The Scream of Nature
on Nov 11, 2009 in Artists Visual Inspiration Everyone knows Edvard Munch’s 1893 work The Scream (there are actually several versions of the piece), but did you know that an earlier title for it was The Scream of Nature? The image becomes twice as disturbing when you hear the artist’...

The Fans!
on Nov 8, 2009 in Music Industry T-Shirt Design Here’s a crew of Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers fans wearing the t-shirt I designed for the band’s album The Bear. So cool!

‘The Beauty of London in Design’
on Nov 8, 2009 in Artists Graphic Design Visual Inspiration Exciting news! My article ‘The Beauty of London in Design’ was published at Smashing Magazine on Friday. This article is what I spent the majority of my time working on during my September trip to London, so I’m very happy to be abl...

Exceptional Talents
on Nov 5, 2009 in Artists As an art teacher who works with the visually impaired (I teach teenagers at the Lighthouse International in Midtown Manhattan), I have been interested to see several recent news stories about artists with visual and other impairments. Volvo has unve...

Hair Drawings
on Nov 1, 2009 in T-Shirt Design Below are some of the preparatory drawings I did for my t-shirt design submission in the ‘Pop Life’ contest from Threadless and Tate. Most of the drawings below are based on photos from my high school yearbook, but there is some famous ha...

George Seurat: Harmonious Discord
on Oct 22, 2009 in Visual Inspiration On my first day in London last month, I spent an hour or two drawing George Seurat’s enormous oil painting Bathers in Asnières, which is housed in the National Gallery. I’ve included my sketch below Seurat’s masterpiece. Seurat (1859-1891) us...

“Doing Well by Doing Good”
on Oct 7, 2009 in News Quotes T-Shirt Design The ‘Party Werewolf’ t-shirt by Magnetic State is back by popular demand! The new edition of the shirt comes with a few improvements: it’s printed on high quality American Apparel garments, it’s got a small Magnetic State logo...

What’s in an apple?
on Oct 5, 2009 in Logo Design Yesterday, there was a big story about an apparent issue that Apple has taken over the apple-y logo of Australian supermarket Woolworth’s. The Huffington Post said “Apple Sues Woolworth’s” while Engadget said “it’s...

Interview: Supermundane
on Sep 28, 2009 in Graphic Design Interviews During my trip to London in mid-September, I was fortunate enough to interview the very talented artist Rob  Lowe, also known as Supermundane. Rob is a man who loves to draw, who loves words, and who loves drawing words. ‘Supermundane’ is a word...

The Traffic Light Tree
on Sep 26, 2009 in Photos This bizarre public sculpture is ‘The Traffic Light Tree’ by Pierre Vivant, and it is located near the Canary Wharf tube stop in London. It is in the middle of a ’roundabout’ (traffic circle) but apparently it doesn’t ca...