Riley Johndonnell
There are big talkers and there are big doers. Riley Johndonnell is the latter. Don’t let the rosy cheeks, electrifying smile, and fanciful fashion fool you. In the decade since we at Base first met them at Surface, we’ve witnessed Johndonnell (former creative director, with his then-partner, publisher Richard Klein) develop their pivotal magazine along with many other Surface initiatives, including the renowned Avant Guardian showcase of emerging talent in American photography, … more
Full house at the Palacio de Congresos de Madrid
The MAD Design Conference last Saturday and Sunday was by all accounts a huge success. Madrid’s Congress Hall was packed— more than 1,600 visitors attended the two-day event. MAD’s 14 speakers covered a range of design-related topics and media, and master classes delved deeper in typography and information architecture. Everything went according to plan and schedule, and no equipment imploded, exploded, or melted down.
BaseMotion’s Jean-Marc, from Belgium, spoke at the event, in Spanish, and gave a presentation in English about, in part, the integration of words and typography in video. He closed his presentation with a few episodes of Perspectives, BaseMotion’s online “unterview” series, which has become something of an online sensation … more