MADE YOU LOOK™ | BLAKE E. MARQUIS

Pictured: "Bye NYC" artwork by Blake E. Marquis.

Name: Blake E. Marquis
Classification: Graphic designer, typographer, and illustrator
Official website: www.camecrashing.com

I first stumbled upon Blake E. Marquis' work several years back during one of my spiraling Internet scavenger hunts. It's strange how you can get lost in a maze of links when online -- it's like the ultimate example of attention-deficit disorder. Anyhow, I remember being pleased once I found Marquis' website. Not only did the domain name, Came Crashing, really strike me, but Marquis' spare yet salient graphic design and typography had such a fresh look to me. This weekend, after receiving a box of Swindle mags in the mail, I was pleasantly surprised to see Mr. Marquis' grill in the contributors section and pretty fucking happy to see his work throughout the book. Good work bro, keep it up.

In somewhat related news: If you're so inclined, and pick up the latest issue of Swindle (#5), you'll see that I have two pieces: One article, titled "Musical Graffiti II", is the latest installment in an ongoing series where I research the history of band logos and typography -- always a fun time. The other article, however, is the magnum opus of my writing career. It's an article titled "Eve of Destruction" and it delves deep into the Cambodian Holocaust of the late 1970s (i.e. does the name Pol Pot sound familiar?). I interviewed an incredible group of people and felt humbled in their presence -- especially the interview I did with holocaust survivor Arn Chorn-Pond. He's an extremely inspiring individual. If I could do important work like this every day of my life, I'd be an extremely happy person.

RELATED LINKS

Swindle Quarterly [Check out Blake's work in issue 5]
Arn Chorn-Pond