Saturday 4th February 2012
Our latest project for Dorsch Gallery is a poster/booklet for the recent show Drying Flowers with Microwaves by Corin Hewitt. With folds and a die-cut we have created a poster that folds down into an 8 page booklet. This is a one colour print on off white uncoated stock and has been featured on the Creative Review website.
Link: http://www.creativereview.co.uk/feed/june-2010/30/bellamy-studio-print-for-dorsch-gallery
In the studio we are still in awe of the Raw Color project we posted before. These images show attempts to apply some of the strongest pigment made with “juice cartridges”. These inkjet prints are done with (C) Red Cabbage, (M) Beetroot and (Y) Pumpkin. Caused by the irregular juice flow, the inkjet created a unique stripe pattern in every print. How the Dutch duo managed to create cyan ink with red cabbage we don’t know, but for initial attempts these results are amazing.
Link: http://www.rawcolor.nl/
We have just been to see our friends at Dodd to sign off our latest collaboration with Dorsch Gallery. It’s all looking good, watch this space.
This video gives a rare and amazing inside look at Pantone and the development of the new Plus Series.
We just picked up this classic stand up LP from 1970. We can’t think of a better way to show the animation and energy of Cosby, you just need the sleeve and it is as if you were watching him live. The photography is by Howard L. Bingham, famous for his shots of Muhammed Ali and work for magazines such as Life, and Time. This is actually pretty similar to a Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter poster we have, also from 1970…
Anton Stankowski (June 18, 1906 - December 11, 1998) was a German graphic designer, photographer and painter. He developed an original Theory of Design and pioneered Constructive Graphic Art. His work is noted for straddling the camps of fine and applied arts by synthesising information and creative impulse. He was inspired by the abstract paintings of Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg, Malevich and Kandinsky. Stankowski advocated graphic design as a field of pictorial creation that requires collaboration with free artists and scientists. Despite producing many unique examples of concrete art and photographics, Stankowski is best known for designing one of our favourite icons, the simple trademark of the Deutsche Bank.
A classic poster from 1963 by design legend Massimo Vignelli. The Italian once has said, “If you can design one thing, you can design everything,” and this is reflected in his broad range of work ranging from package design to furniture design to public signage… Vignelli works firmly within the Modernist tradition, and focuses on simplicity through the use of basic geometric forms in all of his work.