Dateline: Iran. Mousavi Art.
Mir-Hossein Mousavi (Khameneh), The Queen’s Park, 1972, Grey Art Gallery, New York University Art CollectionBy Mark Kaufman I was up until 3am PST last night watching a live broadcast of the Ayatollah Khamenei speech at Tehran University last night. Reports breaking a while ago are that those close to Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi […]
Objectified. The Traveling Road Show.
By Mark Kaufman I saw Objectified last week, the new film from Helvetica director Gary Hustwit at the Cinerama Theatre in Seattle. The huge theatre was packed with graphic, industrial, information and product designers whose hearts did a collective flutter when design icons like Dieter Rams or Jonathan Ivie make their big screen appearances. The […]
Practice. Practice. Practice.
By Mark Kaufman I hate to do type by hand, but still I must practice, practice, practice.
Stumble Bum Fridays: Waste Time. Figure it Out. Do Something.
By Mark Kaufman What to do this weekend. Waste time at the Adult Swim Games Page? Figure out your place in the business world with this awesome Venn Diagram from Bud Caddell? Do something productive with a Sharpie? Me? None of the above. I’m going to the track.
Drawmark Memory Hole: The Death of Gerald Ford
By Mark Kaufman Would be Gerald Ford assassin Sarah Jane Moore has been back in the news lately, (on the Today Show not I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here) which reminded me of this portrait I did when the 38th POTUS died. The idea of course that while most people were celebrating his […]
Stumble Bum Fridays: Workin’ For The Weekend
BankAmericard from Credit Collectibles.com, Stencil from the Stencil Street Art Project, Phones from Matt Gross for The New York Times.By Mark Kaufman Stumbled upon these sites today, which shows where my head is at. I do not want to be working today. I’d like to book a flight with my BankAmericard to Berlin to see […]
Historical Perspective of the iPhone New Yorker Cover
By Mark Kaufman Day after day, me, you and everyone you know sits in front of a computer screen, tiptaptapping away, writing, creating art, researching and goofing off. This week Jorge Columbo created a New Yorker cover with an iPhone! An iPhone. As amazing as that is and you can find a video here of […]