Chahna Tank

Cover of The Picture Book Book: The Art of Seymour Chwast, edited by Steven Heller, published by gestalten STIR speaks with the celebrated American graphic designer about the new retrospective publication by gestalten that chronicles the lesser-known world of his children's books. by Chahna Tank "I love doing books. I love working with stories and characters. It's what I do," Seymour Chwast proclaims in a conversation with STIR, discussing his latest publication.

STIR speaks with the Irish creative on his ongoing project reimagining the rigidity of nation states through myriad flag designs, probing identity, community and symbolism. by Chahna Tank Irish political scientist Benedict Anderson described nations as 'imagined communities' in his 1983 book of the same name. Not because nations are fictitious, but because millions of strangers who will never know one another nevertheless imagine themselves as belonging to the same collective.

Conceived by DUDD HAUS, the open-call exhibition in New York brings together over 130 designs exploring hidden possibilities within an overlooked domestic object. by Chahna Tank A rat glowing from within, the man in the moon imagined as a drag queen, a green tiled swimming pool aglow at night, a beaded cigarette seemingly burning away—all these, and more, are some of the over 130 nightlights currently adorning the New York-based The Future Perfect gallery's West Village townhouse.