Seriously. Ouch, My Eye!
By Mark Kaufman I am not kidding. This is my eye this morning. Not from judging the Creativity show, it seems that I had a bad reaction to some shellfish, my eyes are swollen up so bad I can barely open them. I am going to the store to fill a prescription and then I […]
I Just Flew in From Louisville, and Boy Are My Eyes Tired
By Mark Kaufman Here’s a photo of the ballroom at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, KY, where the Creativity 38 show judging took place. For 3 days, 15 talented people from across the country looked at over 3,000 entries from around the world. A big thanks to Kathleen Ritchie and her staff for pulling this […]
Kentucky Bound
By Mark KaufmanI’m heading to Louisville, Kentucky to be a juror for the 38th Annual Creativity Awards. I will be judging work in the Publications, Illustration, Typography & Photography category. The Creativity Annual Awards is one of the longest running international advertising and graphic design competitions. I want to see some great work, but I […]
I Don’t Know About Art, But I Know Obama When I See Him
By Mark Kaufman Interesting article by Jen Graves in The Stranger today on the boom in Barack Obama based art. I for one am not quite sure what to make of this phenomenon, except to say that it is a rare example of people getting creative in a positive way rather than a negative way. […]
Get Your War Animated
By Mark Kaufman David Rees writer of one of the funniest and most insightful comics of our time, Get Your War On, is now all animated and shit. Clip art yeeeeeah!
What’s the Matter With Oregon?
By Mark KaufmanI spent the weekend in Oregon, a lovely day in Portland and a road trip down to Ashland for The Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Overall a great trip, Oregon is a beautiful state, however what the fuck is with Oregonians and their footwear choices? Never in my life have I seen such a horrid […]
Tomi Ungerer. Politics, Kids, Advertising, Erotica
By Mark Kaufman I was out of town for the weekend, so I didn’t get to read the New York Times Sunday edition until last night. To my pleasant surprise there was an article about one of my childhood heroes, Tomi Ungerer in the Arts & Leisure section. Happily Phaidon Press has purchased the English […]