My name is Brandon Bernard. I'm a graphic designer, storyboard and layout artist, and writer. I was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM, and lived in Los Angeles for 12 years. I'm currently in Austin, TX. "Design Intervention" is a virtual scrapbook of things that inspire me. Unless otherwise specified, the work here is not mine.
All-Star Western #9 cover artwork by Jose Ladrönn
“I came to America when I was 14. My mother told me that books were too heavy to bring, and I had this crazy idea that I’d...
Batman & Superman by Jim Lee & Alex Ross
I asked his favorite thing about his son, and he replied: “That he’s very loving.” Hearing this, the boy asked:
“What about basketball?”
The dad...
Pit Stop
“I have one daughter and one adopted daughter.”
“What were your reasons for adopting?”
“We adopted my niece when her mother died. She was about...
Man of Steel by Martin Ansin
“What’s your favorite thing about your sister?”
“She’s my friend.”
10 posts tagged Los Angeles
Looking west down Wilshire Blvd. My old stomping ground.
I literally used to stomp all around this exact spot.
(via 0vu)
Recently (July 2nd), I moved out of L.A., where I have spent the last dozen or so years of my life. In August, I’m moving to Austin, TX, to do a 6-month long portfolio mentorship program. For the month of July, I’ll be cooling my heels in my hometown of Albuquerque, NM.
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While I’ve been packing and shipping boxes and selling furniture and driving cross-country, I’ve sort of neglected my blog here at Tumblr, and my queue ran out! I’ll try to get some posts going again, but it may be a little hit and miss for the next few weeks until I can get a full head of steam up again.
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Thanks for your patience!
NY state of mind vs LA state of mind ( by jimmay bones) (by ugne jaks)
Not entirely sure what this says about either state of mind, but I’m digging this image… And kinda wishing these two cities were really that close to one another!
(via gogogadgetllama)
Poster for an exhibition of Japanese advertising art in Las Angeles. Gold Seal, Red Sun.
Graphic by Hitoshi Morishima, Carl Seltzer and Lou Jrimkess.
(via weandthecolor)
Pierre Koenig’s Case Study House #21 (The Bailey House) - Los Angeles, Ca.
photo by Julius Shulman
It’s Not You (It is you really)
“Everything in California is new and the people are full of hope” — Don on my home.
The Wrap is running the excerpt from the book today : California Cool
“We never learn the full names or identities of the Fellini-esque aristocrats with whom Don escapes. Names like Rockefeller, Astor, Rothschild, Dykeman — or Whitman — mean nothing in the desert. The whole scene is drenched in a democracy of the sun. Nothing has come before and few think of tomorrow.”
Bask with me.
Residents (and raconteurs) of Los Angeles.
Let’s toast.
There will be books and sharpies applied to the first pages. Come and say hello. After all, this would have all been unlikely had it not been for your nimble fingers and outrageously fine taste.
*Design by Mark Malazarte
*Tweaked and polished by Melissa Liznick
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