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make, do with these pencil tips

RISD MFA Graphic Design’s graduating class has created a physical and virtual pop-up shop called RISD MAKE DO that will sell work related to our academic thesis process. The shop will be open at the graduate show from 20 May to 5 June and will sell original books, posters, tote bags, tshirts and more. There are plans this summer to travel to New York and other locations as well.

My favorite things at the shop thus far are Heather Phillips‘ ‘Pencil Tips.’ Heather has created a set of five pencils, each imprinted with a catchy graphic design phrase. Fun!

If you can’t make it to Providence, check it out online here or on their blog.

nuzzles®

Nuzzles® are custom handmade wooden name puzzles designed by John Christenson. Each has its own unique typographic style and is crafted from a single block of wood.

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der speegle

Reproduced from one of artist Trey Speegle’s signature paint-by-number works, this woodsy crewelwork rug has a loop on the back so you can hang it on your wall as well place it atop your floors. The 5×7 wool rug costs $398 and is available at Anthropologie.

pedal-driven posters

Twenty five years ago, Brett Horton started collecting cycling memorabilia. The collection has grown to many thousands of items including a ton of gorgeous posters. Check out the Horton Collection here. Brett hopes to have at least 15,000 objects and 20,000 photographs scanned and online at some point soon.

See more of my faves after the jump.

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prints charming

On Thursday, May 20, Swann Galleries will conduct a two-part auction of Photographic Literature & Important Photographs that features many scarce and significant works—both individual photographic images and books.

The auction will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 20 with Photographic Literature, and will continue at 2:00 p.m. with Important Photographs.

The photographs and books will be on public exhibition at Swann Galleries Saturday, May 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Monday, May 17 through Wednesday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

(above) Sale 2215 Lot 3Stieglitz, Alfred
291. Numbers 1 and 2

Together, 2 issues of this rare publication. Co-edited by Stieglitz, Paul Haviland, Ernst Meyer and Marius De Zayas. With reproductions of artworks by Picasso, Rhoades, Steichen and De Zayas and a musical score by Savinio. Tall folio, self-wrappers; front cover stained on second issue. New York, 1915
Estimate: $2,500 to 3,500

See a few more after the jump or see the entire catalog on Swann’s website

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i want to draw my bicycle…

Dave’s World’s Fair bike

Taliah Lempert makes incredible portaits of bicycles.

On May 25th,  she’ll teach you how to draw your own.

Drawing the Bicycle with Taliah Lempert
Draw pictures of bicycles in an artist’s studio.

This free workshop focuses on gesture, composition and basic bicycle anatomy.  Participants draw bicycles from observation.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 6:30-9:30pm
All levels welcome.
Class size limited to 10 participants.
Basic materials provided.

Sign up here.

may day

Aung San Suu Kyi portrait by Shepard Fairey

The final show at Deitch Projects opens this evening and it’s a ‘giant’ one.

“Deitch Projects is pleased to present May Day, an exhibition of new work by Shepard Fairey, as its final project. Titled not only in reference to the day of the exhibition’s opening, the multiple meanings of May Day resonate throughout the artist’s new body of work. Originally a celebration of spring and the rebirth it represents, May Day is also observed in many countries as International Worker’s Day or Labor Day, a day of political demonstrations and celebrations coordinated by unions and socialist groups. “Mayday” is also the distress signal used by pilots, police and firefighters in times of emergency.”

Jasper Johns portrait by Shepard Fairey, 2010

MAY DAY 2010

Solo Exhibition featuring new works by Shepard Fairey

Opening Reception on May 1st, 6-9pm
May 01, 2010 — May 29, 2010

Deitch Projects
18 Wooster Street, New York City

meat and greet

Mark Ryden’s The Gay 90’s: Old Thyme Art Show opens tonight at Paul Kasmin Gallery in Chelsea. How can you not love classical paintings of meat, little girls, Jesus and Abe Lincoln?

Exhibition runs from April 29 through June 5, 2010

Dress in your best “Olde Tyme” outfit (or meat dress) and come to the opening reception tonight from 5 to 8 p.m.

Paul Kasmin Gallery
293 Tenth Ave.
New York, NY 10001
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staples is coming to town

Check out artist, Peter Root’s latest work ‘Ephemicropolis.’ Its a metropolis made from stacks of metal staples… 100,000 of them assembled over a period of 40 hours. Check out the video and see more photos after the jump. Beautiful!

The making of Ephemicropolis from Peter Root on Vimeo.

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