Stumble Bum Fridays // 2
By Mark Kaufman These are the first three illustration based websites I found today on Stumbleupon. 1. Cous Cous Kid. Crazy beautiful photo illustrations by Matthew Star Thomas, by way of Bath, England 2. Diariografico. A site from Portugal for artists to upload notebook drawings and sketches run by Eduordo Salavisa. 3. Basic Instructions. The […]
Olly Moss
By Mark Kaufman I was in Las Vegas over the weekend, and I visited the new Atomic Testing Museum. Cool museum about the atomic tests in Nevada from the 1940s to the early 90s. But that’s not what I want to talk about today. I was reminded of the reimagined video game covers I saw […]
Brand Parody
By Mark Kaufman I caught this post from the Business Pundit web site last month, and forgot about until I noticed another scratch on my Ford Ranchero. The fine folks at Business Pundit re-designed 15 corporate logos to reflect the state of the economy. I think they’re well done, cover a range of industries from […]
Happy Birthday FDR
By Mark Kaufman Today is Franklin Roosevelt’s 127th birthday. The image above is of course Our Friend, by Ben Shahn, a painting and poster design created for the National Citizens Politcal Action Committee in 1944. The photo is taken of the end papers of my copy of Book 10 of The American Heritage Book of […]
A Dog Walks Into a Bar…
Un mondo cane dei ubriachi.By Mark Kaufman New illustration I did to accompany an article on pending legislation in Washington State. SB 5192 and SB 5336, which would allow dogs into bars and outdoor areas of bars and coffee shops. It may be good for dogs, and it may be good for Starbucks bottom line, […]
Mad Props
By Mark Kaufman Despite the bad news that Mad Magazine will become a quarterly, the usual gang of idiots still treat the POTUS the same no matter the party. Barack Obama can look forward to the same satiric pie in the face as Ike, JFK, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Bush 41 and 43 did, […]
Oh Crappy Day. Get Your War On is No More
By Mark Kaufman David Rees has ended the public service that was Get Your War On. On the last day of the Bush administration Mr. Rees put an end to the comic strip which succinctly put into words the ridiculous tenure of the Bush administration. Dubya/Dick/Rummy/Condi/Fredo/Hank, I’ll see you in Hell. Get Your War On, […]
Be Seeing You. Patrick McGoohan 1928-2009
By Mark Kaufman Patrick McGoohan, the actor and producer of the 1960’s television program The Prisoner has died at the age of 80. What does this have to do with illustration or design? Subject matter aside, The Prisoner was hugely influential in the annals of broadcasting for of its design sensibilities. The show was infused […]