Heinz Edelmann is the graphic designer who designed the album sleeve for The Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ album. He passed away today, leaving behind a legacy so closely related and iconic of one of the most influential musical acts in contemporary times.

Was there ever anything that you considered so important that you decided to use your [...]

Opera is such a classical art form that few youngsters these days are interested in it. They are preoccupied with the endless drone of derivative songs, complete with meaningless lyrics, predictable chord progressions and weak musical structures so pervasive in the contemporary music landscape. But perhaps all this disinterest rises from the misperception that opera [...]

“In the surreal comedy, Cold Souls, Paul Giamatti plays an actor named… Paul Giamatti. Stumbling upon an article in The New Yorker about a high-tech company that extracts, deep-freezes and stores people’s souls, Paul very well might have found the key to happiness for which he’s been searching. But, complications arise when he is the [...]

Artistic expression is almost always a reflection of the world around us. What happens to our design sensibilities and aesthetics when faced with emotional turmoil? Or the strife that we face during wartime?
I came across a poster by self-taught Polish designer Tadeuz Trepkowski depicting the anger, fear and devastation brought on by World War II. [...]

Created by Richard Carey:
“I drew this circle limit pattern on a structure of hyperbolic curves. The pattern is based on the theory of curves within a triangle and how it takes an infinite amount of straight lines to make a perfect curve or circle. This theory is mirrored in the hyperbolic repetition of this pattern [...]

My education and upbringing were heavily steeped in tradition. I spent countless hours practicing chinese calligraphy, studied extensively classical Chinese, Malay and English, even learnt to play Guzheng along the way. So, it is hardly surprising that my design sensibilities and aesthetics are very much influenced by old world philosophies and ideas. How does meld [...]

Wonderful poster for the annual HKU SPACE Graphic Design graduation show - called “Space Odyssey”. The work this year is all centred around the rather specific theme “16 Visual Vibrations”, representing 16 different views about 16 social issues:

“Every two years, the owners of the world’s most elaborate facial hair come together for the World Beard and Moustache Championships. On May 23, 2009, the championships will return to the United States for the second time in their history, as the City of Anchorage, Alaska plays host to the world’s bearded and moustached elite. [...]

Due to my horrendous sense of direction, I own a Garmin nüvi 1250. I thought it would help help me navigate the network of roads in the city. But, of course, it didn’t. Apart from a highly inefficient user interface, the screen resolution and size do not accommodate the needs of frantic, nervous driver cursing [...]

Of the crop of new films coming out, I am most excited about Brothers Bloom. Offbeat and light-hearted, it should make for a great summer flick. I cannot wait, especially when teased with alternate posters like Zach Johnson’s masterpiece below:

“We endeavored to create a good old-fashioned Hollywood poster, like how they made them before Photoshop [...]