paul rand's headstone

The iconic Paul Rand was one of the most prolific and influential graphic designers of the twentieth century. His treatise Thoughts on Design changed the way we look at pictorial identity. He passed away in 1996 leaving an enormous legacy and body of work. While visiting his site today I saw his headstone and thought how a design could be so befitting for such a great innovator. Rand’s name and life dates chiseled on a cube of marble sits askew on a cube of granite inscribed in Hebrew—it’s perfect and designed by Fred Troller, a pioneering Swiss modernist designer, and also a past faculty member from my alma mater, School of Art & Design at Alfred University.

o advertising.

i don't know how i feel about these ads i came across today...kind of effed up....they do have shock value though, i will give them that.

more here...

a book i NEEED.

ugh i cannot wait to get my hands on this book.

RIP oliver.

Oliver (1996-2008)



bye baby. i will miss you.

www.love/haterelationship.com

i love and utterly despise the internet at the same time.

its a great tool for communication, however totally lame and inappropriate for certain forms of communicating. take for instance cutting ties with a lover or significant other. It is totally passive to use the internet as a tool for breaking it off, rather than sucking it up and dealing with the confrontation.

in short, you suck.

brian dettmer altered books

a fellow xacto knife pro? check these out, they are incredible...


holy awesome books.

PES

To me, the master of modern stop motion is film maker Adam Pesapane (aka PES). He can do more with a matchstick and a bag of candy corn that most film makers could hope to with a full crew and million dollar budget. Perhaps necessity is the mother of invention in his films, but he uses his remarkable skill and ingenuity to take the most innocuous household items and turn them into something outstanding.

hmmm how do they know?

came across a press release posted on the alfred university site about me...i can't figure out how they found out about this?!



read it here...

christoph niemann

absolutely in love with the illustrations done by cristophe niemann!





see more here!

neeeeeeeed these.

so amazingly amazing.

:)

found here...

hah.

excellent use of an electric six song. disturbingly humorous however.

:)

$50,000+ in student loans later...

yeah, so i have a BFA degree and all and i am back to working a part time job! whoo hooo. at least in the meantime while i find a real design job somewhere...yeah. target! i am working in the softlines dept...which is basically clothing and accessories and what not. at least i will be surrounded with great design while i fold and sort clothing!

i am setting up an interview at a big agency just outside of washington DC in rockville, md in a week or so...they are flying me out there and everything!! exciting! i haven't been on a place since 1998! so lame, i know.

i am also setting up some freelance work with the nyc office of hill & knowlton. i spoke with them this past friday about a possible job opening. turns out they just started up a special in-house design dept,. within their marketing firm. they were impressed with my work and want to see how well i work with them before making any decisions. if i do get hired i would be moving to either nyc or chicago!

last week i also found out that i got work accepted in the biannual niagara frontier art exhibit at the kenan center in lockport. the show is juried by the curator of the burchfield-penny art gallery. i had 2 book projects chosen (both spam books and both wood covered books) chosen...2 out of 54 other pieces by 38 other lucky artists. hope to win some $$$. would be nice!

anywho. thats all.

coolest branding guide i have ever seen.

not sure who did this...i found it on ffffound.com

for robert horne group a paper supplier from the UK

my first show in NYC

my work invades new york. thats right.

i am part of a group show of BFA graduates from alfred university at kathleen cullen fine arts gallery in chelsea.

here is the ad on art slant!

SUMMER IN THE CITY

penises everywhere!

check out these new ads for an AIDS awareness campaign



see how they were done here...

weird. but me likey.

i love coming across humorous displays of unconventional type!!

found on ffffound.com

here is the direct link...hope you know german :)

featured on joshspear.com!

read the flattering article here

w00t. one of my projects from my senior BFA thesis is being featured on joshspear.com. flattering article written by matt gierhart.

:)

now if only i could get a job...

cuhraaaazy stuff!

amazing unconventional type!

w00t

new website launched this evening!



www.allisonwilton.com

amazing video by trollback + company...




watch it here...