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Click Here for a quick link to my aforementioned democracy piece. If you have the time and inclination you should sign up (takes one minute) and say that mine is the best. Well Dylan's and mine are anyways.

The New York sun is murderous. I think it was 95 yesterday. No more leaving the house.

Ian

Democracy

My work is in another spot on the internet tube. My submission for the design competition run by Createdemocracy.com was accepted! Now some dumb voting goes on and then the favorite pieces get shown at an exhibition in Newcastle and are published in a legit book. So fingers crossed. www.createdemocracy.com

Im in Brooklyn these days, trying to chase down leads on jobs. Slowly but surely.

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New York on Saturday Night

I've been having bad dreams all summer but this morning I woke up exhausted. I move to Brooklyn on Saturday but I haven't been stressed about it really until today. And it isn't even me who is stressed, my subconscious is messing with me at night, making my stomach hurt during the day and it just is getting old. Hopefully after the move I will calm down.

I am still looking for a job but I think once I land in New York I'll be able to set things up more quickly and hopefully figure something out.

living on credit

Four new projects on my website and I am calling it done. No more working on it, I forbid it. Next step is to line up interviews and find a place for Willy and Myself to live for relatively cheap. emphasis on relative. Willy is interning at J Crew at Astor Place in Manhattan (pretty sure of the location) which he seems to be enjoying. My friends Dylan and Derek moved in together (Platonic) recently, Derek i believe is taking an internship with Method and Dylan is freelancing and helping put together the music magazine Self Titled. Oh and Lydia is working at Graham (cracker) Hanson design. I feel like a slob.

This is a poster i designed and send to the people who run the Brooklyn Pool Parties. They liked the poster but already had one (which i knew) and had two staff designers (which i did not know.)

This is a sort of harassment poster in the works i think. well i am off to have lots and lots of fun.

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Back In New York, Stuck in Moline, Back in Iowa, Bought a Sweatshirt

Pointless waste of resources and time. If I wanted to see a slash I would draw a diagonal line on a page. I dont need to open a book to get my fix. Thanks anyways.

After being back in New York I realized I cant really imagine moving anywhere else. At least at this point in time. I need to fix up my portfolio. I just finished up a series of wallpapers for the new iPhones. If you are Richy Rich iPhone owner, you can download the designs here.

New Zine in the works, check back soon.

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uk thinks im cool.

http://www.dirtymouse.co.uk/design/ian-vens/

So I made the blogs yesterday! The design blogs are a staple in every designers daily browsing with new posts promoting the work of swell designers and I appeared on my very first one. Smart, cool. Take a look.

Ian

bird bird bird

So the summer has allowed me to become attached to the internet and in doing so, I have decided I want to win at least one design competition before I die. (I actually did win a contest when i was in preschool for drawing the best Iowa City Public Library related drawing. Cant remember what the prize was.) Anyways.

I entered a threadless competition so if the judges think it isnt crap it will be in the running for getting printed. I will keep you updated and let you know when you HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT.



kidding. But not about you having to vote for it.

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