Sharing Screen With Lou Reed

My design and Lou Reed sharing screen in front of Lincoln Center. You can see my poster design for the play "The Coast Starlight" by Lincoln Center Theater here.

Milton Glaser: POP

My design of the book Milton Glaser: POP. I co-authored the book with Beth Kleber and Steven Heller. It is published by The Monacelli Press, and it is a hardcover book, 288 pages, 4.72 x 9.45 inches. The book contains well over 1,100 visuals, covering Milton's work from when he was a 12-year-old (1942) to 1975.

The first review of the book on the prestigious art website It's Nice That under the title A new book shows Milton Glaser’s impact in the 60s and 70s, from psychedelia and beyond.

 

"Paul Revere and The Raiders" by Milton Glaser

My recent acquisition, Paul Revere and The Raiders extremely rare poster by Milton Glaser for Columbia Records, from 1968.

 

My recent acquisition, "Lotus" by Santana

Lotus is a 1974 live LP album by the band Santana, recorded in Osaka, Japan in July 1973. The Welcome album recording sessions were completed shortly before this concert, and that album was later released in November. Lotus was originally released in 1974 as a triple vinyl LP in Japan only. This version of the album was later released internationally. 

This amazingly complex and beautiful LP is designed by the leading Japanese designer Tadanori Yokoo. 

Here, here, and here, you can read my past posts about Tadanori.

 

"Welcome to Koshu Prison" by Kanzaki Junji

My recent acquisitions: splash tile page and second page from Welcome to Koshu Prison from the Yakuza manga series, drawn by Kanzaki Junji in 1992.

I have quite a few originals from this manga series now. I am fascinated with how this artist is not afraid of using big empty spaces, like this coat, and at the same time, how interestingly he shows the dynamics on the page too.

You can click here, nere and here to see a few other pages I have acquired from this manga.

 

Poster Design for the Play "Fires"

Latin and Cyrillic versions of my poster design for the play Fires for JDP-Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade, Serbia.


The play is based on the novel Feux (Fires) by the French writer Marguerite Yourcenar. The book consists of nine monologues and narratives based on classical Greek stories. Antigone, Clytemnestra, Phaedo, and Sappho are all mythical figures whose stories are mingled with contemporary themes. It consists of aphorisms, prose poetry and fragmentary diary entries alluding to a love story. Interspersed are highly personal narratives, reflecting on a time of profound inner crisis in the author's life. The unwritten novel among the fantasies and aphorisms of Fires is a classic tale.

You can see more of my theater poster designs here.

"Janez's Revenge, Catacombs" by Guido Moroni-Celsi

My recent acquisition is this exquisite comic original of "Janez's Revenge, Catacombs" by Guido Moroni-Celsi (1885 - 1962), published by Topolino Giornale, Helicon-Milano-Italy in 1940.

Guido Moroni-Celsi died in utter obscurity, but he was later recognized as one of "the fathers of the Italian adventure strip".