Category Archives: Illustration

So much to do. So little Saturday – Fanatic 8

It’s that time again…

The Visual Telling of Stories

Thanks to Erik Hartin for today leading me to the incredible The Visual Telling of Stories.  Compiled and maintained by Dr. Chris Mullin, the site is a labyrinth of old print ads, texts, diagrams, comics, illustrations, quotes, photographs, mannequins, advice, and probably much more that I haven’t discovered yet.  Click “Read More” for a random [...]

Ancient

Our friend Josh Slater curated the current show at C.R.E.A.M. Projects in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Brave the craptastic weather and soak in some art. For more about Josh: newslaterart.blogspot.com

Ahonen and Lamberg

Before we started Dossier, I’m not sure I really knew what an art director for a magazine does. I can assure you, I do now. What they do is make a magazine look like a magazine. If you think about it, it’s an incredible, particular talent to take a jumble of images and text by different [...]

The Selby Takes Paris

On April 1st, the much-anticipated “The Selby is in your Place” show opened at Colette, Paris’ unrivaled bastion of all things cool. Members of the art, fashion, music and design worlds mixed and mingled while browsing the paintings, photographs and illustrated interviews that comprise the show. Photographer Todd Selby was on-site to sign copies of [...]

TV Books Takes Hollywood

Beginning this month, Space 15Twenty in Hollywood will house a collection of new books, posters and artwork curated by Tim Barber, photographer and founder of the independent, New York-based publishing house TV Books. At Friday’s opening reception, the muted simplicity of the exhibition space played foil to a catalog of fearless works, such as Death [...]

A Pessimist’s Guide to Summer Music Festivals

Illustration by Andrew Kuo for The New York Times Over the weekend this really cool infographic by Andrew Kuo appeared on the Times site. It does a damn good job describing the problem with most summer music festivals. Have a look at the full size version.