This was easily one of the strangest lectures I have attended. Erik Brandt is a eccentric graphic designer with seemingly no control over his limbs, he jumped around, hopping from one side of the podium to another, and from thought to thought, switching from English to German inserts of thoughts, flipping forward and backward through his keynote presentation. Everyone had to wear newspaper hats, albeit only 2 folks kept them on the whole lecture. He spoke as if the only people in the lecture were designers, therefore leaving me a bit out of the loop. I guess GD is a bit of a closed venue, all wrapped up in their font decisions and letter spacing. We looked at his student's work, and a few interactive sites he has made, filled with jarring roll overs. He spoke about how our economy is awful and we better all be ready to enjoy poverty level living, and how to make things from nothing. He showed a beautiful design crafted entirely from what could be found in the closest trash can. I admire this in artists, refusing to be limited by cost and materials. He also made us sing a song encouraging Socialism. I envied his energy. I really liked this statement he made about how much we should care....
He was talking about being ready to graduate, nearing the end of school, and that if you've done it right,
"You should be completely emaciated and totally elated."
All images copyright Erik Brandt unless otherwise noted
Brandt didn't make this poster but it was what was advertising his lecture, event poster by john malinoski, 2010. photo: john dixon, 1997. the rabbit lives!
Warm New Years greetings from frozen Minneapolis
Facebook poster for the sea of green
New tÿpø illustration for the New York Times Sunday book review.
These four photographs from opolis are being exhibited by the hong kong chingying institute of visual arts.
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