blog : Julia Kostreva

some signs from california, barcelona, and greece.

Inspiration: Justin Fuller

Denver Music Company, images and text from pencilpluspaper.com

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Description from Justin Fuller:

“Denver Music Company is a fictional / pop-up record store that was created as an installation for Create Denver Week in April of 2010. The project aimed to highlight the unique history of the music scene in Denver and the Front Range of Colorado. Everything was created from scratch, including the logo, the storefront, several silkscreened prints to decorate the shop, a 50-page zine, buttons, stickers and record bin labels. An interactive listening station allowed people to hear a variety of music created by Colorado artists over the years.”

The props to create this installation are really great. Everything is adorned with hand drawn typography.

“A record bin was filled with more than 150 vintage and new vinyl LPs by local artists or artists / albums that had a significant connection to the area.”

Justin silkscreened genre labels and 12” x 12” posters… Some of which were for sale during the show.

“Center Channel: A Totally Incomplete History of Colorado Music” was distributed for free in front of the store. His 50-page zine went quick (the photo of the storefront had an empty rack!)…

Inspiration: Hanna Sandin

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I’m head over heels for Hanna Sandin, a 28-year-old Brooklyn based artist and graduate of Rhode Island School of Design (2003). She makes jewelry out of perfect shapes and sculpture from imperfect objects. Hanna’s mobiles have a taste of Calder and are playfully fragmented. Her website isn’t up yet, but some of her images are on http://dossierjournal.com. Take a look at her jewelry at www.sammasamma.com

An article on Hanna in Elle magazine revealed an unexpected story— Hanna’s jewelry began from a robbery.

“When her apartment was burgled and all her valuables and jewelry were stolen, she began stringing materials from her studio around her neck as a method of temporary adornment.”

I love how a fluke has turned into something so beautiful and off-beat.

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Hanna’s mobiles feel quick and yet alluring… I wish I could sit on the floor and watch them in person. Watch out for her website, hopefully it’ll be up soon. http://www.hannasandin.com/

book inspiration: Feel like a Ghost, $9 by Anna Peaker

I also couldn’t resist this awesome print (trading card screen print un-cut sheet), by recent MICA grad Noel Freibert. Noel is also part of Closed Caption Comics. The group had a bunch of great zines for sale.

Book Inspiration: Rainbow Flipbook by Masashi Kawamura.

I played with this book in the ADC show in NYC almost two years ago. That was the day I skipped school and got on a bus heading for New York. I’m hardly the type to play hookie, but I’m so glad I did.

This book was a huge inspiration to me. It was simple and beautiful. It had no text explanation to read. It just existed. There was no purpose, no client, no goal other than just being. More of a toy than a book, it held my attention for a long while. Among all of the design in the room, this was the one that made a big difference to me… it was an object that I held in my hands - it was an experience, a memory, an idea.

Of course, the next time I saw this book was at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo.