I’ve always been fascinated by collage. It’s a visceral technique that emerged in the early 20th century as a form of pop art, involving the assemblage of a variety of different sources of color and texture. Inspired by a few recent projects, I set out to experiment and develop my own technique for collage. These […]
Color and Design and Typography Alex on May 05 2012
Well, it’s been over a year since I first posted the Are You Happy? design on Typcut and here on Blog.H34. Since then, the design has been linked, tweeted, tumbled, blogged, requested, commented on, and discussed by people all over the world. However, until now, only about 100 people had the pleasure of hanging a […]
I’m very excited to announce the release of three new tee shirt designs as part of the rollout of the new Moodgadget Store, powered by Merchline. The first two designs– for Shigeto and The Young Friends are by me, while the third design was created by Weed‘s frontman Will Anderson (aka Gradfad) under some art […]
Many, many months ago, I connected with a digital periodical that focused on art created by people aged 25 and younger, titled appropriately, Our Young Art. I found the content to be solid, well-thought-out, well-sourced, and the overarching concept of capturing what appeared to me to be “an appealing, raw quality to the art of […]
UPDATE: 18″x24″ PRINT IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE MOODGADGET STORE! In the last two weeks, I’ve been fortunate to have so much viewership over the Are You Happy? design I created in collaboration with David Meiklejohn of Budget Fabulous Films. Thousands have seen the design, liked and reblogged it, I’ve seen it posted […]
Just a quick update to anyone interested, H/34: Creative Work, by Alex Koplin is online in it’s first iteration! After getting a few comments asking about my full portfolio, along with a couple of external influencing factors, I kicked a new effort into gear, aimed at finding a face for my main site, h34dup.com. Thanks […]
