Showcase: graphic art, typography, sculpture + furniture design

Here is a selection of lovely images I’ve added to my collection of inspirational artwork this week. Firstly some great graphic work from a Colombian designer, artist, illustration, musician, filmmaker and philosopher who goes by the name 9000. His website can be found here, with a gallery of his work, or you can view his work on Flickr. He is also exhibiting in Bogotá, Columbia, in April with an exhibition titled Thy Kingdom Come.

Mitja Miklavčič cut this beautiful typeface while studying an MA in Typeface Design at Reading University — often claimed as one of the best courses in the world. Titled Tisa, there is a pro version and web version available. It recreates nineteenth century woodtype slab serif faces, and I think it is wonderful for long blocks of copy.

Lord of the Logos was released in January and publishes the work of Christophe Szpajdel, a cult artist in the black metal community. There are some great organic hand drawn typographic logos that I found very inspiring!

Some nicely executed, funny prints from Takeshi Kitano, a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video-game designer. He is exhibiting at the Foundation Cartier in Paris until September 12 and I plan to see it next weekend. Creative Review has published this article where you can view more of his work.

Finally an exhibition I visited last night at the Barbican in London. A collection of work by Ron Arad — a designer from Israel who has been working in London since the 70s. Some great forms and materials executed in the form of chairs. The exhibition also includes some really interesting, futuristic architecture. I recommend visiting the exhibition, my photos were only taken on my iPhone and don’t really capture the beauty of the forms, let alone the materials.