Mr. Bunk
Well, it’s Friday… my last post so I have to leave here Mr Bunk’s hand made version of Jacques Brel’s Ne Me Quitte Pas (Don’t leave me) promise to come back…
Guest Post
Noma Bar
The many faces of Noma Bar, all illustrated with an intelligence and a beautifully crafted stye he has made his own. Born in Israel, Noma graduated in 2000 from Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem. Since 2001 he has been based in London working with a huge array of clients that include Vodafone, BBC, Coca Cola, Royal Mail, Faber & Faber, Macmillan, Wallpaper*, Economist, New York Times, The Guardian and many more.
Among that work Noma has worked for various magazines and has illustrated over sixty magazine covers. He has published over 550 illustrations as well as the book Guess Who – the many faces of Noma Bar, published by MBP & Thames and Hudson in 2008. His second book, Negative Space was published earlier this year.
What have you got planned this week?
Lots of work for the V&A and The Guardian, going to hear some Cuban jazz & the AOI private view.
What do your parents think you do?
We have quite an artistic family… with fashion designers, a ceramics designer, fine artists, painters… so illustration and graphics is understood.
Who do you look like?
I look like a socket, I have dark eyes on pale rounded face & my lips are hiding the teeth so my mouth looks like a black hole.
What’s your favourite sense?
Smell keeps surprising me, the way that abstract smell turns into a clear visual in the brain is so fascinating.
Tell us something people don’t know about you…
I lived on a 20m boat with eight people for three years, during my Navy service (age 18 to 21).
Did your education count?
Very much, it helped me to turn my passion for thinking and drawing into a way of living.
What word can’t you spell?
I keep sending apologetic emails to my clients saying that I’m bully fooked.
Tell us a good fact
“…There is a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in…”
Leonard Cohen
What’s Next?
My new book Negative Space will be out in August, so I’m looking forward to it. Group exhibition at the Royal Academy called Paper City and another solo exhibition next year.
What’’s your ‘Plan B’?
Sleeping.
Guest Posted Articles
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Childhood Heroes
When I was 8 years old my sister bought me a new set of soft crayons, I remember drawing my family, neighbours and friends. Here are few childhood heroes. (Read more)
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Typosperma by Oded Ezer
As a paraphrase on the biotechnology definition, ‘Biotypography’ is a term that refers to any typographical application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to create or modify typographical phenomena.
The main idea of the Typosperma project was to create some sort of new transgenic creatures, half (human) sperm, half letter. These imaginary creatures are cloned sperms, that typographic information has been implanted into their DNA.
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Momix
If you enjoy live performance, music, sculpture, surrealism, light and shadow, tension between objects and typography then switch your computer off and go to see Momix.
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Massimiliano Tappari
I love Massimiliano Tappari’s photo Little Bears Foot Print, the white vest and the little nail/feet make me smile every time I’m looking at it. He doesn’t have web site but you can find more stuff on line.
