Re: (idm) The designers republic(was re: ae covers)

From Nate Harrison
Sent Fri, Jul 31st 1998, 17:06

On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, kiya "i am a copier" babzani wrote:
  
> DR also has a book in the works that was supposed to come out about half a
> year ago, but they're slow.  DR has designed a swatch watch (one of their
> best works so far), called london club.

this watch is basically a mini blech poster inside a watch face. Cute, but
the novelty wears off after while IMHO.

> they've been in varios graphic design books such as: localizer 1.0, the
> graphic beat:london/tokyo, t-shirt print designs and logos, techno style,
> they've been featured in magazines like raygun and emigre (good luck trying
> to find the emigre issue, last i saw it was being auctioned off for over
> 120 dollars).

Wow. I didn't realize this. Besides being an excellent type/graphic
designer in her own right, my roomate is also a tDR fan , and has all the
stuff mentioned above, including the Emigre issue, which I look at all the
time (the interview/their take on graphic design culture is very funny!)
I should tell her the price!

Nate



> also DR did a nike ad that had major placements in rolling stone magazine. 
> 
> and a load of stuff i can't think of right now.
> 
>  -kiya
> i am a copier.
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