I haven’t been posting new stuff lately.
That because I’ve been totally into designing the Why Style web page, and switching from a creative form of work as I’m used to, such as illustration, to something more properly technical like designing a web site, occupies totally my mind space, and I’m not able to process different things than css, div, properties, selectors and so on, if you know what I’m talking about.

I only started studying web design processes  a little wile ago and I’ve been storing totally new information, which I forget about most of them, and I have to constantly go back to my block note.
I decided to know more about what’s behind a web page, to be able to control the possibilities that the media offers, and even if I limit my functions to the visual layout, having basic knowledge of how a static design is going to be made functional gives to my design process a better understanding of what I’m designing for, and consequentially how it should be designed.

The thing with web design is that the process is distinguishably divided in two phases; the designer makes the visual part and lands it to the web developer that makes it work on the web. That passage is often critical, since the developer most often doesn’t understand and doesn’t see the details of the layout, and the page can end up with something similar but not totally respectful of the original design.

So, to avoid the “danger” of seeing your layout translated in something was not suppose to be it helps knowing the basics of how the visual web page it is going to be built, in a way that the designer can follow the building process from a closer point of view.
There are as well very good developers, aware of how to respect a layout, but most often if they’re not your friends they could be quite expensive, at least for my pockets.

A solution to a good translation of a design to a web page would be if the designer is also the developer, but I don’t quite believe in that possibility, since they’re two fields that need constant practice and study, having to handle both sphere would turn into not knowing them well enough.

So to go back to the Why Style web page I’ve been busy with until now, here it is: www.whystyle.com, and even if  the passage of my layout to the developer wasn’t very smooth, and the site is not 100% as I aspect it to be; mainly for my inexperience in the matter, the most important thing is that now Why Style collective has a voice out there. Willing to improve the site always better, I hope you will enjoy it.

By the way, if you don’t know Why Style is an art collective that I’m a confounded of.

Tags: design, layout, Why Style.

We might be a little slow, but we’re getting to the point of having Manga Don’t Like Wine printed.
We’ve finished selecting the artworks submitted, and decided the page order:

I’ve printed and correct the drafts:

Beside the artists we asked directly to participate at the project, here’s the list of the others we chose from the submission we received:

• Emeli Martensson, Luca Cagnassi, Mikael Dalnas
• Sedo, Imos, Jeris
• Jose, Gabriele, Mauro
• Hero!, Funboy, Ven17
• Marco, Domenico, Valentina
• Yocca, Domenico, Kix

Thanks to all of you for the grate work!

Tags: book, Why Style.

Joe and me, participated at the Amsterdam biennale.
We represented our city, Roma.
For more information about it visit the Mediamatic web site.

Tags: installation, Why Style.

I want to thanks all the artists that send to us the artworks for the book Manga Don’t Like Wine.
We chose most of your submissions, they where all very interesting and beautiful, here I just posted a few random ones.
Now Why Style is working to get the book published soon.

Tags: book, Why Style.

Joe and I, are preparing a sculpture; I guess that’s what it looks like.
We will present that “thing” at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009.
So if you want to know what that “thing” looks like, come to the Mediamatic museum in Vijzelstraat 72 on Sat Nov 21st, or stay tuned on this channel and you will see more.

Tags: Why Style.

Why Style collective is producing a book: “Manga Don’t Like Wine”.
The book is on his way to be printed soon, but we decided to have more artworks, so if you’re willing to have your piece on board, get to work ’cause there’s not much time for it.
Download the document below and you’ll know more about it.

Manga Don’t Like Wine – Proposal pdf

Tags: book, Why Style.

Here’s a weird character.
I’ve made it for a book titled: Manga Dont Like Wine, that we are producing with Why Style.
Soon the book will be out, and I’ll let you know more about it.

Tags: book, illustration, Why Style.

Some more views of the “house on the bike” and a video edited by Joe.

Tags: installation, Why Style.

After working really hard to get the “little home on the bicycle” ready for the no-car-day in Amsterdam, me and Joe where finally getting it on the road, for a total of 10 km, from our studio in Wibautstraat to Surinameplain and back.
The bike reacted pretty well it started falling a part only at the arrive.

Tags: installation, Why Style.

Here some picture from the show that we had with Why Style in the Wolf and Pack gallery.
You can see all the drawings, and eventually buy them at my site.
If you have the chance, pass by the gallery and you can see also the installation we made.

Tags: installation, Why Style.