#the gradient

Happy Birthday Ryūnosuke Akutagawa!! (03.01)

Well, it happened a couple of years ago and there are a ton of new fans who don't know a whole lot. But yes, I remember it. A fan showed him her 1D decorated nail art and she had pictures of Louis nails and Harry nails and he said he liked "the gradient" on the ones she did for Miss You Here's the story for those who don't remember.

Recently published on The Gradient: Interventionist Typography: Erik Brandt on Five Years of Ficciones Typografika From 2013 to 2018, a humble alley in Minneapolis’s Powderhorn Park neighborhood was transformed into an unlikely showcase of global design innovation. On a 72 x 36-inch garage-side panel, Erik Brandt hosted typographic experiments by the likes of Eike König, Sarah Boris, Bráulio Amado, and Walker designers Jasio Stefanski and Aryn Beitz—1,641 in total. In a Walker Reader exclusive, we share a conversation with Brandt from Ficciones Typografika: 1642, a new monograph chronicling the project. Above: Spread from Ficciones Typografika: 1642, featuring contributions from Audrey Quaranta and João Doria (2015)

Recently published on The Gradient: Uncovered 004: Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich’s The Sun Still Burns Here How can design be a performative act? What insights can be gleaned from a production by approaching it from the perspective of its graphic identity? Ben Schwartz speaks with designer Andrew J.S., dancemaker Kate Wallich, and musician Mike Hadreas (aka Perfume Genius) on their collaboration The Sun Still Burns Here, a lush dance/live music performance coming to the Walker this winter. Above: Flyer for The Sun Still Burns Here, design by Andrew J.S.

Recently published on The Gradient: Interventionist Typography: Erik Brandt on Five Years of Ficciones Typografika From 2013 to 2018, a humble alley in Minneapolis’s Powderhorn Park neighborhood was transformed into an unlikely showcase of global design innovation. On a 72 x 36-inch garage-side panel, Erik Brandt hosted typographic experiments by the likes of Eike König, Sarah Boris, Bráulio Amado, and Walker designers Jasio Stefanski and Aryn Beitz—1,641 in total. In a Walker Reader exclusive, we share a conversation with Brandt from Ficciones Typografika: 1642, a new monograph chronicling the project.

Recently published on The Gradient: UNLICENSED: A March Issue—a part of the on-going series titled UNLICENSED. What’s left if you take away the fashion from a fashion magazine?” Continuing UNLICENSED, our series on design and bootlegging, graphic designer Line Arngaard and fashion researcher Sonia Oet discuss A March Issue, their 372-page, spread-for-spread remake of an issue of British Vogue—with all models wearing a “default” wardrobe of blue jeans and a white T-shirt.

Recently published on The Gradient: Interventionist Typography: Erik Brandt on Five Years of Ficciones Typografika From 2013 to 2018, a humble alley in Minneapolis’s Powderhorn Park neighborhood was transformed into an unlikely showcase of global design innovation. On a 72 x 36-inch garage-side panel, Erik Brandt hosted typographic experiments by the likes of Eike König, Sarah Boris, Bráulio Amado, and Walker designers Jasio Stefanski and Aryn Beitz—1,641 in total. In a Walker Reader exclusive, we share a conversation with Brandt from Ficciones Typografika: 1642, a new monograph chronicling the project. Above: Erik Brandt, detail from Ficciones Typografika Intermezzo El Ultimo, 2018

Recently published on The Gradient: Uncovered 004: Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich’s The Sun Still Burns Here How can design be a performative act? What insights can be gleaned from a production by approaching it from the perspective of its graphic identity? Ben Schwartz speaks with designer Andrew J.S., dancemaker Kate Wallich, and musician Mike Hadreas (aka Perfume Genius) on their collaboration The Sun Still Burns Here, a lush dance/live music performance coming to the Walker this winter. Above: Flyer for The Sun Still Burns Here, design by Andrew J.S.