Made at the Animation Workshop at UCLA’s Department of Theater, Film and Television, this Edward Gorey inspired animation is delightful. My one gripe is that the music doesn’t quite match the mood of the animation. Otherwise, great work, UCLA!
Dead All Along
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Grassroots design book chronicles Obama campaign
Monday, September 21st, 2009 
A project to publish “Designing Obama,” a chronicle of the grassroots designs of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, is underway. Support the cause or not, but it’s certainly a great effort in the name of design. Yes, design can help change the world.
Ghosts in the gouache
Friday, September 11th, 2009 
Kazuki Takamatsu’s acrylic gouache paintings are surreal apparitions of anime-styled girls. What draws you in is the loveliness of a haunting scene caught in time, but to know it is gouache makes it even more impressive.
(Don’t forget to use Google Translate on his site if you need it.)
I want to eat them up!
Thursday, September 10th, 2009 
Alberto Cerriteño’s submissions to the Terrible Yellow Eyes collection are paper-cut pieces of art with exquisite color palettes. Check out his portfolio and his Flickr gallery for more of his great works.
A thousand words are worth a picture
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 
We saw this magnificent typographical portrait of Steve Jobs by Dylan Roscover coming since 2007. Maybe not this work specifically, but works like this. Roscover’s “Steve Paul Jobs” is one of the best examples of typographical portraits in evolution for the last couple of years. The question is whether this is the pinnacle of the typographical portrait or is it awaiting another refined mutation of design genius?
Now let’s clear the table for a mini rant. I found this piece on a website that will remain unnamed. Granted, the original posting features a great collection of typographical portraits to date, but it fails to name the designers it compiled these works from.
This is not a huge misdeed in itself, unless you consider that the website also compiles all the works into a zip file for easy download and distribution. Furthermore, this site couches itself as a graphic design site. I find it unfortunate that a site about design, fails to recognize or acknowledge the designers behind the designs, which are offered up as blog candy.
Luckily, I finally found Dylan Roscover’s name by Googling the right terms, but let’s give credit to all the places it’s due.