The Jealous Curator OK Great Mon, 04/23/2012 Design Soak | Designs Gallery and Inspiration Illustration projects — Featured The Cosmonaut The Cosmonaut by Marco Goran Romano What an eloquent example of what it means to live / love / work in the virtuality of what is called the Internet. In the past 17 years, I have been exploring a multi-dimensional world wide web of networks / hubs / lists / friends that each have embedded some of my memories / moments / images.. Still awed every day at all there is to learn / discover. Definitely getting the iPhone case. On a side note – really digging his Chianti Pride hand-drawn font. Kristy Modarelli The Aldas Project: 366 Drawings for Good, is a year-long project by artist, Kristy Modarelli, that began on January 1, 2012. The idea for this project is two-fold – a personal challenge to create an original drawing every day, for a year; and to raise money for three of Kristy’s favorite non-profit organizations. Which shows a) how important to pursue personal projects / challenges b) doing good for non-profits. MMA / tartan Jack Hughes Oh just that close to perfect. Check him out.
Bookshelf Porn What Big Teeth You Have! Of course, you already know the wolf's answer... This scary week continues with the last and most frightening installment of Animalarium's visual exploration of this enormously popular tale. See my previous posts here and here, and visit Shelley Davies for more Red Riding Hood goodness.
- CR Blog It's almost a year since Bangladesh's Rana Plaza clothing factory collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people. To mark the event, the Guardian has released a powerful interactive exploring life in Dhaka's factories and the journeys our clothes make from factories to shop floors. Aesop has created a playful pastel identity system for new Camden street food outlet, Toastits. Penguin Books has launched a partnership with WeTransfer where selected book covers for new titles will be showcased via the full screen backgrounds to the file transfer website... The Bank of England Museum's latest exhibition offers a look at some fascinating items from its archives, including bank note test prints and sketches by designer Harry Ecclestone. Wally Olins, co-founder of Wolff Olins and chairman of Saffron Brand Consultants, has died aged 83. Graphic artist Yoni Alter's solo show at London's Kemistry Gallery presents a colourful series of artworks inspired by urban geometry.
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