Jan Von Holleben Photography

Some of my favorite shots by German photographer Jan Von Holleben. These must have been so fun to setup. It's amazing how much of a sense of movement was accomplished with such static subjects. And the expressions on the kids faces completely sell it. Happy times.

New ISO50 Poster!

Looks like I'll be buying yet another print by graphic designer Scott Hansen (aka ISO50). The type, the colors, the textures and the imagery, just so perfect. This is by far my favorite ISO50 print. You can view the back of the poster/flyer here.

Now to wait for it to go on sale in his online store...

Alex Trochut

Alex Trochut is a designer/illustrator based out of Barcelona. His work is simply unbelievable. It turns out his grandfather was a graphic designer in the 1940's named Joan Trochut. Alex is truly a perfectionist and pioneer in the design industry. Viewing his work has really lead me to stop and question how seriously I take my job.

You can view more of Alex's work here. Incredible talent.

My New Home

I finally made my move out to Brooklyn a few weeks back and I really like it so far. I'm located in Kensington, fairly close to many of my friends and a few relatives. Got a chance to take some snapshots of the new place which I'm extremely happy with. Although the living room is pretty much how I want it (god I love those ISO50 prints!), the bedroom still needs some work. Trying to keep it light with a blue/grey theme. I'm enjoying the empty space in the bedroom for now though. I'm thinking about doing one giant painting for above my bed. I'll post that if I decide to go forward with it.

Mix of Vintage Ads

Sorry, I haven't really been posting much recently. I actually just moved to Brooklyn and the move has been pretty hectic, but I'd say I'm pretty settled in now. I was going to post some photos of the new apartment but I'm not quite ready since I dont have much artwork up on the walls. I'll probably take pictures this weekend, though.

So anyways, I was searching for some interesting prints I could order to add to my poster collection and found this amazing website with a plethora of outstanding designs and illustrations from the early to mid 20th century. Above are some of my favorite picks. I especially love the BOHN ads. Such cool ideas they had back then. Best of all, you can buy prints!

I'm thinking about buying a few. I have to sit down and figure out which ones are my alltime favs first. Enjoy!

Weird Gifs

I don't really know what the deal is with these but I like them. They look like stills from 8mm movies or something. Don't look at them for too long though, I already have a minor ache in mah head.

David Byrne - Playing the Building

I forgot to post this earlier, but I ended up checking out David Byrne's grand installation, Playing the Building, at The Battery Maritime Building.

"Creative Time presents Playing the building, a sound installation in which the infrastructure, the physical plant of the building, is converted into a giant musical instrument. Devices are attached to the building structure — to the metal beams and pillars, the heating pipes, the water pipes — and are used to make these things produce sound. The activations are of three types: wind, vibration, striking. The devices do not produce sound themselves, but they cause the building elements to vibrate, resonate and oscillate so that the building itself becomes a very large musical instrument."

I went with my friend Jonah and we ended up seeing Byrne just hanging out in the corner of the room! The installation itself was pretty neat. It was a bit frustrating trying to play some sort of rhythmic arrangement since the actual sounds produced by striking the keys were delayed a second or two. And since there was a line to sit down and try the instrument, I felt rushed. Probably only played it for 45 seconds or so.

I suggest that you go see it though if you're in NYC. It's open until August 24th.

Pilot Report 003 Poster

A third poster for the Pilot Report series. Photo was taken from above the Pacific Ocean while on my way to Japan back in 2004. So far I've only learned how to translate one thing from the pilot report located at the top of the poster. SK SKC means "clear skies". Interesting stuff, I might try and learn how to translate a whole PIREP so I can create my own for future designs.

Pilot Report 001 & 002 Posters

Since I've been using Adobe Photoshop CS3 a lot at work, I've been able to learn a good amount of tricks and techniques. I've decided I'm starting a line of 12x18 inch posters with the continuing title, Pilot Report. I'm going to try and use my photography in each one and find some sub copy that somehow relates to it. As you can see, the first poster has a photo I took in Kyoto, Japan (original picture). I was lucky enough to catch the plane flying at a slight angle in the distance, and I was pleasantly surprised when I snapped the text at an exact 15° angle and they lined up together perfectly! What are the chances?

But in case any of you haven't noticed, a lot of my inspiration for this comes from Scott Hansen's work. He just completely nailed a style that I fell in love with. So I'm using similar ideas that he has previously done and applying them to these.

I've uploaded and ordered one print from Snapfish and will report on the quality of the print when I receive it.

Update: I added a second one with a photograph I took of one of Roxanne Swentzell's pieces at the Brooklyn Museum. Unfortunately I forgot to write down what the name of it is. But I'll tell you one thing, I think Bodega Sans is a much more fitting font for the title Pilot Report.

1977 Citroen 2CV & Dyane Brochure

Okay, so first off... I want one. Particularly the Dyane (green car). I don't know what else to say. I just want it. Bad. Imagine if they made hybrids with similar designs as these? They'd be selling like hot cakes!

Secondly, and this is a question for the Nereims (my mother's side of the family), are any of you reminded of anything by the top photo? If you can remember, there used to be two unusually small cars on Grandma and Grandpa's property that were left to rust in the tall, bug-infested grass. They looked very similar to these and the background could've seriously been taken from various angles on their farm. It just brings me back. So many adventures and memories there. I wonder if the new owners had the cars removed. Any of you know?