January 2009
Blow Your Nose →
The Nose No. 18 (published, illustrated, and conceived by Seymour Chwast,and edited by me) is now online for the first time. If you are one of those who have savored the smooth,…
Letter From LA →
Today I’m in sunny, warm, sublime Los Angeles. I’m not gloating, for those of you on the snowy East Coast, just stating fact. One of the many highlights was visiting with Rebecca…
Erotic Signature - International Erotic Art... →
Erotic Signature announces its 2008-09 International Search for the World’s best erotic artworks. This marks the third year that Erotic Signature has launched what has now become one of the world’s…
Drawing the Line, Maybe? →
We all know that President Barack Obama is the best thing for souvenir marketing since Elvis was reincarnated. But amid all the visual hoopla for #44, is there a line to be drawn?…
What a Dirty Mind →
Michael Bierut in “Observed” on Design Observer had it right when he said “I predict this will be the most emailed story in the history of the New York Times.” He was…
Design Heroics →
Where The Button Be Without the Button Hole? is not a rhetorical question designed to test the mettle of designers and Talmudists. It is the title of George Tescherny’s…
Live Forever AIGA Annual Design Competitions →
Submit any type of communication design work used in the marketplace during 2008 — from posters to websites, annual reports to games, motion graphics to packaging, books to interactive…
If You Like Surrealism. . . →
If you have a thing for Surrealism you’ll love The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas (entrance to the Renzi Piano building below), and particularly the Witness to a Surrealist…
The War of Designers →
War of Designers is a Once a Year contest announced by Inkfruit.com, an online t-shirt design community. The event this year is co-sponsored by Adobe. Invites have been sent to the top 100 design…
Unforgettable Subway Art →
Bill Brand’s Masstransiscope, a public artwork that creates the illusion of a brilliantly colored zoetrope film in a New York City subway…
Christina's Parallel Worlds →
Andrew Wyeth died last week at the age of 91. Michael Kimmelman, writing in The New York Times, says the artist “gave America a prim and flinty view of Puritan rectitude,…
Arisman: The Movie →
Arisman: Facing the Audience is an 80-minute documentary on the life of Marshall Arisman (below, bottom), illustrator, painter, educator, spiritual monkey chronicler…
View Award 2009 →
VIEW Conference is the premiere international event in Italy on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 3D Animation, Gaming and VFX. For the first time this year VIEW will include…
The Legend of Bagger Sustainability →
I want to save the planet as much as the next person, but it’s awfully hard work. For example, it’s much easier to use a paper or plastic shopping bag that’s given out at the…
Adobe Design Achievement Awards Competition 2009 →
The 2009 Adobe Design Achievement Awards gives higher education students from around the world the shortcut to brilliance to propel their careers in the future. Enter in 12 categories in 3 media…
International Graphic Biennial of the Islamic... →
After holding two courses of International Poster Biennial of the Islamic World, Iranian Academy of Arts is about to hold the third course, based upon primary policy making of the Biennial to deal…
Leave Your Guns at the Garden →
Call me old-fashioned, but I like to keep gardens and guns separate. I thought everyone did. So it came as quite a surprise when I was sent a copy of Garden & Gun magazine, an…
Cut and Paste Digital Design Tournament 2009 →
Cut&Paste, an innovative design company, is looking for talented designers to represent their city in two fast-paced, single-elimination rounds in 3D and one round for Motion, each with a unique…
Nothing To Do on Inauguration Day Night? →
Whether you’re a procrastinator or the low-key type, it’s possible you still don’t have plans for Inauguration Day night (if you’re inclined to celebrate, that is). Well,…
Extraterrestrial Graphic Designers Wanted →
Edward H. Tenner, who knows just about everything, recently introduced me to the work of Jacques-Andre Istel, best known for popularizing skydiving in the 1960s….
Korda Si! Yanqui No! →
Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, better known as Alberto Korda (above) or simply Korda (September 14, 1928 in Havana, Cuba – May 25, 2001 in Paris, France) was a photographer who…
AreaDeClic Women Only Design Contest →
AreaDeClic launches a Design competition reserved to women only: Design University’s students and professionals aged 22 years or older. All Entries must submit an original and innovative design of -…
Constructing an Ad Campaign →
Just when you thought that Russian Constructivism had run its retro course, Saks introduces its new advertising campaign designed by Shepard Fairey. As the New York Times…
Ceramic Tiles of Italy Design Competition →
When American designers work with Italian materials great things happen. This competition, now in its 16th year, celebrates exceptional examples of contemporary American design featuring fabulous…
Pierre Mendell (1929-2008) →
Pierre Mendell, a remarkable poster artist and graphic designer, died on December 19, 2008 in Munich. He was 79. He presided over the visual identity of Die Neue Sammlung—The…
International Poster Competition Graphisme dans la... →
For the past 16 years, the annual event known as “Graphisme dans la rue” (“Graphics in the Streets”) has been inviting graphic artists to create large-format posters addressing the theme of “the…
Beautiful Postcard, Mail Unto Me →
If you have a bit of spare time and a medium amount of spare cash, check out Purgatory Pie Press’s House of Postcards, a boxed set of 12 square postcards that are signed and…
Anybody Got the Time? →
Starting yesterday, January 6, at 6 p.m., and continuing through 6 p.m. today, January 7, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has been presenting a 24-hour event…
3x3 Student Show No. 6 →
3x3 Student Show is open to all undergraduate and graduate students in all art schools, colleges and universities around the globe. Any illustration created by a registered undergraduate or graduate…
Digital Seuss →
If you were lucky enough to be watching TCM on the night of the day after New Years Day you might have caught The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, the only film written and designed by Dr….
Creative Quarterly 15 →
Open to all art directors, graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and fine artists in all media. They’ll judge both professional and student work. Students must be either undergraduate,…
Glasgow Museums Annual Art Competition for Young... →
The annual art competition, supported by the Friends of Glasgow Museums, is now over 100 years old. There are three categories. Entries for all categories will be judged in age groups by a panel of…
International Poster and Computer Animation... →
In 2009 the 3rd International Poster and Computer Animation Competition aims to spread HIV/AIDS prevention by prevention by forming motivation to healthy way of life. They want to eliminate…