György Kepes – Vision + Value
Posted by Fabio 7 May 2010
György Kepes (October 4, 1906 – December 29, 2001) was a Hungarian-born painter, designer, educator and art theorist. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1937, he taught design at the New Bauhaus (later the School of Design, then Institute of Design, then Illinois Institute of Design or IIT) in Chicago. In 1967 He founded the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he taught until his retirement in 1974. read more
FILE Issue 3
Posted by Thorbjorn 17 March 2010
We are happy to announce the 3rd issue of FILE Magazine is available in shops now.
To purchase a copy online click here
FILE ISSUE 3
Posted by Fabio 17 March 2010
For our 3rd issue we commissioned American art director, journalist and author Steven Heller to write a piece about Czech Constructivist and pioneer of information design in the United States, Ladislav Sutnar. The cover for this issue features a painting by the very talented Spanish born artist Antonio Santin followed by an interview as well as a beautiful selection of his work. read more
Ben Wiseman
Posted by Thorbjorn 26 January 2010
Illustrator and designer Ben Wiseman has an eye catching selection of book covers in his folio. Shown here is a rejected proposal for a cover – don’t know why, its great.
You Work For Them – Archive
Posted by Thorbjorn 20 January 2010
For over eight years online book shop ‘You Work for Them’ provided us all with great design titles in magazines and books. Sadly they had to close down due to competition from the likes of Amazon. Luckily they’ve decided to put their whole back-catalogue online as an archive for us all to browse through – thanks.
Digital Dada Library
Posted by Thorbjorn 15 January 2010
The Digital Dada Library provides links to scanned images of original Dada-era publication in the International Dada Archive. These books, pamphlets, and periodicals are housed in the Special Collections Department of The University of Iowa Libraries. Well worth a look.
The Radio Post – Issue 1
Posted by Thorbjorn 20 November 2009
The other day I received this new publication through my letterbox, the very first issue of “The Radio Post”. The publication, a foldable poster is compiled and designed by Simon Roche of Field Graphic Designers, based in Dublin and Copenhagen. read more
William H. Bradley
Posted by Thorbjorn 18 November 2009
William H. Bradley was an American type designer, typographer, publisher and graphic designer. Born in 1868 in Massachusetts, at the age of twelve in Ishpeming, Michigan he began working in a printer’s shop introducing Bradley to the many issues of typesetting, layout and advertisements. This experience would become important and inspirational for Bradley’s later career. read more
Features
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London based animator and director Matthias Hoegg has curated our screening for April with a great selection of short films, music videos and a bit of science as well.
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Moscow has been added to the map of Citylikeyou with a selection of must-see places recommended by photographer Max Sher.
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The list of cities and places recommended by creatives worldwide for Citylikeyou keeps growing: Barcelona, Beijing, Bergen, Berlin, Cape Town, Chicago, Copenhagen...
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Check out illustrator and designer Noemi Schipfer's favourite places from Paris.