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The Sellout

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The Reason for Flowers

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Last Day to pick up limited edition goods from the Business...

Last Day to pick up limited edition goods from the Business Model Fall ‘15 season:

http://society6.com/businessmodel
http://paom.com/profile/businessmodel
http://to.be/businessmodel

http://businessmodel.website

The Complete Stories

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This book has a very cool wrap-around cover that is unfortunately a little difficult to photograph.

Near to the Wild Heart

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The four covers (and backs) of the Clarice Lispector novels come together to form complete portraits.

A Breath of Life

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The four covers (and backs) of the Clarice Lispector novels come together to form complete portraits.

The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism

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Creative Review published a short feature on this line, and Pearson’s choice of Druk.

On Power and Ideology

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Creative Review published a short feature on this line, and Pearson’s choice of Druk.

"Oxymoron is derived from the 5th century Latin oxymoron, which is derived from the Ancient Greek:..."

“Oxymoron is derived from the 5th century Latin oxymoron, which is derived from the Ancient Greek: ὀξύς oxus “sharp, keen” and μωρός mōros “dull, stupid”, making the word itself an oxymoron.”

- Oxymoron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Both ideas were Braques’s! As Picasso himself said, “Great artists steal.” Or as Matisse put it..."

“Both ideas were Braques’s! As Picasso himself said, “Great artists steal.” Or as Matisse put it after a studio visit from Picasso, “He will put it all to good use in time.””

- How Picasso the Sculptor Ruptured Art History – Vulture

Graphic Designers Turned Fine Artists

I asked Twitter: “Tryna think of Graphic Designers-Turned-Fine Artists. Help?
1. Warhol
2. Jenny Holzer
3. Barbara Kruger
4. @Harsh Patel
5. @Michael Cina”

So many great replies:
Ryan McGinness
Geoff McFetridge
Sagmeister
Hassan Rahim
Struggle Inc
Elle Luna
Simon Whybray
Jonathan Zawada
Paula Scher
JK Keller
Daniel Eatock
Sol Lewitt
Georgia O'Keefe
Evan Hecox
MM Paris
Peter Saville
Ed Ruscha

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel

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“The thing people always talk about first, when they are...

“The thing people always talk about first, when they are talking about Net-a-Porter, is the packaging. For a company known for being on the leading edge of online fashion, it is surprisingly anachronistic: The black, beribboned bags that arrive, brimming with tissue paper and the promise of a life-changing ensemble, could just as easily have been delivered by uniformed footman to Eloise’s Plaza as summoned via the internet into the one inhabited by Russian oligarchs.

“It’s like getting a present,” the company’s president, Natalie Massenet, likes to say, which sounds whimsical but isn’t. Elaborate packaging is integral to the Net-a-Porter brand. It was central to Massenet’s vision when she started the company in her apartment in 1999, on the premise that good old-fashioned luxury and the utilitarian promise of the internet need not be mutually exclusive, and has remained so even as the company has expanded to become one of the leading players of global e-commerce.”

— Jessica Pressler at NY Mag
http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/08/net-a-porter-bigger-better-future.html

Photos of the packaging taken from Construct London’s portfolio site

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The Spy’s Son

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Cancer Ward

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The Silent History

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The Musical Brain

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Note: this really is an animated book cover; the cover is a lenticular print.

Hippias Minor

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Numbers in the Dark

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Peter Mendelsund talks about book cover design, his own book What We See When We Read, and designing this line of Calvino covers at The New Yorker.

Blood Splatters Quickly

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Cunning Plans

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Area X

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Fullblood Arabian

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The Utopia of Rules

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Annihiliation

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"Chaos, good news."

““Chaos, good news.””

- ‘TRON: Legacy’ Interview With Director Joseph Kosinski

http://www.darcoff.com/new-work/interspatial-paintings/pin-up-4.p...

http://www.darcoff.com/new-work/interspatial-paintings/pin-up-4.php

Amazon’s reverse engineering of an ideal book review:...

Amazon’s reverse engineering of an ideal book review:

“
Was it good?
Was it violent?
Is there sex?
How’s it narrated?(??)
”

Sounds more like a night at the movies.

(via Image 2015-04-01 at 4.16.48 PM.png) Can’t get over...

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Can’t get over how good Whiplash was. Instant classic.

Business Model is taking...

Business Model is taking pre-orders.
http://businessmodel.website

Now hiring: Two lead design gigs at rad places with rad people

I have two good friends who run companies who are looking for a lead product designer.

The gigs:
- Both are full-time.
- One’s remote, one’s in NYC (will relocate).
- One’s at a funded startup, one’s at a studio that builds startups.
- Both pay competitively.
- Both are run by super good people who know how to work with designers and get the best work out of you.
- Both roles have bright futures ahead of them.

Ideally, you:
- have designed brands
- have designed interfaces
- have designed social interfaces
- have designed ecommerce interfaces
- have style and taste
- have experience building teams
- and frontend chops are always welcome

If you’re tired of the gig you’re at now, hit me up:
ben at pieratt.com. If it seems like a good fit, I’ll introduce the hell out of you.

"Kanye’s got the type of arrogance and ego that it points out flaws in your shit. If you..."

“Kanye’s got the type of arrogance and ego that it points out flaws in your shit. If you uncomfortable about yourself, you gonna be mad at Kanye. If you uncomfortable within yourself and you not comfortable with the type of person you are, when you see him, on his shit, it’s gonna make you mad cause you feel bad about yourself cause you wish you could be that passionate about anything in your life as he is about his music.

You see that and you like “I wish I could be that passionate, but I can’t, cause I’m just a sucka.”

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- Talib Kweli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJEv6kxangM

bangin’ sci-fi 2014

bangin’ sci-fi 2014:

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I read some absurdly good science fiction books this year. Like escaping a draught. (Yes, pedants, a few of these are over a year old, but they’ll be new to most people because honestly who even reads anymore.)

My favorite book(s) of this year was Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach trilogy….

"In order to change society for the better, social entrpeneurs need to ask themselves how they..."

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In order to change society for the better, social entrpeneurs need to ask themselves how they personally are most capable of influencing the the power balance between people ,the state, and multinational corporations.

What product could empower my customer the most?

For me, it means ensuring that as many people as possible have decentralized Internet access that cannot be interrupted. It also means blurring lines between the company and its customers by ensuring that customers get a direct stake in the control and future direction of the company. The way forward is aligned with the needs of your clients, and not, as in the 20th Century, in opposition to their true desires.

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- (1) Jacob Gadikian’s answer to What is the one thing that any radical social entrepreneur can do for society? - Quora

Wait who came before Ma Hunkel then?

If this is like asking “Who was the first female superhero in comics?” then it sort of depends on whether you think “superhero” means super-powered or just masked/costumed, whether that includes vengeful antiheroes, and whether “comics” includes newspaper strips.

The Red Tornado (Ma Hunkel) was the first masked female crimefighter at DC Comics, but she was preceded by several other masked and/or superpowered heroines at smaller publishers.

Here’s a work-in-progress list I’ve started of the first female superheroes in comics leading up to Wonder Woman:

1937-38: Sheena, Queen of the Jungle in Wags #1 (UK); Jumbo Comics #1 (US, Fiction House) — The first “jungle girl,” a non-powered Tarzan-type woman.
February 1940: Fantomah in Jungle Comics #2 (Fiction House) — A jungle woman with godlike superpowers.
March 1940: Amazona, The Mighty Woman in Planet Comics #3 (Fiction House) — Survivor of a super race that perished in the Ice Age; key inspiration for Wonder Woman.
March 1940: The Woman in Red in Thrilling Comics #2 (Nedor) — A non-powered masked vigilante.
May 1940: Gale Allen in Planet Comics #4 (Fiction House) — A sci-fi princess and leader of a female space squadron.
June 1940: Lady Luck in The Spirit Section (newspaper insert) — A non-powered masked crimefighter.
June 1940: Invisible Scarlet O’Neil in newspaper strips — A policewoman with the power to turn invisible. Sometimes considered the first female “superhero” (if Fantomah and Amazona are not “heroic” enough for you).
August 1940: The Black Widow in Mystic Comics #4 (Timely/Marvel) — An antihero who kills bad guys for her master, Satan.
November 1940: The Red Tornado in All-American Comics #20 (DC) — Ma Hunkel, a non-powered middle-aged mother. DC’s first costumed woman hero; also a parody of superheroes.
April 1941: Miss Fury in newspaper strips — A spy and vigilante.
May 1941: Bulletgirl in Master Comics #13 (Fawcett/DC) — Counterpart to Bulletman, with flying powers.
May 1941: War Nurse in Speed Comics #13 (Harvey) — A non-powered British spy and fighter and nurse.
May 1941: Madam Satan in Pep Comics #15 (Archie) — An antihero; like the Black Widow, she kills people for Satan.
June 1941: Hawkgirl in All-Star Comics #5 (DC) — Counterpart to Hawkman, who flies with wings.
August 1941: The Black Cat in Pocket Comics #1 (Harvey) — A Hollywood actress and non-powered vigilante.
August 1941: Nelvana of the Northern Lights in Triumph Adventure Comics #1 (Hillborough) — A demigoddess based on Inuit mythology.
August 1941: Miss Victory in Captain Fearless #1 (Holyoke) — Patriotic fighter of the Nazis.
August 1941: Miss America in Military Comics #1 (Quality/DC) — Another patriotic fighter of the Nazis.
August 1941: Wildfire in Smash Comics #25 (Quality/DC) — A superhero with fire powers.
August 1941: Phantom Lady in Police Comics #1 (Quality/DC) — A detective vigilante with a black flashlight.
December 1941: Lady Satan in Dynamic Comics #2 (Chesler) — A vengeful spy/vigilante type.
December 1941: Lady Fairplay in Bang-Up Comics #1 (Progressive) — A superpowered school teacher
December 1941: Wonder Woman in All-Star Comics #8 (DC) — Super-powered Amazon superhero.

My first trophy since 7th grade 💅 @racked

My first trophy since 7th grade 💅
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mm-dd-yyyy: $5.00 from Future Zine

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$5.00 from Future Zine

"Consider these words that you are reading - where did they come from? What about the language they..."

“Consider these words that you are reading - where did they come from? What about the language they are written in? What about the shape of the letters themselves? What about the font? If you are sitting in a chair, who designed that chair? Or the floor on which it sits? Think about the recipes of the food you eat or the music you listen to. The world we actually live in is made of ideas that have left human minds and entered the physical world. Indeed, the story of our evolution is essentially the story of us retreating from the natural world into the mental one.”

- John Higgs - from The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds (via originalgiantcontent)

Trying the new Flickr app

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Good stuff

pieratt.com #2

More of the same. More minimal. Eventually I'll figure out something I like and post it along with the rest of the boring page.

pieratt.com #1

Something I was doing for pieratt.com. Abandoned, though I still like parts of it.

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Crossed hands, crossed legs.

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Now Serving, Final

Going to the printer today

Random House Home Video

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Sam, post-bath

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Lunch League - Assorted

Small set of a good handful of logos for the upcoming Lunch League clothing line.

Lunch League, two of many

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Lunch League, one of many

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Tummy time at 3 weeks

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The boy

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LL - Hot Hot Hot

Another t-shirt sketch for a new line of t-shirts for foodies and such. Also needs work yet.

LL - Now Serving

T-shirt sketch for a new line of t-shirts for foodies and such. Needs work yet.

Cars & Dinosaurs

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broken computer =/

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VSA logo by Ed Benguiat

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new laptop

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Hard to believe that those two screens are displaying the same amount of information. (Dell 24" v. MBP 17" hi-res, 1920x1200)

Perfection Matrix

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I've been reading this book, The Last Witchfinder. In it, Benjamin Franklin has a Perfection Matrix, which he keeps on him at all times. (You can read more about it here)

I'd be lying if the idea didn't sound intriguing, so I made one for myself. We'll see how it goes.

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Stickers are here!

site for non-profit

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Just finished a site for them, (thanks Eric!) They went for the logo, obviously.

Most of the photos are from pattersonminx's istock stuff.

cetav.org, if you're curious. Though there's not much more than that single page.

some logo work

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We're donating some time to a local non-profit. The work is on an accelerated schedule, but it came out ok.

Hoping they go for it.