When asked to choose someone to do a biozine project on, my mind shouted Rex Ray! The project gave me a reason to purchase his book, Rex Ray: Art + Design. This was a book that Chris Maier, an instructor and department head of MHCC’s graphic design program, turned me onto a couple years ago. [...]
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rex ray biozine
Posted in Artists, design projects, education, psu, tagged artist, biozine, graphic design, PSU, rex ray on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
salvador dali
Posted in Artists, design, tagged artist, painting, Salvador Dali on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Surrealism To bring up images from his subconscious mind, Dalí began to induce hallucinatory states in himself by a process he described as “paranoiac critical.” Once Dalí hit on this method, his painting style matured with extraordinary rapidity, and from 1929 to 1937 he produced the paintings that made him the world’s best-known Surrealist [...]
optical illusion design
Posted in Artists, design, designer's eye, tagged Akiyoshi Kitaoka, design, Felice Varini, optical illusion on May 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
While doing some research on magazine covers at Barnes and Noble, I happened to open a music magazine (not sure which one, sorry) because I saw John Lennon’s name on the cover and was curious about what it was about. I never found the article because I became distracted by a full page ad using [...]
crackedpots in troutdale
Posted in Artists, green, tagged Artists, cracked pots, garden art, mcmenamins on May 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Cracked Pots uses art to encourage our community to creatively look at trash. Reuse is at the heart of all we do. Think before you throw.” This is one art show I try to attend every year. All the garden art is created from recycled materials. The show features more than 80 artists in a [...]
paper construction by jen stark
Posted in Artists, design on May 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »
While looking at packaging design, I came upon these little cuties. Paper crafting by Jen Stark. So creative! (photos taken from Dzine)
verner panton’s patterns on veerle’s blog
Posted in Artists, design, tagged design, pattern, veerle's blog, Verner Panton on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was visiting one of my faves, Veerle Pieters’ blog, when I came across her entry regarding Verner Panton. I was quite taken with his outstanding and intriguing use of pattern and color. To find out more about him and see more samples of his work, go to veerle’s blog site, and of course hit [...]
rex ray
Posted in Artists, design, tagged artist, color, designer, rex ray, shape, texture on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rex Ray, an amazing artist and designer, using color, shape and texture with bold abandon.
maggie casey, fiber artist
Posted in Artists, design events, tagged artist, fibers, maggie casey on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Learn about Maggie Casey, a very cool young fiber artist, and an upcoming display event.
