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Designers and Artists

Congrats to the Outliers Vol. 1: Iceland Kickstarter Project

September 4, 2011 by mg33

A quick congratulations to the team of Scenic, musician Deru, photographers Tim Navis and Kim Høltermand, and others on the successful funding of the Outliers Vol. 1: Iceland project! This is the first Kickstarter project I’ve helped fund and, while originally interested well before our trip to Iceland, being there on vacation made it all the more meaningful to help out what I’m sure will be an incredible project.

This October, with the help of the Kickstarter community, a small group of filmmakers, photographers and musicians are setting out on a journey to explore the remote countryside of Iceland and document their experiences with the landscape, residents and traditions they encounter. The end result, a beautifully packaged box set of the film and companion soundtrack, will be released to backers of the project as a physical artifact of the unique and awe-inspiring experience.

They’ll be sharing their trip in inventive ways with supporters, providing a real-time window into an experience that the community helped to make reality. Upon return, Scenic will edit a series of short films, featuring an original score by Deru and a full-length soundtrack featuring contributions from select musicians and contemporary composers. Tim + Kim will create an archival photo book and release a limited run of exclusive prints for the Kickstarter community.

Deru is curating a full-length soundtrack compilation of tracks contributed specifically for the film. Artists include:

• Shigeto (Ghostly International)
• Loscil (Kranky)
• Goldmund (Unseen)
• Asura (NonProjects / Leaving Records)
• Tycho (ISO50 / Ghostly International)
• Joby Talbot
• Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Take (Alpha Pup)
• Thomas Knak/Opiate (Co-Producer of Björk‘s Vespertine)
• Heathered Pearls
• Eskmo (Ninja Tune / Warp)
• Son Lux (Anticon)

• More to be announced

More information about Outliers Vol: 1 Iceland is available here.

Renascent.nl – The Work of Joost Korngold

July 4, 2011 by mg33

Renascent.nl is the portfolio of Joost Korngold, a designer and director from the Netherlands who has always made me wish I knew anything about 3D and motion work. I first came across Renascent in the early 2000′s when his work consisted only of static 3D images, and as I’ve checked his site over the years his skills and style have just exploded in so many different directions. Much of his motion work is truly unlike anything else I’ve seen, and he’s worked with an incredible list of clients including Nike, Discovery Channel, MTV, Mercedes, Audi, and many others.

The showreel above is pretty low quality – for a better version and to see more work from Joost Korngold, check out the video on his website here.

Jarratt Moody – The Commonwealth

January 18, 2010 by mg33

I regularly pick up each issue of IDN but rarely dig into the DVD that’s included. The new issue, The Colour Issue, has quite a few great videos, but this one really caught my eye and led me to the work of Jarratt Moody. He’s got some very impressive video work on his site for Pepsi, Animal Planet, CNN and other clients. I really like the Wilson commercial (might just be a spec project but it’s impressive nonetheless) not only because of the visuals, but because my favorite Sigur Ros song is used for the music.

The Commonwealth, from International Designers Network Volume 16, Number 6

Wilson Commercial (Spec)

Card Observer – Business Card Design Inspiration

June 7, 2009 by mg33

This is a site I found a while back that includes an incredible range of business cards – and what really caught my eye was the great variety of letterpress style cards. Letterpress has always had a strong appeal to me, from the variety of paper textures available, to the ability for minimal typographic visuals to be very bold. If you’re looking to do a new card for yourself, or just looking for design inspiration in general, have a look at the site here: Card Observer – Business Card Design Inspiration.

NOPATTERN.COM – New Book and Blog

January 3, 2009 by mg33

Artist Chuck Anderson, better known as NoPattern has recently released a small book featuring a variety of his artwork from the past few years. Over at QBN Chuck was a regular long ago but it’s obvious he’s been spending his time on some great projects. Chuck has a style that’s instantly recognizable, and it’s been cool to see it pop up here and there – the Lupe Fiasco Food and Liquor album cover, a giant Reebok / Chicago Bears banner on a downtown Chicago building, for example.

I had not been to his site in a while and had possibly forgotten about his blog at formatmag.com. He’s got a post up there with some home office pictures, and I’m drooling.