Justice – D.A.N.C.E (Version Finale)
September 28, 2007 
(By irene75: jonas & françois)
I am definitely wondering how I didn’t discover this sooner… as I am 3 months behind their U.S. release date of July 2007, and it appeared on all the blogs I somehow didn’t make it to. Nonetheless, it’s not suprising that these guys are, of course, graphic designers, and have a video that exhibits their appreciation for it…
“Justice’s Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay are native Parisians themselves and met in 2003 as graphic design students who shared a mutual love of dance music. They proceeded to remix for fellow Parisian acts Vicarious Bliss and Scenario Rock, but truly solidified their dance-clout through their remixes of Britney Spears, N*E*R*D, Fatboy Slim and Daft Punk.” [bwank blog]
Courtesy of Ed Banger Records… [here's a promo video of theirs, also done by irene75: j&f]
And most people have seen “We Are Your Friends” after its win as “Best Music Video” at the 2006 MTV European music awards, but I’m includng it just for the hell of it… In case you want to watch it again!
Cut & Paste & LoveFest
September 27, 2007 
It’s been awhile since my last post. I’ve been spending a lot of time outside, trying to gain inspiration from the inside of my sun-warmed eyelids… Such a literal opposite from my usual, wide-eyed adventures. Although I hope to have some good inspiration after Cut & Paste on Saturday, the 29th (which is still on sale in San Francisco). I’ve never been to one… [Tickets are $10 advance. $15 at the door].
Contestant’s work that I liked:
A. Winters: Urine Luck | S. Ha: Drop Beats Not Bombs / Virgin / Source Website (scroll down) | B. Belsky: Stencil Nation Lettering | Website | E. Otto: (all his sad faces; they remind me of my past, but in a good, nostalgic kind of way) | J. Arviso: Some of his pen & ink lettering | E. Allen: Self-Portrait (loving the layers /dimensionalness) | B. Gunderson: (i’m a sucker for his illustrations).
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(Also hoping for interesting eye adventures at Lovefest this weekend…Given that Love Parade in Berlin was one of the best parties ever during my stay in Europe!! Or ever, rather. We’ll go with Ever).
September 25, 2007 
Calligraphy Pen Pals: Part 2
I am finally getting to start on some rough drafts for my letters to Whitney… although, the only paper I had in my room at the time was my pad of budgeting paper. I might do a few more drafts. It’s important she get these letters, of course, but our history in high school was that we spent all our time trying to make our notes so “creative” and absurd-looking that the information eventually became completely irrelevant (and outdated). Sometimes it was irrelevant to begin with- We just wanted to experiment. And not pay attention to Algebra. This was all fairly ironic, given our conversations in person were incredibly in-depth and, retrospectively, decently philosophical. (Ironic in the sense that I’d say its usually the other way around).
When I start on these kinds of things, I always brew over what “experimental” even means to me/us these days…
Dwell on Design Conference
So I go to lunch with a few AIGA friends with no plans for the rest of the day, and somehow find myself with free tickets to an exhibition going on that day that I did not know about. Thanks to Design Within Reach, who gave us the free tickets! Had some ideas like glass multch, plaster ice creams, and travel-the-world found typography… (See my shots of them below; Some link to the company/person’s website).
Dwell on Design Conference (9/14-9/16)
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smart growth.
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Design Matters
Tomorrow on Townsend Street, if you haven’t already registered:
Design Matters Live with Debbie Millman | Marian Bantjes
!!!
More New Zealand Love
(Nikita’s Sweatshirt)
Nikita’s souvenirs are giving me more and more reasons to actually commit to my New Zealand travel plans. Loving this mark, in the meantime.
Calligraphy Pen Pals
So I get a message over ichat from Whitney, a friend from six years ago (junior year of high school) that I was unfortunately not able to keep in much contact with after she moved and started pursuing more… authoritative activities. So she’ll be overseas and has embarked on an idea that I quite fancy- No email, no internet, no phone; communication the old-school, middle school way: Pen Pals. I believe she selected fourteen in total, and horrah! I am one. Of course, I immediately run to the art store and purchase a heaping helping of the same calligraphy supplies I neglected to bring with me to California. Any excuse to get back into it- and this was indeed Perfect…
In class, the one thing we talked about most (besides Mrs. Frear’s hilarious airplane stories) was the lost art of lettering. I remember being in the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY and looking in the glass cases with the handwritten, yellowed letters in them from ages ago. Even his suicide letter was beautiful…
