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Author Archives: Jim Clark
OKI SATO—DESIGNS THAT FLY
Toronto-born, now Tokyo-based, designer, Oki Sato describes his life and the priorities of his inventions as “boring;” but don’t believe that for a second. He does indeed love routine, repeated patterns of activity and bare-bones, infrastructural-salient products. But the intensification … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Industrial Design
Tagged Interior Design, Japanese sensibility, Oki Sato
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VALENTINES IN VINTAGE GRAPHICS
An old pop song runs, “Love is a many-splendored thing;” and we have the testimony of a vast array of graphic art to establish how varied loving relations can be. One of the more challenging but also. I think, more … Continue reading
THE LADY VANISHES, BUT THE POSTERS DON’T
In 1938, Alfred Hitchcock (later, settling in Hollywood, to become widely known for classics like Vertigo, North by Northwest, Rear Window and Psycho) put together a “comic thriller,” called, The Lady Vanishes. Very much in the throes of anxiety about … Continue reading
MORE UZELAC, MORE MARVELS
Even now, on Sundays, all around Paris, street musicians strive to keep alive the affection and wit of the City’s Belle Epoque and avant garde heyday. They pass around the lyrics of their songs to a loyal following; and, for … Continue reading
STEFAN SAGMEISTER’S DESIGN OVER THE TOP
Rolling into the Design Exchange is the first instalment of a long-overdue revitalization of this Toronto facility. The initiative leads off with New York graphic designer, Stefan Sagmeister, and his take on the heartbeat of design practice, which he calls, … Continue reading
BAD TASTE/SUBLIME LITHOGRAPHY: A SUITE OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY UZELAC
In France, during the art deco era (1910-1939), there was an amazing output of lithographically illustrated books. A great example of this treasure is the grand format (20″ x 15 1/2″) accompaniment, by Milivoj Uzelac, for a limited edition … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Illustrators
Tagged lithographic portfolios, Paris, poetry, Uzelac
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THE SEAGRAM MUSEUM: A SHORT BUT VERY SWEET DREAM
In the early 1980′s the Seagram Corporation developed a beverage museum on the premises of the first Seagram Distillery, in Waterloo, Ontario. This was a cavernous structure for ageing the spirits, replete with barrels in place as they were in … Continue reading
PIERRE BONNARD AND THE BELLE EPOQUE
Not terribly unlike the situation for daring artists today, attempting to garner a critical mass of enthusiasts from out of a populace rabid for dubious sensations, Pierre Bonnard found himself on a slippery slope.
DJANGO UNCHAINED (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
Is there such a thing as a crazily violent movie that beckons an audience to the farthest reaches of reflection?
THE LITHOGRAPHS OF PIERRE BONNARD
Pierre Bonnard was a French painter and print-maker acutely committed to avant-garde efforts as commonly designated Art Nouveau. His special take upon the matter became known as Les Nabis, a concentration upon delicate minutiae of figures and settings, and the … Continue reading