Not your typical graffiti, you might have noticed graffiti animals on the streets of LA, cute enough to make the biggest road ragers smile. As Shepard Fairey’s former assistant at Obey Giant’s Studio Number One, Philip Lumbang’s bears, coined awesome bears, are his signature style. Check out this timelapse video we made of Phil painting the mural next door at teaforest.
David and Hiro flew off to New York for the opening of MoMA’s Bauhaus: Workshops for Modernity exhibition. Hello created a web site along with a kiosk experience for the show.
The Bauhaus holds special meaning for us as designers and we appreciated the work even more after experiencing them in person.
We just launched a new site today for The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in NYC. The foundation was established in 1987 to fulfill Warhol’s will which was summed up in “the advancement of the visual arts.” Today they are a leading national funder of contemporary art with initiatives all across the United States.
David and Jon got to meet Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons today! Jon gave him a copy of his magical book, Pens are my Friends.
Jon drew some pretty pictures in our conference room. They’re pink and orange because these were the only paint markers we could find at the store.
Our friend and super talented illustrator Jon Burgerman is coming to LA from the UK. We’re going to have a tea party featuring drawings, prints, and books. Please drop by if you can on Saturday, June 6th, from 6-8pm at Teaforest, 8686 Washington Blvd, Culver City (next to Hello).
We’ve been cranking on a new web site for Royal Elastics in collaboration with the super talented guys over at Nanospore. Here’s the teaser and the site’s coming soon at www.royalelastics.tv.
Went to Art Center again today in Pasadena to review portfolios of the graduating class. There was some great work and it was really nice to catch up with old friends.
We’ve started working with LACMA and got a tour today which was great. This museum continues to transform and many more exciting things are coming as they are building another Renzo Piano building.
A new Hammer Museum exhibit opened this week on the architecture of John Lautner. We went to the opening party tonight and there was quite a line to get in. The video walk-thrus of his houses were quite nice and wish we had more time to check out the scale models and drawings on display. We’re designing a new web site for the Hammer and very excited to be working with them.
The Chemosphere house by John Lautner.
We’ve been working hard on a new web site for the Broad Art Foundation, just in time for the opening of the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) at the LACMA. The museum was designed by Renzo Piano and houses rotating contemporary artworks from artists including Jeff Koons, Ed Ruscha, Damien Hirst, Richard Serra, and Andy Warhol. The life-size toy Firetruck by Charles Ray outside is one of our favorites
