Cool Beginnings: Montreux Jazz Festival Posters Over the Years – A Visual Journey | Art and Design

Cool Beginnings: Montreux Jazz Festival Posters Over the Years – A Visual Journey | Art and Design

Since its inception in 1967, the Montreux jazz festival in Switzerland has hosted a dizzying array of musical talent from the world of jazz and beyond: Ella Fitzgerald, David Bowie and Miles Davis, and more recently Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Stormzy. The names behind its poster designs are equally illustrious, including Andy Warhol, Keith … Read more

Surviving amidst putrid odors along the Caspian Sea – a visual journey | Art and design

Surviving amidst putrid odors along the Caspian Sea – a visual journey | Art and design

The Caspian Sea is a vast body of water bordered by Iran to the south, Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the west, and Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan to the east. Growing up along its shores, Javanmardi has seen first-hand the decline of this once-thriving lake due to unregulated exploitation, pollution, overfishing, and the impacts of … Read more