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NOVEMBER 5, 2019ART THIS WAY
Art This Way is the newest children’s book by me & Jason made in partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art & Phaidon. It features 8 artworks from the Whitney's collection. Each spread focuses on a way of looking at art.
JOIN US at the WHITNEY
* museum admission required *
Nov. 9 from 10:30am to 3pm
Drop in/out Open Studio, made for kids, but adults are welcome. Make a 6-sided craft project inspired by the artist Marisol.
2 NYC Art Recommendations
Queens Museum has original drawings by Rube Goldberg & Foolish Questions.
The Pencil is a Key at the Drawing Center takes a wide view of prison art.
ASG Book Club
New printable Activity Kit for Book Clubs to use with my book Arbitrary Stupid Goal – Includes: Discussion questions, Crossword puzzle, Recipe, & Napkin origami.
EATER Book Club:ASG Nov 19.
* ticket required *
Eater has picked ASG to re-launch their book club & are having an event November 19 in Chinatown hosted by Sonia Chopra.
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YORKThe Whitney asked me to remix Experimental Jetset’s responsive "W" logo with NYC. The drawings will be featured on T-shirts, pins, bandanas, etc. Available now, more items on the way. Big thanks to Lauri Freedman.
SWIZZLE STICKS
I can die – I’ve designed a swizzle stick. It is also a bubble wand. You can get one free at The Hihi Room if you buy a drink. * opens mid-November *
The
ound GameSound Game is a website I made in the spirit of the early internet. Best if played one round at a time. Good for kids. Guesses have included: Robot Walking – Ping Pong Ball Dispenser – Carpet Stapler – Insects – Human Carnival – Chicken Crossing the Road – Episode of Soul Train – Bee in the Restaurant
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FEBUARY 12, 2020Pretzel Print
Selling a print of the pretzel spots I illustrated for the Thanksgiving 2019 issue of The New Yorker. Keegan Cooke (who's dad is @mrtwisterthepretzelguy) printed them. 12"x12" letterpressed & lovely for $50. To order click here.
Sights N' Snacks Bangkok
Excited to have a super-size travel cartoon in the second issue of Subsequence. A new magazine focused on folk arts & crafts from the clothing brand Visvim. Available at select newsstands. The cartoon is about Bangkok. Pro-tip: International postcard stamps are only 15 Baht in Thailand.
POSTALCO
Jason Fulford and I have been making photos for the Japanese company Postalco. They gave us lots of freedom, & Jason has taken beautiful photos. I have been scouting, styling and sometimes sporting their timeless products. We just shot another batch in the southwest–the new photos should appear on Postalco’s site and feed soon.
Material World
Another collaboration with Jason: We are illustrating a monthly column in The Atlantic magazine for author Amanda Mull, art directed by designer-pianist-writer: Peter Mendelsund & inspired by his keyword: simulacra.
2 FILM Recommendations
Both directed by Ken Loach:
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Kes 1969
About a boy and a kestral.❷
Black Jack 1979
About a boy, a girl, and a giant.
Color Factory
Not new, but still open. I was given the blue room to illustrate/design for The Color Factory which opened Aug. 2018. Best described as "The perfect place to bring your nephew or niece visiting NYC from Atlanta."
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MARCH 27, 2020
SHOPSIN'S WILL RE-OPEN ASAP WHEN THIS COVID SH*T IS OVER
Shopsin's has been closed since March 13th - taking care & trying to flatten the curve. I would like to take this moment to say: ❶ I miss my father (always) and can only imagine what his wide R-rated take on COVID would be & how proud he would be of my brother Zack and sister Melinda. ❷ The new Essex Market (across the street from the old - now at 88 Essex) is the rarest bird. A real estate developer took a NYC treasure and made it BETTER. Shopsin’s was terrified to move, but we love the new market, as well as every vendor in it. Essex Market is open right now - with full shelves & hearts. We can’t wait to go back home, open up, and get cooking.
OFFLINE ACTIVITES Available now
Offline Activities is a new little book by Jason Fulford and me. It's designed like a coupon book, with tear-out pages full of fun & chance & mystery & quotes that form a reading list. Available at most booksellers off and online. Published by The Ice Plant.
Almost everywhere that happiness exists, there is pleasure in nonsense.- Friedrich Nietzsche
NYER Quarantine Culture Recommendations
During NYC lockdown, I have been doing regular animated illustrations for the New Yorker – all art directed by the very gifted Sebit Min and riffs on keeping yourself entertained while stuck inside. The series is ongoing.
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AUGUST 2, 2020COVID SIGNS & CARDS
Made some printable PDFs related to Covid-19. Please USE them or pass em on: Link to free PDFs here. Includes: signs for social distancing used at Essex Market, condolence cards for the many victims of Covid-19, a sign to thank your postal worker, and one to just vent.
BIRDS4BIDEN
A simple way to show support for Joe Biden, please find your state bird and share. 51 birds, DC included, all hoping that the next president believes in science.
SHOPSIN’S
We are open! Just 3 days a week & take out only. Been making signs, murals, contactless menus, mad-libs, and more for the store along side Zack, Melinda, Luke, & Chris. PROTIP: Shopsin’s is selling a dish towel based on my father’s graphic design opus (his menu) link here.
Summer Spots
Heads up I have the spots in next week’s New Yorker. Dated 8/17 - cuz that is how magazines roll. Spots are all riffs on surfing.
An Offline Activity:
Offline Activities (a newish book by me and Jason) is making its way through the world. Tosh Berman made a sweet funny video about it. If you want one -> please buy the book from The Ice Plant.
Here is an offline activity to try at home:
LOOK INTO SOMEONE’S EYES FOR FIVE MINUTES WITHOUT TALKING.
“Our eyes, for instance, originate in intrauterine darkness, and the light originates in the sun, yet see how they fit each other. They are evidently made for each other.”
—William James
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OCTOBER 22, 2020POLITICAL BITS
Got to do an "I Voted" sticker for New York voters. Part of a project by I am a voter. & New York magazine. The sticker will be given out at select polling sites & in the Oct. 26 issue. Click the above drawing to see it.
Deartrumpvoter.com is a website I created with Kelli Anderson and Taichi Aritomo to help anti-Trump voters reach over the other side of the fence. Please spread the site or better yet use it.
Biden / Harris sign inspired by Charlotte’s web and J & K Hodgman. Made to be posted in Brooklin, Maine home of E.B. White, but also apt for halloween. Download a PDF of the sign here
Halloween Spots
Spots in this week’s New Yorker. Dated 10/26 - of NYC all dressed up with no where to go.
SHOPSIN’S
We have 8 seats for dine-in! Been making fun things for the restaurant including a hot sauce bottle and newish menu - Thanks to the typographer Nick Sherman for his great fonts, Keegan Cooke for his silkscreen prowess & Dan Morris for sharing his letterpress shop: The Arm. Thanks to my bro Zack & sis Minda in general & forever.
Sights N'Snacks Madrid
Big travel cartoon in the third issue of Subsequence. A magazine that has a regular column called favorite toy. The cartoon is about Madrid where even the arrows have accents.
Biteseeing
If you are still itching to travel, please take a virtual trip to Alimentary Caverns via this placemat from Encyclopedia Placematica by the great Ron Barret & Steve Manes.
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April 30, 2021COMING SOON... LASERWRITER II
Now available for pre-order. I wrote another book, a novel called LaserWriter II that takes place in the old Mac repair shop:
. Published by MCD X FSG, edited by Sean McDonald. It comes out October 12. The book can be pre-ordered from your local book shop or most other places. Find more info here from MCD Books with the pre-order buttons low key & classy.
Happy Belated New Year
It has been a while since I updated the news. Click image above if you forgot how this site works & to see what our friend’s daughter did upon opening the 2021 New Year’s card Jason & I sent.
THE NEW YORKER STORE
The New Yorker Store let me design a jigsaw puzzle! It features an original crossword by The New Yorker’s Puzzles & Games Dept. and is a puzzle within a puzzle. Learn more and buy one here. Art Director = Nicholas Blechman.
“TAMARA STAND” IN TOKYO @ DAIKANYAMA TSUTAYA
If you happen to live in Japan - starting May 1st the Daikanyama Tsutaya book store in Tokyo (T-Site) will have a pop-up section called: Tamara Stand with books and things I’ve made for sale. T-Site asked me to create a sticker for them to give away with purchases. I designed an Autograph Sticker, made to be an Ex Libris plate or to collect friends’ signatures. The stand closes May 31st.
THE SEA RANCH in T+L
Travel + Leisure sent Jason Fulford and me to photograph, draw & write about The Sea Ranch in northern California which is a colony set upon cliffs and redwoods that aspires to “live lightly with the land.” You can read the full story online. The article was commissioned and edited by Flora Stubbs with photo editor Scott Hall .
TSR PROTIP
If you are interested in learning more about the history and origins of The Sea Ranch this website is the straight dope.
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August 26, 2021Hands Off The Picture Collection
Please sign this Petition - & help save The Picture Collection. The New York Public Library administration is planning to remove it from circulation which = a slow certain death & loss of magic. If you have never been to The Picture Collection, go now it is located in the main lion branch! You can find more info about the situation: in this NYT article or this radio interview.
NYER FISH SPOTS
Literal fish spots in the Aug. 16 issue of The New Yorker. Click above drawing to see them all. Spoilers in the captions.
LASERWRITER II
PRESALE PRINT & WEBSITEFree Print with Pre-Order of my novel LaserWriter II from Skylight in LA or Books are Magic in NYC - limited quantity ! Also made a little website for the book with Taichi Aritomo that is a nod to
. Share if you care. Easter egg on the Pick-Up page.
CHARLES PORTIS COVERS
Long time in the works. I got to redesign Charles f***ing Portis’ back list! A dream come true. 6 covers in all, shepherded by Abrams creative director: Deb Wood. They should be out in the world now. For Portis fans Norwood was very hard to find before. If you have not read Portis and need a book to make you cry laughing read: Masters of Atlantis. If you need a book to make you cry and laugh read: True Grit.
SIGHTS N’ SNACKS Munich
Super-size travel cartoon in the fourth issue of Subsequence. A visit to Munich. Pro-tip: don't miss the tower museums Spielzeugmuseummuenchen & Karl Valentin Musaeum. ← no English info
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Nov 2, 2021Pick-up Sticks Screen Saver
Excited to have collaborated with David Reinfurt on a screensaver for the software co. O-R-G. There will be a launch hosted by the pure gem that is Mmuseumm on Nov 7 from 4pm-5pm outdoors in their alley. The screensaver is compatible with macOS v10.12+ and you can buy it right now. Link to get it and info on the event can be found here.
The Picture Collection is SAVED
Great news. Thanks to everyone’s letters and support The New York Public Library changed its mind!! The Picture Collection is open, go see it. A set of the unused protest posters Jason and I made have been added to the NYPL prints collection.
Thanks to Dan & Keegan at the ARM who helped us print them and donated paper, ink, and press-time.
Signage for Micamera
Micamera is a world class photobook store in Milan run with untold love for its neighborhood, customers & artists. I was honored to be asked to redesign their sign and can't wait to see it in real life.
NYER PASTA SPOTS
Pasta spots in the Sept. 20 issue of the New Yorker. Art Directed by Rina Kushinir.
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OUT NOW: LASERWRITER II
Thanks to all the people that have bought & read LW2. Good reviews in: the NYTimes, NPR, Fast Co., Bookforum & more, but they have spoilers. This twitter thread by Cory Doctorow is too wise not to share. It also shows off my dad's design prowess.
Material World
Still collaborating with Jason on the monthly Material World column in The Atlantic magazine, now art directed by Oliver Munday. We always build the illo in real life and live with the object for a bit. Some longer than others.
