Today we’ll be getting all experiential with Sci-Fi London founder Louis Savy, Book Slam’s Elliot Jack and Alex Daw of Spin London. Needless to say, it’s gonna be eventful.
Join us between 1-2pm on NTS.
Let’s Be Brief chops up, marinades and serves up the politics of representation, the art of narrative and the power of the image.
We’re looking for writers and contributors with an eye for design, a penchant for politics and who are handy with a semi-colon.
If you’re one of those clever foxes, please get in touch.
For our second show on NTS Radio we’ll be talking ‘paper potential’ with LBB favourites Ronzo and Emily Evans.
Discover how a photocopier can become your best friend, the cosmic influences of Sun Ra, and what it takes to create the worlds first underwater paper craft computer game for Sony Playstation.
All that, this Saturday between 1-2 pm. Join us.
LBB is on your stereo. Yep that’s right. Today was the first of a once a month Saturday slot on NTS from 1pm – 2pm.
The new Let’s Be Brief Show on NTS Radio. Design, music and culture collide on a Saturday.
Experimental typography by Ruslan Khasanov. Why fuss over serifs and fancy ligatures when you have lenses and light. The appropriate descriptive here is ‘organic’. Yeh, let’s go with organic.
I seem to have bought all of these items separately, but I don’t yet own the manual. Probably explains my exclusion from the hipster fraternity.
Is that your haus? That’s a nice haus.
The joys of a serene, light-filled living space, as designed by Kraus Schoenberg Architects.
Mixtapes; I love them. Let me re-phrase that; I love good mixtapes.
The Mixtape Club is a website dedicated to “the art of the mixtape”. Each contributor is asked for his or her favourite album and album artwork. Each month features ten people, with ten tracks and ten album covers.
The site is stocked with great music and design. Needless to say I’ve now become a regular visitor.
If you follow our rag-tag twenty%extra fleet, you’ll know that we’ve recently relaunched LBB. To commemorate that launch, we’re running The Art of Winning Poster campaign with Boxpark Shoreditch. Want to know more? Well keep on reading.
POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION | THE BRIEF
The art of winning isn’t a board game or a game show. It’s not reality TV. It’s something you have to make a reality.
This summer at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, athletes from around the globe will be competing for medals, but for the rest of us, medals are not the reward. The reward is knowing we’ve got the best out of ourselves through years of hard work, dedication and more hard work. Winning feels good but it doesn’t come easy.
From personal happiness to leaving a genuine personal legacy; life’s potential list of achievements are too many to surmise.
Taking inspiration from The Olympics coming to LDN, LBB and Boxpark Shoreditch will be featuring 14 of the best poster designs that showcase what the ‘art of winning’ looks like.
And that is where you come in. We’re looking for 14 creative superstars to show us exactly what ‘winning’ means to you.
**PRIZES**
The winning poster designs will be exhibited at Boxpark in London throughout July + LBB goodie bags + a framed copy of your design.
**ENTRY GUIDELINES**
- No restrictions on disciplines of creative execution (ie graphics/ photography etc) however all entries must be produced in a form of a poster
- Colour mode: CMYK
- Acceptable file extensions: JPG & PNG
- Maximum file size: 2 Mb
- 300dpi
- All entries must be received by 22nd June
- Tell us a little something about you with a short bio + artist statement
- Winners will be contacted to supply artwork at the relevant dimensions and with print bleed
- submit your work to: submissions@letsbebrief.co.uk
**THE PREVIEW PARTY**
Come and celebrate with the winners and the LBB crew at Boxpark – with music from art and music label Earnest Endeavours and PA from The Insomniax.
There will also be a chance to for preview party revelers to win a signed copy of selected and framed prints from the competition. Up for it? Then head to our Facebook page and sign up and we’ll see you there.
Date: 5th July 2012
Time: 6pm – 11pm
Address: Boxpark Shoreditch, 2-4 Bethnal Green Rd, London E1 6GY :: map
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Illustration by Martina Paukova
Concept by Jewel Foster
If you’re a young designer looking to market yourself, find new ways to market others. Dave Spengeler does just that as he holds up a mirror to the artsy community with this exercise in rebranding irony.
