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Blu, one of our favorite European illustrators, created a wonderful animation of his graffiti traveling across walls and into tunnels. [via Capn Design]
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A museum devoted entirely to graphic design opened June 11th in Breda, Amsterdam. The Graphic Design Museum, Breyard Breda is the first of its kind anywhere. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands led the opening ceremonies of the museum, which features exhibitions of both well-known and emerging artists, an education center, and a designer shop and café.
Add Strawberry Shortcake to the list of old-school cartoon characters to undergo extreme makeovers. American Greetings Properties hopes more modern clothing and a conventional pretty teen face (with big green eyes and pink lipstick) will help her appeal to a new generation of girls who, AGP believes, can’t relate to someone wearing bloomers.
CUP’s Making Policy Public is looking for designers to collaborate with advocates on projects which help explain public policy. The deadline for proposals is June 16th at midnight.
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Alton Kelly, whose posters for the Grateful Dead and other rock bands in the '60s helped define the psychedelic style of the era, died June 1. The New York Times obituary is here.
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The Tate Modern in London unveiled its Street Art exhibition on May 23rd, temporarily lending its exterior walls to six well-known graffiti artists. London's own infamous graffitist Banksy was absent from the exhibition, leading some Brits to call it the "Wot No Banksy Exhibition." Banksy has taken it upon himself to modify the outside (and inside) of Tate in the past, but he was not invited this time—rumors say museum officials heard that Banksy would decline the invitation, if asked.
In early May, Banksy organized and participated in The Cans Festival in a tunnel beneath London’s Waterloo station, which attracted more than 28,000 visitors in three days. Featuring the work of 40 distinguished street artists (including Brooklyn's Faile, who was invited to participate in the Street Art exhibition), the walls also served as a canvas for guests to add their own artwork to the tunnel.
For more about Banksy, read PRINT's January/February 2007 article about the artist. ERIN O’HARA
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DesignCanChange.org, a non-profit organization of environmentally conscious designers, provides information about global climate change, offers tips to create more sustainable design, and offers a directory of green designers that clients can search.
Also: Read Rick Poynor’s column in our January 2008 issue about how designers are working to shape the discourse about climate change.
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