10.16.2009

Charley Harper and Rex Ray

Shows recently seen about town:

Charley Harper at Altman Siegel


Rex Ray at Gallery 16




10.13.2009

Contemporary Needle Art

I went to see my doctor this morning and was so excited to walk into the lobby of the building and recognize the knitted artwork of Emily Barletta. Her work was all over the blogosphere this past year and it definitely caught my eye.

It is currently being shown as part of a group show;
Stitched, Looped, and Knitted: Contemporary Needle Art
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Featuring Emily Barletta, Lauren DiCioccio, Laura Kamian, Aliza Lelah, Ruth Marshall, Lacy Jane Roberts, Lisa Solomon, Esther Traugot, Marina Vendrell.
September 21 - December 4
The Mills Building
220 Montgomery Street
San Francisco CA 94104

I snapped a few quick pics of Barletta's work and the pieces of a few of the other artists featured:

Emily Barletta



Lauren DiCioccio



Esther Traugot


9.23.2009

The Art of the Film Title

At last year's SF International Animation Festival, I caught a showing of PLAY: The Art of the Animated Film Title by Design Films. It was a series of film title sequences from the 1950s to the present, designed by the likes of Saul Bass, Maurice Binder, Jakob Trollbäck & Co. and many more. I've been holding on to the program for almost a year now, with the intention of looking up the films again. So I've decided to list them here for you along with clips of the sequences found on YouTube or links to where you can watch them elsewhere online.

The Programme

The Man With The Golden Arm (1955) Saul Bass with Pacific Art and Title


The Seven Year Itch (1955) Saul Bass with Pacific Art and Title


Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) Saul Bass with Animation, Inc., and Shamus Culhane Productions


Damn Yankees (1958) Maurice Binder

The Pink Panther (1963) Friz Freleng; DePatie-Freleng


Charade (1963) Maurice Binder


Arabesque (1966) Maurice Binder


On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) Wayne Fitzgerald (CUT TO 1:50)


How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) Art Clokey

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) Richard Williams


Every Home Should Have One (1970) Richard Williams

Max Dugan Returns (1983) Wayne Fitzgerald and Bob Kurtz


The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
(1998) Robert Dawson and Aleksandra Korejwo


Monsoon Wedding (2001) Jakob Trollback with Jasmin Jodry and Laura Ljungkvist; Trollback and Company


Ça Se Soigne? (Is It Treatable?) (2008) Olivier Marquezy and Stephanie Lelong;

Monsters, Inc (2001) Susan Bradley


Catch Me If You Can (2002) Olivier Kuntzel and Florence Deygas for Nexus Productions



Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2004) Jamie Caliri, Todd Hemker and Benjamin Goldman


Juno (2007) Gareth Smith and Jenny Lee; Shadowplay Studios

6.29.2009

Dwell on Design and Virgin America

It's been SO long since my last post, but I hope you've been following me on Twitter. I've been MIA on this blog in part because of all of the prep work for this past week... which was complete madness down in LA! The entire Dwell team trekked down to help make this year's Dwell on Design conference a success. If you missed the show, take a look at Dwell.com for coverage on SOME of the stuff that was happening. Unfortunately, I missed all of the panels, but the show floor looked great and I did manage to make it to some of the homes on the home tours, so I will be posting those photos on Flickr soon. Keep an eye out!

Now that I've caught you up on that business, let me share with you one of my favorite finds this weekend that had nothing to do with the show! We flew on Virgin America and I just fell completely in love with their animated and illustrated safety video. It's such a creative and humorous approach to an otherwise monotonous and repetitive topic, that I had to use the awesome new video capabilities on my iPhone to record a bit of it to share.

It was produced by Anomaly (NYC) with animation by Wild Brain (San Francisco).


4.28.2009

Tweet, Tweet

Micro-blogging a la Twitter has completely taken over my life. OK, that might be a tad drastic, but I'm at least a little bit addicted. So, in honor of Twitter, I bring you Twitter-themed Etsy finds.

4.22.2009

Happy Earth Day

Dear Earth,
I love you. Thanks for being you.

4.15.2009

My birthday is coming

Acceptable birthday gifts include (but are not limited to):

1. An iPhone. I am probably the only design dork who still does not have one. Sad. Though you might want to just give me a gift certificate because I've heard through the Twitterverse that a new one will be out in June.


2. This puppy.


3. OR this one.


4. Visits from friends.

5. A sound machine - haven't been sleeping well with all of the street / house noise

6. A TRIP! Anywhere!


7. A road bike. Mine is cute and works well as a commuter bike, but I would love to go on longer weekend rides and it's just not going to cut it. I'm really intrigued by these bamboo bikes by Calfee Design, as bamboo is a really sustainable material. But they're certainly not cheap.