Maarten Swaan is back with a new record. After the Christos and Swaan US Tour, Maarten has published Broken Bikes, rather an introspective record. This is our contribution.
Last winter, while working in New York, Mike Macchione and I used to watch the Sea Shepherd documentaries in the conference room during lunch. That was the first time I heard of them. I was really impressed to see how bravely they confronted whalers, the way their actions were directed to be effective, fearless yet not necessarily violent.
A few months later I went to an Xavier Rudd’s show in Barcelona and noticed that he was selling the Sea Shepherd’s merchandise along with his own. Inspired by this, I created the artwork of a whale and offered it to the Sea Shepherd who accepted it with amazing and inspiring kindness and warmth.
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Many thanks to Annie Fickes and Jennifer Johnson.
A couple of months ago, Android Homme (a high–end street wear brand that specializes in luxury footwear and apparel) contacted me wondering if I’d be interested in developing some artwork for a new line of t-shirts and potential branding initiative featuring cosmic-mystic-surreal elements. Unfortunately, they never saw what we were doing for they vanished in the middle of the working process. I like what they do so my best wishes for AH.
Who said physicists don’t care about style?
I was assigned to design the Mark for the 2012 American Legion New York State Baseball Championship. Different versions of the logo have been developed to guarantee readability when applied to small surfaces such as baseball caps, jerseys and so on.
Biopölitan is a project I started late last year in Barcelona. The main idea is to use graphic design to say something about the planet we live in, about nature, about the things and organisms that have been given to us naturally and might not be there tomorrow unless we give our ways a second thought. The project goal is to invite graphic artists to participate and donate a design piece that will be presented in a book the proceeds of which will be donated to environmental associations.
I recently created a piece for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their kind and enthusiastic response made me believe in this project even more. It’s not just money that can be donated to those who actively fight to change the world.
I was invited by Nick Carson, editor at Computer Arts, to participate in the Magazine’s Designer Challenge along with three other designers. Each of us were assigned to execute some designs using the words Earth, Air, Water, and Fire. My particular assignment was to execute four restaurant logos with the mentioned words. Tight deadline (as it usual is in the editorial realm) but a fun project. None of us four had any idea what the other fellow designer’s assignments were. Can’t wait to see what they came up with. I’m sure it’ll be awesome.
Swaan and Christos will be touring the USA throughout 2011. A duet of songwriters playing their respective repertories together on the piano and guitar. Best of wishes.
If you like Yoga and you live in NYC you should probably check out AC Berkheiser’s classes at the King Pigeon Yoga. AC is an accomplished Yoga instructor and an exceptional person whose thrill for life will invite you to discover a new range of Yoga related activities.
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