Here’s another great example of minimalist packaging design from artist Harc Lee, where we find all colour stripped away in favor of some simple embossing.
Previously:
Antrepo’s minimalist effect in a maxmimalist market
Source: behance.net
Seeking a “minimalist effect in a maximalist market” this series from design consultants Antrepo strips as much as it can from its subject until only the most basic identifying features remains - often little more than an unadorned logo.
The results are as calm as they are remarkable, proving that in an age where everyone is yelling, a whisper can speak volumes.
Source: a2591.com
Picking up where Rauschenberg’s “Erased De Kooning Drawing” left off, Dan Walsh’s “Garfield Minus Garfield” (also available as a book) explores the existence of Jon Arbuckle through the removal of our favorite fat cat from the original Jim Davis comic strip.
The resulting Garfield-less comics are at times odd, insightful, and depressing, as they shed new light on Jon’s “life.” They’re also often pure genius.
Previously:
John Cage on Poetry
Rauschenberg’s “Erased de Kooning Drawing”
Radiohead’s “How to Disappear Completely”
John Cage on Poetry
“I have nothing to say
and I am saying it
and that is poetry as I need it”
~ John Cage
Related: 4’33”
Previously:
Rauschenberg’s “Erased de Kooning Drawing”
Radiohead’s “How to Disappear Completely”
Rauschenberg’s “Erased de Kooning Drawing”
For the season of Lent I’m publishing a number of posts dealing with the idea of taking away. The hope is for the series to be a study in the art(s) of fasting, and an exploration of the idea that “less is more.”
Today’s post features a famous abstract expressionist act by artist Robert Rauschenberg.
Erased de Kooning Drawing
Robert Rauschenberg, 1953
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“It’s not a negation, it’s a celebration.”
~ Robert Rauschenberg
In 1953, aspiring artist Robert Rauschenberg approached Willem de Kooning (a recognized master of the Abstract Expressionist movement) with a bottle of Jack Daniels in hand and a request for one of de Kooning’s pieces of art. The reason: so he could erase it.
Rauschenberg had been working on a series of minimalist paintings for some time but wasn’t quite satisfied with “adding” to his canvas anymore; the true art he mused, would be found in taking away.
And so the story goes that de Kooning - who was more than intrigued by the odd request - sorted through his recent work until he found a piece that would both be missed, and a challenge to do away with. The resulting gift took Rauschenberg about a month and countless erasers to work on.
To hear the story as Rauschenberg himself recounts it, you can watch the video below, or read more about it here.
With the season of Lent upon us (today being Ash Wednesday) I figured it a fitting time to launch into a series of posts dealing with the idea of subtraction.
Consider it a study in “less is more;” a focus on fasting in its numerous forms.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery once said “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away,” and it is with this thought in mind (and Radiohead in ear) that we’ll begin things tomorrow.
3 Deer, 3 Moose
Unofficial Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit
LEGO
David Cole
Bucky - Large Deer Trophy
Cardboard
Cardboard Safari
Dishes series
Cutlery, Dishes
Jean-Francois de Witte
Moose
Skateboard decks
Haroshi
Matty from Vancouver Island’s Victory Barber & Brand tells the story of their iconic shop mascot. (Here’s his arrival at the shop.)
Bonus:
Kester Brewin on wasting time in University
Definitely worth a read for those of us worried about what we may be (inadvertently) losing in our attempt to become ever more “productive.”
It was like Dukes of Hazzard on water and 100% Canadian.
Source: grantlawrence.ca
A Minor Disclaimer About This Blog
This blog - edited, curated, and presented as you see it - is not so much a reflection of who I am as it is a projection of who I wish to become.
How to run a successful food truck
I would love to see some great food trucks around London….
Copywriter Jake Reilley unplugged for 90 days - and lived to tell the story of it.
Sure, it was an extreme move, but sometimes it’s big steps like these that encourage the rest of us to take small steps of our own in the first place.
Good on him for reconnecting with flesh and blood and pen and paper. And puzzles.
Source: minimalmac.com
