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Two years in LA ♥️ film dump

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What happens when you think beyond the tool’s intended purpose?

We spoke with designers @tabobathwater, @neles.designs, @gadooshnik, @hey.eessoo, and Readymag designer @ddeeennniiis about always starting with an idea first and letting the tool adapt to it.

🧡 Read the full article on Readymag’s blog 👉 Link in bio.

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The Flavors of Negros
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design and words by Mo Jardinico @moja.files

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To fully experience Filipino cuisine, it cannot simply be eaten; you must engage with its memory. What lingers are the flavors of home.

My interpretation of Walay Tugpahay (“no slowing down”) draws inspiration from menus in Filipino restaurants across both the US and the Philippines. I’ve always admired their orderly chaos, a kind of playful rhythm that rejects minimalism, whether through straying from the grid, cheeky typography choices, or photos captured on a simple smartphone. I wanted to honor these principles of Filipino maximalism—an antithesis of Western design. Outer glows, harsh drop shadows, stroke-outlined text, and even Photoshop’s pre-installed shapes felt distinctly *Filipino*. So too did default fonts like Impact, Times New Roman, and Arial, warped into random shapes and half arches. The everyday Filipino type embraces this resourcefulness, a makeshift quality like the cluttered menus found at a family-owned all-you-can-eat buffet. These designs are full of character, texture, and rich with our distinctive visual language.

While dishes like adobo, sinigang, lechon kawali, and kare-kare tend to receive attention for their palatability outside the Philippines, our food is no monolith. Like our people, it is expansive and diverse across the archipelago. For this project, I turned to the regional dishes of my province, Negros Occidental, which felt most fitting to highlight. The most notable being sweet desserts like Piaya, muscovado-filled unleavened flat bread, or Negrense staple chicken inasal. These foods are not novelties to be exoticized; they are the fabric of my ancestors and ancestors before them. In the words of Doreen G. Fernandez, “Negros food comes from its past, and is part of the pride with which Negrenses build their future. It is part of the culture. Matamis, manamit gid ang amon kultura! (Sweet, truly delicious is our culture!)”

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We’re so excited to share that Bastos Lab is participating alongside many talented filipinx makers at the Cebu Art Book Fair Poster Exhibition @cebuabf 5:00pm PHT!

This year’s theme is Walay Tugpahay, a Cebuano phrase meaning “no slowing down.” Stay tuned to learn more about each poster :-)

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Man, what a summer 🌆
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Shoutout to eveyone that I met, hung out, and worked with 🫡

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we’re having our first meeting! it will be in-person/virtual so open to folks outside of LA. sign up link can be found in our bio ~ more location details/info will be sent via email.

→ hope to see you there :)

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Portfolio by @moja.files (they/them), a designer and pigeon lover based in Los Angeles, CA.

Explore more websites made with Readymag: link in bio.

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2025 resolution: fly more kites

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Thank you to the community for supporting FABRIK and our vision for advancing National City.

This event was a chance for everyone to see how design brings people together and sparks meaningful conversations.

Let’s keep supporting this vision!

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Are you ready?

Join us at Dynamo Design Group for our Poster Showcase Pop-Up on November 2, 2024! This one-day-only event features some of the best graphic designers in the world, each showcasing their artistic take on the powerful theme of BELONGING. 🌍

Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024
Location: Dynamo Design Group, 800 B Avenue, National City, CA
Showcase Hours: 11 AM – 3 PM

Live Cultural Expression: 1-2 PM by National City’s PASACAT—The Philippines Performing Arts Company!

Experience an unforgettable dance performance that brings the richness of Asian Pacific culture to life, fostering goodwill and cultural understanding.

Don’t miss this—see you there!

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Song Rocket Fuel 🚀
by: DJ Shadow (feat. De La Soul) 👊🏽💥

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FABRIK: A Poster Exhibition on Belonging Continues 🤘🏾

After a brief pause, DDG is excited to announce the design collaborators for our San Diego Design Week project, FABRIK! The team includes graphic designers Vince Frost, Dave Pursue, Yomar Augusto, Michael Osborne, Srishti Gupta, Mo Jardinico, Jeth Torres, Diego Negrete, and Ron Recaido.

This year’s theme is “Belonging,” and each designer was tasked with designing a letter.

The exhibition will travel to various locations across San Diego and the South Bay, so please stay tuned for updates!
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@vince_frost
@persue1
@tooya.me
@michael0250
@squishicreations
@moja.files
@jethtorres
@diegonegretemx
@thekwentothesis
@wdcsandiegotijuana2024

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