Art Hound

Identity and poster design for the Melbourne Dance Company by Josip Kelava via all the mountains. It’s a simple concept but it’s totally awesome how the text wraps around the dancer’s body like typographic jewelry.

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A History of Graphic Design For Rainy Days and Hyperactivitypography by Studio 3 via Pikaland. Studio 3 is an in-school design agency consisting of 15 3rd year graphic design students at Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo. I am enamored with the concept of giving kids (and curious grown-ups) opportunities to interact with graphic design and typography. These books look so fun, don’t they?

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Christopher David Ryan of More & Co is an awesome designer/artist. I’m digging his new work which melds sci-fi-esque graphics with a surprisingly soft (one might even say PASTEL) palette, especially this first piece.

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Insound is a Brooklyn-based indie music e-shop that has an awesome line of posters and t-shirts featuring big indie bands of 2010. The limited edition merch was skillfully-designed by Chicago print studio, Sonnenzimmer.

What’s more Art Hound has teamed up with Insound to offer one lucky readers this Sonnezimmer-designed t-shirt for the band Girls. To enter, leave a comment below, and I will draw a name next Monday, Oct. 4th.

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And while we’re on the topic, check out these Insound posters for Broken Social Scene, Mountain Goats and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.

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This weekend I picked up this amazing book full of eye candy @ Zakka NYC in Dumbo. This is the first book I’ve come across that totally nails the current style in graphic design and art that, while decidedly modern, has strong influences of mid-century design and folk art.  It’s an aesthetic that I love for it’s simplicity, warmth and sense of humor.

Featured artists and designers include Matte Stephens, Jen Ski, Helen Dardik, Kate Sutton, El Jefe, The Heads of State and many others.

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