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Category Archives: Art


Happy 50th, Museum of Modern Art Oxford

Happy 50th, Museum of Modern Art Oxford

In honor of their upcom­ing 50th anniver­sary, the Mod­ern Art Oxford is dis­play­ing 50 exhi­bi­tion posters from their archive to the pub­lic. Stuff like this makes me really appre­ci­ate the sim­plis­tic design sen­si­bil­i­ties of so many design­ers from the UK. Check …

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Some Newness from The Heads of State

Some Newness from The Heads of State

Finally, the unveil­ing of the new site by the geniuses that call them­selves The Heads of State. The work these guys pro­duce is qual­ity. From illus­tra­tions to posters to iden­tity works, their style remains the same: sim­ple, concept-driven and really, …

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Local Talent: Brad Gutting

Local Talent: Brad Gutting

While wast­ing some time with some casual read­ing I came across the web­site of a local designer/artist named Brad Gut­ting. Gutting’s site con­sists of sev­eral gor­geous prints cre­ated from a com­bi­na­tion of in-camera film effects mixed with some dig­i­tal color …

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Offset 2009 - Oliver Jeffers

Offset 2009 — Oliver Jeffers

On a related note, I came across this video from 2009 fea­tur­ing Oliver Jef­fers speak­ing at OFFSET. It’s very inter­est­ing to hear what inspires him and his meth­ods and phi­los­o­phy involved with his work. Def­i­nitely worth the watch. Par­tic­u­larly cool …

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Excellent New Paintings from Oliver Jeffers

Excellent New Paintings from Oliver Jeffers

I really can’t stress enough how much I like the paint­ings of Oliver Jef­fers. His oil paint­ings are very true to life but they still con­tain a very unique char­ac­ter­is­tic. I am not sure if it is the brush­strokes, use …

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New Print from Scott Hansen

New Print from Scott Hansen

Scott Hansen, aka ISO50, just released a new print for pur­chase. As usual, it is quite gor­geous. The style is sim­i­lar to a lot of his recent work with very min­i­mal yet strik­ing graphic work with super sub­dued typog­ra­phy. The …

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The Art of Hermann Zapf

The Art of Hermann Zapf

This is a truly inspi­ra­tional video for any­one inter­ested in the art of let­ter­ing. I am rethink­ing my wed­ding design ideas already. It might be fun to get out the pens and ink bot­tles again and try to use some …

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Aaron Horkey and Jay Ryan Art Print

Aaron Horkey and Jay Ryan Art Print

This is one of the great­est things I have ever seen. From two of my favorite poster design­ers, Aaron Horkey and Jay Ryan, comes this won­der­ful cre­ation. It is a thir­teen color screen­print! I recently told my fiancé to stop …

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Artfix 2010

Artfix 2010

Art­fix 2010 is a fund rais­ing event for Rebuild­ing Together Saint Louis. Artists donate work and you buy it; sim­ple as that. And it’s for an amaz­ing cause. This year I’ve donated a fresh print of my Adven­ture Abroad poster. …

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Nautical Installation by Josh Beckman

Nautical Installation by Josh Beckman

I’ve always had a fas­ci­na­tion for old ships. That prob­a­bly stemmed from my obses­sion with the movie Goonies, but I absolutely love this instal­la­tion by Josh Beck­man. It’s a very sim­ple idea although prob­a­bly not a very sim­ple exe­cu­tion. I …

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