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WPA 'The Living Archive' Poster Project

Today's the 75th Anniversary of the US Works Progress Administration (WPA) - and I've trawled through the Living archive project and pulled out a few of my favourite posters - there's some really great posters in this archive, see the full project here: http://postersforthepeople.com/ ...enjoy!

Q. What is the Living Archive?
A. "THE LIVING ARCHIVE Welcome to the most comprehensive record of posters created under the New Deal's Federal Art Project! More than doubling the number of posters thought to exist, this online resource brings many posters to light that have not been seen by the public in more than 70 years. Current Count: 1598."

See also..
Privatizing the Commons: The Commodification of New Deal Public Art

"The deliberately public nature of WPA was a grand experiment, not just in putting artists to work, but in the democratization of the arts themselves. Fine artists worked alongside communities all over the country, reimaging the iconography of the egalitarian principles that this country believes it was founded upon. The process was participatory and inclusive, the results free to the public."

LEGOLICIOUS! Adult Fans of LEGO video (AFOL) | Vimeo

via vimeo.com

I for one enjoy my LEGO making sessions with my 3 year old a little too much, maybe Im a AFOL at heart! Watching this I retained a smile throughout and was itching to get a few hours in some of those guys LEGO studios - they are LEGOLICIOUS!

This is a well put together documentary on the world of Adult LEGO fans, as one comment on Vimeo said 'Great documentary. You treated the subject with humor and respect' and a subject which could have been mocked instead keeps you watching for the full half hour.

Info from Vimeo about film: "Passion combines with creativity in this documentary that features a selection of AFOLs (Adult Fans Of LEGO) from the Pacific NorthWest." Directed by Jess Gibson

Update: Fantastic lego table here - http://www.freaksonline.co.uk/home/2010/2/26/abgc-design.html

Gurafiku: Outstanding Japanese Graphic Design Blog

 

 Wow, Wow, Wow - sometimes you are pointed in the direction of a blog that you simply have to look at EVERY post from and this amazing Japanese Graphic design collection called Gurafiku is one of those sites > http://gurafiku.tumblr.com/ is a brill Japanese resource by Ryan Hageman (@ryanhageman) and there's tonnes more pics on the blog to thumb through - also thanks to @Gilliom for posting his blog article about the Gurafiku blog bringing it to my attention, Gilliom's blog Monsieurbandit is another excellent design blog, go have a look http://monsieurbandit.blogspot.com/2010/04/n-lt-2-gurafiku.html

UPDATE: Thanks for the post! http://someotherpeople.tumblr.com/post/533050883/japanese-design-gurafiku-on-...