A short visual essay on some of the more interesting street graphics seen while wandering through Rome this summer.
Continue reading Dispatches from Rome: Word on the Street(Graphics)
   
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This visual essay is a collection of the more interesting street graphics I came across on a recent trip to Paris. I would consider this an incomplete survey as my time was short I wasn’t able to see many neighborhoods.
Continue reading Dispatches from Paris/Word on the Street(Graphics)
Watch the promo for the Levi’s Workshop/Print below and if it peaks your interest, head over to The Experts Agree to read Owen Troy’s succinct and well-considered analysis.
Thanks, Alda. Eric Fuertes, who is currently a graduate student in sculpture at Northern Illinois University, sent us this new video of his Dumbo Printing Press (which you may have seen before here). Warning: this video features a musical soundtrack that some readers may find objectionable! 
Ha Ha! Just kidding about the music; everybody loves that song! This is Fuertes’ UFO/skateboard printing press: 
Eric has entered the “Pepsi Refresh” grant competition, and is seeking funding to take this show on the road with a series of public print workshops. You can vote for his project here. Reader May Yang tipped us to the “Style Six Silk Screener,” on sale now at your favorite big-box retailer! Also, at K-Mart.
The new motto for printmaking: “just roll on the paint!” 
(via BB)
One person’s recession is another person’s opportunity, right? A few weeks back while trolling the neighborhood surrounding the University of the Arts for various print-related exhibitions, I happened upon this Pine Street storefront currently occupied by TrickGo. I went inside to have a look and talked with owner Matt Trigaux who has a pretty compelling story to tell about the triumph of the entrepreneurial spirit. Matt started Trickgo back in 2008 as a student at UArts (he’s a junior now and does TrickGo on top of his school work!). It has grown organically since then from dorm room experiment to bonafied small business. Specializing in limited edition t-shirts, prints, and other handmade small-run products, TrickGo is part store, part gallery, and part social scene. Trigaux works with his immediate community. A lot of his artists are current and former students at UArts as are many of his customers. TrickGo, with it’s local flavor and approachability, is new school “Mom and Pop”. It’s the kind of place that makes you think maybe capitalism isn’t so bad after all.
Book Bombs is an independent produced Philagrafika project that has been up and running in Philadelphia for the better part of a year, and was founded by Mary Tasillo and Michelle Wilson (of Rocinante Press). They describe there project as a, “collaborative, site-based zine project examining Philadelphia parks and benches as social spaces, shelters, and art galleries, and will culminate next year as a component of PHILAGRAFIKA 2010.“ Most recently the book bombs have begun showing up in parks around the city, again in their words, “Our first print bombings will be printed on paper made from clothing and blankets, items that can alternately represent luxury or survival, allowing the actual fibers of our paper to embody the printed content.” This project takes paper making and book making and applies it as a form of street art to address a sense of social justice. This is also an incredibly prolific project that will be showing up all over Philly this spring, click here for dates and locations.
If you haven’t seen this, stop what you are doing and enjoy a brief ride through the tunnel of labor of love. To learn more about John Carrera visit Quercus Press here. And if you want more and still some Amazon gift card currency left you can get your own lovely (trade edition) volume here. Thanks for the tip, Luther! 
Portland’s own Independent Publishing Resource Center has recently created this documentary video exploring their history and mission. They describe some of the highlights:
The IPRC is a very compelling project that could and should serve as a model to similar operations in cities around the country. To read more about the IPRC check out this post from last September. |
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