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Apr092009

Tumbling through inspiration

DateApril 9, 2009 at 7:00 AM


I quite like having a tumblr account (I call it my scrapbook)—it is easy to simply add images into the visual log without much effort. Kind of addictive, actually! The images in my tumblr are mainly ones that have influenced the visual direction of UPPERCASE magazine. Colour, pattern, composition, typography, ephemera, photography, illustration, visual motifs, vintage aesthetics...

Dots, balloons, bubbles are a recurring graphic element in issue one and so you will see lots of them in my tumblr. I love the stark, graphic simplicity of these particular images from the Life archive (above) and so I referenced them for a spread in the magazine. I'm certainly not "America's Next Top Model" but it was fun to create these simple photographs.

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I've just discovered tumblr and it looks interesting. Not quite sure how it differs yet from Flickr. Style.com also had a scrapbook like site for fashion type posts. I think it was called Flip.com; it seemed neat but doesn't seem to be around any more. Anyhow, thanks for sharing and I should check out tumblr!
April 9, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJen

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