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Easter at the Open Door

laryn — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 03:39:10 +0000

I've been thinking for a while now that I'd like to do a version of the Open Door Community's logo as a linocut. (It seems to fit the aesthetic and gives a nod to Fritz Eichenberg and Ade Bethune as well).

Hosni S. Mubarak Will You Please Go Now?

laryn — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:01:54 +0000

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A personal project based on a conversation with my daughter. We've been discussing the recent events in Egypt and I've been trying to answer the question of why the president of Egypt wasn't leaving. Tonight she read "Marvin K. Mooney" with Janel and the parallels were too great to pass up.

Banksy's Simpsons opening (Updated)

laryn — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:57:57 +0000

The recent Simpsons opening has created quite a viral stir online. (For good reason -- it's must watch in my opinion. See below for a Hulu link)

A Facebook friend notes, "Fox pulled it off youtube, but put it onto Hulu. For a minute there I suspected censorship, but nah, it's just commercialism." I find that more than a little ironic given the subject matter. Update: It's back on YouTube on Banksy's channel. I've swapped out the Hulu embed for a YouTube embed since it's more universal (ie. can be seen outside the USA). If you want to watch on Hulu for some reason, it's right here.

From the interview linked above:

Q. Were you concerned that what he sent you could get the show into hot water?
A. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think about it for a little bit. Certainly, Fox has been very gracious about us biting the hand that feeds us, but I showed it to Matt Groening, and he said, no, we should go for it and try to do it pretty much as close as we can to his original intention. So we did. Like we always do, every show is submitted to broadcast standards, and they had a couple of [changes] which I agreed with, for taste. But 95 percent of it is just the way he wanted.

The Gobi Lumberjacks and the art of urban pranks

laryn — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:16:45 +0000

The cover page of the local alternative weekly caught my eye the other day, as I have a soft spot for pranks and pranksters: "Pranksters. In praise of pantsless train rides, public park pillow fights and shattering the human condition." I learned of the Gobi Lumberjacks, "a ragtag group of urban jesters who've helped organize...anarchic displays of surrealism in Atlanta since early 2008."

Sakineh: Her Life is in Your Hands (Avaaz.org)

laryn — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:37:28 +0000

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As a follow-up to their global petition against stoning and protesting the unjust judgment against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, I worked with Avaaz to design a set of ads in the global push to save Sakineh and stand for human rights.

NETWORK Lobby and Network Education Program

laryn — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +0000

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A redesign and migrate a static HTML website for NETWORK (a national Catholic social justice lobby) and their Network Education Program.

They Structure How We See

laryn — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:37:08 +0000

"[We] must begin to see our houses, buildings, farms, businesses, energy technologies, transportation, landscapes, and communities in much the same way that we regard classrooms. In fact, they instruct us in more fundamental ways because they structure what we see, how we move, what we eat, our sense of time and space, how we relate to each other, our sense of security, and how we experience the particular places in which we live."

David Orr
The Nature of Design, quoted in "The Daily Asterisk" (Feb. 18, 2010)

Dordt Alumni in Design: Laryn Kragt Bakker

laryn — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:43:54 +0000

I am currently the featured on the Dordt College AIGA blog. See below for an excerpt or read the full article.

The CliMatrix

laryn — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0000

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Avaaz, continuing in what has become a great tradition of parody ads, took out space in the "Green New Deal" supplement in the Financial Times today to pose the question "What is the CliMatrix?"

Clutching Dust and Stars (novel)

laryn — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:41:38 +0000

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Cover design for my novel incorporating an original illustration. The book is released today (November 20, 2009). Get more information or purchase at the Clutching Dust and Stars.