A transmission from the deep south.
Just posted Exorcist, a new track from our power-duo project called Gentlemen, for your listening pleasure. Shake your ass.
The more plays (and votes) the Gentlemen get this month, the better the chance they’ll receive funding in the November round of theaudience, to help them to make more great tunes.
Kris Sowersby’s Tiempos Text is employed to great effect in a new boxed collector’s set of Malcolm Gladwell books, designed by Paul Sahre and illustrated by Brian Rea. Read more at Co.Design.
Sidenote: Tiempos and its sibling Tiempos Headline look beautiful on the web too. Pretty much can’t wait until these are available for general web use.
Need I remind you New Yorkers to go see Peter Stichbury’s “Superfluous Man” exhibition at Tracy Williams (West 23 Street) from November 8 to December 22? He rules.
We bought the original of this painting (Your Tomorrow, 2012) from the monumentally talented Henrietta Harris at her recent “Hold Still” exhibition. Still deciding where to hang it.
“This Time” — a Poor Fool’s Cocktail made up of one part unrequited longing, two parts denial and a light dusting of hope for good measure.
Catchy as all get out. Only a matter of time before this ends up on a Wes Anderson soundtrack.
The new video for “No Way” from the debut album Passive Me, Aggressive You by The Naked And Famous. Directed by Campbell Hooper and Joel Kefali for Special Problems. These guys can do no wrong.
New Zealand rendered in paint, from my brother Ben’s New Zealand series. Coming soon to a t-shirt near you.
Big thanks to the folks at Pictory for including my photograph of Auckland harbour in today’s showcase of New Zealand and its many wonders. The McCahon-inspired nameplate above is the work of Christchurch designer Tim Kelleher, and fellow kiwi Kris Sowersby had a hand in the creation of the Meta Serif typeface used to display the local trivia scattered throughout the article.
Go see Peter Stichbury at Tracy Williams Ltd.
Illustrator and typographer Jessica Hische is in Auckland to speak at Semi-Permanent. She talked to 95bFM’s Charlotte Ryan about how and why she practises her craft.
Written and designed by Matthew Buchanan. Colophon. Please give credit. Email me.
