“Look, man, we’d probably most of us agree that these are dark times, and stupid ones, but do we need fiction that does nothing but dramatize how dark and stupid everything is? In dark times, the definition of good art would seem to be art that locates and applies CPR to those elements of what’s human and magical that still live and glow despite the times’ darkness. Really good fiction could have as dark a worldview as it wished, but it’d find a way both to depict this world and to illuminate the possibilities for being alive and human in it.”
Maryland-based artist Tawny Chatmon combines traditional portraiture with digital collage, layering elements of antique patterns, vintage botanicals, and wildlife illustrations onto images of her children and other relatives.
Advertising agency DDB Germany has created a series of print ads for Stabilo highlighter literally highlighting women lost between the lines of history.
Adams Outdoor Advertising and Fairway Outdoor Advertising (aka, Adams+Fairway) is donating more than 700 billboards in 21 states in the US to a number of gorgeous designs, all of which originated as part of a contest on a typography website’s Instagram feed.
Last Valentine’s Day, as part of its regular #GoodtypeTuesday challenge, Goodtypeasked artists and illustrators what kind of message they would put on a billboard if they had the chance. Lovely responses came flooding in. Adams+Fairway happened to notice, and is now running 22 of the designs from 11 U.S. states and eight other countries.
