As many of you may have noticed during sundays FIFA World Cup final, The coveted trophy entered the stadium in style held in a hand crafted case created at the Louis Vuitton workshop. Check out some clips of the making..

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ANTI DESIGN FESTIVAL
18-26 SEPTEMBER 2010

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

This is a call for submissions for the Anti Design Festival, which will run from 18-26 September on and around Redchurch Street in Shoreditch, London. The ADF is an alternative art and design festival initiated by Neville Brody that promotes work that challenges contemporary stereotypes. This is work that is seen as uncommercial, dangerous, and anti-establishment. For artists, designers, and other creatives this is an opportunity to exhibit work alongside contributors including Jonathan Barnbrook, Stuart Semple, and Stefan Sagmeister.

While we are keeping exhibition details under wraps, we are interested in soliciting creative work that pushes the boundaries of conventional art and design. This is the chance to show previous work that has failed with clients or instructors, or to produce completely new work without the imposition of market restrictions. Because this festival is completely non-profit in orientation, we cannot pay for contributions. However, this is an opportunity for your work to engage a wide audience in a context that will challenge and provoke the public to rethink the role of art and design in contemporary culture.

Submissions can take any form you want, but the bulk of the work should be cheaply made and reproducible so that visitors can take it and use it however they want. You can send us actual printed pieces, but you would have to pay for shipping (email us first to confirm shipping details). Most probably, you would send us PDFs of work that are up to A3 in size (black and white or color) that we can reproduce for you, or digital files to be shown on computers. Here are some suggested formats: Objects/ephemera already produced; PDFs of graphics to be photocopied onto A4 Sheets; Posters; Images or motion graphics to be displayed out of monitors; Sound to be played into headphones

Below is a list of creative prompts we’ve culled to inspire you. Feel free to use them as you’d wish. 

If you are interested in contributing, please confirm your participation to andy [at] researchstudios [dot] com by Monday, 19 July. The final due date for all submissions is Friday, 13 August. For more information, please visit www.antidesignfestival.com

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‘I preferred a more mechanical method’

‘Incisions sutured under moderate tension’

Paper fortress recently put together this video for Highsnob showing his exhibit opening at  in CT..  this exhibition will run thru Jan 2011.

Ive been keeping up on J Cole for some time now and happy to see them really pushing him properly. This new video shot by bbgun is really cool with the continuous camera, kickin it E.R. style..

Our friend Maestro recently released photos of a timepiece he had been working on with a jewler out of Los Angeles for some time and we think its quite magnificent.. keep up the great work Maestro.
“I am very proud to announce today, my very first creation of design that will be made available to the public for purchase . After several months of working with Los Angeles based jeweler Shayan Afshar on what began as a personal project of dedication, I have finally come up with something that I feel is undeniable. I began this design with the intention to communicate that when I give my heart & my word to something, then my energy, my love, my mind, & of course my time become infinitely dedicated. Juxtaposing the materials of a translucent plastic band and a casing with a custom made bezel completely emerged in rose gold resulted with very original & classic qualities. This piece is set to be a reminder that when you give your all to something, anything becomes achievable.”

Alessandra Gerevini is an Italian freelance photographer whos series works tell a beautiful story. be sure to check her out.

Typo / grphic posters is a directory of typographic and graphic posters put together with a goal to become a timeless source of study inspiration and promotion for type design and posters. From the looks of it their off to a good start..  check it out..

The second installment from Jake Troth comes from B. Rossi and Jake together in the form of Gems & Rubies check out the video and get the song on itunes HERE

Abdul Basit Khan is a graphic designer, currently working in the Department of Architecure at the University of Singapore. There is a wonderful amount of research-based projects in his portfolio.

Our good friend, Damian Marcano directed a recent interview with our homeboy Alex Goose about his recent works..  check it..

-WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
Born in Siglufjörður, raised in Kópavogur, by way of Reykjavík, Iceland. Moved to Atlanta, GA at the tender age of 25.

-WHAT DOES YOUR WORK CONSIST OF?
Forms with various degrees of function, depending on the client.

-HOW DID YOU GET STARTED?
Interned at the largest design agency in Iceland at the age of 16. There I was woken up to the fact that I knew nothing and have spent the rest of my life overcompensating.

-WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO?
Being able to do the only thing I’m any good at.

-WHAT IS THE WORST THING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO?
Projects that involve Excel Spreadsheets.

-IF YOU WEREN’T DESIGNING, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?
Painting and drinking heavily.

-WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
Individuality. Originality. Intelligence. Uniqueness. Simplicity.

-WHERE DOES CREATIVITY COME FROM?
According to recent research: mental illness.

-WHO’S WORK DO YOU LOOK UP TO? (Either currently or in the past)
So many. Can I say nature?

-WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE FOR YOUR INDUSTRY?
I make my living designing on the internet. The industry is becoming increasingly competitive. Processes are getting much more efficient and harder to innovate. We need to find another medium. Any ideas?

-WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM YOU NEXT?
Things that fill absolutely non-existent needs.

-WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR FIELD ASPIRING TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY?
Don’t aspire. Let it come naturally.

-ONE DEFINING MOMENT OF YOUR CAREER SO FAR.
When I decided I didn’t want to be an illustrator.

-WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Mike Cina’s Spirit Edit 03

Big Boi
It seems to be a growing trend recently that much of the better hip hop coming out is coming form the people who were help that titles ten, fifteen years ago as well. Much like Raekwon’s killer album last year, Big Boi doesn’t break any new ground with his new single “Shutterbug.” He knows what works and builds up rather than out. Though we’re four years removed from Outkast’s last release (and really seven years removed form anything notable) you needn’t look further than this track for your fix.

Pernice Brothers
Joe Pernice has, at this point, created enough of a name for himself following his years with the Scud Mountain Boys. Now seven years into his work with the eight-piece Pernice Brothers (of whom, Joe and Bob are the brothers) have released their latest in Goodbye Killer. Their brand of Smiths inspired college rock isn’t ground breaking by any means, they simply do that sound better than most anyone else. Be sure to check out the new album, but also check out the grossly underrated Overcome by Happiness.

MNDR
MNDR (which from what I gather is pronounced “Mander”) is the moniker for Brooklyn’s Amanda Warner. Not to say that she’ll end with the same exposure, but the buzz surrounding her coupled with the geography and love of synth and drum reminds me of Santogold a few years ago. She’s been working on her self-released EP titled E.P.E., which includes a fairly impressive list of contributors (see: Mark Ronson). Check out E.P.E. now, I can only imagine an LP is soon to follow and seriously it’s not to be missed.

Late last year some prints done by Andy Warhol for his friend Richard Weisman were stolen from the owner’s home. The actual Polaroids that Warhol took, which inspired the prints themselves went on display at Danziger Projects last year in an exhibit titled Greatness. They capture some really amazing sports stars like Wayne Gretzky, Muhammad Ali, Pelé and O.J. Simpson. Here’s some more info:

“In 1977, Richard Weisman, an art collector and a friend of Warhol’s, commissioned a series of paintings of ten great sports figures of the era, now known as the “Athlete Series”. The group of athletes was selected by Mr. Weisman, and included stars of a variety of sports: Muhammad Ali (boxing), Pelé (soccer), Dorothy Hamill (figure skating), Tom Seaver (baseball), Jack Nicklaus (golf), O.J. Simpson (football), Chris Evert (tennis), Willie Shoemaker (horse racing), Rod Gilbert (ice hockey, NY Rangers), and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball).

Four additional sports portraits taken later are also included in the show – Ron Duguay, John McEnroe (with then-wife Tatum O’Neill), Vitas Gerulaitis, and Wayne Gretzky.

While Warhol may not have selected the ten athletes for the series, their status as champions in their respective sports, with faces and names that are recognizable decades later, coincides with Warhol’s interest in images of celebrity and greatness.

Taken with Warhol’s favored “Big Shot” Polaroid Camera, these images were used by Warhol to be silkscreened on to canvas as the basis of each painting.”

Via WFDJ

Nathan Mabry

Via BeautifulDecay

Truth Design is a UK design studio/consultancy. They’ve created a great body of work. I especially like the invitation for the Reebok Pump relaunch event, shown above.

Milton Glaser recently agreed to design a #4 that the studio will use to create posters in celebration of their 4 year anniversary. I’m jealous.

Having been fortunate enough to spend some time in Sydney previously I have a deep admiration for all things Australian, including the Sydney Opera House. It’s a truly gorgeous structure and one of the most memorable buildings I may experience in my entire life. That being said I was really blown away when I saw that the city of Sydney invited artist Laurie Anderson to use the Opera House as a canvas for projections in celebration of a winter festival. Anderson had some help from Lou Reed and Brian Eno, which makes the whole thing that much better. I wish I was in Sydney to see the whole thing in person.

via Cool Hunting

This has been everywhere and if you’ve been avoiding it you should just quit it and watch. The new spot for Nike Football (yes, of course it’s soccer, but you knew that already didn’t you) by W+K Amsterdam is inspiring, entertaining and best of all, reminds us why the world loves this game so much. The spot is truly a work of art and sets the bar sky-high for live action shorts of a sport-themed nature.

The Guardian has even said it’s generated more buzz than all of the official World Cup sponsors like Adidas, Coca-Cola, Sony and Visa. Wow.

Amazing poster over at SeptemberIndustry

Quoddy has been hand-making leather boots and shoes for over 100 years in Maine. It just doesn’t get any better than this in terms of quality.

I just came across these amazing illustrations over at the New Yorker this morning. Come to find out they were done by Pascal Staub, who works under the moniker Grafilu. I’m so glad I saw these, Pascal’s drawings are really incredible. I don’t know that I can compare to them to much else I’ve seen.

Another really great portfolio from the UK. This time the work of design/illustrator Rob Lowe (A.K.A. Supermundane).

as many of you know iPhone 4 was debuted at WWDC 2010 just came across gizmodos live coverage here check it out..

J. Cole
It would seem that this Jay-Z character knows a thing or two about music. This makes his choice of J. Cole to be the first artist to be signed to Jay’s Roc Nation label sort of a big deal. The refreshing thing about J. Cole’s music is that, unlike most of his contemporaries, there’s no gimmick. It takes the fundamentals of people like Nas and Pac and builds a fresh sound on top of it. He’s released two full lengths prior, but expect his debut major label release this year.

Here We Go Magic
Luke Temple, now playing with a full band going by the name Here We Go Magic, has for some time skirted the line between potential break out and simple mediocrity. On their new album Pigeons they seem to have finally put enough of a sound together to really make a name for themselves. The issue seems to be that the album is split between these incredibly intricate pop songs that are so tight and catchy they need to be heard, and middling executions of what has left them out of the spotlight for the past few years. That said, enough of Pigeons is so incredibly pleasing that, even if it may not be 100% there yet, the sound they’ve put together to this point can’t be ignored.

Kanye West
Hey remember that Kanye character? If memory serves he was a pretty decent MC there for a while. After taking some time to release the forgettable 808’s and Heartbreaks, make a social pariah of himself, and subsequently fall off the face of the Earth, he has returned. When I say “returned” I mean returned to what made him a household name. He’s released the first single, “Power,” off the forthcoming Good Ass Job. Kanye’s ear for what sounds good never went anywhere, and “Power” is simultaneously a return to form and a big fuck you to everyone who wrote him off (myself included).

Lately I’ve been fancying the drawings and illustration work of Rose Blake. There’s major talent in the UK…someone get me one of those Draw More shirts!

PS – Thanks to Andy Chen for introducing me to Rose’s work.

Amazingly well-crafted design work coming from Swiss studio Moiré.

Christoph Niemann is a genius.

We Love PIng Pong here at The Takeover. No question about that. When we saw this amazing PUMA chalkboad table there was no question that we had to share it.. Designed by Aruliden this table features storage underneath the table, a chalkboard surface and, although not the most functional but certainly the most gangster part, a chain link net! The table will be released at The Conran Shop NYC on june 3rd and retail for $3,900.

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This staircase I came across on Apartment Therapy was too good to not share! I feel so inspired to try something like this.

As part of Modern Atlantas events, Fri evening will be the opening of a month-long series of installations by Habachy Design at the Design Within Reach Atlanta studio. From 6-8pm Friday June 3rd come see the debut of 4 areas of the studio in which Michael Habachy designed utilizing DWR products along with elements such as reclaimed wood, and marble as well as graphic elements including work from The Takeovers own Msenna.

This is nothing new, but I really love the identity that Mind Design did for this retail tea shop. Brilliantly done.

In about a week and a half there will be a group exhibit in Berlin titled Born to Die: Art and Artifact. The show will consist of works by over 40+ artists (curated by Jay Henderson) working in a wide variety of disciplines. The group show will then transform into a solo show by Jay Henderson (HKJB), titled Every Artist Thinks They Make Gold. All of the work that’s to be part of the group show will be manipulated, discarded, destroyed and reinvented by Jay to form the works for his solo exhibit. Even the artwork for the promo materials for Born to Die (by Archetype) have been transformed by Jay on the other side to become the promotional information for the solo show.

BORN TO DIE / EVERY ARTIST THINKS THEY MAKE GOLD
Secondhome Projects / Temp IX
Schererstraße 11
13347 Berlin
12–28 June, 2010
Reception: Saturday, 12 June, 2010, 6–8:30PM
Open by appointment
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Aaron Johnson
Alexander Dawson
Alicia Escott
Amy Feldman
Austin Power
Benjamin King
Carol Bove
Chong Keun Chu
Dr. Nexus
Drew Beattie
Elisa Lendvay
Emily Roz
Ernesto Burgos
Eun Jin Kim
Fran Holstrom
Franklin Evans
Gareth Spor
Holly Zausner
Janna Luttrell
Jane Dickson
Jason Alejandro
Jeffrey Scott Matthews
Jim Lee
Jimmy Miracle
Jonathan Cowan
JR Larson
Kerry Hassler
Lauren Luloff
Letha Wilson
Lukas Geronimas
Martin G. Schmid
Maru Ituarte
Max Razdow
Melissa Hopson
Mirelle Borra
Nathan Gwynne
Nina Schmitz
Patrick Meagher
Ricardo Gonzalez
Stephan Weitzel
Susan Bricker
Tamara Zahaykevich
Tobias Trutwin
Tracy Thomalson
Wayne Adams
Zachary Needler
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Curated by Jay Henderson

Modern Atlanta kicked off this evening and looks like it will be a great few days, celebrating design in the city as well as some greatness from outside the A. Branded by the good folks over at Armchair Media, MA will be hosting events profiling work from some of the top architects in Atlanta as well as industrial designers and interior designers such as our good friend Michael Habachy who will have an event at Design Within Reach on Friday including work from The Takeovers own Msenna. If your in town be sure to check out the events!

I don’t even know how to begin describing this Netherlands-based studio. Atelier Carvalho Bernau specializes in highly functional and painstakingly crafted design work. Their work is primarily print-based and typographic, in fact they do a lot custom typeface design. I love how their site captures the gorgeous letterforms they’ve created alongside photos of high-end book design projects.

Portland is the new Brooklyn, or something like that. I say this because I can’t stop coming across a ridiculous amount of talented work from designers and artists based there. Dan Stiles is one more to add to the list. Amazing posters? Check. Amazing illustration work? Check. Silkscreened goodness? Check. Dan’s got a lot more than that over at his portfolio, so go ‘check’ it out now.

LA MJC covered the great Jose Parla on his involvement in the Stages series with Lance Armstrong to raise money to fight cancer.. check it out as well as their episode with Kaws..

Take a look at Jiminie Ha‘s work, really beautiful stuff there.

Ratatat
At this point everyone has listened to Ratatat, whether they knew it or not. The electronic dance duo has essentially permeated all media that music is relevant too and provided a head-bobbing soundtrack. They return again with another clean execution of their brand of electro on LP4, being released in June. In the interim spend some time with some of their previous albums and keep an eye out on the webs for a mash up between them and Modest Mouse called Modest Rat.

Janelle Monáe
As it turns out Janelle Monáe is as talented as we’ve been led to believe all these years. Monáe, the protégé of Outkast’s Big Boi, has recently released her second LP The ArchAndroid. The album is an 18 track epic concept album, with every track running together in one seamless story about the rise of a type of messiah in an android community called Metropolis. Usually when I hear the phrase “concept album” I make a face that would be better suited to a child watching Saw, as it usually means a sacrifice of quality to appease some silly idea to tell a convoluted story. Whether or not you like the concept of The ArchAndroid, it will take nothing from the listenability of a damn near flawless record.

Big K.R.I.T.
I’ve been listening to hip hop for about 15 years now and I can count on one hand the amount of rappers I like who aren’t from New York on one hand. That number drops to zero when you ask me to count ones I like from the South. That’s puts Big K.R.I.T. on an island because his track “Country Shit” is heat. Make sure to pick up his newest release Wuz Here as soon as you can.

NoMundaneOptions is the work of Dawud Rasool a photographer out of chicago who has worked with the likes of Saint Alfred and Nike..  check it outtttt

I’m sure you’ve seen this chair everywhere by now. Coke and Emeco refresh the classic Navy chair, originally designed for the U.S. Navy back in the 1940s, by making it out of 111 recycled Coca-Cola soda bottles. I went over to Design Within Reach yesterday and took a look at it. It’s really gorgeous. The Emeco Navy chair is one of those staples of good modern design, it’s shape is timeless. I especially love the version with a wood seat.

I was also really impressed with the nice little site that Coke and Emeco put together for the launch of the new chair.

Portia Wells‘ work has always amazed me. Her design projects also serve as a platform for artistic ideation and social commentary about the objects we consume and acquire. I’m always surprised at how each time I look at a particular work I come across a new and unexpected thought behind it.

Alberto Cerriteño is a Mexican illustrator, animator and designer currently based in Portland.

The National
If you’re of an age where albums like Saves the Day’s Stay What You Are exemplified what it was like to be 16 years old, then you’re now of an age where The Nationals Boxer exemplified what it’s like to be a directionless 20-something. Now, they’ve returned after a few years away from the studio with High Violet. Matt Beringer’s baritone voice drives lyrics that should sound so fragile into a powerful call to arms almost. It should also be noted that Bryan Devendorf might be the most underrated drummer in music.

Future Islands
Since the world never gets tired of new genre names, Future Islands have categorized their sound as “post-wave.” As obnoxious as these labels seem to get (and more so with each new one) this sounds remarkable accurate. They’ve borrowed the clean synth sounds from the great 80’s new-wave bands, but have paired it with truly outstanding story telling. Lyrically the band is solid, but you’re completely sold on it by Samuel Herring’s guttural wailing carrying you through each line.

The New Pornographers
May really is the month of the stalwarts of the indie scene releasing new work. The New Pornographers are no different and, as has been the case for more than a decade, they’ve released another solid album with few low points. Together brings the super group back to the studio, which includes Neko Case’s jaw dropping voice. The one criticism of this band over the years is that they don’t often equal the sum of their parts, and that may be the case, but falling short of greatness and landing with something very good is still fine with me.

I love Base. I love Pantone colors. I love the Cool Hunting video series. Doesn’t get any better than this. Oh, yeah…and if all else fails throw in some cameos by John Maeda and Tina Roth Eisenberg (Swiss Miss).

“To celebrate the release of The Plus Series, the next generation of the classic Pantone Matching System, Base worked with director Greg Mitnick and producer/Cool Hunting editor Ami Kealoha to give a rare look into the behind-the-scenes of the design world’s color standard.”

Tinyvices.com is a collection of images and artists founded by Tim Barber. The collections of work come from folks like Ed Templeton, Ryan McGinley, Philip Cheung, Hannah Whitaker and many more..  The collections are quite interesting, particularly to me because they all tell such different stories and portray such different paths that each artists took to capture the images they did..  enjoy

Even though both of my parents are from the Puerto Rico I have to admit I know very little (in fact, almost nothing) about designers from the Caribbean and Central/South America. Over the last year or so this has all changed, in large part to my wonderful friend Alberto Rigau, who has introduced me to a slew of artists, architects and designers (both historical and contemporary) from all over the place, including Brazil.

Fernando and Humberto Campana are two brothers from Brazil whose work I had no clue existed until only a few months ago. The Campanas have been working across the fields of industrial design (namely furniture), art, architecture/interior design and exhibition design for the better part of the last thirty years. Check out some of the crazy work they did for Lacoste below.

Andrew Holder (Pasadena, CA), a graduate of Art Center College of Design, has a portfolio filled with some really wonderful illustration work. I especially love these trophy deer heads, shown above.

All I can say is I want to work for SvB soooooo bad. Ridiculous. Amazing, Beautiful. They make it look so easy.

Cosas Minima is the work of illustrator and design Blanca Gomez, from Madrid, Spain. I think the thing I love most about Blanca’s work is the fun and carefree nature of some of the characters she illustrates. There is a beautiful sense of balance and minimalism to her work as well.

Via KN:

“Back in 2001 DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist got together for a little session/album where they only spun 45′s, calling the end result Product Placement.”

This video is so good I had to post it after seeing Bobby had it up at Kitsune Noir. Thanks to Karl who also gave me a heads up on it. This is helping me set the mood for Cinco de Mayo.