I Am a Bear

I'll be doing a little drawing exhibition with urduja manaoag an artist from Geneva this Thurs here in Basel.

Heard this tune on the internet radio. Decided to SOTD it.

SOTD

Newish Sketchbook Examples

Pepper Spray Your Holiday Away

It is the reason for the season.

Lieutenant Pike is Comin' to Town: The sheet music

Because nothing says the holidays like a storm trooper enjoying a moment he's trying so hard not to look like he's enjoying.

-for piano and guitar accompaniment. 

Lt. John Pike

He sees you when you're peaceful. He knows when you are safe. He's got a massive can of pepper spray to unload right in your face... OOOOOhhh You better not spout, you better not pry...you better not try to occupy. Lt. John Pike is coming to town.

SOTD

Travels in Korea Pt.2 by Travis Purrington | Icon_ology

Travels in Korea Pt.2 by Travis Purrington | Icon_ology

ArtBasel 42: The Ai WeiWei Chronicles

Is this the end?

..."Once the insurgent military took control of the District of Columbia and Pentagon they negotiated preliminary labor and monetary fund policies with the transnationals. The fundamentalists then began the task of sifting through Google's record archive. Each mountain of bodies scheduled for disintegration would stand epitaph to their online sins. The motto "Don't be evil", it turned out, was a warning."

-excerpt from a dream.

Consumer

I saw an interesting pic in a German trend magazine this week and I just had to mess with it. Original photo credit: Basti Arlt.

The word "design" is a powerful albeit increasingly convoluted term for a thought process that creates order from complex caches of synaptic stimuli collected through the senses of every cognizant intelligence. It is not proprietary to any perceived stereotype. It is true that visual aesthetics take a lot of credit these days, but it is important to note that such information should be seen in a contextual subset. it is not the face of a company that is inherently attractive. It is the expression on that face...and such beauty is the result of an entire body being sufficiently fulfilled.

Intl birthday presence

Commission to International business aficionado Beat Grüring on his 50th birthday here in Basel, Switzerland. A very interesting challenge and a fitting introduction for more painting in Europe.

Thanks Jutta

Jutta Sugden is an artist and the widow of the famous modern architect John Sugden...

Thnxmas 2010

a card/poster design for our annual Masterclass (MFA/MA Grads) Thanksgiving dinner. Because of venue booking complications we were forced to push it into Dec which provided a great opportunity to take "Danksgiving" (last years theme...see below) to a whole new level.

General proposal brief: Wayfinding system for the city of Basel, Switzerland

Met with city officials for phase 1A review yesterday.
(This is a very slight preview)

The sketch as video

In The Book (Sketchtest6A edit) from Travis Purrington on Vimeo.

Started making these time lapse videos of sketching... This is an ok attempt at the basic idea, but hope to do something more intriguing soon.

Swiss Design Conference... The World wants to define "Design" so all industries can grab it by the throat and drag it back to their cave. Nice try douchebags. Creativity is the new word for "nope, try again".

Fahren im die Schweiz!