Outside, you can feel the difference

Worst Misses, Vol. 3

I was recently asked by some very sharp young curators to design a 10 year calendar. A daunting, but exciting task, but something very interesting revealed itself in the process. I put the whole ten years, day by day, into an ongoing string in an A0 format. It's set in a monospace typeface to keep the spacing evenly gridded, and each month and year are are denoted by a shift in color density.

Once I finished, I noticed that the whole string created a repeating pattern. I was both shocked and fascinated by this pattern revealing itself, simply by the demarcation of time. Several days later, I found a similar pattern in a diagram of moon cycles, seen above (Michæl Paukner) and was further convinced that I was on to something.

While the curators rejected the calendar, and to my knowledge I am no longer working on the project, I am so satisfied with my discovery, than it is impossible to see it as any kind of failure on my part.

As form relates to experience

The best things in life are free.

MYSTIC ADVICE FROM ADOBE INDESIGN CS3?

This is a screenshot of the sample text from a dialogue box in Adobe Indesign CS3's preferences. It stood out to me as unusually, well, mystical. Perhaps adobe is trying to tell us something?

Me, Myself and Arthur

I recently started a collaborative project with artist Arthur Cravan, 1887–? Cravan was a major precursor to dada, self proclaimed poet/boxer, provocateur and man of many faces. Perhaps his most impressive work was his ability to reinvent himself using multiple personas, some of which are still debated to this day. He was last officially seen in 1887 heading into shark infested waters off the coast of New Mexico, alone in a small sailboat, on his way to Argentina to meet his wife Mina Loy. He never arrived, but there are accounts of Cravan sighting for the next three years.

I've invited Cravan to reinvent himself once again, more than 100 years later via psychic medium Debra Huelsebusch. I'll be posting the results here as they develop. I can already tell you that it's been interesting. Here is part of the transcript of my meeting with Arthur:

He said it's like you're taking a glass of water and you're pouring it into another glass. It will be poured back and forth and it will change as you pour it back and forth. He just said that you can shoulder a lot more that you think. Whatever it is its going to be a good growth process for you.

Worst Misses, Vol. 2

I just finished up working on the packaging for African-Electro group Burkina Electric with artist Juan Betancurth. With influences from all over the world of electronic dance music, their style is boombastic, eclectic and full of energy. While none of the images above made the cut, we had a lot of fun and were very happy with the end result. I'll be posting it on my design portfolio in the coming weeks when it's produced.