this saturday and sunday is the 7th annual book arts festival at mcba. lots of lovely handmade books, journals, prints and papers. perfect for stocking up on holiday presents!
amy armato of armato design & press has bunches of delightful letterpressed cards for the holidays and everyday. she does custom letterpress, will be at no coast craft-o-rama in december and is a truly great person too (really, i know these things, i went to college with her). the portable mistletoe card (above) is so much fun. just imagine the possibilities!
Thanks to everyone who came to participate in the Use Your Voice event organized by Colle+McVoy’s own Nina Orezzoli. We got a lot of attention and a few questions and if even one more person is prompted to vote it was worth it. Here are a few images of the scene at 9th and Nicollet. A few more on Flickr
If you don’t vote you are allowing yourself to be silenced – giving up your voice on matters that are important to the future of our country. Moved By Silence is staging an event at 9th and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis to remind the public how significant that form of self-censorship is. Gathering starts at 4:30pm Monday, November 3 (tonight) with a dramatic five minutes of silence happening precisely at 5:15pm. Be there tonight and be at the polls (find your polling place on Google) Tuesday morning.
Go see the Eero Saarinen exhibit – half of which is at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (free) the other half being at The Walker (free Thursday evenings and first Saturdays). Eero did a number of things you will recognize like the St. Louis Arch and TWA terminal in NYC but what I always enjoy most at these restrospective shows is the sketches. It is really amazing to see not only the different levels of skill but how they translate into the finished work.
The Summit: Interact with Digital
How can you resist going to the Summit when the promo video is as ridiculous as this?
(disclaimer: I work with the weirdos that made it)
Silly video aside, this year’s Summit is focused on digital and has some interesting speakers like Rei Inamoto of AKQA (and previously of R/GA) and Kevin Allen, head of planning at Proximity London.
It’s October 27th at the Walker this year, you can go here for the details.
Whilst grabbing a sandwich over at OneOnOne yesterday I chanced to bump into Rolf Hagberg who is a local photographer currently exploring an interest in bicycle inspired art. He’s working on a cool series of abstract and energetic images of bike wheels that are pretty cool even if you don’t dig cycling (and really…who doesn’t dig cycling!). Check it out.