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Six Ways to Three Sides

Jamie Latendresse — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:00:32 +0000

This week we shun the even and embrace the odd. Explore the rule of threes with Six Ways to Three Sides.

1. Triangle Brush, Veronika Becker - Crafted in Germany by blind artisans, this unique desktop implement combines a metric triangle ruler with a hand-wired boar’s hair brush for dusting away the refuse of the creative process. Get one from Canoe.

2. Magis Chair_One Stacking, Set of 2, Konstantin Grcic - From triangles comes comfort in this distinctive seating modeled after the combined planes of a soccer ball. Sold in sets of 2. Choose from grey, red, and white seating on painted or polished aluminum legs. Get yours at Herman Miller.

3. Extraction Series: Extruded: White, Matthew Shlian - Through his most recent collaboration with Ghostly, Matthew Shlian incorporates energetic motion, rotation, and extrusion, creating shapes that strain to release themselves from two dimensions. Limited edition of 30, available now from The Ghostly Store.

4. Triangle to Triangle Small, Mike Perry - Mike Perry’s hand-drawn work knits and fastens together an intricate weave of shapes and colors. Like his hand-painted Eames Molded Plastic Chair, the effect of his complex illustrations is both beautiful and hypnotic. Get this and more at Mike Perry Studio.

5. Grimm’s Magnetic Play: Triangles - If you’re interested in creating your own triangular complexity, try the 64-piece set of birch plywood magnetic triangles. Arrange them into faces, landscapes, or abstract patterns for a perpetual exploration in color and shape. Pick one up at Module-R.

6. Triangle Notebook, Tan Mavitan - Looking to escape the tyranny of the square or rectangle? At first glance the Triangle Notebook does just that… until you open it to form a perfect square on which to write and draw. Consider it the best of both worlds. Available at MoMA.

P.S. We couldn’t resist adding a few extra triangles. Enjoy some pizza on these triangular Pizza Plates from Uncommon Goods.

Photos: Linked within the text.

Graphic Design—Now in Production

Amy Feezor — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:00:59 +0000

Since the days of George Nelson, graphic design has been a vital part of the Herman Miller culture — which is why we’re delighted that Brooklyn designer and illustrator Mike Perry‘s one-of-a-kind hand-painted Eames Molded Plastic Chair helps welcome visitors just near the entrance of Graphic Design—Now in Production, an exhibition co-organized by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, and the Walker Art Center. Currently on display at New York City’s Governors Island, the show explores the state of graphic design today, looking at genres ranging from books, newspapers, and magazines, to branding, film and television, and posters (a topic near and dear to our hearts this summer). If you’re in the area, the show is on for one more week, and admission is free. Get details here, and in the meantime, check out a few photos from our recent visit.

Screenprints by Minneapolis-based design studio Aesthetic Apparatus

"Annual Reports" on the everyday activities of designer Nicholas Felton

Israeli designer Oded Ezer deconstructs Hebrew letterforms and the Helvetica font

"Iconic TV," a series of posters by Vienna-based designer Albert Exergian

Jeff Canham and Luke Bartels, "For the Birds," hand-painted bird house

Printed work by Ben Terret

Woodblock posters by Anthony Burrill

Field Notes, a Lifework favorite

A Chair Makeover

Cerentha Harris — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:10:40 +0000

Artist Mike Perry has taken a design classic – the Eames rocking chair – and given it a very interesting makeover. Grace posted a nice piece on the chair over at Design*Sponge. I contacted Mike and he’s going to give us an interview so keep an eye out for his wild workspace.