An American architect and artist who's best known for the unconventional and experimental designs that he proposed. In an exhibition at the Freidman Benda gallery in New York, many of his "dystopian architectural lanscapes" were discovered. He often explored the political nature of architecture- looking specifically on how architecture can affect the societies around it. Mythical and mechanical cities were depicted on notebook paper with organic shapes that are found in nature being the main structure of the buildings.
Retrofuturism
The two overlapping words is a creative art movement that focuses of how the "future" was depicted in earlier eras. Cartoons like "The Jetsons" or "Futurama" would be examples of this movement in a comedic rendition. It's typically characterized by a blend of retro styles with futuristic innovation or technology. Retro futurism has manifested itself in the worlds of fashion, film, video games literature etc. The Space Age era during the 60's was a prime time for retro futuristic concepts in pop culture with many designers such as Fritz Hansen taking inspiration from it to make fresh and innovative furniture solutions or the Star Wars franchise. This had me thinking about my air wrap futurismproposal and how I could consider old concepts or ideas as a variation of futurism.
Stefan Sagmeister
In 1993 Sagmeister formed his own company "Sagmeister Inc." and since he as designed branding, graphics and packaging for clients such as the Rolling Stones, the Guggenheim Museum and many others. His work resides mostly within the music industry as he admires the way that musicians create an emotion connection to their audience. His motto "Design that needed guts from the creator and still carries the ghost of these guts in final execution" highlights the importance of not holding back as a creator. He currently has a design partner ship with Jessica Walsh where they create "self initiated creative arts projects"
Being one of the most significant forms of self expression for more that 60 years, these often handmade fanzines are an original medium of underground expression. They are considered a predecessor to the blogging revolution in the 2010's . Highly visual, thought provoking and "weird" fanzines are discovered within this book.
Nick Morley
Based in Margate the artist and illustrator also known as "Linocut Boy" specializes in printmaking. Linocuts are his typical medium and he puts these in his blogs and exhibitions. He's worked with Penguin Books, Icon magazine and many others. The subject of masculinity and "man's effort to leave his mark on the world" are major themes in his works.
A costume designer who has worked on many movies with directors like Spike Lee and Ryan Coogler, her most notable project being Black Panther. Carter's "era" was the 70's where, she went into costume design for film and theater after being rejected from a theater audition. She analyses the scripts scene by scene to really capture the characters as people and conveys that through the costumes she makes for them, “My job is the visual story”.
“Do the Right Thing” brought attention and popularity to hip hop fashion with the bold primary colours being influenced from West African prints and clothes. A colour pallette of social protest, with colours that contrast against the 20th century American society.
“ I like to feel like my costumes are supporting a greater story. The story of the times, the story of the person and I like to feel like they have a breath to them”
The fashion photographer Campbell Addy launched Niijournal in Summer 2016 with the message "here to educate not irritate". He graduated from CSM in 2016 and since then his work has been exhibited internationally. Nii journal and Nii Agency are dedicated to representing and celebrating unique faces and diversity.
Superstudio
A groundbreaking architecture firm from Italy founded in 1966. One of the leaders of the Radical Architecture movement of the late 1960s. Their "anti architectural proposals" critiques the urban city planning at the time as they aimed for social change through architecture. Environmental concern was also another priority at Superstudio and made a series of films to bring awareness to the harmful impact of construction on the natural environment. Against consumerism, they proposed that they must reject design as many companies design with the intention to consume. "if architecture is merely the codifying of bourgeois model of ownership and society, then we must reject architecture;" is one of the many examples of Superstudio's radical attitudes and approach to design. Proposing an alternative strategy of life without objects, Superstudio aim to make a theoretical concept of architecture with the main focus being criticism of culture.
Bob and Roberta Smith
Patrick Brill (better known by the pseudonym Bob and Roberta Smith) is a British artist mostly known for his slogan art, often spreading messages promoting contemporary art. Political campaigns to promote positive messages "make the world a better place" are all typical of his slogans. "No rules, no manifestos, no whipping people up into a frenzy, no exerting power, no discipline, make your own damn art; do not expect me to do it for you".
Alex Trochut
A Spanish artist and graphic designer who specializes in illustration and typography. He has created album covers for Katy Perry, the Rolling Stones, Vampire Weekend and many other artists. He has an established design studio in Barcelona and has received many awards for his work. He explores his working methods in his monograph "More is More" where he also reveals his creative influences. "Trochut is driven by a desire to constantly evolve"
Letterproeftuin is a travelling open source design studio and workshop based in the Netherlands. With a passion for printmaking, the company founders have built an interesting portfolio of work that brings emphasis to the creative process as much its results. Instead of the fast design tools of today, Letterproeftuin advises designers to get their hands dirty in order to inspire them and their work. With their mobile installation "The Smallest Printing Company" , the team aimed to present the fun in the printing process.
With over a decade of experience working as a still life photographer his work has been commissioned by clients of all fields including fashion, music, publishing and advertising. Acne , Absolut, Alexander McQueen, Nike and Louis Vuitton to name a few.
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Len Lye
Rainbow Dance - made in 1936. Consists of a man holding an umbrella in the rain with a changing background as he begins to dance. Moves to the ocean with a woman and a fish. The man sits and thinks as a colorful array of shapes appear. Jazzy music.
Joost Rekveld
Light patterns made by tubes. Looking at the mechanics of analogue and digital cameras and the ways they behave with light. Book of Mirrors- multiplication of light beams through mirrors and kaleidoscopes. Based on symmetry and inverted proportions. Interplay of optical principles not related to traditional pictorial perspectives.
Barbara Kruger
Being one of the least social artist in the world, Kruger is essentially anonymous. She began her career by pursuing magazine graphic design and freelance picture editing during the 60s. With her "first love" being architecture, she has created many installations of her art work. Her posters and collages are typically black and white photographs with white and red Futura Bold captions laid directly on top, with connotations of feminism, sexuality and identity.
Hito Steyerl
Her principal topics of interest are media and technology. Lessons of invisibility - a satirical take on instructional or tutorial like videos. In an age of hyper surveillance and lack of privacy being “invisible” is near impossible, and thus the strange and impossible instructions given in the video are “How Not To Be Seen”. Based on a comedic Monty Python sketch, a robotic voice gives chapters of instructions on "ways to make something invisible from a camera" and other abstract tutorials based around visibility and picture resolution. It lists these ways sometimes with a comedic tone, with almost Sims-like animated landscapes and low resolution pixelated photos as the robot voice commentates on the digital age and its effects on visibility.
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