taking shape

joan miró

"how did i think up my drawings and my ideas for painting? well i'd come home 
to my paris studio in rue blomet at night, i'd go to bed, and sometimes i hadn't 
any supper. i saw things, and i jotted them down in a notebook. i saw shapes on 
the ceiling..."  (from top: bleu II, singing fish and ora dell azzurro)

sole provider

a love of mine. air jordan 3 black/cement retro will be released this fall. this 
will be the fourth time this colorway will be retroed since its initial release in
1988. designed by tinker hatfield. (photo: red.mcleod, flicker)

tooned in

joe ciardiello

known for his portraits of authors in the ny times book review as well as 
for his musician portraits. from top: bob dylan, muddy waters, eric clapton.

square one

coldplay

from top: album cover for x&y. singles covers for: "fix you", "speed of sound",
and "talk". designed by tappin gofton (mark tappin and simon gofton) using 
baudot code-encoding (ita2). you can play with a code generator (here).

sweet tooth

sugar chair
designed by pieter brenner. made completely out of 60 pounds of confectioner's 
sugar. priced just around $11,000.

king tut

richard tuttle

from top: lable 13-16 (2004-05), lable 5-8 (2003), for ron (2009),

galisteo paintings (1993), edges (1999)

stretched canvas

i was very fond of walking through the lower east side of nyc and seeing 
wk interact's works on the streets.

california dreaming

one of the ads from my last post reminded me of one of ed ruscha's works.

scootin' around

vintage ads for vespa scooters.

cliff hanger

d house, matanzas, chile. designed by panorama.  
photographs by cristobal valdés.

everyday people

yum yum

beyond print

petronio associates

a creative resource company serving the world’s leading brands in the 
fashion, beauty, fragrance, music, and art industries. the company thrives 
off of new developments in design, research and experimentation.

days go by

richard phillips
paintings used for dirty vegas' album covers.

chromantic

shiro to kuro

shirotokuro is a shortened form of 'shiroi to kurio' which is japanese for

'black and white'. website design and concept by kwame busia and 
neue themes. images (from top): shrimp armchair by jehs+laub, the lost 

weekend (1973), and olga kurlylenko.

in print

katsushika hokusai

woodblock prints. from top: gaifa kaisei (south wind, clear sky also known 
as red fuji). kanagawa oki nami ura (the great wave off kanagawa). both are 
part of the series thirty-six views of mount fuji (1826-1833).

up close

chuck close is known for his paintings. but his photos have been quite
fascinating to look at as well. from top: kate moss, brad pitt, and chuck close.

tapped in

i have always loved the energy that exuded from these posters. designed 
by paula scher from pentagram for the musical bring in 'da noise, bring 
in 'da funk ('95-'96).

flight status

a few swissair posters created through the years. unfortunately, the 
airline ceased operations in 2002. but, you can still enjoy their posters 
(here, under marketing)!