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Archive for June, 2007

Jeffrey Milstein: Plane Spotter Extraordinaire

Patrick 29/06/07, 14:13

Milstein America West
America West Airlines Boeing 757-200, © Jeffrey Milstein, courtesy Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles

A lot of Creative Review readers have been in touch to say how much they enjoyed Jeffrey Milstein’s images of aircraft published in our June issue. So we got in touch with the photographer to find out a little more about his work…

If You Could Get Involved with Build…

Gavin 28/06/07, 13:43

Build Get Involved poster gif

Build has just designed this poster that ties two events happening next Thursday 5th July together: If You Could exhibition and monthly clubnight Get Involved. The idea is quite simple: anyone can get involved and doodle, draw or write on the poster. Also shown above are returned posters by Jeremyville, Jon Burgerman and Mr Bingo. If you fancy a go - simply read on to find out how…

Diesel Show: Underwater Magic

Mark 27/06/07, 18:13

Diesel show

Diesel’s Spring/Summer 08 catwalk show, staged a few days ago at the Pitti Immagine Uomo fair in Florence, was nothing short of stunning. While regular human models paced up and down the runway, a host of polyp-like CGI characters appeared in mid-air to interact with them within an underwater landscape. And in a unique twist, these animated holograms were entirely viewable from both sides of the stage. But this was no Paul Daniels Magic Show trickery – more a perfect blend of cutting edge digital art and performance.

Stanley Donwood: If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now

Mark 26/06/07, 18:10

Glass House Disaster
Glass House Disaster

Stanley Donwood has just launched a new exhibition of work – If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now – at the Lazarides Gallery in London’s Soho. Here he talks us through how he employed a century-old engraving technique – ”photogravure” – to create a series of darkly compelling etchings. As is often the case with Donwood’s chosen artistic process, the technique itself can takes a while to master. But, as you’ll see here, it’s been well worth the wait.

East Village? East Finchley

Patrick 25/06/07, 19:55

N2 logo

This little “tribute” to Milton Glaser appeared in my London neighbourhood yesterday.

Web 2.0 mash–up.

Build 24/06/07, 14:00

Flickrvision World
Flickrvision makes the World go round.

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Great street art animation (painted directly onto walls) by the one and only Blu (link: Coudal)

Inside North Korea as photographed by a Russian news service. (Link: Coudal)

So the sun's been shining this week in Blighty... but the guys at Hunter (purveyors of posh wellies) are no fools. They've just launched a spanky new website (by Edinburgh-based design firm, Lewis) in time for the British Summer

Adrian Shaughnessy's Graphic Design on the Radio series starts again tomorrow (9th May) with Spin's Tony Brook, followed by John Walters and Simon Esterson of Eye, Simon Waterfall, KarlssonWilker and Mike Dempsey. Tune in at Resonance FM

Iron Man is the latest feature film to get a 'remixed' trailer (to be distributed virally) courtesy of VJ boffins Addictive TV

Production company Up The Resolution has a spanky new website

The finalists for the UK's Angel of the South are announced: is it us or are they all a bit uninspiring?

Designer and illustrator Stephen Kelleher has just produced a smashing limited edition poster that's available from his website's shop

A new development on the flash mob: freeze mobbing

The Adam and Ron Show is the title of the exhibition of Ron English and Adam Neate's work that opens today at London's Elms Lesters Painting Rooms

D&AD Pencils on sale in market store! Not really... it's a promotion for the awards dinner

An artwork has died in the Design & The Elastic Mind exhibition at MoMA New York

NODE and Kate Moross are the two latest artists to create limited edition, two colour (red and black) prints for If You Could's 2008 print series project

Vignelli's NYC subway map: updated and available as a limited ed. print of 500, from Men's Vogue (link: QBN)

BRAG – a Brighton-based collective of gig poster artists are having an exhibition of their work every weekend in May