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KYLE BALDA
After animating on Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners at Weta Digital in New Zealand, Kyle returned to California to work at Pixar as an animator on A Bug’s Life and Monsters Inc. and as directing animator of Toy Story 2. Presently living in Paris, Kyle has been conducting animation workshops at film-schools and production studios worldwide for the last six years. Presently living in Paris, Kyle has been conducting animation workshops at film-schools and production studiosworldwide for the last six years.
Kyle Balda’s Masterclass was made possible by ‘het Initiatief’ www.hetinitiatief.nl
TOMATO
Friday the 29th we closed off with Tomato, a collective of artists, designers, musicians and writers founded in 1991.
Each one of the creatives involved is a partner, sharing their own field of expertise and experience with the wider group. This has led to regular collaboration within the collective and continues to be a source of inspiration and reinvention for those involved. Currently there are ten active members working with Tomato but many others have played important roles during the ongoing development of the studio. For the past nineteen years Tomato has involved itself with hosting workshops, publishing, exhibiting, live performances and public speaking as well as working with clients in the areas of advertising, architecture, fashion, public installations, music, television, film and graphic design.
SWISS POSTERS
We invited the Swiss graphic designer Michel Casarramona to show his posters and as one of the guest speakers Casaramona is known for his fantastic use of caricature, custom typography and color in his silkscreen posters / artwork he does for music clubs and bands.
Michel Casarramona is a Swiss graphic designer who grew up in Unterkulm.After graduating from the Zürich art school and working at different studios, he started working as a self-employed graphic designer and illustrator. All of his illustrations are handdrawn with pencil and/or brush. Casarramona’s influences are the art and graphic design of the last century, which explains the retro-inspired look and feel of his work. He makes fantastic use of caricature, custom typography and colour. Casarramona works on commission for The New Yorker, Blue Q and Albin snowboards. He has designed posters for several bands, music clubs and also does movie posters.
TOYTYPE AT MWAH
Enchilada is a Rotterdam and Amsterdam based design company. Mark, Paul, Taco and Jan Willem offer you a chili peppered look into illustration, graphic design and communication. With their exhibition at Mwah they gave birth to their sideproject in experimental typography: Toytype. The exhibition’s theme will be Fakebook Fame Inversion. Enchilada is also resposible for the design of the Image Festival house style and the book design of Ernest Utermarks’ ABC book..