Alanna Cavanagh
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

New Work: Sketches for Book cover

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This is a sketch for a book cover i'm working on for Penguin UK. I like combining squiggly line drawings with photography. I'm worki...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Inspiration: Marc Jacobs

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Watched this documentary on Marc Jacobs AGAIN on the wknd. Directed by Loic Prigent and originally shot for french TV. It's a great wind...
Thursday, May 21, 2009

Influences: Wallpaper Designer Tracy Kendall

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Last night attended an evening with UK wallpaper designer Tracy Kendall . I've admired her work for several years - especially her fanta...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Textiles: MissPrint

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Love this new textile company Missprint which Maxwell of Apt therapy featured on his 'Best of the ICFF' list. The wallpapers, wall s...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Data Visualization: Lists tell a story

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Ever since listening to Spark's podcast about the Feltron report I have been thinking of ways that data can tell stories. This amazon ...
Monday, May 18, 2009

Stockholm prep: Josef Frank

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Detail of above yum! I'm going to Stockholm next month (i know lucky) so am making a list of design shops to visit. Top o list is Svensk...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Harvey Faircloth

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I have been following the blog of Abby Clawson Low , former Senior art director at Kate Spade for about a year so was very excited to learn ...
Sunday, May 3, 2009

Manicules

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Nick Shinn's talk was great. Among many items I learned that the Victorian pointing hands I've always liked have various names inclu...
Thursday, April 30, 2009

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April 30th 7:00 p.m. at The Urban Gallery (beside Swipe Books), 401 Richmond St. $10.00 All Welcome. Type designer Nick Shinn is speaking t...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Data recording on steroids: The Feltron Annual Report

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Detail Listened to a Spark podcast tonight and discovered The Feltron report: a data based "portrait of a year" produced annual...

Hillman Curtis: Pentagram film

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Watched Hillman Curtis ' short film on the history of Pentagram today. It's narrated by Paula Scher speaking very quickly. (I think...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Timex military watch

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Timex recently joined forces with J. Crew to create this fetching new military watch . The design was inspired by iconic styles from the 19...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Lessons from Paul Rand: Cutting paper is fun

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My immersion in all things Paul Rand continues. I am too rushed today to summarize all the work + theories that I find inspiring (Plus I am...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

i love Google Analytics

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Boy do they know how to slice data.
Monday, April 20, 2009

Dress Code Design form

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Through Grain Edit discovered dress code design firm. Dress code = young whipper snappers Andre Andreev and G. Dan Covert. Great design and...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

My website is live

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alannacavanagh.com is finally live Would love you to visit and send feedback. Don't be shy. Many thanks.
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I'm a Toronto based artist. My posts are related to my work + inspiration.
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