MJB

ANALOG TYPE

MJB — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:43:08 +0000

Type treatments.
Started with stencils, each layer was sprayed on a separate piece of paper and finally composed in Photoshop.
A selection of ‘Limited Edition’ prints will be available in Early ’12.
Stay tuned & Enjoy!

VANGUARD + MJB = ANALOG vs DIGITAL

MJB — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:25:50 +0000

www.vanguard-atelier.com

The main objective is to use a potentially ‘analog’ statement of something that existed long before digital. An example of human will, of mystery. Something that would make a person ponder large scale questions. ‘Egyptian’ is simple, it resonates with stone, with measurement, with mind. Fighting back against devolution and the use of artificial intelligence that has been slowly capturing the human spirit and constructing a new world inside of our own… When did we cease to question and rely on this falsehood?

The intention was to create a piece that reflected the use of analog & digital, from the perspective that ‘digital’ can only free a thing as symbolic or creative with the use of human interaction and/or intervention. Our collaboration injected a certain spark into the image that can only be found by manipulating certain characteristics of the digital field. The first, middle and last steps are all with the human mind. Design, process, execution. Analog & Digital can co-exist. But do we need them to? Without the emotion that we used to shape and let the image breathe and live, it is merely a faceless collection of insignificant shapes. If by our choice the initial sketch is taken away, it would still remain an emotionless abstraction, neither one thing or the other. It does not feel, it does not know. The machine is bound by its own limitations. As a basic sketch, it was already alive and all further elements could easily have been completed by hand.

The systematic digital world needs us. It needs us to live and breathe life into it and for it. We have been placed under the illusion that we also need it in return. We do not. Take back what is yours. We live and breathe regardless.

LOOKBOOK #1

MJB — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:01:51 +0000

Lookbook #1 is the intermediate examination for the Institute of Design Hamburg.
The briefing was to make a printed portfolio with all works produced in the past three semesters.
The challenge was to create something new, unique and extraordinary, different from the bulk.
The idea was to make with all existing works a whole bunch of new works.

The final printed version includes 74 pages.
Original size: DIN A3, 300ppi, landscape.

MR. WEST

MJB — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:00:55 +0000

Personal Art.

FILIPPA K

MJB — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:00:38 +0000

Entries for the Filippa K Design Contest.

USA

MJB — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:00:13 +0000

Personal Art.

HEART & MICKEY

MJB — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:00:10 +0000

Personal Art.

NEEDS

MJB — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:00:35 +0000

Personal Art.

DECEMBER

MJB — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:00:46 +0000

Personal Art.

AMBITION & MEDUSA

MJB — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:00:44 +0000

Personal Art.

BUTTER BEI DE KITCHEN

MJB — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:00:43 +0000

Butter Bei De Kitchen is an extraordinary cookbook for ordinary people.
It was a huge project during the second semester which lasted six months.

The size of every single chapter is 1.40m x 0.20m. The size of all chapters in combination is 1.40m x 1.00m.

ABSTRACT

MJB — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:24 +0000

Personal Art.

LAPP

MJB — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:00:17 +0000

Personal Art.

PHOTOGRAPHY

MJB — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:00:16 +0000

Personal Art.

TYPOGRAPHY

MJB — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:00:26 +0000

Personal Art.