Brandon Kavulla's Profile

Recent Actions

• Posted Modern Victore to Grids
  We are very happy to announce that James Victore (yes, of SPD Speakeasy fame) has just had a selection of his posters chosen for inclusion in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Five of his pieces are...
• Posted Tribute to Blueprint Magazine 2005-2007 to The Sandbox
  Blueprint from SPD Videos on Vimeo. From Deb Bishop, the former DD at Blueprint:This is fun little movie in fast motion (we were always in a hurry) of the Blueprint team creating the February '08 cover in the Starrett Lehigh...
• Commented on Is Graphic Design Art?
  God do i hate the word art. One of many words in our language i would love to see burned, run over or chewed up by something ferocious. I think it has confused the hell out of people for far...
• Posted James Victore Is A Sellout? to Grids
  Yep, James has indeed turned his back on the amazing social and political work that made him famous and is now doing what he said graphic design shouldn't do: sell socks. At the Gap. He's there right now.Ok, not really....
• Commented on Imitation is Flattery?
  Great comments by everyone. My 2 cents: As everyone else pointed out, the concept of breaking apart a burger (or anything else) into floating ingredients is a very old concept. The "originality" (one of my most hated words) or "custom"...
• Commented on The Gold Rush
  Really wish i could be there! Everyone attending is obligated to have a drink for me. Have a great time guys....
• Commented on Sarah Palin [Hearts] Magazines!
  Now how can she be expected to read a magazine when she's been busy keeping an eye on those pesky russians?...
• Commented on Andre Jointe: Beautiful Decay
  LOVE that last one. Wow....
• Posted Tuesday Night! Paper to Pixels to Grids
  Our panel discussion Paper To Pixels is tonight at the Katie Murphy Amphitheater at F.I.T.The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the talk begins at 7 p.m.Click Here for full details on the event including a bio and Q +...
• Posted PAPER TO PIXELS: Who is Ian Adelman? to Grids
  What does an industrial designer know about designing a website?Ask the man responsible for taking New York Magazine online.(He was the founding art director of Slate.com, too.)Ian Adelman is the Design Director of the New York Media websites: nymag.com and...
• Posted PAPER TO PIXELS: Who is Jeremy LaCroix? to Grids
  We've got one... and he's still alive, too.A magazine guy who has jumped into the web with both feet...and very recently.He's got some serious explaining to do.Jeremy LaCroix, former art director of WIRED, is the creative director of Lifestyles at CBS interactive...
• Posted PAPER TO PIXELS: Who is Andrew Essex? to Grids
  Want to know where publishing is headed? Ask someone who deals with print advertisers around the world every day.  And if he happens to have a massive and prestigious magazine background as well...you should handcuff him to your desk and...
• Posted PAPER TO PIXELS: Who is Paul Schrynemakers? to Grids
  If taking a print magazine to the web sounds pretty damn hard, how about taking FIVE online?And what if they happen to be massive, million-plus circ. magazines like Men's Health, Women's Health and Prevention...both domestic and international publications?Paul Schrynemakers, after...
• Posted PAPER TO PIXELS: Who is Khoi Vinh? to Grids
  Some would argue that no medium will be affected more by the internet than newspapers.We've tracked down the man responsible for bringing one of the largest newspapers in the world online. Khoi Vinh is the Design Director for NYTimes.com, where...
• Posted PAPER TO PIXELS: Tuesday, October 7th to Speaker Series
  "Today the internet does what magazines used to do."- Fabien Baron, Interview Magazine relaunch issue.Magazines and their websites.Are websites replacing magazines? Are magazines the main course and the web just a side? Who does what better? How have websites changed...
• Commented on Gray Areas (To Be Sure)
  Chiming in late here as i wasn't exactly sure how i felt...i could definitely see both sides. I certainly understand an illustrator wanting his/her work to be published and seen. In this case, basically the illustrator has decided that getting...
• Posted What Is This? to The Sandbox
  These are all common elements that you can find at a hardware store or drug store. It's also something else.It's a bomb. And it can be brought on a commercial airline undetected.Here at Best Life we were developing a story...
• Posted Panorama Project 3 to Grids
  Saturday night was the opening of  The Panorama Project at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery (curated by Jordan Islip and Rodger Stevens) where 134 artists created 5x7 panels that shared a horizon line.  The weather that night was stormy, but the...
• Commented on Part 8: Photo Issues
  Hmmmm. Wonder if he'd do a self portrait. Drawing or pic....
• Posted Art Directors vs. Illustrators: A Throwdown to Grids
  A throwdown in a nice way. It was a tradition way back to drag the solitary artists out of their studio to meet the people who are usually stuck emailing them from cubicles. If you are here in NYC Thursday...
• Commented on "Did you try... "
  Good gawd. Awesome post! Love it. I feel your pain brother. Oh and i was wondering if you could try........
• Posted All Graphics, All The Times© to Grids
  Check out the torch decoder the NY Times cranked out, (do any of them sleep over there?)...
• Posted Dylan Went Electric and Ed Fella Has a Website to Grids
  Probably one of my favorite typographers and artists is a gent by the name of Ed Fella. If you aren't familiar, you're in for a treat. If you are very familiar...you're STILL in for a treat....