Sit back and enjoy Sjors Vervoort’s playful, stop-motion cardboard animation short.

Those little cardboard guys are pretty cute. ~__^

TGIF,
Ninja

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Tonight: The Cooper Union presents Herb Lubalin’s original sketches, magazines, and posters and the work of graphic designers inspired by Mr. Lubalin’s expressive typography.

Lubalin Now curated by
Mike Essl and Alexander Tochilovsky

When
Opening Reception: November 5, 2009
6 – 8 PM

On view until December 8, 2009
Closed Fridays and Sundays

Where
The Cooper Union
41 Cooper Square
New York, NY 10003 (map)

Admission
This event is free and open to the public

Preview

Alex Trochut

Ariel Di Lisio

Deanne Cheuk

Justin Thomas Kay

Marian Bantjes

Matt Owens

Rick Valicenti

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I was browsing through the The Folio Society’s collection and came across Sam Weber’s stunning illustrations for their edition of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.

Preview

Cover

Painted Faces and Long Hair

The Signal Fire

Beast From Air

Lord of The Flies

The Shattered Conch

Details
+ Art Director: Sheri Gee
+ Illustrator: Sam Weber
+ Cover: single-color lithograph on red book cloth with white letterpressed accents
+ Set in Minion
+ Size: 9″ × 5¾”
+ Publication date: December 2009

Purchasing link (available to The Folio Society members only)
+ Folio Society’s Lord of the Flies book, $44.95

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Amy Sol’s Wilderness Buffet solo exhibition at the CoproGallery features her largest, most detailed paintings yet! They are just so heart-achingly beautiful. Amy does not disappoint with her imaginative narratives, dreamy heroines, and curious animal companions. She has also expanded her signature muted palette to include playful, brighter tones.

When
Opening Reception: November 7, 2009
8:00 – 11:30 PM
Amy will be attending the opening reception and will have hand-finished prints

Wilderness Buffet exhibition runs to November 27, 2009

Where
CoproGallery
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave
Unit T5
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Preview

Sea Ice Caravel
24 x 32 inches
acrylic on wood

Sunlit Kingdom
27 x 23 inches
acrylic on wood

Supernova Milk
27 x 23 inches
acrylic on wood

Plumlit Night
24 x 20 inches
acrylic on wood

Related links
+ visit Amy Sol’s web site
+ read Amy Sol’s blog
+ check out Amy Sol’s myspace

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Husband and wife design team John and Linda Meyers (aka Wary Meyers Decorative Arts) have a wonderful, new DIY book! The book features 45 reuse/repurpose projects complete with instructions and process sketches. Here’s a preview of some of their creative projects from the Wary Meyers’ Tossed & Found book.

Purchasing link
+ Wary Meyers’ Tossed & Found: Unconventional Design from Cast-offs, $16.61

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Feeling ambitious this Halloween? Here are some impressive, creative costumes: Transformer, Pyro, iPhone, and Lichtenstein comic girl.

Happy tricks and treats,
Ninja

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Music runs in Anya Marina’s family. Her grandmother played piano in Dixieland bands. And both her parents play the piano — her mother favoring Gypsy folk songs while her father plays the blues. Before taking the stage, Anya spent five years interviewing bands and honing her musical chops as a DJ on FM 94.9.

Purchasing links
+ Slow & Steady Seduction, Phase II, $13.98
+ Miss Halfway, $12.00

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Paul Pope’s new screenprint, Crepax — an homage to the Italian master Guido Crepax — is now available! All profits from the Crepax prints will go to benefit the CBLDF (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund).

Crepax also comes as a t-shirt design.

Purchasing link
+ Paul Pope gear at the Nakatomi store

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To commemorate Septime Webre’s 10th anniversary as The Washington Ballet’s Artistic Director, photographer Cade Martin has collaborated with Design Army and TWB to create a spell-binding book, Wonderland. Wonderland follows over fifty dancers and gives readers intimate portraits of life backstage.

Cade Martin’s clients include The Discovery Channel, Marriott, The National Geographic Society, and National Public Radio.

Related link
+ Cade Martin’s portfolio

Purchasing link
+ The Washington Ballet’s Wonderland book, $55.00

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