Andy + Natsuko, In Search of This World
This post is long overdue. But since these guys are opening a show this Thursday, let’s pretend my tardiness was planned. I’d love to introduce two talented designers calling our grey city home. Andrew and Natsuko met while studying graphic design at Portland State University and have a show for you. It’s awesome, they let me squeak in for a sneak peek. Here are... Read More
Automotive furniture
Autostella is a showroom for the new Fiat 500 being sold in Thailand. Well, new as in it was built in 2009. The showroom designers decided to neglect the sort of space that highlights the cars features, and instead opted for an intimate cafe feeling. These cars look like little sofas in this setting! Just checking these out I’m certain I’d just want to move-in. Rather... Read More
Tyler Gray makes Red Baron
This is a process post, and can I just scream out loud I love seeing process? It feels so secret, so intimate, like you’re peeking behind the curtain that is off limits. Alright first of all Westside Studio is a collective of photographers based in Toronto, and within that Tyler Gray shared his process for a Red Baron Beer ad. Excellent! From the Westside blog: I received... Read More
MATH!
I’ve seen Nikki Graziano‘s Found Function project here and there for quite a while now, and every time I run across it, it stops me in my tracks. The images alone are striking and the mathematic observations she makes are both surprising, playful, and precise. I like the way she looks for order in apparent chaos, and her presentation is spot on. While not exactly... Read More
Canadian luggage tags & decals
Grabbing some fresh mountain air and incredible landscapes is usually enough. Coming home with luggage tags and decals only makes it more incredible. These socialists know how to make a take-away! Most people are familiar with the Chateau at Lake Louise, it’s such a huge icon of the Northwest. On this side of the country, however, most people have never seen or heard of... Read More
“When you have more clowns…” says Frank Chimero
Frank Chimero at Land Gallery If you are in Portland and you know what is good for you, march yourself right on down to Land Gallery and experience Frank Chimero’s show “If Someone Asks This is Where I’ll Be.” It is impossible to imagine this much work crammed into such a tight space. It makes Land feel 10x larger than it actually is, and unless you seriously... Read More
Oregon screenspace!
Driving home through Deschutes, Jefferson, and Clackamas counties yesterday I realized I wasn’t quite sure about all the counties in our fair state. After checking out the internet, there isn’t really a map that makes me want to learn more about them, so why not make one? Here’s a little prize from FORTPORT! I also learned our motto: Alis volat Propriis which... Read More
Food, Stuff
I’m not much of a cook. I’m sure with a bit of practice I could learn to whip up some respectable vittles but if given the choice I’d much rather go out and get something to eat than stay home and cook. However a couple things I’ve run across lately are threatening to change that. The first is an iPad app called The Photo Cookbook. The photography and... Read More
Bradley Castaneda
Bradley Castaneda is from our sister city to the north, Seattle. His work first caught my eye when I saw a series of photographs shot while flying over the Yukon Territory. Interesting, I’m curious where he was headed. Does one really fly over the Yukon from Seattle to Alaska? Perhaps he was heading to Tuktoyaktuk! The rest of his work is delicate & thoughtful. I appreciate... Read More
Collaboration mega fluff
The press release reads “can 18 disparate Portland artists, writers, designers, art directors, fashion designers and illustrators get together and work as a singular unit to make art? Probably not.” Hordes of us have been talking and coffee-tabling collaboration as the new salvation, the new -ism, the way to move forward. Generally, I hear gushes and swoons about... Read More