Objects, spaces and visual culture worth remembering.
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Thank you for being here, for looking closely, and for sharing an interest in the forms that surround us.
A little corner of the internet, and I’m so happy you’re here.
I forgot to include one of my all-time favorites:
Marfa Central Fire Station
Back then, we all wanted a Nokia.
If you lived through Y2K, you remember the race for the most eccentric, futuristic phone designs.
Nokia was certainly not holding back!
The early 2000s were a wonderfully strange time.
Wes Anderson didn't invent the pastel palette or the perfectly symmetrical frame.
But he might have permanently changed the way we look at them.
A little collection of things that look very Wes Anderson, without actually being Wes Anderson.
I don't usually share contemporary art, but I have a soft spot for light installations.
A whole vocabulary of human gestures, gathered in one room.
Vocabulary of Solitude
Ugo Rondinone
Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, 2022.
A labyrinth of stairs, color and light,
maybe getting lost is part of the experience.
La Muralla Roja
Arch. Ricardo Bofill, 1973.
I have a soft spot for printed ephemera like this.
Bold geometry, playful symmetry, wonderful colour combinations and characterful typography. A little graphic-design jackpot.
Vintage lottery tickets
Bulgaria, 1970s–1990s.
A beautiful legacy in covers,
a defining visual voice at The New Yorker.
Ilonka Karasz designed more than 180 covers for the magazine between 1925 and 1973.
Ilonka Karasz
Artist and multidisciplinary Designer
Speaking of which, no conversation about Mexican visual culture would be complete without José Guadalupe Posada and his iconic skeletons.
Creator of La Calavera Garbancera, the original figure that'd later be known as La Catrina.
One of Mexico's most influential printmakers.
Mexico and its flowers.
Postcards of Cempasúchil (marigold) in all its golden glory.
A little ode to this iconic flower and the beautiful colors of Día de Muertos.
The visual language of Día de Muertos.
From sugar skulls and marigold flowers to papel picado and altars honoring the departed, the imagery of Day of the Dead is a world of its own.
A visual collection spanning generations of Mexican art, from Diego Rivera to Saturnino Herrán.
Which, btw, I really need movie theatre seats to be this shade of green again.
Okay, maybe even red.
One lovely detail:
This building was designed for Farbwerke Hoechst, a company that produced dyes and color pigments.
I really admire the creative connection between what the company produced and the way Behrens approached it, making color such an essential part of the building.
Green palette extracted with The Palette Studio, by @MeditateColor
Astounding Swiss graphic design!
Geigy’s visual legacy, shaped by remarkable designers including Max Schmid, Karl Gerstner, Armin Hofmann and Fred Troller.
One of my all-time favorite packaging designs!
A defining example of the International Typographic Style, built on precise grid systems, asymmetrical balance, the use of Akzidenz-Grotesk and generous white space.
Geigy’s Pharmaceutical
Swiss Style, 1940s–70s.
