A Korean bronze seal, Koryo dynasty (918-1392) from the collection of the V&A
design
Lance Wyman - Designer of 1968 Mexico Olympics
Lance Wyman is a designer specialising in branding and wayfinding systems. He is best known for the branding of the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Other projects include the Mexico City Metro System (above) and the identity and signage for the Minesotta Zoo (pictured below).
Mexico 68 Olympics branding by Lance Wyman
Wayfinding at Minnesota Zoo
Wyman at work in the 1960s
Below is a video of a talk Wyman gave about his work at the Walker Arts Centre.
Print for Pallas Editions
Niall de Buitléar, Untitled, 2014, giclee print
A new digital drawing I created as the first limited edition artwork produced by Pallas Projects. They will be commissioning artworks from various artists for their project Pallas Projects - Editions.
The print is available through the gallery
Michelangelo Pistoletto Poster
Vases Made of Pencils
Pencil vases by Studio Markunpoika via BoingBoing
Balloons from the Mexico '68 Olympics
in design
Viewpoint, Tania Kovats
Viewpoint by Tania Kovats a concrete sculpture from 1998 located beside Keilder Water in Northumberland
image via Geograph
Typeface: The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
in craft, design, documentary, print, typography, video, youtube
Typeface is a documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, focusing on a rural Midwestern museum (the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin) and print shop where international artists meet retired craftsmen and together navigate the convergence of modern design and traditional technique.
Egyptian Clay Objects - National Museum of Ireland
in archaeology, craft, design
Clay artifacts from ancient Egypt photographed in the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street.
Sculpting with Bees and 3D Printing
I've posted before about Hilary Berseth's sculptures which he makes by placing armatures into bee hives but the 3B Printing Project takes this a step further by using 3B printed moulds. It's an ad for honey but worth a look anyway. The first minute of the video is about beekeeping, the sculpture part starts after that. via Make
3D Printed Sculpture by Jessica Rosenkratz
in design, nature, sculpture, technology
1984
in books, censorship, design, literature
Clever cover design by David Pearson for George Orwell's 1984
via Creative Review
Structural Constellation - Josef Albers
Structural Constellation, machine engraved vinylite and wood, 1963
A selection of these works were on view at the Lewis Glucksman gallery for the exhibition The Sacred Modernist: Josef Albers as a Catholic Artist.
Thesaurus Word Loops - Animated
in animation, conceptual art, design, language, typography, video, words
Thesaurus Word Loops Booklet
in books, conceptual art, design, drawing, my work, print, typography, words
This is a new version of a booklet first produced in 2006. The booklet has been redesigned and some changes made to the content.
Each of these word loops takes a pair of words with opposite meanings as its starting point. A thesaurus was used to find a synonym for one of these words and then to find a synonym for that synonym and so on. Each new word suggested by thesaurus involves a slight slippage of meaning. These slippages accumulate resulting in a complete inversion of the original meaning. This process is repeated using the second word from the pair until the loop has been completed.
If you would like to receive a complimentary copy please send me your address: niall(at)nialldebuitlear.com
Landmine Detonator
in design
A low-cost device for clearing landmines designed by Massoud Hassani featured in the Design Museum's Designs of the Year Show.
Via the Guardian.
Social Life of Small Urban Places
Gear Cube
in design, sculpture, technology, video, youtube
As featured on boingboing
If H is a Chair - Typography and Real Objects
Daniel Bejar
in design, sculpture, technology
Daniel Bejar, The Visual Topography of a Generation Gap, brass keys, adhesive, 2006
The artist explains:
A copy was made from my original apartment key, then a copy was made from that copy. This process was repeated until the original keys information was destroyed.