“I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.”
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
This video is a summary of pretty much everything I’ve been into for the past two months.
While I was on holiday in the Philippines earlier this month, I had the great pleasure of attending a parade for Fiesta on the island of Romblon. I was loving the signs that each tribe had created, so I snapped a quick series of them.
Aina is the Hawaiian word for land and for me 2010 is a year of reconnecting to the earth. In 2009, we experienced a year filled with financial problems, political tensions and fear in the media… As a forest sometimes burns, new life regrows in its place. While we may have had a year of burning I feel like the soil we have to grow out of is fertile and full of growth.
-Mark Boulton
At least I think Mark Boulton wrote that on Colourlovers. I can’t seem to find it now, but I scribbled it on some paper and I like it more and more each day. I believe the quote was in reference to the color he chose as the color of 2010. Apparently, Pantone decided it’s turquoise.
Patagonia decided to scrap their printed catalog and instead debuted an entirely online catalog yesterday. They’re certainly not the first company to do this. But it re-ignited a conversation I’ve been running in my head about the possibilities that interactivity bring to works that would traditionally be print-only. From the Kindle to the iPod to traditional browsers, the way that we tell a story or sell a product should never be the same.
This picture reminds me why I surf, why I design, and why I make art — every time I see it.
Without a doubt, Stoner’s surf photography has influenced the way I look at the world, perhaps more so than any other artist’s work. If you’re not familiar with Ron Stoner’s story, it’s an incredible rise to surf stardom, capped by his abrupt disappearance at the height of his game.
A retrospective of his work called, “Photo/Stoner,” is one of my most prized possessions.
As you may notice, DesignBrawl is looking a little bare. I had a serious WordPress meltdown and now things are missing. Actually, everything is missing.
So I’ll be putting things that were here back up as fast as I can. But it’s going to be a real process. Bear with me.
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