Category Archives: graphics
2024 Summer recap / Fall update
A quick overview of the last few months: • HubTalks (IG: @hubtalks) Spearheaded by Huschang as part of his academic research, HubTalks is: – a curated event of 5-minute presentations followed by a conversation with panel speakers; – a collaboration… Continue reading
Artist talk Thu June 15, 2023 at 6pm
I’ll be doing an artist talk as part of the programming for the Carve Wind Chase exhibition. Carving Identity: (un)Making Myths & Monsters Thur June 15, 2023 6-7pm Mary E. Black Gallery, 1061 Marginal Road, Halifax Who are we inside,… Continue reading
ELEKTROSHIBAI: picture storymobile
New video up on our YouTube channel… an introduction to a new community art project called Elektroshibai, which is transported by our Elektrokatze bicycle. Elektroshibai is based on kamishibai (紙芝居), a form of street theatre from Japan using paper picture… Continue reading
Category art, canada, design, education, elektrokatze, elektroshibai, events, graphics, halifax, kamishibai, life, tools
Happy Ox!
February 12th is Chinese New Year! Gung Hei Fat Choi! Best Wishes for a healthy, wealthy and Happy Year of the Ox!
Category design, graphics
Tags chinese new year, gung hei fat choi, year of the ox
A new Instagram account for my non-commercial art work, beginning with work-in-progress snaps of SuperKatt Custom Cut — a motorcycle vest made from the denim jacket I bought new as a teenager and wore until the collar and cuffs became… Continue reading
Category art, design, fashion, graphics, jewellery, small treasures / simple pleasures, textiles, unexpected
Tokyo TDC Vol. 25
As mentioned earlier, ELEKTROKATZE was ‘selected as one of the works deemed “Excellent”’ by the Tokyo Type Directors Club. The book is now available in design bookshops and online. Check the link below for details. >> Tokyo TDC Vol.25
Category design, elektrokatze, graphics, japan, press
Tags design, international typography, Tokyo TDC, Tokyo TYpe Directors Club, typography, Vol. 25
TDC Tokyo
ELEKTROKATZE has been ‘selected as one of the works deemed “Excellent”’ and will be published in Tokyo TDC, Vol. 25 – The Best in International Typography & Design, in the category of Mark & Logotype / Corporate Stationery / Branding.… Continue reading
Category design, elektrokatze, events, graphics, japan, press, publications
David Byrne’s bike racks @ BAM
I did a double-take when I saw this. It was like seeing your child playing with strangers. (I say this, and I have no children!) I first began playing with these same modular forms to create letters of the alphabet… Continue reading
Category art, design, graphics, unexpected
Tags bam, bike rack, brooklyn academy of music, david byrne, font, two bits, unicameral
Homage to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Le Petit Prince (a.k.a. “what’s up with that snake and elephant?”)
Got this in my news feed, highlights mine. The question surprised me. Yes, it is the Year of the Snake and this event falls just after the Chinese New Year break. The illustration in question is re-drawn from Antoine de… Continue reading
UK > HK: Farrells / Placemaking from London to Hong Kong and beyond
Always more than happy to dive into an art- / architecture- / design-related challenge, designing this nearly 300-page 17-year retrospective was my first appointment in HK. UK>HK: Farrells Placemaking documents the trajectory of architects / masterplanners Terry Farrell & Partners… Continue reading