weren’t enough, SeaVees presents Pantone footwear. Graphic design dork-wear at its finest.

Shout out to Tom