Friday, 02 November, artist Paolo Salvagione will unveil his sensory Wunderkammer, entitled ONE FOR EACH. The edition and exhibition preview is from 6–8pm at San Francisco Center for the Book.
Category Archives: Print
Extracurricular Press
Boon Design is proud to announce a new publishing imprint, named Extracurricular. We plan to publish work by artists and makers we admire and collaborate with. The name comes from our creative activities that exist outside of our design practice.
Paolo Salvagione Autumn Projects
If you missed Paolo Salvagione’s tour de force open studio installation in 2010 at Headlands Center for the Arts, you can see new work and a version of his installation, Missing Window, this Friday, 4 November at Aggregate Space, in West Oakland. The opening is from 5–8pm (part of Oakland’s Art Murmur). Aggregate Space is located at 801 West Grand Avenue (Entrance on West Street). Show announcement is below. Salvagione will be debuting a new edition, entitled Blackwork — and as with other pieces, we have made an A5 card especially for the edition, with an essay from our friend Marc Weidenbaum at disquiet.
1991: The Oakland-Berkeley Fire Aftermath
In May of 2011, Richard Misrach hired Boon to create two custom ledger books to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the East Bay hills firestorm of October 20, 1991. In conjunction with exhibitions at the Oakland Museum of California and the Berkeley Art Museum, two volumes, one for each museum, function as an interactive component of these and all future exhibits of the photographs. Visitors are encouraged to share their recollections, tributes and insights.
A SORS
A SORS (Hungarian for destiny) is a sense intensified journey through Mexican history framed through the lens of cuisine. A project by Julio Cesar Morales and Max La Riviere-Hedrick, with Norma Listman for the Warhol Initiative, the dinner will be presented at the Masonic Lodge in San Francisco, Friday, 24 June, 2011. Read more about the project at Engine 43 to find out more about the process.
Quantified Self
Quantified Self is a collaboration of users and tool makers across the globe who share an interest in self knowledge through self-tracking. Boon created a new identity system launched on 28 May, 2011 for for the first QS Conference held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
Farm Together Now
Michael Pollan has selected Farm Together Now as his favorite book of 2010. Written by Amy Franceschini (futurefarmers) & Daniel Tucker, with photographs by Anne Hamersky and illustrations by Corinne Matesich, the book explores the current state of grassroots farming in the U.S.
Punk Fiction
Paolo Salvagione and Boon are proud to announce Punk Fiction, a visual compilation of fake punk band names harvested from over three years of overheard conversations.
Sightglass—Recent Projects
Recent Sightglass projects include a new online store, custom gift bag, gift card, wholesale signage system, and our first advertisement which appeared in Arkitip No.55/Chinatown Soccer Club issue. The gift bag/card are available now in the online store, limited to 100 pieces.