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drawdownbooks: Love this. Yale mfa #graphicdesign

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:03 -0400

drawdownbooks:

Love this. Yale mfa #graphicdesign

MoMA: Rain Room

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:40:40 -0400

MoMA:

Rain Room

meatbox: http://www.behance.net/emanuelcohen

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:15 -0400

meatbox:

http://www.behance.net/emanuelcohen

drawdownbooks: Wall to wall gd mfa posters (at Yale School of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:23:43 -0400

drawdownbooks:

Wall to wall gd mfa posters (at Yale School of Art)

“I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too...

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:58:30 -0400

“I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I’ve lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment.”
— John Steinbeck, Travels With Charley

Big Sur, Canon AE-1 50mm twentyfourparts

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:15:00 -0400

Big Sur, Canon AE-1 50mm

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Ed Ricketts’ Laboratory — 800 Cannery Row Monterey, CA

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:56:00 -0400

Ed Ricketts’ Laboratory — 800 Cannery Row

Monterey, CA

Santa Barbara, Canon AE-1 50mm twentyfourparts

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:48:32 -0400

Santa Barbara, Canon AE-1 50mm

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andrewromano: I’ve spent the past few months flying back and...

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:18:18 -0400

andrewromano:

I’ve spent the past few months flying back and forth between New York and Los Angeles, and every time I land at LAX I’ve had to make my escape through some long, windowless tunnel. The only redeeming aspect of these transitional spaces has been the colorful tile mosaics running along one wall, from one end to the other.

At first I didn’t really notice them. Then, at some point, I started to look forward to them. But it wasn’t until now that I actually bothered to find out who put them there.

Turns out it was an L.A. designer named Charles Kratka, who studied with Alvin Lustig, worked for Charles and Ray Eames, and had a rewarding career of his own.

The son of a printer, Kratka was born Oct. 12, 1922, in Pasadena and grew up in Eagle Rock.

After attending UCLA, he enrolled at the Art Center College of Design and later taught at the school. During World War II he served as a pilot in the Navy.

From 1947 to 1953, Kratka worked as a graphic designer for architect and designer Charles Eames. Kratka left to teach before going into interior design and planning.

Kratka also oversaw the design of the original interiors for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art when it opened in 1965.

Two years later he opened his own interior design firm in West Hollywood.

As for the mosaics themselves…

Completed in 1961, the mosaics were designed to make the approximately 300-foot tunnels seem shorter, said Ethel Pattison, the airport’s historian.

“He was a grand artist, way ahead of his time,” Pattison said. “His approach to the walls was novel and gave passengers something of interest to look at.”

Kratka told his daughter that the brightly colored geometric panels in the seven tunnels were designed to represent the changing seasons.

School students on field trips heard another story. Tour guides compared a walk alongside the mosaic to traveling across the U.S., which reflected Kratka’s original intent, said Ann Proctor, director of volunteers at the Flight Path Learning Center-Museum at LAX.

The blue tiles at the entrance represent the ocean and are followed by browns, yellows and oranges for the geography of the heartland, according to the museum.

“There was one line of red tile in the middle, and we’d say, ‘We’re halfway across now, in the Midwest,’” Proctor said. “The blue on the other end, that was the Atlantic Ocean.”

Photos via Kid Made Modern.

iamkevinsheth: separated by Kevin Sheth

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:15:52 -0400

iamkevinsheth:

separated by Kevin Sheth

Pablo Picasso, “Self portrait in the studio Royan” (1940)

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:05:43 -0400

Pablo Picasso, “Self portrait in the studio Royan” (1940)

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Thu, 09 May 2013 20:04:43 -0400

new-aesthetic: The halfcat, attracting newly revived interest...

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:02:03 -0400

new-aesthetic:

The halfcat, attracting newly revived interest on Twitter thanks to this blog post, appears to have first been spotted in this blog post in August 2009. But there are no attributions. The latest reports pin it to Street View - not mentioned in the original posting - and it certainly appears to be Street View image, but, lacking coordinates, the halfcat seems destined to be a mystery forever, one of any number of mythical beings, lost in the Clouds.

More interesting than the halfcat’s strangeness, perhaps, is its unknowability. Someone saw the halfcat, snapped it, but the route back is lost. The databases contain such multitudes of new myths.

milanvandegoor: Unfokused

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:04:20 -0400

milanvandegoor:

Unfokused

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Mon, 06 May 2013 10:56:22 -0400

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Mon, 06 May 2013 00:48:40 -0400

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Sat, 04 May 2013 23:50:38 -0400

yaleuniversity: The Lohmann Prizes, which celebrate excellence...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:18:50 -0400

yaleuniversity:

The Lohmann Prizes, which celebrate excellence in undergraduate printing and design at Yale, were awarded to eight students last Friday.

Cindy Hwang ‘15 was awarded first prize in the digital category for her two booklets “Politics and the English Language” and “The Simplification of the Chinese Script” seen above.

The judges noted her care in selection of materials, attention to typographic detail, and thoughtful fit of form and content.

Learn more about the Lohmann Prizes →
Learn about this year’s prize winners →

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Fri, 03 May 2013 00:24:06 -0400