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Mehmet Behluli
O Vendi Im

june 23  — july 2, 2010
tetris hapësira manipuluese
opening june 23, 2010
20:00h
curator:erzen shkololli

Uncorporate Identity is about emblems, networks, conflicts, social relations, fantasy, fiction, spies, comics, political theory, geography, voids, memory, history, monuments, search engines, globalization, the East, public diplomacy, black metal, unrecognized states, princes, princesses, solar panels, brands, speculation, flexible labor, crisis, cities, democracy, the Emirates, iconoclasm, heraldy, stealth, banlieues, hackers, money, the west, boarders, poems, communism, libertarianism, shadows, research, architecture, and design (in no particular order).

Designed by Metahaven (Daniel van der Velden and Vinca Kruk)

Edited by Metahaven & Marina Vishmit

Published by Lars Muller Publishers and Jan van Eyck Academie

A gift from my friend Mirsad in Ulm

Here is a video I made with photo booth to announce the names of people who sent me movies they made for my birthday.
Click here to see it.

And here are the movies that my friends made.

“For all that the average designer these days is at the behest of his or her clients most of the time, that doesn’t mean they have to become cipher, in the opinion of Kosovo-born Bardhi Haliti. He believes that we should hold views–and not be afraid to express them. “Designing without having an opinion equals not being able to think, and work where there is no opinion and thinking turns out very artificial and uninteresting,” he says. After finishing his studies in graphic design at Brigham Young University, Haliti moved to New York last year. Life in the Big Apple is full of inspiration and it has given him the chance to work with the likes of 2×4, Modern Identity, MTWTF, Andrew Sloat and M.A.C. Cosmetics. But his most meaningful project so far has undoubtedly been creating a visual identity for his homeland, the newly created Republic of Kosovo. In an everyday sense, the work that brings him most satisfaction is designing books, which he finds both a challenge and a means of learning new things. For more of this thoughtful designer’s work, check out: www.bardhihaliti.com”

Thanks for noticing!

Please go see the work of Blerim Racaj, a Kosovo photographer, currently on display at Oda Theatre in Prishtina.

See project here

I also ran across a sweet catalogue that I will scan tomorrow and post here. It has a list of over 400 titles published by Rilindja.

I just came across an issue of architecture magazine Domus from 1973 on my brother’s bookshelf and it’s really beautiful.

I saw this inside the maternity ward building at the Prishtina hospital.

I took a train from New York to Montréal this morning. This eleven hour long train trip has been one of the best train trips I have taken so far. I tried to read a book, but I kept being distracted by the beautiful scenery on the way. I put the book down, put headphones on and looked out the window for eleven hours straight. I especially enjoyed the countless number of frozen ponds.

I will post more pictures later.

This live version of Kino by the Knife has every possible element that makes something good.

text by Annelys de Vet from the book The world must Change: Graphic Design and Idealism by Leonie ten Duis and Annelies Haase.

This is easily the best song I’ve heard so far in 2009.

I just finished designing a set of postcards. They are part of a series about New York City. If you would like to receive one or possibly the whole set please leave your mailing address under comments. I will send you one wherever you live in the world.

xoxo,

B.

I’m so outraged by this. The agency model is so annoying—all the projects go through so many hands like account managers and what not, which basically means in the end most of the projects come out not very creative or honest.

My dreams have been ruined.

We, the undersigned, are graphic designers, photographers and students who have been brought up in a world in which the techniques and apparatus of advertising have persistently been presented to us as the most lucrative, effective and desirable means of using our talents. We have been bombarded with publications devoted to this belief, applauding the work of those who have flogged their skill and imagination to sell such things as: Cat food, stomach powders, detergent, hair restorer, striped toothpaste, aftershave lotion, beforeshave lotion, slimming diets, fattening diets, deodorants, fizzy water, cigarettes, roll-ons, pull-ons, and slip-ons. By far the greatest time and effort of those working in the advertising industry are wasted on these trivial purposes, which contribute little or nothing to our national prosperity.

In common with an increasing number of the general public, we have reached a saturation point at which the high pitched stream of consumer selling is no more than sheer noise. We think that there are other things more worth using our skill and experience on. There are signs for streets and buildings, books and periodicals, catalogues, instructional manuals, industrial photography, educational aids, films, television features, scientific and industrial publications and all the other media through which we promote our trade, our education, our culture and our greater awareness of the world.

We do not advocate the abolition of high pressure consumer advertising: this is not feasible. Nor do we want to take any of the fun out of life. But we are proposing a reversal of priorities in favour of the more useful and lasting forms of communication. We hope that our society will tire of gimmick merchants, status salesmen and hidden persuaders, and that the prior call on our skills will be for worthwhile purposes. With this in mind, we propose to share our experience and opinions, and to make them available to colleagues, students and others who may be interested.

Signed by : Edward Wright, Geoffrey White, William Slack, Caroline Rawlence, Ian McLaren, Sam Lambert, Ivor Kamlish, Gerald Jones, Bernard Higton, Brian Grimbly, John Garner, Ken Garland, Anthony Froshaug, Robin Fior, Germano Facetti, Ivan Dodd, Harriet Crowder, Anthony Clift, Gerry Cinamon, Robert Chapman, Ray Carpenter, Ken Briggs.

postcard from chris crosby.

I made a flicker set with pictures of architecture in Prishtina. You can see them here.

the view from my flat this morning

I can now travel to 52 countries.

Click here to download it. Find me there somewhere.

Cover of the Black Mountain College Review, Fall 1954.