One of the more intriguing recent works from Pale Horse Design, this skate deck totem pole was created for the “Splinters & Papercuts” exhibition housed at their studio space. It’s an ambitious personal project, and one with terrific graphic integrity. Additionally, the use of skate decks is a novel approach to the totem form.

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Forthcoming from Gestalten, Arabesque 2 explores the latest graphic design trends coming from the Middle East. With a young generation of designers engaged in promoting a new identity for the region, the moment for inventive manipulation of local visual convention and the international style is now. Edited by Ben Wittner and Sascha Thoma, the book features graphic design, logos, editorial design, and illustration by young designers and activists from Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates.

The preface is written by John Martin, co-founder of Art Dubai.

Page views follow.

Kai and Sunny’s latest exhbition, “The Flower Show”, opens on June 2, 2011 at StolenSpace.

Their new exhibition, ‘The Flower Show’, follows the success of previous sell-out solo shows: ‘What A Wonderful World’ (2009) and ‘Return To The Wild’ (2010) at the Stolen Space Gallery, London, and their continued collaboration with Daydreaming with… James Lavelle at Haunch of Venison, London (2010).

The new show features a series of monotone works, highlighted in glittering silver, which explore the word ‘flower’. These include large-scale, silkscreened images which illustrate the complexity of the flower. This latest work demonstrates Kai and Sunny’s continuing intricacy and connection with nature but also shows a developing maturity and intensity.

As part of the exhibition, the duo are releasing an A3 limited edition box set containing five letter-pressed images from the show. This set includes a new short story written exclusively for these images entitled, ‘The Gardener’, by the Booker-prize nominated author of ‘Cloud Atlas’ – David Mitchell.

The work will be on view through June 26, 2011.

StolenSpace Gallery
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London E1 6QL

A full preview follows.

Graphic artist Eric Elms opens a solo exhibition in Paris, No Way Out, on May 12, 2011. The work will remain on view though June 4, 2011.

Alexandre Lazarew (en collaboration avec Classic)
14 rue du Perche – Paris 3ème

Can’t knock a simple idea. A graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, David Schwen’s “Type Sandwiches” play with color and word. Nothing fancy, just quirky visualizations of popular meals. A personal favorite is his vision of the double stuff Oreo cookie.

More “Type Sandwiches” after the jump.

Get your headphones out at the office today, because “Globe Poster: An Illustrated History Of American Music” from NPR is a must listen. Of course, the site also provides ample reading material and great visuals too. Globe has been running in East Baltimore for 80 years, so not surprisingly the firm has handled as many graphic styles as it has musical ones. The results are all bold, and the stories rich too – the founding of the company, hatched over a card game with location decided for Baltimore’s centrality, example enough.

Check out a few more posters after the leap and check out the history of Globe at NPR.

Street Thing reports, “In this Playboy editorial, photographer Jared Ryder has teamed up with well-distinguished graphic designer Aerosyn-Lex to create an oustanding photospread. Aerosyn-Lex is a partner and creative director of KDU, the world’s largest private design society and has worked for numerous companies.”

More of the editorial follows after the jump.

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Oliver Cartwright’s been busy in Tokyo. His latest work combines his obsession with complex geometric pattern with a more conscious effort to balance hand drawn and digital media.

Check out more of Cartwright’s latest after the jump.