New Work: No.17 Submission
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 10:44AM I was contacted by Matthew Jacobson, who was curating a collection of designs and illustrations that were personal interpretations of the number 17. They are all included in a book that would be delivered as a gift for Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler of the design firm Number 17 in New York City. It was an honor to be included in such a great project amongst so many great artists I admire such as Seymour Chwast, Stefan Bucher, Chip Wass and Marian Bantjes. The book was delivered and well received and it was a pleasure to be a part.
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I don't know Emily and Bonnie personally, so it was tough to find my footing at first. I chose to use a language all designers could understand and create a timeline of big events from all the years they've been in business.
Reader Comments (17)
great.
Wonderful connections you've made here. Tidy way to sum up the last 1.5 decades. I'm imagining holding these cards in my pocket.
This is VERY clever. It took me a minute to get the "Dolly" reference, but once I did, I was quite tickled with the idea.
As someone who was at the SuperBowl in 2004, the Janet one made me giggle, too.
GREAT work!!
I'm not very bright, and I'm afraid I don't get this. Would it be possible for a kind soul to interpret and explain?
This is excellent! I hope prints become available...
@Sheila Topinka - Dolly = cloned sheep, hence the duplicate. Awesome work
Smart interpretation! I reposted to my blog, had to share :) I agree with Nate, this as a print would be fun.
Kurt Kobain, O.J. Simpson, Dolly the cloned sheep, James Cameron director of Titanic, Monica Lewinsky, Prince/Purple Rain “Party like it’s 1999”, Y2K (why brick?), World Trade Center (tear), collapse (dont get it), Shock & Awe (invasion of iraq), Janet Jackson (nipple reveal at superbowl), Lance Armstrong, Avian/Bird flu, bad jobs market, Wall street decline, Change (obama), BP (oil spill)
Oh, I thought that "Jobs 2007" was for Steve Jobs. 2007 is the year the first iPhone came out.
The "Collapse 2002" could be the Enron collapse in 2001/2002
This is so clever, I love it.
I thought Dolly, was Dolly Parton as in Double... nevermind...
This is so fucking cool. And the rest of your work is great as well.
clever. nice work!
Love it!!!!
Pretty sure Jobs 2007 is an iPhone and Steve Jobs
Collapse = Enron