Post 35: All Done For Now

Thanks for all the times Form Making. I'll always remember that beautiful, all too brief 4ish months. You were great.

Post 034: A Look at Rick Froberg

Rick Froberg (his other site is here) was the leader of such seminal bands like Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes, but his other talents lie in illustration, a tad bit of design and drawing. His work was featured on each of Hot Snake's three full lengths, as well as promotional material for Swami Records (started by band mate and RFTC leader John Reiss) and is now doing work on backgrounds for various cartoons. Peruse at your leisure.

Post 033: New York Times on Al Jaffee

Seen via It's Nice That, this the New York Times nice and interesting feature on Al Jaffee, the famed artist who made experiential fold in work for countless issues of Mad magazine through the years. Often times, these were statements that deviated from the usual slapstick of Mad. They dealt with social and political issues, as topical as the recent Roger Clemens steroid dispute that recently went before congress.

Enjoy this, and hopefully let us linger on the idea of experiential graphic design.

Post 032: A Look at Tin&Ed

In honor of our dear friend Colin, I am presenting the work of Australian design firm, Tin&Ed. Tin&Ed operate out of Melbourne and do work of varying types, often with a childlike and interesting illustrative look but with formal understanding of the Swiss edge. Fun stuff, all in all.

Hopefully by the fall we get to hear some of the personal and awesome stories that roll out from this studio from Mr. Trechtor.

Post 031: A Look at Marcel Dzama

First Born, 2007 by Marcel Dzama

I saw Marcel Dzama's work from his solo exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery in New York City titled "Even the Ghost of the Past" via We Make Money Not Art's website.

Alas, today is the final day of his exhibition and I am not in the city to see these beautiful dioramas, which are surreal and alluring in their vague and almost disturbing visual appeal. Definitely some beautiful things to poke around and look at.

Post 30: REPOST–P-A-T-R-I-O-T

Made for Dan Ibarra's Form-Making course at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, this piece employs the use of a destructive object to make a typographic statement. I opted to use my voice.

Audio created by Jenny Tondera and Abby Mullen.

Post 029: A Look at Ragnar Freyr

Ragnar Freyr had been featured on Geotypografika a while back and I instantly fell in love with his work. An Icelandic designer who has work that speaks to simple visual communication but also to the Swiss aesthetic, it is not hard to fall in love with this work. He also founded createmake, a very nice and sweet blog that features graphic design, typography, illustration, photography, product design, architecture, film, fashion design, music and art. Take a peek around.