It’s no secret that we at Flavorpill are fascinated by the marginalia of our favorite artists’ lives — we swoon over their doodles, dig through their sketchbooks, and posthumously ogle their beach photos. Recently, aided by one of our favorite Tumblr destinations for literary ephemera, Fuck Yeah, Manuscripts!, we’ve indulged in a little more snooping, and put together this collection of a few of the notebooks, journals and diaries of some of our favorite creative minds — authors, artists, actors, musicians, scientists — so as to better get to know their inner selves. Click through to page through the notebooks of a few famous creatives, and let us know which one looks the most like your own in the comments. … Read More
Milton Glaser
Wanted: AIGA/NY 30th Anniversary Posters
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), an important organization devoted to improving the lives of designers nationwide. UnBeige just tipped us off to a fantastic, limited-edition series of posters created by industry stars like Milton Glaser, Michael Bierut, and Ivan Chermayeff in honor of the milestone that are available for purchase on Etsy with all proceeds to benefit AIGA/NY. We’ve curated a slideshow of our favorites after the jump, from Debbie Millman’s text painting featuring the names of 30 years’ worth of board members to a delicious looking slice of New York pepperoni pizza from Ken Carbone to a minimalist pink number by Paula Scher. Enjoy! … Read More
Children’s Books Illustrated by Famous Designers
This month, fifty years after its first printing, legendary designer Saul Bass’s one and only children’s book is being reprinted by Rizzoli. The book is gorgeous, just what you’d expect from one of the greatest graphic designers of all time, and it got us to thinking about other children’s books illustrated by famous designers who are more noted for their other work. After all, it seems to us that if you have that kind of skill with pictures and words, you might as well put it to use shaping the minds of the younger generations, right? Click through to check out our roundup of children’s books illustrated (and sometimes written!) by great designers, and let us know if we’ve missed any of your favorites in the comments! … Read More
Desks of the Rich and Famous: Workspaces of Highly Creative People
Ever wondered how your favorite artist gets their work done? No, we mean, exactly how. As in, if we use the same pen Hemingway used, and the same kind of paper, and at the same time of day, maybe we’ll… nevermind. Regardless of pen type, there is something fascinating about the artist’s desk, and like anything else, everyone will draw their own far-reaching conclusions. In particular, it seems like everyone has their own opinion about what the state of someone’s workspace “means,” and we guess it has more to do with what the adage-makers own desks looked like than anything else. Whether a cluttered desk means a cluttered mind, or whether a cluttered desk just means a cluttered desk, or whether a messy desk is a sign of genius, we don’t know. But be their desks cluttered or clean, these creative people are definitely on this side of brilliant. Indulge in some harmless voyeurism and sneak a peek at the desks and workspaces of writers, artists, and thinkers. Then, it’s time to redecorate. … Read More
What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
Today at Flavorpill, we decided that we need to own a ketchup-dispensing robot, no matter what the cost. We were excited to peruse a new issue of Electric Literature. We watched Bristol Palin publicly sass her mom on Twitter. We listened to Milton Glaser tell a joke.… Read More
Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World’s Great Graphic Designers
The journals of commercial designers, graphic artists, and illustrators become subjects in a new publication from Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World’s Great Graphic Designers by Steve Heller and Lita Talarico (Montacelli Press). Whether it’s design and branding, stock illustration, print, interactive media, or typography, ideas are recorded in the artist’s sketchbook long before the finished products are in the public eye. This book illustrates a wide span of creative approaches and techniques with themes as unique as the artists who created them. … Read More
What's on at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds In Our Office
Today at Flavorpill, we watched a sea lion do downward dog. We read a funny new Sam Lipsyte short story in The New Yorker called “The Dungeon Master.” We experienced 20 years of pop music history in under 3 minutes. We discovered just how much H.G. Wells … Read More
The 10 Best Arts and Culture TED Talks
It seems like every day someone is sending us a new TED talk. We are big fans of the forward-thinking smart-people conference, but there’s just no way we can watch everything posted on the site. That said, there’s no way we would miss “David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve,” a speech from this year’s event that just appeared on the site. Once we checked out that show stopper (seriously, watch it now), we couldn’t help scanning the TED archives to find the best arts and culture-related talks. Our ten favorites, spanning the realms of art, design, literature, music, and TV, are after the jump. … Read More
The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. Watch Thom Yorke perform three new solo songs during a benefit show for the UK’s Green Party last night. [via
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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. Oprah is set to announce today that she’s ending her show on September 9, 2011, when her current contract expires, and moving it to her own network. [via USA Today]
2. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning will kiss in The Runaways, that upcoming Joan Jett biopic. [via Pop Candy]
3.… Read More
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