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A sampling of unlikely vehicles envisioned many decades ago…

Dublin, Ireland

This is a great illustration project by The Project Twins—bold graphics and visual wit are used to interpret and represent a collection of strange, unusual, and lost words (see the words represented in the graphics above and all 26 prints here). The full collection was exhibited at the MadArt Gallery Dublin during DesignWeek 2011, and consisted of 26 individual 50cm x 70cm Giclee Prints on Hahnemühle 100% Cotton Rag, each in a limited edition of 10.

(thanks to GDC Listserv colleague Lesley Casson)

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Pen & Ink was created by Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton as a place for those with body art to share the stories behind it. It features each person’s name and occupation, a fun sketch of each tattoo diagramming where it is on the body, and, of course, the reasoning for it. Leo, one of the tattooists quoted in Margo DeMello’s Bodies of Inscription asserts:

[A] genuine tattoo…. tells a story. I like stories and tattoos, no matter how well done, and if they don’t tell a story that involves you emotionally, then they’re just there for decoration, then they’re not a valid tattoo. There has to be some emotional appeal or they’re not, to my way of thinking, a real tattoo. It tells people what you are and what you believe in, so there’s no mistakes.

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For nearly 50 years now… whenever anyone has “accused” me of (or praised me for) being a Socialist, I have taken that to be a compliment. Just sayin’…

(image source : Pulitzer Prize-winner Joel Pett)

“I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate (the) grave evils (of capitalism), namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. In such an economy, the means of production are owned by society itself and are utilized in a planned fashion. A planned economy, which adjusts production to the needs of the community, would distribute the work to be done among all those able to work and would guarantee a livelihood to every man, woman, and child. The education of the individual, in addition to promoting his own innate abilities, would attempt to develop in him a sense of responsibility for his fellow-men in place of the glorification of power and success in our present society.”

— Albert Einstein, Why Socialism?, 1949

Victoria, British Columbia

Prolific art director, designer, illustrator, and poster-proficienado Andrew Lewis is conducting the first Summer Poster Workshop from 6-10 August at the Vancouver Island School of Art in Victoria. This follows similar workshops Andrew has held in El Paso, Texas and Bogota, Colombia. You can find further details here.

Best wishes, my friend!

(of potential interest to collectors)

This blog attracts attention from a wide variety of folks (+/-10,000 unique visitors per month). Today I heard from a chap named Michael Tyler in Bath, UK, who writes: “I came across your blog which featured some Cuban propaganda art.  I have a small collection of OSPAAAL posters which you may be familiar with. I have been looking for collectors to trade as I have a number of duplicates… I’ve attached images of the duplicate posters I have to exchange. They are all original (some are very rare) and in excellent condition.”

Anyone who might be interested can connect with Michael via email at: m_w_tyler@hotmail.com

(thanks to my colleague Adrian Shum for this; original source unknown)

Click on the image for a link to a larger view.

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(a nod to long-time inspiration and Icograda colleague Mervyn Kurlansky)

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