Showing posts with label illustration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illustration. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Juxtapoz 119 (December 2010)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Style Sheet
    • Zana Bayne Leather
    • Ron English x Bold Hype
  • Profiles
    • Deedee Cheriel
    • Grady Gordon
    • John Baldessari
    • Jeremy Tinder
    • Jose Mertz
    • Jenny Lee
  • Showstopper
    • Thinkspace Five-Year Anniversary Show November 6-27, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, California
    • Mike Shine: Flotsam's Wonder World September 18-October 30, 941 Geary, San Francisco, California
    • Urban Impressionism: A Miguel Paredes Retrospective September 8-September 26, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, California
    • Dolla: Creepshow December 16, 2010-January 8, 2011, Bold Hype Gallery, New York City, New York
  • James Jean Interview and text by Jason Jaworski / Portrait by Sam Bassett
  • George Lois Interview by Evan Pricco / Portrait by Bryan Derballa
  • Serena Mitnik-Miller Interview by Kristin Farr / Portrait by Andrew Paynter
  • PEZ Interview and portrait by Austin McManus
  • Jason Alper Interview and text by Caroline Ryder / Portrait by Will Dearborne
  • 50 Years of Sanrio Text by Caroline Ryder
  • 123Klan Interview by Alexander Tarrant / Self-Portrait by 123Klan
  • Reviews
    • Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art
    • Drawn From The Well: Art by Greg Simkins
    • Emek: Collected Works of Aaarght
    • Incidentals by Eric Mirbach
    • The How Not To Cookbook: Lessons Learned The Hard Way by Aleksandra Mir
    • Japanese Animation: From Painted Scrolls to Pokemon by Brigette Koyama-Richard
  • Insider
    • G Lewis Heslet Interview by Evan Pricco / Portrait by Ray Huang
  • Pop Life
  • Perspective Swoon, For Juxtapoz x Power House Productions, Detroit, Michigan, October, 2010

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Basic Perspective Drawing

Basic perspective drawing: a visual approach by John Montague (5th edition) is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.
"Basic Perspective Drawing, Fifth Edition gives artists, illustrators, designers and architects an accessible visual guide for developing a firm and thorough grasp of the important principles and techniques for perspective drawing. Logically moving from simple concepts to specific tools and methods, the book provides accessible step-by-step illustrations on how to construct perspective views with graphic examples covering every key part of the process.
With the same attractive, easy-to-follow style that made previous editions so popular, this Fifth Edition adds new chapters on freehand sketching and rapid visualization, adding step-by-step examples, and new material demonstrating three-point views and method of setting figures into perspective spaces. Basic Perspective Drawing, Fifth Edition is an invaluable learning tool that can be drawn in, written in, and highlighted to ensure effective understanding of the practices, concepts, and processes of perspective drawing." -- back cover

Monday, November 8, 2010

Juxtapoz No. 117 (October 2010)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION
  • STYLESHEET: Andy Warhol x Dom Pérignon -- Poketo x Target
  • PROFILES: Lupo Avanti -- Matt Haber -- Christian Robinson -- Yoskay Yamamoto -- Hugh Leeman -- Troy Lovegates -- Matt Hebermehl
  • SHOWSTOPPERS: Devin Troy Strother -- Underground Gallery: London Transport Posters 1920s-1940s -- Leonard Nimoy -- Gosha Levochkin
  • Greg "Craola" Simkins Text by J. Frede / Portrait by Kevin Knight
  • Kofie One Interview by Mac / Portrait by Pete Stern
  • Evah Fan Interview by Kristin Farr / Portrait by Ye Rin Mok
  • Rene Almanza Interview by Evan Pricco / Portrait by Dylan Maddux
  • Fernando Mastrangelo Interview by Erin Dyer / Portrait by Sam Bassett
  • Alex Gross Interview by Josh Keyes / Portrait by Morgan Slade
  • Evan Roth Interview by Alexander Tarrant / Self-Portrait by Evan Roth
  • REVIEWS: Mark Ryden: The Snow Yak Show -- Barbara Kruger -- The Rock, Ed Wood of the 21st Century -- There are Many of Us by Spike Jonze -- The Picture Book: Contemporary Illustration by Angus Hyland -- 100 Facts About Pandas
  • INSIDER: John McCambridge / Mollusk Surf Shop
  • POP LIFE
  • PERSPECTIVE Os Gêmeos x Futura for AKANYC and 12ozProphet PS11, New York City

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Communication Arts (September/October 2010)


The latest issue of Communication Arts is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

features
  • Mark Zibert by Tiffany Meyers -- This Toronto photographer alternates seamlessly between moving and still images.
  • AKQA by Sam McMillan -- With offices around the world and a cutting-edge creative strategy, AKQA is thriving as a global company working for global brands.
  • Anna+Elena Balbusso by Bonnie Smetts -- In Milan, Italy, identical twin sisters share a passion for illustration that has them working side-by-side.
  • Exhibit by Jean A. Coyne -- The latest and best in visual communication from here and abroad.

2010 design annual

  • Packaging -- Annual Reports -- Institutional Brochures -- Product/Service Brochures -- Editorial -- Letterheads -- Miscellaneous Company Literature -- Catalogs -- Posters -- Trademarks -- Integrated Branding Programs -- Books -- Miscellaneous -- Environmental Graphics -- Motion Graphics -- Public Service -- Self-Promotion

fresh

  • Lotta Nieminen In Helsinki, this Finnish illustrator creates geometric, textured wonderlands.
  • Timothy Devine A strong narrative surfaces in the work of this Brooklyn photographer.
  • FUNNEL Indianapolis design Eric Kass makes his mark on everything from baby food and candles, to music.

columns

  • Design Culture Wendy Richmond notes that a talented audience is always participating.
  • Advertising A growing number of agencies are taking on the role of client, by Ernie Schenck.
  • Design Issues Part two of DK Holland's series on the importance of holistic systematic design processes.
  • Typography Allan Haley takes a look at five young type designers - and their former careers.
  • Creativity Natalia Ilyin demonstrates how the concept of creative vision and the process of creativity are changing.
  • Web Watch A Web app that transforms a city into a concert hall and three sites that celebrate the art of graphic design.
  • Business Advice for designers who want to launch their own studios, by Shel Perkins.
  • Design Trends The evolution of paper and printing.

departments

  • Editor's Column -- Contributors -- Books -- Resources -- Index to Design Annual 51 -- Directory

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Juxtapoz 116 (September 2010)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Style Sheet Sarah Joncas x Craww x Blik -- Sanrio x Dr Martens
  • Profiles Suzanne Sattler -- Carine Brancowitz -- Jason Bryant -- Brandon Chuesy -- Matthew Green -- Gosha Levochkin
  • Showstopper Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection -- Miranda July: Eleven Heavy Things -- Transfer
  • Retna Introduction by Jeffrey Deitch / Interview by M Revelli / Portrait by Cat Cult
  • Richard Colman Interview by Evan Pricco / Portrait by Randy Dodson
  • Allyson Mellberg Interview by Kristin Farr / Portrait by Jason Lefton
  • INSA Words by Katie Zuppann / Portrait by Bernard Miller
  • Pose Interview by Various Friends / Portrait by KC Ortiz
  • KC Ortiz Interview by Roger Gastman / Portrait by Ruedione
  • Jamie Caliri Interview by Alexander Tarrant / Portrait by Peter Young
  • Reviews Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool -- (415) Photos by Ted Pushinsky -- Bloodworks: Sleeves -- Rift by James Jean -- Typography for the People by Daniel Bellon and Klaus Bellon -- Dan Witz: In Plain View: 30 Years of Artworks Illegal and Otherwise by Dan Witz
  • Insider Woodward Gallery
  • Pop Life
  • Perspective Rammellzee, 1960-2010 -- Harvey Pekar, 1939-2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 21st August to Fri 27th August 2010)

  • PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER
This program explores the life and works of artist, Pieter Bruegel. The documentary reveals how for a long time he was called 'Bruegel the droll', as his paintings made people laugh.
Saturday 21 August 2010 2.55pm (Eastern States & WA)
SBS ONE Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
  • US ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY: SYSTEMS - SERIES 5, EP 4 OF 4
Whether through acts of appropriation, repetition, or accumulation, the artists in this episode realise projects both vast in scope and beyond comprehension. Features the artists Julie Mehretu, John Baldessari, Kimsooja and Allan McCollum.
Saturday 21 August 2010 3.25pm (Eastern States & WA, 2.55pm SA & NT)
SBS ONE Rating: G *Final*WS
Duration: 65 mins
  • ARTSCAPE: LIGHT ART - KEITH SONNIER, IM KOSMOS DER FARBEN
The art of minimalist, performance, video and light artist, American Keith Sonnier.
Sunday 22 August 2010 6.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
  • A THOUSAND ENCORES: THE BALLETS RUSSES IN AUSTRALIA
One hundred years ago Diaghilev founded the Ballets Russes in Paris. Seventy years ago this company was to change Australia forever. A Thousand Encores is the story of how the greatest ballet company of the 20th century - the celebrated Ballets Russes - came to Australia and awoke a nation, transforming the cultural landscape of the conservative 1930s, leaving a rich legacy that lasts to this day.
Sunday 22 August 2010 8.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
  • MESSAGE STICK: PORTRAIT OF A DISTANT LAND - EP 2 OF 2
The second and final part in the story of Ricky Maynard, a Tasmanian Aboriginal photographer, driven by a need to reveal his people's true history.
Sunday 22 August 2010 1.20am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
  • ART NATION
Hot young stage actor Ewan Leslie profiled as he prepares for his latest role as Josef K in Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' at Melbourne's Malthouse, and the Valentino retrospective at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art is reviewed.
Sunday 22 August 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
  • CARAVAGGIO
Angelo Longoni's sumptuous two-part series looks at the rise and fall of Michelangelo Merisi, later known as the controversial artist Caravaggio. A violent genius and womaniser, he defied the ideal vision of the world imposed by the Renaissance through his paintings of the outcast figures he knew so well: drunkards, vagrants and prostitutes.
Sunday 22 August 2010 10.25pm
SBS ONE Rating: M, A, N, S *Final*WS
Duration: 115 mins
  • BAROQUE: FROM ST PETERS TO ST PAULS - EP 2 OF 3
Continuing this spectacular three-part series, this week we move on from Italy to continue our lesson in Baroque, as UK art critic Waldemar Januszczak takes us on a tour of the best examples of Baroque to be found, and tells the best stories behind those works.
Tuesday 24 August 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 65 mins
  • HOT DOCS: AMERICAN SPLENDOR
This multi-award winning film is an original mix of fiction and reality that illuminates the life of comic book hero Harvey Pekar. While at a garage sale Harvey meets underground comic writer Robert Crumb, a meeting which ultimately leads Harvey to making his first efforts at comic-writing. Recognising Harvey's gift for smart observations about the trials and tribulations of life, Crumb decides to illustrate for him.
Tuesday 24 August 2010 10.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: M, L, ACC WS Rpt
Duration: 110 mins
  • THE NEW INVENTORS
Featuring new ideas on electric motors for bicycles; ensuring your solos are heard when busking; how to tackle the serious problem of diesel particles in confined spaces.
Wednesday 25 August 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
  • THE GRUEN TRANSFER: SERIES 3 - EP 7 OF 12
On this week's show - How Do You Sell? - the panel talks about milk; and on Ad Crunch - Carlton Draught Beer. On The Pitch - Victorian Youngbloods go head to head with NSW Youngbloods to sell conscription.
Wednesday 25 August 2010 9.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has Series 1 and 2 available for loan on DVD.
  • GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: HAMPSHIRE
Cheryl Robson and Alex Reay decided to get out of the rat race and move from London to country Hampshire to lovingly restore a medieval thatched cottage into their dream home. But just before their first child was due the house burnt down and Cheryl and Alex lost everything. Amazingly they decided to rebuild and start all over again.
Thursday 26 August 2010 6.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 60 mins

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Communication Arts (July/August 2010)

The latest issue of Communication Arts is now available from the Learning Centre. This issue features the Photography Annual.

Contents:

features

  • 72andSunny by Julie Prendiville Roux An optimistic outlook - reflected in its name - infuses the work of this agency based in Los Angeles and Amsterdam.
  • Odopod by Sam McMillan The interaction between disciplines is paramount at this San Francisco interactive studio.
  • John Cuneo by Ellen Shapiro From Woodstock, New York, this prolific illustrator weaves between wildly diverging subjects - from sex advice to politics.
  • Enterprising Designers by Patrick Coyne Six entrepreneurial creatives who launched their own product lines.
  • Exhibit by Jean A. Coyne The latest and best in visual communication from here and abroad.

2010 photography annual

  • Advertising
  • Books
  • Multimedia
  • Editorial
  • For Sale
  • Institutional
  • Self-Promotion
  • Unpublished

fresh

  • Karen Klassen A Calgary, Canada, illustrator finds inspiration in textiles and film.
  • Bryce Pincham This New York photographer is a wanderer at heart - and it shows in his work.
  • p576 In the work of this Bogotá, Colombia-based design firm, nature and typography vie for prominence.

columns

  • Design Culture In response to "Just Do It," by Wendy Richmond
  • Advertising Ernie Schenck believes the shifting creative landscape needs avatars.
  • Design Issues Part one of a two-part series on systems thinking by DK Holland.
  • Typography Dr. Shelley Gruendler addresses how to bridge the gap between type education and application.
  • Emerging Media Joe Shepter looks at the current state of Web 3-D technology.
  • Business David C. Baker presents eight transition options for principals.
  • Web Watch An art history Web-book and three sites with a focus on photography.
  • Design Trends The power, presence and psychology of color.

departments

  • Editor's Column
  • Contributors
  • Books
  • Resources
  • Index to Photography Annual 51
  • Directory

Monday, August 16, 2010

Eye No. 76 Vol. 19 (Summer 2010)

The latest issue of Eye is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

Regulars and features
  • Critique: Left out of the frame A collection of design shorts made for the COI is full of details, but short on context says Rick Poynor.
  • Yin and yang Type guru Matthew Carter explains how he came to design his first wooden type.
  • Uncoated Metahaven, Edward Tufte in London, TYPO Berlin. Plus Maira Kalman and wine labels.

Music design special issue

  • Record sleeves are dead - long live music design! Iconic covers that defined an evocative era.
  • Sound and vision From spectacle to content: time to find new, meaningful associations between music and design.
  • Attacked by music, type & light Technology on tour. Noel Douglas talks to UVA's Matt Clark about their sets for Massive Attack.
  • Classical crossroads Design meets serious music: long programme notes, small budgets and 'de-averaging'.
  • Make music visible Big Active aims to make music tangible - with stars such as Keane, Goldfrapp and Beck.
  • One man brand? Adrian Shaughnessy reassesses Manfred Eicher's label ECM in the light of a new publication.
  • Formal lawlessness Fragmentation in the music industry has aided the rise of rock posters. Eric Heiman reports.
  • Grab the hook 'Musicians are cooler, more fun and more creative than normal people.' Jane Cheng talks to Young Monster.
  • Reputations Steven Heller interviews Alex Steinweiss, the designer who invented the album sleeve.
  • Pack shots A new wave of extravagant music packaging: Unkle, Kate Moross, and Vaughan Oliver's Minotaur.
  • Eye education Dan Fern explains his pioneering 'MAP / making' course - music, art and performance - at the RCA.
  • All her own invention For decades, Laurie Anderson has used graphic means to tell stories. Interview by John L. Walters.
  • Dot dot rock Zoë Street Howe on the black art of 'metal umlauts', with Motörhead, Mötley Crüe, Blue Öyster Cult, etc.
  • Design + music = magic Sleeves and bags tell us what their contents sound like, says Fred Deakin. But what next?
  • Scribble and strum From cool and literary to rude and crude: Andrew Losowsky looks at music mags old and new.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Juxtapoz (August 2010)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Style Sheet: DC Comics x Colette -- Mark Gonzales x Chrome Bags
  • Profiles: Justin Van Hoy -- SFaustina -- Franco Brambilla -- Ferris Plock -- Saejean Oh -- Gaia -- Raul Gonzalez
  • Showstopper: Too Much of Good Thing: A Mobile Installation by Design 99 -- Off The Strip -- Viva La Revolución: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape -- Turmkunst
  • Dr Lakra / Interview by Caleb Neelon / Portrait by Eric Gero
  • John Waters / Interview by Noel Nocciolo / Portrait by Sam Bassett
  • Dennis McNett / Interview and Portrait by Joey Garfield
  • Basco Vasko / Interview by Tristan Manco / Portrait by Paloma Palomino
  • Beau Roulette / Interview by S Preston / Self-Portrait by Beau Roulette
  • Simon Robson / Interview by Alexander Tarrant / Self-Portrait by Simon Robson
  • Ariel Schrag / Interview and Portrait by Lindsey Byrnes
  • Reviews: Art of McSweeney's -- Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art -- American Idle: Journals about Driving in the City of Angels -- The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol -- Stay High 149 -- Celestial Navigations: The Short Films of Al Jarnow
  • Insider: Richard Duardo / Interview by Gwynned Vitello / Portrait by Estevan Oriol
  • Pop Life: Robert Williams: Mr Bitchin' Premiere, Los Angeles County Museum of Art -- Love&Guts: Eyes Wide Open, New York City, New York -- Los Angeles -- Art From the New World, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Perspective

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Juxtapoz 114 (July 2010)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Style Sheet: REAL x D*Face -- Pattern People x Colette
  • Profiles: Brett Amory -- Henry Gunderson -- Alexa Meade -- Kevin Cyr -- Miguel Paredes -- Zach Johnsen -- Ekundayo
  • Showstopper: The Vader Project -- Escif -- Pixar: 25 Years of Animation
  • Os Gêmeos Interview and text by Caleb Neelon / Portrait by Lost Art
  • Greg Gossel Interview by Mike Shine / Portrait by Daniel Corrigan
  • Harvey Pekar Interview by Evan Pricco / Portrait by Seth Kushner
  • Robert Hodgin Interview by Alexander Tarrant and Colin Evoy Sebestyen / Self-Portrait by Robert Hodgin
  • Alëxone Interview by Emmanuel Moyne / Translation by Adeline Jeudy / Portrait by Mathieu Vilasco NBP
  • Richard Hambleton Interview by Erin Dyer / Portrait by Hank O'Neal as provided by Valmorbida & Co Inc and Feedback Ltd
  • Matthew Gray Gubler Interview by Kirsten Vansgness / Portrait by Lindsey Byrnes
  • Deanna Templeton Interview by Amber Abramson / Portrait by Ed Templeton
  • Reviews: Books
  • Insider: Bolton Colburn -- Interview by Greg Escalante and Nathan Spoor / Portrait by CR Stecyk III
  • Pop Life David Choe: Nothing to Declare -- Shepard Fairey: Mayday -- Scion Installation LA: Rooms -- Whitney Museum

Monday, May 31, 2010

Juxtapoz 113 (June 2010)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Style Sheet: Ace Hotel x Opening Ceremony -- Cynthia Rowley x Roxy
  • Collectors: Toybox
  • Profiles: ROA -- Joshua Abram Howard -- Jeff Proctor -- Kyle Goen -- Don Pendleton -- David Ancelin -- Marco Bhimani
  • Showstopper: Scion Installation 6 Tour: Video -- All Day Sessions: Black Pearl
  • Keith Haring
  • Brendan Monroe
  • Corey Helford Gallery's Art from the New World at the Bristol City Museum
  • Peter Funch
  • Meredith Dittmar
  • Jay Howell
  • Burlesque of North America
  • Dave Cooper
  • Reviews: Books
  • Insider: Meg Linton
  • Pop Life
  • Perspective

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Juxtapoz 112 (May 2010)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • David Choe p. 1-176

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 8th May to Fri 14th May 2010)

  • EUGENE AND BERENICE: PIONEERS OF URBAN PHOTOGRAPHY
Images of the cities that inspired photographers Eugene Atget and Berenice Abbott are used to explore the connection between the photographers and their impact on modern art.
Saturday 8 May 2010 2.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
  • EATING ART: THE LAST SUPPER
Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail, throughout Europe and the US, of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Saturday 8 May 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS
Duration: 30 mins
  • LUMINOUS
Richard Tognetti, Artistic Director of the ACO, had always wanted to collaborate with a visual artist. But which one? He wanted to create a spellbinding event, not just a soundtrack, through the combination of sound and vision. Then he saw the work of Bill Henson and Luminous was born.
Sunday 9 May 2010 9.00pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan.
  • FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: MURDER, MYTH AND MODERNISM
Frank Lloyd Wright is an American icon - one of the most famous modern architects, and probably its most prolific - designing over 400 buildings during a career spanning an incredible 60 years. But his most revealing constructions are his houses, revolutionary in their open plan design and conceived as an expression of Wright's philosophy of a perfect harmony between man and nature: 'organic architecture' as he called it.
Sunday 9 May 2010 11.10pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
  • ART NATION
Fenella Kernebone and Andrew Frost team up for a special project at the Sydney Biennale; Namila Benson looks at the rise of the graphic novel; 'My Secret Art Life' features a poet; and Jen Cloher and Jordie Lane perform.
Sunday 9 May 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
  • TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER
A profile of French photographer Yann Arthus Bertrand, famous for his series of books Earth From Above.
Sunday 9 May 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 CC
Duration: 45 mins
  • CLOSE UP: PHOTOGRAPHERS AT WORK - PORTRAITS
In the course of this special, five acclaimed professional photographers give a truly intimate insight into their process and how it illuminates the human side of photography.
Sunday 9 May 2010 8.15pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 45 mins
  • DESIGNERS: SOLAR KAYAK - EP 10 OF 10
We meet a man who designs and builds solar-powered kayaks made from fibreglass. His craft is propelled by an electric motor that is powered by an innovative solar panel.
Monday 10 May 2010 10.30am
ABC1 Rating: G *Final*CC Rpt
Duration: 15 mins
  • TALKING HEADS: GRAEME BASE
This week on Talking Heads Peter Thompson is speaking to the author and artist responsible for some of the most imaginative children's books ever published.
Tuesday 11 May 2010 5.30am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
  • THE NEW INVENTORS
Featuring new ideas on how to keep fire fighters cool; keep people and trucks in their place and easily manouvre pot plants.
Wednesday 12 May 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
  • THE CLOSET TALES OF AUSTRALIAN FASHION: AKIRA - EP 4 OF 4
Celebrated designer, Akira Isogawa, is the consummate artist. In this episode, Isogawa takes us on a journey through the streets of Kyoto, Mumbai, Sydney and Paris, where prolific inspirations unfold, and artist integrity is paramount over all aspects of business.
Thursday 13 May 2010 3.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: PG *Final*CC WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan.
  • GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: HACKNEY
Kevin McCloud takes a trip back to the home of John and Elini Flood who completely gutted their Victorian terrace house to create an open, light and modern space. For ten years John and Elini have lived in a 19th century terrace house in the north-east London borough of Hackney. Hackney is a conservation area so the facade can't be changed but everything else can be demolished.
Thursday 13 May 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins
  • SECRETS OF THE PARTHENON
The majesty and mystery of the celebrated Greek temple, the Parthenon is investigated by historical and architectural experts who go behind-the-scenes of the Greek government's Acropolis Restoration Project. The project is a multi-decade, multi-million dollar effort to rescue the Parthenon and other ancient structures on the Athenian Acropolis. The Parthenon, in particular, was in danger of collapse.
Thursday 13 May 2010 9.35pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 55 mins

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Communication Arts Vol. 52 No. 1 (March/April 2010)

The latest issue of Communication Arts is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

FEATURES
  • Tim Flach by Rebecca Bedrossian -- Curiosity fuels the work of this London photographer.
  • Educate, Legislate, Agitate by Sam McMillan -- Designers are serious about sustainability: a status report with resources and The Living Principles made clear.
  • Brian Stauffer by Matthew Porter -- A Miami illustrator crafts images that are smart, graphic and immediate.
  • Sid Lee by Tiffany Meyers -- This Montreal agency delightfully defies categorization with its atypical worldview.
  • Exhibit by Jean A. Coyne -- The latest and best in visual communication from here and abroad.

2010 interactive annual

  • Advertising
  • Entertainment
  • Experimental
  • Information Design
  • Self-Promotion

Fresh

  • Lisel Jane Ashlock -- History, nature and fantasy coexist in the work of this Brooklyn illustrator.
  • Matthew Turley -- This Salt Lake City photographer finds inspiration and beauty in the great outdoors.
  • Molho -- A motion graphics studio with lyrical work calls Sao Paulo home.

Columns

  • Design Issues -- Part one of a two-part series on design ethics by DK Holland
  • Design Culture -- Wendy Richmond explores white space and its relationship to content.
  • Typography -- The creative process behind Eames Century Modern, by Angelynn Grant.
  • Emerging Media -- An interview with Paul Lewis of SoDA, by Joe Shepter.
  • Business -- Copyright and the Internet, by Tad Crawford and Arka Chatterjee.
  • Advertising -- Robbie Vitrano explains how MacGyver Marketing is good for society - and the industry.
  • Web Watch -- Atom Days, an interactive history of nuclear energy and proliferation, and three sites to bookmark.
  • Design Trends -- A snapshot of the latest developments in typography.

Departments

  • Editor's Column
  • Contributors
  • Letters
  • Directory
  • Books
  • Resources
  • Index to Interactive Annual 16

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks: the hidden art of designers, illustrators & creatives by Richard Brereton is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

  • Carole Agaësse
  • Renato Alarcão
  • Pablo Amargo
  • Clemens Balderman
  • Lauren Simkin Berke
  • Serge Bloch
  • Pep Carrió
  • Frédérique Daubal
  • Agnès Decourchelle
  • Dominic Del Torto
  • Henrik Delehag
  • Marion Deuchars
  • Andrea Dezsö
  • Paulus M. Dreibholz
  • Henrik & Joakim Drescher
  • Ed Fella
  • Isidro Ferrer
  • Peter James Field
  • Fuel
  • Anna Giertz
  • Chris Gilvan-Cartwright
  • Brian Grimwood
  • Johnny Hardstaff
  • Flo Heiss
  • John Hendrix
  • Boris Hoppek
  • Seb Jarnot
  • Oliver Jeffers
  • Fumie Kamijo
  • Hiroshi Kariya
  • Daniel Kluge
  • Hiro Kurata
  • Asako Masunouchi
  • Flavio Morais
  • Robert Nicol
  • Peter Saville
  • Gustavo Sousa
  • Simon Spilsbury
  • Marc Taeger
  • Mark Todd
  • Holly Wales
  • Contacts & Picture Credits

Monday, April 12, 2010

Raymond Pettibon

Raymond Pettibon by Robert Storr, Dennis Cooper & Ulrich Loock is a new book now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

Interview
  • Dennis Cooper in conversation with Raymond Pettibon

Survey

  • Robert Storr 'You Are What You Read': Words and Pictures by Raymond Pettibon

Focus

  • Ulrich Loock Vavoom

Artist's Choice

  • John Ruskin Modern Painters (extract), 1843-60
  • Laurence Sterne The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (extract), 1759-67
  • George Puttenham The Arte of English Poesie (extract), 1589

Artist's Writings

  • Raymond Pettibon Psychedelic Translation of Allen Ginberg's Howl
  • Titles, 1988
  • Dreams Not Sprung from the Bush of Madonna: Interview with Byron Coley (extract), 1988
  • Morrison, 1988-89
  • Ciro's Hero, 1990
  • Stag Motel (extract), 1991
  • Paper Nautilus, 1992
  • Model and Painter, 1992
  • Interview with Grady Turner (extract), 1999

Chronology

  • & Bibliography, List of Illustrations

You can view Raymond Pettibon's work at: http://www.2ndthought.net/raymondpettibon/gallery.htm

Monday, February 1, 2010

Graphis Design Annual 2010

The latest Graphis Design Annual is now available for loan from the Learning Centre. This publication features the year's best international design work.

Contents:
  • InMemorium
  • Commentary
  • Animation
  • AnnualReports
  • Awards
  • Banners
  • Books
  • Branding
  • Brochures
  • Calendars
  • Catalogues
  • DVDs
  • Editorial
  • Environmental
  • Exhibits
  • Illustration
  • Interactive
  • Invitation
  • Letterhead
  • Logos
  • MusicCDs
  • Outdoor
  • Packaging
  • Posters
  • Promotions
  • Shoppingbags
  • Signage
  • Stamps
  • T-Shirts
  • Typography
  • Credits&Comments
  • Index

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Juxtapoz (February 2010)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Josh Keyes
  • Gentle Giant Studios
  • Tim Biskup
  • Jeben Berg
  • Too Fly
  • Matt Furie
  • WTAPS
  • Introduction -- Style Sheet -- Collectors -- Profiles -- Showstoppers -- Reviews -- Insider -- Events -- Pop Life -- Perspective

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Juxtapoz #107 (December 2009)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • The Barnstormers Story
  • José Parlá
  • Rostarr
  • Kenji Hirata
  • West One
  • Cannonball Press
  • Alife
  • Mike Ming

Introduction -- Style Sheet - Timeline -- Members -- Members Extended -- Insider -- Perspective

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 5th September to Fri 11th September 2009)

  • THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ALBERT KAHN: MIDDLE EAST - THE BIRTH OF NATIONS, EP 7 OF 9
    In this episode Albert Khan's photographers record the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War 2, the creation of Lebanon and Israel and the birth of modern Turkey which led to a brutal war with Greece.
    Saturday 5 September 2009 3.00pm
    SBS ONE Rating: (PG, WS, Rpt)
    Duration: 60 mins
  • TIM MARLOW MEETS MIKE LEIGH
    Art historian Marlow chats to the director about his passion for art and his favourite artists.
    Saturday 5 September 2009 4.00pm
    SBS ONE Rating: (G, WS)
    Duration: 30 mins
  • MONUMENTAL VISION IN SRI LANKA
    Follows Australian sculptor Andrew Rogers as he creates a series of massive stone sculptures or geoglyphs in Sri Lanka.
    Sunday 6 September 2009 4.00pm
    ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
    Duration: 30 mins
  • NOISE ON SCREEN
    Meet Darcy Prendergast, a clay animator who's inspired by the "weirder people of society"; spend time with heavy metal music-inspired illustrator, Aska Dolinska and go wide lens with Sam Shmith's epic landscape montages.
    Tuesday 8 September 2009 2.55am (early hours)
    ABC1 Rating: (M, Rpt)
    Duration: 30 mins
  • THE NEW INVENTORS
    Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors showcases bright minds from across the country as they discover ingenious solutions to the problems of our lives. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: engineer James Bradfield Moody, science broadcaster Bernie Hobbs, and futurist and author Mark Pesce.
    Wednesday 9 September 2009 8.00pm
    ABC1
    Duration: 30 mins
  • WORLD'S GREENEST HOMES: EP 8 OF 13
    Emmanuel Belliveau looks at a green home north of San Francisco; a Victorian cottage just minutes from Sydney Harbour; a cliffside Toronto home built entirely from recycled materials; and a unique home-work space in Chicago.
    Thursday 10 September 2009 6.00pm
    ABC1 Rating: (G)
    Duration: 55 mins
  • EYE CANDY
    A portrait of the young and successful photographer David LaChapelle. Renowned for the wild imagination and erotic charge of his images, LaChapelle has become the hottest photographer of the moment. Features his shots of Justin Timberlake, Pamela Anderson and Elton John.
    Friday 11 September 2009 10.00pm
    SBS ONE Rating: (M, N, S, WS)
    Duration: 60 mins