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  Most people with any sort of artistic impulse don’t reserve their urge to create for when they’re seated in front of a canvas or holding their pen and sketchbook. The drive to innovate can strike at any moment and can be realized by the use of any number of resources. Last but certainly not least on that list of instruments susceptible for giving birth to the mother of invention is the iPhone. Reflect, A new app from our good friend/web design guru Joshua Davis and Sideways Mobile, encourages users to explore their spontaneous leanings by entering the universe of algorithmic art from the safety of their own cellular device. By giving users the power to “produce random, generative pieces, and then view them in a Kaleidoscopic filter” the iPhone turns into it’s own portable art gallery where the walls are covered with the whimsical wonders of your warped imagination…which is sort of a change from your usual, more practical iphone apps; though a whole lot more fun.
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 While some bands are well connected enough in the music biz to get producers like the Neptunes or Rick Rubin to work on their debut album, Brazilian metal-industrial band Omega Code is more concerned with getting artists like Joshua Davis (pictured here) and Mike Cina. Convinced that a visual element must accompany a true music-listening experience, the group commissioned these guys, plus an enviable crew of other top guns (Si Scott, Motomichi and Dimitre Lima, who has gone on to lush pastures since we introduced him here) to design posters incorporating their logo that will be given out for free when the album launches — which is also free. But that’s not all, folks. Accompanying this mega launch will be a book and DVD published by design mag icon IdN. They’ve opened the floodgates to fans too, encouraging illustrators and designers to submit their ideas for a chance to see their artwork alongside these graphic design gods. The newly extended deadline is March 31. Stay tuned to the band’s website for news on the posters and album release date.
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Design mastermind Joshua Davis has frequently created work worth fawning over since even before this site was in existence. His latest collaboration with Miquelrius, a Spanish brand boasting a vast array of stationery and accessories, is no different. The Long Island based artist’s newest drool-inducing digital images appear emblazoned on a line of high quality apparel that runs the gamut from notebooks to knapsacks and are so pretty you might just want to hang them up on your wall, buy some wine and cheese and host a gallery opening. If you’re not into playing host then you’d do perfectly fine to just use any in the line of products for their preferred practical purposes.
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Ah, Chuck Anderson. Fresh, brave, and brilliant from all angles, we turned our sights towards this self-taught, Michigan-based designer in 2005, when the then 20-year old's portfolio was already competitive with those of players twice his age.
Since then, Chuck (aka NoPattern) has been filling his time with work for clients like Burton, Dolce and Gabbana, and Microsoft, and his light-filled designs have had us seeing stars all along. Graphic designer, digital illustrator, 23-year old basking in the glow he drew up himself; whatever he is, he's good at it, and we can't wait to see what's next.
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If you consider yourself a graphic designer, you’ve probably heard of Joshua Davis. As one of the first adopters of Flash, a significant new media artist, an author, and one of the design world's weightiest members, Joshua Davis is a name that rolls off many tongues during discussions regarding progression, experimentation, and development. A pioneer in the word's most technological sense, Joshua has never been one to find a niche and stick with it, instead choosing to find what's next — or in what's often his case, to create it. We chatted with Joshua about things like Praystation, philosophy, and his plans for the future, and wound up feeling a little bit like we do when we look at one of his mathematically composed graphics. In other words: utterly enthralled.
Joshspear.com: For our readers who aren't as familiar with your background, can you give us a brief rundown of your life up until today?
Joshua Davis: My name is Joshua Davis, born 1971 in San Diego, California, moved to Littleton, Colorado where I pretty much grew up. I had always been interested in art and in high school I entered a statewide competition and took second place in the state for painting. After spending ‘89, ‘90 in Huntington Beach, California skateboarding and ‘91, ‘92 moving back to Colorado living in Frisco to do some snowboarding, I moved to New York in November 1992 and eventually attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. At Pratt I worked on Design and Illustration and through fellow classmates got into working on the web in 1995 (Netscape 1.1). When Netscape 3 was released (at the end of 1996) I had a moment of clarity to use technology and the web to create my work. 13 years later I run Joshua Davis Studios where I use design and technology to create work for corporate clients, private collectors, galleries, museums, and personal exploration.
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I spent most of this weekend listening to uber-designers like Josh Davis and master guru Erik Natzke at OFFF. Suffice it to say, these guys are amazing at what they do. I also heard founders Dan Phiffer and Mushon Zer-Aviv describing their new project, ShiftSpace.
ShiftSpace is basically an open source plugin, primarily for Firefox, that allows users to create a second layer of information that floats above any webpage. Users can highlight text, embed video, leave comments, and create link trails on any website. Doing so doesn’t disrupt the original page at all, and any other ShiftSpace user who logs onto that page can interact with the previous “spaces” (ShiftSpace’s name for these notations) left by other users. While the interface is a little clunky — it is still in its infancy — ShiftSpace provides the best approximation of truly social web browsing that I’ve seen yet.
They’re also offering development grants through Turbulence.org, so if this sounds like its up your alley, get over there and help them make it great!
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 To commemorate its 60-year anniversary of fighting for children’s rights, UNICEF used its exceptional talent in organizing people for a worthy cause to gather the work of 60 renowned artists for a just-released anthology called 60, Unite for Children. Illustrators and graphic designers like Joshua Davis (who we’ll excitedly be featuring here soon in a SpearTalks), Tokidoki, The Ronin and Tara McPherson contributed interpretations of their world views to the 180-page tome, some of which the book’s website material warns are “abstract, others more explicit; some will be radiant, others dark and pessimistic.” In other words, this might not make a good b-day present for your little bookworm nephew. 60, Unite for Children kicks off a worldwide traveling exhibit for a year that will begin in November. There are only 2,000 copies of this book around, and all profits from the sale of book will go back to UNICEF. If you haven’t already donated to charity this year, buying this book is a great, alternative way to do it.
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 Okay, now that I have secured my ticket, I guess I can let the cat out of the bag. You should go to OFFF. What is OFFF? Well, I’m glad you asked. OFFF is the International Festival for the Post-Digital Creation Culture happening over the first weekend in November. Or, more simply put, it’s a bunch of today’s digital gurus spilling their guts. And there’s some serious cannon fodder coming: Justin Cone, Editor of Motionographer, Scott Hansen, AKA ISO50, as well as the guy who gets everyone giddy around here, Joshua Davis. There will also be people on hand from Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Psyop, and Troika. So if that list makes you break out into a bit of a cold sweat, get over to their site and grab tickets because they’re just about sold out…and then track me down and say hello!
Image via ISO50
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We generally keep our SpearTalks participants under wraps until the day the interview is actually published, but we’re so stoked to have Joshua Davis (ie: PrayStation creator, Apple Pro alum, Dreamless.org founder, Flash and Web-design deity) on board that we’ve decided to add a special section for questions submitted by you guys. If you have any burning questions, you can submit them here, as a comment (they won’t be approved; we’ll just compile them and send them along), use the spankin’ new tip submission widget at the top right of this page, or you can email them to us. Get them in by Sunday, then stay tuned for what’s sure to be one of the most inspiring and insightful SpearTalks to date.
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 Earlier this week we saw a pretty solid artist/car collaboration between Joshua Davis and BMW. Now, the designers of Quiksilver got all artsy on about 10 new Mazda cars. Each car was painted completely “off the cuff” by the Quiksilver designers– no prior planning, no references, no sketches, just an idea and quality collaboration. They used acrylics, enamels, spray paint, oil bars, house paint, and everything in between. The results are pretty great, this one is the safari theme. I don’t care for the car much, but the artwork and idea of collaboration is pretty neat. No word where these are being shown or if they will ever be for sale.
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The website says “The most radical artist taking on the most thrilling BMW”– promotion aside I found the Z4byJD, or Z4 by Joshua Davis project to be incredibly interesting. Only a few years ago production of the Z4 seemed impossible– the body curves were ‘too much’, and interior ‘too complex’. NYC based Joshua Davis applied his algorithmic based graphic design style to create maps of the car based on original algorithms. His algorithms, as the site explains, deconstruct reality and reconstruct it at random. Matrix like, eh? All explanation aside, check out the site and the gallery– the results are really quite fascinating. Limited edition signed prints are also for sale, check them out!
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Maxalot Exposif is the most impressive collection of ‘wallpaper’ i’ve ever seen– if you can even call it that. It’s a limited edition collection designed in collaboration with leading names in graphic design, photography, and illustration. “The collection reflects a shift in interior styling that uses wallpaper as feature rather than backdrop. Marrying outstanding design with new developments in print technology”. This is OUAF by Joshua Davis, check out the Maxalot site for many more examples!
Via MoCo Loco
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