September 2009
5 posts
Finding inspiration in books about patterns, nature and the geometric rules behind it. I’m fascinated by how everything in nature follows a modular scheme or a mathematical formula (the spirals of the shells, the curves of the dna, the circular harmony of every flower, the structural perfection of hexagonal wax cells), that it’s itself a never ending source of inspiration for human...
The new Progetto Grafico issue (#14-15) is out with 272 fresh pages of graphic design news and reviews from all around the world. It features an article I wrote about politics and posters and my review of Head to Head: PoliticalPortraits (Poster Collection). The magazine is in italian and can be purchased online at www.aiap.it
Finding inspiration in stunning Charley Harper’s modernist illustrated masterpieces. Here shown: Treglown Designs, Charley Harper - Skimmerscape S061
13:1 mesh needlepoint handpainted canvas of Charley Harper’s beloved print. Available at Purl Soho New York
There’s something breathtaking to me in the beauty of some unexpected color combinations and color palettes. The peaches, the blues, the sandy skin tones of the lushious and soft knits of the new Missoni winter collections are just candy for the eye.
The book The Sartorialist by Scott Shuman (Penguin) is being a never ending source of inspiration. I carry it around in my handbag, I flip through the pages digging the color palettes, the textures, the look in the eyes of the people captured, always finding something new to look at I didn’t see before.