From 1867 to 1873, Timothy O'Sullivan was the official photographer for the U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, better known as the King Survey. His images were among the first to show the barren landscapes, prehistoric ruins, and Native Americans of the Southwest. Sixty photographs from the collection are currently on display at the Art Institue of Chicago. Malcolm Grear Designers designed the accompanying catalogue. ...continue reading
Powerhouse Books recently published American Studies: Photographs by Jim Dow. For over forty years, Jim Dow has been traveling the rural roads of the Unites States and documenting the unique American culture that can only be found off the main highways and roads. Dow approached Malcolm Grear Designers to provide the graphic design and structure of his book. ...continue reading
Logo lover and writer David Airey has just released his first design book geared towards the creation of visual identities. The book titled "Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities" was published by Peachpit Publishing and may be purchased through amazon.com.
On Saturday February 14, the exhibition entitled “The Photographs of Homer Page: The Guggenheim Year, New York, 1949-50” opens at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Homer Page used a 1949-50 Guggenheim fellowship to photograph New York City. Page captured this specific time and place with his unique artistic vision that was both “gritty and lyrical.”
“KNOT” by Lebanese born, New York based artist Annabel Daou opens today at the David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University. This three-part exhibition consists of twelve notebooks, a large site-oriented wall drawing, and a twelve page accordion fold take-home piece. In Daou's exhibition “she searches ... for something that is not what it seems to be, for something that IS by what it is ...continue reading
Sunday's "Providence Journal" featured a two page article that reviewed the art exhibition of the late Hugh Townley's work entitled, "The Wizard with Wood".