The Kruger Deception is a series of black and white photographs of wild animals in their natural habitat. Taken in natural history museums using a toy camera, the photographs have an “old world” feel, making the viewer wonder whether or not they are real. The charm is in the deception, whether the photographer is deceiving the viewer or the animals themselves are tapping into long-forgotten childhood imagination.

“Resisting the seduction of digital capture, I used film for this series. Film separates me from the instant gratification of digital. It allows me to take a step back and let time and memory detach me from the moment of pressing the shutter. I also used cheap toy cameras which are of questionable quality and force me to experiment.”

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The opening will be this Friday, November 4 from 6-9 PM and runs through the end of the month at the Infantree, located at 21 North Prince Street.

Mathew is just a generally good dude and we’re very happy to finally get his work in our space. Drop by and show your face!

Mathew’s artwork has primarily focused on his Indian culture, cross cultural contradictions, and more recently a free flowing line series that is done as a subconscious response to daily life.

With over 170,000 logos currently in the database, LogoLounge is one of our favorite inspiration resources and a wonderful showcase for our work. Thanks again LogoLounge! Our partners have had work published in LogoLounge 4, 5, 6 and now 7.

Extreme Radio-Controlled Thuggery” is a look into the secret lives of the most hardcore R/C car enthusiasts. From the beaches of Cebu Philippines, to the rural suburbs of Dallas, Pennsylvania, down to the scabrous blocks of South Philly, these ‘hobbyists’ are modern day heroes within the confines of their own subculture. But their love and dedication to their sport is not always all peaches and cream… there’s politics, man, and lots of it. Amongst their competitiveness, there is an equal amount of lies, gossip, deception — even physical harm and occasional stabbings. Some hobbyists choose escape routes in order to avoid these hardships. A few choose to write their R/C handle on walls, just to get their name out there and prove themselves to be above all of the day to day drama, only to find themselves in even more mishaps. Others are fortunate and find music or skateboarding as their only means to escape the agitations of inner-circle drama. Some find love. Others aren’t so lucky and find themselves every night at the bottom of a bottle of cheap liquor, or they turn towards more frowned-upon, illegal substances. Whatever path is created, the hobbyist, at the end of the day, dreams of that which first inspired the core of their facinations: Fun. Freedom. Self-Control. It might not all be as easily within reach to them at this point in their lives, but oh do they long for it.

For those who care, the cards are printed on French Muscletone black, with silver ink and a black deboss of the logo. We duplexed two sheets of 140 lb. cover to get the final weight. The sides are painted in silver as well. A truly beautiful job for two nerdy lovers of print!

Starting with games like Settlers of Catan, Memoir ’44 and Puerto Rico, we’ve spent hours discovering “games beyond Monopoly”. We’re still to this day not sure what the initial draw was. Perhaps it was the amazing artwork or the complex strategy. However, as the years have gone by and our game collections have grown, we have found few things more satisfying than a lunch hour spent immersed in a game.

Early this year, one of our favorite game companies, Days of Wonder, put out a call-for-entry for a new map design for one of their flagship games, Ticket to Ride. We were stoked and knew we had to get involved. Map designs were sent in from over 600 individuals in 40 countries. Although we didn’t end up winning the contest, our map was selected as a finalist and play-tested by the game designers, which we were pretty excited about.

Below are a few pictures from our endeavor (yes, we created that board and all the artwork). We hope you enjoy them. We also hope that you’ll check back with us about our own game designs. We have a few ideas in the works that aren’t dependent on someone else choosing our map. More on that to come later!

We’ll also be featuring the tremendous Broadcloth Trio from New Haven, Connecticut. Broadcloth performs improvised music with a nod to various compositional outlets. Using a unique instrumentation of voice, cello and accordion/recorders, the trio plays from notated, graphic, embroidered, and textual scores in addition to completely spontaneous pieces.

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