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sin, skin, tonic and above the din of the copy

by Art Chantry: this is the very latest brand new cd cover i designed for the mono men’s release on estrus records called “sin&tonic” (the lp version was called “SKIN & tonic”). but, what’s interesting about this cover for this … Continue reading

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not close enuff

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) william golden designed the brand/identity/corporate graphic system (and, of course that amazing logo) for william paley’s CBS broadcasting corp. back in the late 40′/early 50′s. with this incredibly sophisticated and extraordinarily smart effort and his … Continue reading

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no depression: its all a best of

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: I wrote at length on the work of Grant Alden on his essential document of American music, No Depression magazine—both as designer and art director for its covers. But this was an entire magazine he was doing … Continue reading

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peacenik chapel

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) IT’S hard for us to remember during thee heady days of conservative religious political activism. but, back in the 1950′s and 1960′s, the church was a bastion of liberal and progressive thought and action. religious activists … Continue reading

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culture jammers: replacement values

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) THIS is going to be tough. trying to explain WHY this record cover and the trajectory of genesis p. orridge’s thinking is so important to the history of contemporary graphic design (and our popular culture) … Continue reading

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disposable great design

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) I spend a lot of time digging around in bins of garbage. i love it. i love going to goodwill stores, junk stores, church rummage sales, flea markets, antique malls and even the dump (but … Continue reading

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visual language: academia and the derisive sniff

Back to the complex visual language of graphic design.If academics spent more time scrounging in junk stores…. Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) : I spend a lot of time digging around in bins of garbage. i love it. I love going to … Continue reading

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