Design as virus 4: Metamorphoses

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Metamorphosis by Bridget Riley (1964).

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Mademoiselle ad (1965).

From this Flickr set. Thanks to Aristan for the tip.

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Hallucinations: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults (2004).

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The album covers archive

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Design as virus 3: the sincerest form of flattery
Design as virus 2: album covers
Design as virus 1: Victorian borders
Chrome: Perfumed Metal
New Bridget Riley

Arthur #29

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The Arthur schedule is definitely back on course with a new number following promptly on the heels of the last. The Brothers Mael make the cover of this issue and there’s lots more goodness inside. Go thou here for free downloads or a subscription to the paper version.

The art of Boris Artzybasheff, 1899–1965

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Myths of the World (1930).

Boris Artzybasheff’s humorous illustrations of anthropomorphic machines have received a lot of attention from Boing Boing recently. But Artzybasheff was a very versatile artist, not a one-trick pony, and his book and other magazine illustration is worth a look as well. These examples are from the indispensable VTS. Some of his early magazine covers brought to light here have a distinct Hannes Bok flavour.

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Seven Simeons (1937).

See also:
Artzybasheff’s Neurotica
Artzybasheff’s Machinalia
Another page of illustrations

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Paradise Now available now

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Arthur Magazine‘s second essential DVD release is now available.

“Life, revolution and theater are three words for the same thing: an unconditional NO to the present society.” Julian Beck (Living Theatre)

“Paradise Now … more relevant now because we’re closer to now than we ever have been.” Hanon Reznikov (Living Theatre)

Arthur Magazine proudly presents PARADISE NOW: The Living Theatre in Amerika DVD — a fulminating art-meets-life installation brought to you in collaboration with The Living Theatre, The Ira Cohen Akashic Project and Saturnalia Media Rites of the Dreamweapon featuring rare, never-before-distributed films and a bacchanal of revolutionary multimedia documents from The Living Theatre’s historic and influential ’68–’69 American tour.

LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 – AVAILABLE NOW NOW NOW NOW

Click here for full details, order info and YouTube preview

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Paradise Now: The Living Theatre in Amerika DVD
William Burroughs by Ira Cohen, 1967
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

Meggendorfer’s Blatter

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Meggendorfer’s Blatter, Meggendorfer’s Journal, a satirical magazine founded in 1886 by Lothar Meggendorfer. As with Punch and other humorous magazines of the era, much of the humour is lost today (even more so in a foreign tongue) but there’s some fine and stylish illustration on display.

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George Du Maurier’s Christmas Dream
“Weirdsley Daubery”: Beardsley and Punch
Simplicissimus