the wild west world of the internets

March 09, 2010 from PAUL SNOWDEN

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spot the difference: my berlinale 2009 poster and possibly some copies and or not. with the intensity and complexity and urgency and fury of the internets, the truth will always come to light. if the bible didnt teach us not to lie, then the internets certainly will. but then again, the truth is a two sided sword.
two… sides… to… everything.

and to wind up the monday…

March 08, 2010 from PAUL SNOWDEN

probably just that extra little bit of love one needs everyday just arrived.

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From Michel Wlassikoff, historian, writer of History of graphic design in France
and Alexandre Dumas de Rauly, graphic designer and researcher

Dear Paul Snowden,

We are preparing a book on the Futura typeface. Published by Norma (Paris),
it will come out in winter 2010/11.

It is a history of Futura, from its creation by Paul Renner and editing by the Bauer foundry,
up until today. This includes evolution in its design, its use as well as the reference it has
been for many typographers and graphic designers.

Keeping this in mind, we welcome materials, testimonies, thoughts and analysis of
contemporary creators throughout the world.
This is why we turn to you.

If you agree to contribute to our work, we will send you a detailed questionnaire
to understand the importance you attach to the Futura typeface and the use
you made of it in your creations.

We will also request your iconographical documents such as some works for
Bang Bang Berlin, for DJ Maxximus and the Bass the World Partys,
your Crystal exhibition (2006), for Boysnoise Records.

Thanking you in advance for your reply.

Sincerely.

Alexandre Dumas de Rauly
Michel Wlassikoff

iconographical documents… oh yeah baby.
and be sure im squeeze some WGY into there, squeeze on in. oh yeah.

nicht unbedingt so wie besprochen

March 08, 2010 from PAUL SNOWDEN

falls du eplus/base subscriber bist und du dich auch gefragt hast warum dein emails spät auf dein blackberry seit neulich landen, es liegt daran dann dass seit 2 wochen wegen netz überlastung, werden die jetzt nur jeder 1/4 stunde gepushed, hat die freundlichen kunden betreung mir erklärt. this is a little like really loving mcdonalds but finding out its really really really evil, its a little bit of a superüberdowner. anyways, loving my little 9700 present to myself. what a great phone, a couple of small problems but what a great phone, especially when you rip off the leather backing with the logo, making it thinner and all very stealth looking. anyways, outta of berlin support, im sticking with eplus. just screaming into on the internets. another blog entry fufilled. WHATUP

how to make a number one hit the easy way vs. how to make it in america

March 04, 2010 from PAUL SNOWDEN

strangely enough current sources of inspiration are coming from rereading the classic KLF handbook and watching mark wahlbergs new show on hbo and wanting it to get better.

the thing at the top of the list of things we love is lists.

February 16, 2010 from PAUL SNOWDEN

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if there is one thing that everyone loves, it must be lists. they are like the programmes around new years where you get a great retrospect of whats gone all on year. kinda like big-time cheat notes for school. if you consider the b-word world a whole load of prefiltered cool things lists, you can certainly save time surfing the best of the best and go fishing for the rest of the day (for the boys) and go buy shoes (for the girls). so lists are good, b-words are good and learning is good too. the flipside of learning is teaching and thats what i try to do once a week at the btk here in berlin in my course ‘doing cool stuff with paul snowden’ which certainly sounds like alot of fun. i try to pass the knowledge onto the kids and some of them listen, and a couple of them amaze me in return. i like to bring a little of real life and real life problems to the kids and give them a chance to consider an exit strategy before becoming a designer. so todays cool things we did today at school was the show and tell of our visitor, pieter, who runs the great website today and tomorrow. he trawled through a whole load of links last night and showed us 99 of his best. and since its the internets, i can take his list, republish it, get mad props and because its the internets, not even have to ask him he said. all information compact and compressed is very inspiring, so here is is, the today and tomorrow, top 99.

once youve done that, order this great book show me how on amazon. it is really great.

and then on ebay, try to find these great books - the book of lists, which got me hooked on lists, way way back then.

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speaking of record covers…

February 08, 2010 from PAUL SNOWDEN


its a shop, and its open in march.

record covers without further comment that revolutionized graphic design and not the other way round part 8 or dazzle ships vs. what a wonderful world

February 05, 2010 from PAUL SNOWDEN

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on the internets, its just a whole lotta love

January 30, 2010 from PAUL SNOWDEN

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March 16th - Home made: Rueben, Sauerkraut, Corned Beef, Russian Dressing on marbled rye.

this website is kinda like the healthy version of that website.

FASHION… UH AH.

January 21, 2010 from PAUL SNOWDEN

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what shall one say. with the dimensions of the whole bread&butter thing, i really finally felt, that the city, as you say in german, has finally arrived at its destination. its as if this city has finally understood something. so congratulations berlin. the phoenix rises from the ashes. what a real fuckin’ pity that berlins main airport gonna be somewhere in russia isnt it. the bread&butter is crazy massive. crazy massive. blah. needless to say i love fashion. i love fashion like a bitch. so go for it. and excusez moi, but in a little bit of shameless self promotion, me and my fashion imperium WASTED GERMAN YOUTH am happy to team up with 42BELOW, the worlds best vodka from new zealand, for a bit of a bash this saturday the 23rd. i got the honor to package up its introduction here in berlin. so somehow me working for a new zealand company in berlin, my first, i may add, is like me arriving at my destination too. a crazy world. so, come on down, get a tshirt and some posters, get drunk, so elegantly wasted drunk. heres the invite.

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join the facebook group. and excuse the me stating the obvious, but i gotta watch this YouTube Preview Imageand this YouTube Preview Imageright now.

PEACE.

from 12″ to 2cm and back again. DAMN

January 07, 2010 from PAUL SNOWDEN

so cool. yet only thing really missing is a pistols cover.
chuck out coldplay and throw in never mind the bollocks.

a series of classic album covers including mike oldfield’s tubular bells and parklife by blur has been issued as a set of stamps by the royal mail. other well-known record sleeves to have been made into first-class stamps include pink floyd’s division bell. the design on each of the 10 stamps shows a vinyl record coming out of its recognisable album cover. the post office said the issues had transformed each record sleeve into “miniature works of art”. julietta edgar, royal mail’s head of special stamps, said: “this issue celebrates this unique art form and some of its greatest examples.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8444156.stm

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