At War With São Paulo's Establishment, Black Paint in Hand

The São Paulo authorities have tried for years to stop Pichação, graffiti that reflects urban decay and deep class divisions.

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New Banksy Appears In Kentish Town London - ArtLyst

"It usually takes a few days to authenticate an artwork, whenever a new Banksy appears and the best place to get the lowdown is on the official Banksy website. This latest offering, which depicts a toddler with a lollypop pulling an air to surface missile, contained in a kiddie wagon was just spotted by an eagle eyed Twitter user."

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NYTimes.com: In a City Fighting Blight, 'Ghost Signs' as Portals to a Bygone Era

January 23, 2012

This Land: In a City Fighting Blight, 'Ghost Signs' as Portals to a Bygone Era
By DAN BARRY

A demolition reveals two well-preserved ads on the side of a building that allude to a prosperity that is incongruous in today's Highland Park, Mich.

Get the new year off to a positive start with these design resolutions

Wake up. I hope you enjoyed your holiday because it’s a new year and it’s time to get back to work.

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AIGA SF Student Member Mixer: Feb 15

AIGA SF Student Member Mixer | AIGA San Francisco

The AIGA San Francisco student liaisons and board of directors invite students from Northern California design schools to our winter mixer. It’s a great opportunity to meet your fellow design students, the AIGA SF board and our guests. Mix, mingle and learn about our student programs.

Admission is FREE for AIGA student members and students who joinAIGA at the mixer and $7 for student non-members.

All ages are welcome. Snacks, soda and beer will be provided (21 and over with ID), while supplies last!

Wednesday, 15 Feb 2012
6:30pm - 8:30pm

AIGA San Francisco

130 Sutter Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, California 94104 Map

AIGA SF is committed to offering college-level graphic design students a variety of opportunities to supplement their education. We also seek to mentor the next generation of designers by providing inspiration, education and networking opportunities.

Student programs and initiatives include:

• Student Lecture Series
• Portfolio Day
• Enrichment and Tharp Scholarships
• AIGA SF Design Library

Exhibition: THE ART OF LETTERPRESS

February 11th-March 25th, 2012

Opening Reception:
Saturday, February 11th, 6-9pm

Closing Tea: Sunday, March 25th, 3-6pm

Co-curated with Rebecca Peters

The Compound Gallery & Studios
1167 65th st. Oakland, CA 94608
510.601.1702

OPEN:
Thursday-Sunday 12-6pm and
First Fridays until 9pm
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Gerd Arntz, graphic designer_Traveling Exhibition and Book now available

Gerd Arntz, graphic designer
The work of politically engaged artist Gerd Arntz (1900-1988) has a great visual impact and is full of information. This motivated sociologist and philosopher Otto Neurath to invite Arntz around 1922 to design the symbols for his system for visual education Isotype. Arntz designed more than 3000 symbols. Still today we can see the influence of these symbols which can be seen as radically reduced information. Many on- and off line communication designers today perceive Gerd Arntz as the godfather for visual communication. The brilliant artist and craftsman Arntz was a master in reduction and a sharing idealist. This exhibition gives insight in the work of Gerd Arntz as politically engaged artist on the one hand and as designer of timeless symbols on the other hand. (http://www.gerdarntz.org/)

The exhibition is initiated by designer Ed Annink of design studio Ontwerpwerk, The Hague.

Publication Available
Gerd Arntz, graphic designer, Ed Annink, Max Bruinsma, 2010, ISBN 978 90 6450 763 2, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, Distributed by Idea Books (issuu.com/ontwerpwerk/docs/gerdarntz_preview,www.010.nl/catalogue/book.php?id=763)

App available

A wonderfull Gerd Arntz memory app for I-phone is available on the Appstore of I-tunes. 

Check the webiste: www.gerdarntz.org