Photographe: Nathalie Malric
Bonjour Paris,
Goodbye New York
De retour à Paris j'ai rencontré la photographe Nathalie Malric, qui est fondatrice et rédactrice en chef de PEUTÊTRE MAGAZINE.
J' ai eu le sentiment que j' ai rencontré finalement quelqu'un qui est obsessive et passionée par son métier comme moi.
Ny
desktop series
#5
I went to sample sale of CONFETTISYSTEM lately and got the Party Party Paper Diamond which is featured also in our Mondi Lookbook. Confettisystem are Julie Ho and Nicholas Andersen,
a NYC based duo working as Artists, Stylists and Designers.
MARY MEYER is a Brooklyn based fashion designer whose clothing is handmade there as well.
I had to buy the latest issue of ACNE PAPER.. it's called the Manhattan Issue. There were three covers and of course I got the one with Mikhail Baryshnikov.
LAURA is the Zine of Jared Leon & Johanna Heldebro who have been publishing it for 3 years now. It all started in Red Hook, Brooklyn, where many things were going on at that time and Jared and Johanna tried to capture this flow in their magazine.
CLOG MAGAZINE'S February 13 issue is about Brutalism which is a defining architectural style of the post-war era – characterised by severe, abstract geometries and the use of cast concrete, block and brick.
NYC 1978
The citiest of all cities
"It's good to be back, right?" – a very young kid on a skateboard shouted out to me the other day when crossing a street in Manhattan. I totally agree.
The Bio Top 3 Lookbook
Copies of freshly printed limited edition lookbook arrived last week at our Studio in Vienna. We are so happy to see our final work but most of all we are overwhelmed by receiving such positive and nice reaction of contributors who just got their copy and emailed us straight away.
A very big Thank-You to all contributors:
Nicholas Alan Cope @ Walter Schupfer Management Museum of Arts and Design New York Frank Huelsboemer confettisystem Javier Tles Natures Of Conflict Jacquemus Audrey Corregan Freya Rabet Baartmans and Siegel Yosef Peretz Michael Oats Djordje Jovanovic Gabriele Chiari Andrea Witzmann Tina Lechner Patrick Morgan Henri J. Sillam Haute Joaillerie Ortigia Sicily Uniform Wares Gali Grinspan Nowhere Resorts / Yasutaka Yoshimura Tito Mouraz The Royal Horticultural Society Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie Dessau Keta Gutmane & Blank Blank Tsumori Chisato Nathalie Malric Iacoli & McAllister Liliana Ovalle Imaginary Office Alberto Biagetti Martino Gamper Present & Correct Peter Zumthor & Louise Bourgeois Ladurée Paris Zaha Hadid Architects
From Our Record Collection
We really like the new album "Wait to Pleasure" of Canadian shoegazing band No Joy.
It just came out and I went to Other Music to get a vinyl copy of limited edition release. Other Music: "Compared to most of the other shoegaze revivalists of recent, No Joy's new album really does sound like it could have been released in the early '90s"
Photographs Erieta Attali
The cosmopolitan Landscape
New York City; the last weeks we met regularly
with ueber-talented architectural photographer and cosmopolitan Erieta Attali whose images of the most visionary, contemporary architecture around
the globe are transcendent to us.
We are very happy to develop and design a new
identity and website for Erieta who worked
as photographer for Richard Meier, Toyo Ito, Steven Holl,
Tadao Ando – just to point out a few. As serious as
that all sounds, we are always ending up giggling
like kids when we meet. Maybe because she is
bringing Champaign to our reunions...
Ny
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When I'm in NYC I always go to PRINTED MATTER, INC., which is – according to their website – the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of publications made by Artists. They also organize the NY ART BOOK FAIR. This time I got the magazine TOILET PAPER (which is spread on the photo above), the art magazine KALEIDOSKOPE and a newsprint specimen of COLOPHON FOUNDRY. I stayed over two hours in the store. It's like going to a museum where you actually can buy everything.
There's the program of the BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER NYC (the one in fluorescent color) whose building is right next to ours. Last week I was smoking a cigarette downstairs and realized that Mikhail Baryshnikov himself was standing next to me smoking a cigarette too. I just enrolled for ballet class here in NYC and was telling myself to cut down cigarette consumption but when the greatest ballet dancer ever is smoking a cigarette right beside you, your intentions are suddenly gone. I'm doing well at ballet class by the way.
I always get attention when wearing this self-made necklace (above) inspired by plumbers and sailors. HENRI J. SILLAM, our Haute Joaillerie client, would wrinkle his nose in complete disgust. But I have to say that Building Supplies Stores are a very sophisticated inspiration source. I really can recommend going there!
Photo: Joel Meyerowitz
New York, mon Amour
De retour à New York for the next two months! We are working on Blog On Paper Magazine and the completion of Architect Paola Iacucci's manifesto book. I'm very happy to meet Yehuda Safran, who is contributing to the book, next week in his NY studio. Yehuda just developed the Adolf Loos exhibition at the Viennese MAK which opened on March 13th.
Customized Photography
We met charismatic photographer Meinrad Hofer in New York City a year ago and became friends instantly. I remember having many cups of tea together in our kitchen in Hell's Kitchen with the Empire building in view, discussing the website in every detail. We all came up with the idea that it would be amazing for a photographer being able to arrange photos differently thus creating a customized portfolio for each viewer. By arranging those photo portfolios, as Meinrad wants them to be seen by a client, an url is being generated automatically. Meinrad now is able to send photo-customized websites to clients. And René, our invention and innovation pro, worked it out! Yeah!
Gabriele Chiari
in Paris
Parisian Art Gallery Bernard Jordan asked us to design the catalogue of rising Artist Gabriele Chiari who is currently collaborating with Paris fashion house Hermès.
We met the Artist in her Parisian studio and had quite an inspirational time together. Her work for Hermès will be shown at Palais de Tokyo on June 20th.
screenshot of slipcase illustration
Le Lookbook
We artdirected and edited an extraordinary limited edition lookbook for international paper company Mondi Group. More news to come!
Confettisystem
The studio who have contributed to our Mondi Lookbook lately is on view at MoMA PS1 until March 31.
That's great for us too because we are coming back to NYC
in March and will stay quite a while...
From our record collection
We admire Frank Tovey aka Fad Gadget a lot.
He was a British avantgarde musician and vocalist during early Eighties where the electronic/
new wave phenomenon was emerging.
Manifesto Series
We have continued working on the Manifesto poster series as it's going to take part in the Blog On Paper Magazine which launches in Spring 2013.
La femme Ford
C'est une des mes images préférées en ce moment.
Photographes Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott,
Vêtements Tom Ford, Réalisation Carine Roitfeld
Vogue Paris, Décembre 2010
We found this beautiful photograph of the moon
in the library lately.
3D-printed record
Smells Like Print Spirit
Instructables member Amanda Ghassaei has developed a technology that brings digital music to a 3D printed record. The very first title on a prototype was Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. We give a Hi-Fi-ve for that.
Poster | Digital Print, Photo | Nicholas Alan Cope
Manifesto Series
Things are in a state of flux.
Girls in The Garage Vol. I
Nathalie Malric
for Tsumori Chisato
Transformed Landscape
The editor and art direction job for Mondi´s lookbook
is taking a lot of our time currently but we are very happy to connect with interesting and talented people
from all over the world. Have a look at the "Open Space Office" series of Portuguese Photographer Tito Mouraz.
titomouraz.com/open-space-office/
"We are getting closer to the heart
of this criminal artichoke."
‹Batman to Robin in the 1960´s TV series›
Musik von Harmonia
This track is taken from the debut album
"Musik von Harmonia".
Poster Say Say Say, Inc. / low-res scan of painting
New Romance
A few weeks ago we were carrying around a lot of historical books from the Viennese library.
Those books have held a special place for us lately,
a rare indulgence..
LOOK BOOK
We were asked to do the art direction & design
for the Bio Top 3 look book of Mondi Group/Fine Papers. What a pleasure!
Our Question Manifesto published in Design Austria Magazine.
What's pretty funny about it: our "manifesto design" has been modified by the magazine's graphic designer who apparently was ashamed to just put a simple photograph and text on the page. So now in the magazine layout there's a line framing the manifesto and our original typeface Univers has been also magically changed into a decorative italic serif. Maybe the designer was bored or he just answered one of our questions "Bauhaus or Art Déco?"... it's too hilarious!
But many thanks to the creative genius Nikolaus Prokop who wrote very nice things about us. (yes, a certain comparison with Helmut Lang... we are flattered)
Uranus
Found this poetic picture while doing research
in the library.
Indian Jewelry
from Texas
Indian Jewelry from Houston, Texas are prone
to sonic and comic experiments within their noise
and psychedelic roots. That's nice!
We particularly love this track taken from the
album Totaled.
Freya Rabet F/W12
Unique pieces of wearable knitwear where exciting silhouettes work alongside texture and colour combinations.
www.freya-rabet.co.uk
The Golden Ones
Limited edition poster series;
Tempera on digital print, 594 x 841mm
improvised Shooting
Merci mille fois à ma demi-sœur égyptienne!
moving images
We designed and programmed the new website of NY based Video Editor Nella.
www.nellaedit.com
Mes accessoires
préférés de l'été
_ John Lennon inspired sunglasses
_ found at a flea market: pouch from the Eighties in typical colors – it works very well as a clutch, I wore it with an evening gown
_ porcelain mixing tray to experiment with "physical" colors – at the moment I'm trying to mix different shades of gold for a limited edition poster we're designing
Alan Aboud
New York – Vienna
After an intense and inspiring working time in New York City we are back in Europe, working in our studio in Vienna's Museumsquartier during the summer.
We'll be crossing worlds again in fall on a transatlantic flight to NYC...
Vintage Synthesizers: www.comtruise.com
Ostwald Helgason
I came across London based Design duo Susanne Ostwald and Ingvar Helgason in Vogue Italia's «Talent» supplement last summer. In the meanwhile they did some amazing work and had a colorful debut at New York Fashion Week.
Blog on Paper
We are currently developing a magazine called
Blog on Paper. More news to come.
New York
Desktop Series
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Content:
_ Jan Tschichold, Birkäuser Verlag Basel 1975
_ fluorescent ribbons found at Garment District
_ Foam Magazine / Naoya Hatakeyama, «Scales»
_ Postcards: Elizabeth Taylor by Bert Stern 1962 /
New York by Arthur Fellig 1940
_ nice Typeface seen in Haper's Bazaar, Issue June 2012
_ Arch-i-zines / Arch-Art Books, Storefront for Art
& Architecture & Printed Matter, Inc., New York
Raimund Abraham
& the ACFNY
I found some beautiful drawings of the ACFNY by Raimund Abraham in Paola Iacucci's library. The building is one of my favorites in NYC.
Raimund Abraham in an interview with Kenneth Frampton: "If there has been any inspiration or reflection upon a particular New York condition it was my fascination with the simplicity and surprising complexity of the scissor stair. Architecturally it has become the Vertebra of the tower, striving for infinity as the endless column of Brancusi."
New York
Desktop Series
#2
Content:
_ Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America
without a trace
_ "Piece", letterpress on cardboard
_ Rich Texts: Selected Writing for Art, John Kelsey
_ Kramers Ergot #8, PictureBox
_ Maison Kitsuné Paris, Spring/Summer 2012
_ Removal, Real Guts
Paola Iacucci
How to work
internationally
according to Paola Iacucci. The Italian Architect
explains the strategy on a piece of paper.
New York
Desktop Series
#1
Content:
_ Photographers in Conflict Kodoji Press
_ John Lennon
_ +81 Magazine Tokyo Graphic in Paris and vice versa
_ Salon für Kunstbuch bag
_ Capricious Magazine Issue No.11, Being Fashion
_ The Land of Ousss, Koo Jeong-a
_ our horse Ferdl
A. M. Cassandre, 1935
De retour à New York
For the next two months the Say Say Say's are based again in New York City to continue working on Architect Paola Iacucci's book and taking care of stationary production for video editor Nella. C'est la super joie!
Miami
I like this photograph a lot.
Shot by Steve Hiett in 1978.
Every since and then our posters outside of our studio in the Viennese Museumsquarter disappear and we need to fill again the empty space. Actually it's a nice thought that someone might carry around our posters secretly. But probably one can find them just in the trashcan around the corner...Well, email us a warm hello and you get a poster for free.
Photo: Constanze Fruth
Quirky Questions from The press
A short while ago Austrian Newspaper Die Presse asked us to answer five questions related to our creative work. Actually those questions turned out to be more about the locations where we are currently working. They had to shorten our answers so unfortunately the funny stuff wasn´t being published...
Die Presse (German language)
Hipster: a transatlantic discussion
Who exactly is the modern hipster and why he has such a bad reputation, is currently trying to answer this book that was published in the U.S. two years ago and now translated into German. The book is a collection of lectures, discussions and exhilarant essays.
What we need to say:
1. the modern Hipster is not an artist
2. Vice Magazine has often been accused of using irony to promote racist, homophobic and sexist attitudes. Dear Hipster, this is not cool!
Superjoie / Pâtisserie
Superjoie
est en cours de développement.
Yes, it is french and means "super pleasure"!
It started in December 2011 as a very special
form of Pâtisserie and now is turning into something more bigger.
We´ll keep you posted.
New Year New Work New York
We are currently working on a new identity
for New York based Music Video Editor Nella.
and Action!
A lot of experimentation was needed to create this moving business card for a Viennese filmmaker.
Outside card: serigraphy on foil / inside card: custom-made typeface, Offset
Sandsturm I, Lithography/Serigraphy
EDOUARD BARIBEAUD
is a bilingual French/German Artist who currently
lives and works in Berlin.
We met while studying Design at ÉNSAD in Paris and became friends and collaborators. I admire his work
as it incorporates "the surrealistic moment" of our contemporary society in a very poetic and political manner.
The above image is taken from the series "Chaos" (2011).
Dunkelziffer
is experimental music between Jazz and Avantgarde
with the fantastic Damo Suzuki (Can) on the microphones.
Taken from the Album Dunkelziffer III, 1986
Photo: Sabine Volz
Say Say Say Bag spotted
in Venice
Nice match.
Illustration & Design (Posters)
Collaboration avec la
joaillerie Henri J. Sillam
On a collaboré avec la maison Henri J. Sillam dans le cadre de lancement de sa nouvelle collection de haute joaillerie Get Animalicious: Identité visuelle, illustrations, catalogue, affiches, carte d´invitation...
De Lorean / Rendering by Djordje Jovanovic
PRETTY TIME MACHINE
The DeLorean Motor Company has announced to build an electric version of the stainless steel car made famous in the “Back to the Future” films of the 1980’s.
The company hopes to sell the electric DeLorean for $90,000 starting in 2013.
Well, you know as well as we do, that this will be the next Say Say Say company car. Donations are always welcome.
Games (Brooklyn)
Games' Strawberry Skies is Eighties ironic
goodness taken to its logical extreme.
Photo: René Poell
NYC on Rollei film
Ce que nous avons adoré
Seen at Biennale di Venezia, 2011
Artist: Nairy Baghramian
Le Matérialisme..
pour le graphisme!
Photos: Sabine Volz
Say Say Say bags sighted
at Jil Sander Fashionshow
Merci mille fois to Sabine Volz, Katrin Seiler
and Harald Weiler!
Work published on
graphicbirdwatching.com
Graphicbirdwatching, a platform for female graphic designers, published some nice work of Jutta. BirdWatching is a socially driven, international organisation and the only one of its kind. Its list of contributors includes practicing graphic designers that are passionate about design and live and work around the world.
Photo: Jutta Wacht
Jean Widmer,
mon amour.
La rétrospective au Centre Pompidou en 2004.
Jean Widmer, graphiste suisse, arrivé en France dans les annés cinquante a révolutionné le graphisme en revisitant notamment toute la signalétique des lieux publics et des infrastructures routières dans un but à la fois pratique et esthétiques. C'est un précurseur, un des premiers à mêler photographie et graphisme en faisant de la typographie un élément de ses composition.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo . set photo
CREATING BUZZ WITH SECRET INSIGHTS
A blog called Mouth Taped Shut of David Fincher´s new movie The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo shows images and videos apparently taken by an insider.
The mysterious and very "real"-looking behind-the-scenes impressions do not fail their target to create curiosity.
Austro Outburst
Work published
in "Die Presse", Austrian newspaper
Jutta was invited to design a special edition postage stamp incorporating the Austrian "contemporary image". The project Die Marke Österreich is initiated by Liquid Frontiers in cooperation with Die Presse and the Post AG. It´s a selected competition and we were chosen to participate amongst other 19 Designers. When Jutta started building dumplings out of plasticine we all knew that the Austrian issue will be taken very seriously and intensely.
Our Brand New
Frontend Feature
allows you to place and arrange images on your website wherever you want. Upload your images in the backend, go to your frontend, place an image wherever you want and schwupps! you´re already done! What you see is what you get.
The Say Say Say´s
in Italy
The collaboration between New York based Italian Architect Paola Iacucci, Austrian Editor Johannes Schlebrügge and Say Say Say is commencing. We are invited to go to the European base of Bau Institute in Otranto, in the South of Italy, to start working on Paola´s book.
Encore Paris
Jolie vitrine au Marais
Polaroid (almost) impossible
I finally ran out of the original Polaroid 600 films so had to start working with the new ones from "Polaroid Impossible".
Quite difficult to handle but one´s getting used to it after a while.
http://the-impossible-project.com/
New York Food
Say Say Say is designing and programming TABLE 86,
a very special and delicious food blog from NYC.
last macaron..
..from our first intern.
Mille fois merci à STÉPHANIE BARON - notre stagiaire Française talentueuse et plaisante pour son travail extraordinaire!
800mm f4 9x120s 800ASA EOS450D / Ulrich Wacht
M81+82 self-made Photos
Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy) is the prototype nearby starburst galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
Photos: Jutta Wacht
Turntables
Wonderful analog dreams. Seen at MOMA, NY.
Second one: Designed for Braun by Dieter Rams
Bryan Ferry in L.A, 1973
Mr. Bryan Ferry..
is the quintessential international gentleman every man wants to be. (Interview dans FANTASTIC MAN , Issue 12 / 2010) Concert sensationnel au Staatsoper de Vienne.