SpearTalks: Michael Perry

Posted on October 10, 2008 Under Books

Let's start things off right by saying this: Wow, did we love that Hand Job. Not that that's an atypical reaction for us (we'll take hand-drawn ABC's over Photoshop-perfected ones anytime), but regardless, that book just felt good in our…

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Start Wearing Purple

Posted on October 7, 2008 Under Press

A few months ago a film crew, photographer, assistants of all types and literally dozens of people with color meters, cameras and lights descended on my NYC office and later at my home to shoot a spot and interview for…

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SpearTalks: Peggy Olson

Posted on September 26, 2008 Under Life

Take some modern furniture, a liquor cabinet, and an endless supply of questionable ethics, and you have advertising in its heyday. Surround that with a white picket fence (and some very good bone structure), and you have Mad Men, AMC's…

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Interview: The Life & Times of Tim

Posted on September 10, 2008 Under Life

You've most likely seen writer Steve Dildarian's work before. That is, if you've watched major league sports events in the past 10 years or any television in general. Dildarian worked as a copywriter for world-renowned San Francisco advertising agency Goodby,…

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SpearTalks: Chuck Anderson

Posted on August 29, 2008 Under Art

Ah, Chuck Anderson. Fresh, brave, and brilliant from all angles, we turned our sights towards this self-taught, Michigan-based designer in 2005, when the then 20-year old's portfolio was already competitive with those of players twice his age. Since then, Chuck…

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SpearTalks: Josh Keyes

Posted on August 22, 2008 Under Art

Josh Keyes is a tough artist to put into words. Initially, "painstaking" seems like the most appropriate term to describe his hyper-realistic paintings-- after all, the detail is above the average human being's level of artistic devotion. What else would…

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I Met the Walrus

Posted on August 20, 2008 Under Life

Meaningful hippie ravings of the great John Lennon are brought to life by John Raskin in I Met the Walrus, an animated short using the audio from an unofficial 1969 interview by a 14-year-old Beatles fan in Toronto. The school…

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SpearTalks: Luke Chueh

Posted on August 15, 2008 Under Art

"Sure we've never been bears, but that doesn't mean we've never loved one," says Luke Chueh, the man behind some of today's more recognizable pop-surrealist paintings. That's one way that the SF-based artist tries to explain the world's growing affinity…

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SpearTalks: Mel Kadel

Posted on July 25, 2008 Under Art

If this were a celebrity gossip magazine, I would say this and call it a wrap: Mel Kadel lives with her boyfriend in an old Mormon stagecoach. Unfortunately, the just slightly higher journalistic standards of this site force me to…

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SpearTalks: Method's Danny Alexander

Posted on July 18, 2008 Under Design

You can look at it one of two ways: Method was ahead of their time, or right on time. I tend to lean towards the former, because with a clear mission, a clear conscious, and a clearly obsessive attitude towards…

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