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Written by Gregor Naudé Sunday, 31 July 2011 13:23
Published by Mark Batty Publisher, explores the township barbershop as cultural and social hub. Housed in shacks and shipping containers, with hair clippers wired to car batteries, township barbershops and 'street salons' are incredibly popular.
Written by Gregor Naudé Wednesday, 11 May 2011 14:20
Expressions Book One South Africa is the result of a 6-year photographic exploration of South African alternative, youth and street culture by Jared Aufrichtig – a Californian who describes the book as "a 720-page visual journey with rich images (all shot on celluloid – no machine gun digital photography) that gives the reader insight into South African sub-culture."
Written by Gregor Naudé Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:52
With a new look and editorial approach, Los Logos: Compass, published by Gestalten, remains the authoritative reference on contemporary logo design. Like its predecessors, Los Logos: Compass offers a definitive overview of current developments and advancements in logo design — the creative discipline that shapes the identities of brands, companies and individuals. Comprised of 404 pages, and in a larger format than used in the past, Los Logos: Compass offers a rich, high-quality selection of up-to-the-minute logos that readers have come to expect.
Written by Gregor Naudé Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:06
Presented in the style of old type-specimen books, Retrofonts from Mark Batty Publisher features over 360 of the most eye-catching and timeless fonts designed between the middle of the nineteenth and the end of the twentieth centuries. Organized into nine chronological sections with titles like "Fin de Siècle and Simplicissimus" and "Walkman, Rubik’s Cube and Gen X," the fonts catalogued in this impressive volume provide a glimpse of the historical, political and cultural context out of which they sprang.
Written by Gregor Naudé Tuesday, 28 September 2010 16:22
Evolving from graffiti and street art, urban interventions are the next generation of artwork to hit public space. Using any and all of the components that make up urban and rural landscapes, these mostly spatial interventions bring art to the masses. They turn the street into a studio, laboratory, club and gallery. Modified traffic signs, swings at bus stops and images created out of sand or snow challenge us to rediscover our environment and interact with it in new ways.
Written by Gregor Naudé Tuesday, 28 September 2010 16:11
Cycling is zeitgeist. With rising fuel prices and mounting ecological awareness, bicycle sales are significantly up. Moving on two wheels is now a movement. Velo: Bicycle Culture and Design is a striking visual journey into the multifaceted world of cycling and the diverse tribes that inhabit it. These range from hardcore 2-wheel globetrotters, downtown messengers on fixed-gear bikes without brakes, laid back pedallers on old-fashioned Dutch bicycles, fashionable cyclists on vintage racing bikes, and dedicated fans of high-tech racing machines and e-bikes.
Written by Gregor Naudé Friday, 24 September 2010 15:43
Every year, illustration seems to creep into more and more facets of our lives, through advertising, fashion, film and magazines. There are countless websites that follow the latest and greatest, but how does one keep track? Don’t you sometimes wish that someone would take the better stuff and store it somewhere for you?
Written by Gregor Naudé Tuesday, 01 June 2010 16:46
‘Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I’m very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that,’ said Bill Shankly, Liverpool Football Club manager.
Written by Gregor Naudé Friday, 11 September 2009 16:55
To provoke a second glance, Noma Bar expertly uses negative space: his illustrations are formed of both a single image and a series of themed elements that give the final piece its shape. As a follow up to Guess Who?, which largely contained portraits, a new book Negative Space, looks at how Bar has tackled weightier subjects such as global warming, race relations and national identity. It features many examples of editorial work for The New York Times, The Economist and The Guardian.
Written by Gregor Naudé Monday, 03 August 2009 16:25
The Typographer‘s Guide to the Galaxy presents the typographic experiments and experimental typography of visionary artist and designer Oded Ezer for the first time.
Written by Gregor Naudé Monday, 03 August 2009 15:53
Today, more and more information is being visualised. A new book shows you how it's done. Diagrams, data and information graphics are utilised wherever increasingly complex elements are present, whether it is in magazines, non-fiction books or business reports, packages or exhibition designs.
Written by Richard Hart Sunday, 31 August 2008 02:00
Take a photographer, a writer and an artist; add a whole lot of walking and a thirty-day time frame. The end result of this collaborative effort is Along the Way – a surprisingly intimate book of portraits and stories. In December 2007 a call went out to Durban’s creative community inviting proposals for an upcoming art festival, Cascoland.
Written by Gregor Naudé Monday, 31 March 2008 02:00
Skill Set is a new multivolume series on design published by David Krut. Using a practicable, outcomes-based approach, Skill Set provides instruction in various fields of design, including graphic design, stage design, fashion design and industrial design.
Written by Gregor Naudé Monday, 29 October 2007 02:00
Landing devastating body blows rather than light facial jabs separates great boxers from mediocre ones. The same is true for caricaturist Noma Bar. Although clichés like big heads on little bodies, huge lips, bushy eyebrows and bulging eyes are always crowd pleasers, a truly smart caricature reveals the victim by using symbol and metaphor to unhinge their facades. What use is this strident art form – born of a Renaissance desire to plumb below the surface and uncover inner, sometimes devastating truths – if no one is victimized? Enter Noma Bar.