Personal Selections

This post is going to be a mix up. After having time to flip through the books Paul has given me over these past few weeks, I've made a few selections that I particularly liked. I'll keep things brief and just point out a bit of what I like about each one. Hope you enjoy them.

G. Collette and J. Dufour
Amsterdam Type Foundry
"Independent" (promotional image, 1930)
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20th Century Type
Lewis Blackwell

Asymmetrical balance, good use of negative space to give weight.

Roger Excoffon
"Choc" (promotional image, 1953)
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20th Century Type
Lewis Blackwell

Depth by overlapping, great textures and the brush provides a lot of tension

Michael Going
SX-70 Manipulation
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Archive Vol. 4 - 1996

High staccato rhythm, very cool depth created by perspective and contrast.

Minoru Kawase, Yoshimitsu Tenbata
Volvo
"untitled" (promotional image, 1996)
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Archive Vol. 4 - 1996

Very balanced, type and logo near the bottom unify with the paint splatter near the top. Awesome emphasis on the negative space where the car shape is.

Jon Haddock
"Cafeteria"
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Print 2002

Isolated dark figures kind of balance out the repetition and placement of the red chairs and tabletops. Surreal perspective on gruesome event.

"The Thinkers"
Published in Raw
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Print 2002

Unified by the repetition of all the boxes and the lines that connect them. Tons of movement happening in this and is overwhelming with the great variety of shapes.