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ABOUT THE PROJECT
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I collaborated with fashion photographer Johnny Lopera
to create this project. We developed a calendar as the
most attractive, interesting and functional idea. A three
dimensional effect was achieved by the use of acetate
sheets.
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“Come down machine” is the first album the band The
Strokes have released in two years. The imagery and
design format captures the band’s Pop Art inspiration.
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THANK YOU
Track
01 tap out
timing
3:41
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07 slow animals
4:20
02 all the time
3:01 08 partners in crime
3:33
03 one way trigger
4:02 09 chances
3:23
04 welcome to japan
3:50 10 happy ending
05 80’s come down machine
4:48
06 50/50
2:43 Running time
11 call it fate, call it kama
All songs by j casablancas / PUBLISHED BY THE STROKES BAND MUSIC
PRODUCED BY GORGON RAPHAEL / GURU BOWERSUC / MASTERED BY GREG CALBI AT STERLING SOUND
Management ryan gentles / wiz kid mgmt / a+r Steve ralbovsky / photography colin lane
for fan club info send s.a.s.e. c/o the strokes fan club 150 5th ave suite 600 new York 10011 usa
www.thestrokes.com / the rca records label is a unit of bmg / bmg logo is a trademark of bmg music
album cover design created by brandon lopera graphic designer / www.brandonlopera.com / november 2013
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THE STROKES
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WritersINC
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
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Cover and layout wins 1st place in Writers Inc 2013 cover
design competition. Design solution influenced by the
use of surrealism and fantasy from some of the stories and
poems in the book.
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BOOK COVER
TABLE
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CONTENTS
ART
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Plastic art
Marble sculptures
Mixed media
Oil paintings
Graphic design
Photography
Illustration
Conceptual art
POETRY
Everlasting Light
Next Girl
Tighten Up
Howling’ For You
She’s Long Gone
Black Mud
The Only One
Too Afraid To Love You
Ten Cent Pistol
Sinister Kid
The Go Getter
I’m Not The One
Unknown Brother
Never Gonna Give You Up
These Days
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Morning mist
Butterfly effect
5 O’clock
Three bottles
Amour
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Abstract wall
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
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Berghain is a nightclub in Berlin, Germany. The brand’s
visual voice takes inspiration from the club’s incredibly
minimalist interior design. The club (a former power plant)
is dominated by steel and concrete.
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WEBSITE
ABOUT THE PROJECT
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A logo and a poster series for Mohawk Tobacco. The use
of autonomous visual elements, such as lines, planes, and
the color red resembles the Russian constructivist style.
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
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This annual report was designed to appeal to the
stakeholders, applying hierarchy principles and the grid
system to present complex financial information in a
simplified, engaging manner.
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ANNUAL REPORT
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In July 2011, we sold the following shares of common stock without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”):
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2013 with the cumulative total return of companies comprising the S&P1500 Apparel, Accessories & Luxury
Good, Index, the S&P1500 Apparel Retail Index, and the S&P500. The graph plots the growth in value of an
initial investment of $100 in each of our common stock, the S&P1500 Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Good,
Index, the S&P1500 Apparel Retail Index, and the S&P500 over the indicated time periods, and assuming
reinvestment of all dividends, if any, paid on the securities. We have not paid any cash dividends and,
therefore, the cumulative total return calculation for us is based solely upon stock price appreciation and not
upon reinvestment of cash dividends. The stock price performance shown on the graph is not necessarily
indicative of future price performance.
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Growth Strategy
As American Apparel continues to expand through organic
growth, internal initiatives and future acquisitions, it will incur
additional material expenses. Two of the key areas in which
such increased expenses will likely occur are cost of sales
and new merchandise development. Also, as previously
noted, in order to grow retail sales, American Apparel will
have to open new retail locations worldwide in order to meet
the current demand, and hire additional retail personnel
to service new retail stores. In order to grow the wholesale
distribution channel, American Apparel will have to hire new
sales personnel to service new geographic territories.
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A hand made wooden coffin inspired by the day of the
death celebration. Avoiding failure or “Cheating death”
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
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This hand illustrated alphabet poster is based on the
Hipster lifestyle. Every letter features an essential item that
helps the viewer better understand this group’s interests.
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BOOK COVER
P+Q
UNA GUIA VISUAL EN LA VIDA DE P+G
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
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An architecture magazine marketed to the Hispanic
audience. English translations are included throughout.
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MAGAZINE
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P+Q / ACCIONES DOMESTICAS
ACTIONS
In 1968,
FOR A DOMESTIC ARCHEOLOGY
ACCIONES PARA UNA ARQUEOLOGIA DOMESTICA
Brandon Lopera & Catalina Montoya
American artist JOHN BALDESSARI was
establishing terms most useful describing creative works
of art, capturing with acrylic paint on canvas the best fit
words that, according to him, explained such a practice
in the 20th century. Himself, however, he did not come
up with them nor did he paint them: he was actually
bounded to look through art books which actions were the
most frequently employed. Afterwards, he dictated those
actions to a poster artist who them affixed those verbs to
the canvas like an alternative version of art history. Action
was perhaps the only certainty that art had brought forth
throughout the unfolding of that century.
Architecture could be explained by similar means,
through the actions that appeal beyond intent and
rhetoric. An architectural project can be presented
as a catalogue of actions. Having been established in
a specific place, a set of actions triggers another set
of actions, in part due to the nature of the habitants.
REDUCIR
En
1968 el artista norteamericano JOHN BALDESSARI
establecía sus terminos mas utilizados para definir
trabajos creativos en el arte, plasmando con pintura
acrílica sobre un lienzo las que, según él, eran las
palabras capaces de explicar esta práctica en el siglo
XX. En realidad él no pensó, nisiquiera las pintó, se limitó
a buscar en libros de arte cuáles eran las acciones más
repetidas y, a continuación, se las dictó a un cartelista
que fijó en la tela aquellos verbos, como una versión
alternativa de la historia del arte: pura acción, a casi la
única certeza que el arte habia producido en el devenir
de ese siglo.
- CAPITULO 1 Any action carried out on the current living space
prompts the decision whether to do what is essential or to
satisfy a list of conventions. Reducing consists of forgoing
certain conventions that increase both waste material
and added material. Is it necessary to conceal the
installations in the wall interiors and to substitute the props
with pillars, the scaffold tubes with railings? Is it necessary
to add a fresh coat of paint to the uneven patina to wash
away the remnants of what it once was? Every omission
streamlines the action to be made and facilitates the
reoccupation with the lowest costs possible.
La arquitectura podria ser explicada de un modo
parecido a través de las acciones que convoque,
más allá de intenciones retóricas. Un proyecto de
arquitectura puede enunciarse como un catálogo de
acciones, sucesion de actuaciones establecidas en un
lugar concreto desencadenando otra serie de actos por
parte de los habitantes.
JOHN BALDESSARI. TERMS MOST USEFUL IN
DESCRIBING CREATIVE WORKS OF ART (1966-1968)
Paintings. Acrylic on canvas
113 x 96 inches
Museum of contemporary Art, San Diego.
Reducir consiste en renunciar a determinadas
convenciones que incrementan, tanto el material
de desecho, como el material añadido. ¿Es
necesario ocultar las instalaciones en el interior
de los muros, sustituir los puntales por pilares, los
tubos de andamio por barandillas? ¿Es necesario
añadir una nueva capa de pintura a la pátina
encontrada, borrar las huellas de lo que fue?
Cada renuncia aligera la intervención y facilita
la reocupación con los menores costes posibles.
001
Construcción sostenible por reducción de procesos
Sustainable construction by process reduction
14 - 17
CASA DE ELLEN BERKS - (Bulgaria) 2011
002
Compartimentación de unidad con invernadero
Comparmentalizing a unit with a greenhouse
18 - 21
CASA DVH - Arquitecto De Vylder y Trice Hertbergh (Bélgica) 2000
003
Diseño de una estructura nueva para autoconstrucción
Designing a new self-bulid structure
22 - 25
CASA DE JAN BORDEAUX - (France) 2009
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Transformación de una unidad con materail al bruto
Tranformation of a unit with rough materials
26 - 30
CASA BELGRADE - (Bulgaria) 2005
005
Reinterpretación de una cubierta con lámina impermeable
Reinterpreting a roof using a waterproof layer
14 - 17
CASA DE ALEXIS - (Bélgica) 2011
006
Utilización intensiva de ladrillos con distintos aparejos
Intensive use of different brickwork bonds
31 - 33
RABBIT HOLE - (Belgica) 2010
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P+Q / ACCIONES DOMESTICAS
001
REDUCIR
Construcción sostenible por reducción de procesos
Sustainable construction by process reduction
PROYECTO:
CASA DE ELLEN BERKS - Arquitecto de Vylder Vinick Tailleu
Oudenaarde (Bulgaria) 2011
OTRAS ACCIONES DE EL MISMO PROYECTO EN PAGINAS:
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Any construction is more sustainable when the
production processes are reduced. Less transportation
and less construction work. When working on preexisting structures, any activities involving leaving the
plumbing and wiring exposed, keeping the original
surfaces uncovered and mantaining the temporary
elements used in construction as definitive elements
become in themselves an approach to sustainability.
Cualquier construcción es más sostenible en la medida
en que implique menos procesos de producción,
transporte y puesta en obra. Al trabajar sobre la
existente, la voluntad de dejár vistas las instalaciones,
no revestir las superficies encontradas o mantener
como definitivos los elementos temporales usados
durante la construcción, supone una manera de
entender la sostenibilidad.
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PERSONAL IDENTITY
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A display that includes my personal brand elements.
Cover letter, resume, sample sheet, business cards,
envelope, die cut portfolio, thank you card, and a self
promotion piece.
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STATIONARY
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BRANDON LOPERA
9 GROTTO PL SIMPSONVILLE, SC 29680
[email protected]
WWW.BRANDONLOPERA.COM
[864] 382 6393