February 2012
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Beautiful women
Emotive work by illustrator Marta Nael from Spain.
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MSCED - Marius Roosendaal
Creative explorations by Marius Roosendaal, graphic designer and art director from Amersfoort, the Netherlands.
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Awesome design studio
This is the most amazing design studio. EVER.
Poa Plume is a design studio in Bordeaux, France and this year, they’ll be celebrating their 20th anniversary.
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Oh wow...
Absolutely STUNNING photography by Nicolas Le Boulanger. It’s this kind of photography that makes me want to grab my camera, go out and take amazing shots.
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When designers get married...
They do it in style.
More details here.
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Pass it On
Self-promotion for design studio, Clark + Huot.
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Whitesnow Studio
Digital artwork series by Russian artists, Whitesnow Studio.
January 2012
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WatchBeautiful ad using eloquent ink drawings.
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The Rook
The Rook - Warren Talmarkes
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Luke Brookes Illustrations
A glimpse of inspirational illustration by Luke Brookes just before we pack up for the weekend. The rest of his work can be viewed here.
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Year of the Dragon
“According to the Chinese calendar, 2012 is the year of Black Dragon.
Dragon postcard is a New Year greeting from the Graphic Design Studio by Yurko Gutsuliak to its clients, partners and friends. It is a wish to be courageous in one’s decisions and strong in overcoming obstacles. To tame a dragon is to achieve success.
It’s important to feel the design not only by seeing it, but...
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Daily Calligraphy
Lila Symons is the hand behind Daily Calligraphy, a beautiful site that details her thoughts, shares quotes and other things she’s written. I love that she’s so into her craft that every day becomes a form of expression and an opportunity to explore. Below are a few examples of her work.
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Use Rubber at Night
Designed by Shantanu Suman, a graphic design graduate student at the University of Florida.
“The pack consists of a deck of playing cards, the design of which has been inspired by the Indian truck art style and the printing has been done using the letterpress technique. This main idea behind the packaging design is to spread the awareness about AIDS among its users, ...
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Beauty in Branding
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Ruben Ireland Illustration
Illustrations by London based artist, Ruben Ireland. Tools include ink, acrylic, dirty water, foods, weathered paper as well as Photoshop and a wacom tablet.
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December 2011
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Hot Rebrand
The new branding for Matchstic is sexy and fun and it’s worth reading through their full thought process here.
Sure, stamps aren’t new - but I love how they went wild and stamped absolutely everything they could lay their hands on. I’ve had the same excitement when receiving our own stamps!
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Words to live by
From Five phrases to live by, designed by Anthony Neil Dart
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The end is nigh?
If you’re taking the 2012 end of the world hype with a pinch of salt, then this calendar is for you! It takes a closer look at all the possible ways the world could end as we count down to doomsday.
Designed by Hip Street.
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Loose lips sink ships
“During WWII there was a pretty large campaign against people having “loose lips” and discussing any information they knew about what was going on in the war. The posters contained a pretty terrifying message- that if you talk, people will die. The illustrations that accompanied them were often very graphic to drive the message home.” - From Vintage Me Oh My
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Tangerine Tango: The colour for 2012
Pantone has announced their colour choice for 2012: Tangerine Tango. It’s juicey, vibrant, energetic, passionate and strong.
“Pantone’s Color of the Year is a symbol of what people are needing, based on what is happening in the world around them. I felt that Tangerine Tango is just the color to break the malaise and much-needed today. Walk into many clothing department and you are faced...
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Solitude
This large 8ft x 5ft image was rendered using graphite, ink, acrylic and gouache on Arches watercolor paper.
Artist: Joe Fenton
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Motherbird
I can’t but help appreciate the delicate beauty of these designs by Motherbird. They’re well thought out and elegantly simple, with just the right amount of glam.
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You Smell
This line of soaps called “You Smell” is an immediate eye-catcher, as it is eloquently presented, yet is initially insulting until the reverse side of the product is read.
Designed and Developed by Megan Cummins of San Francisco.
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Advent Calendar by Design
Now this is how advent calendars should be!
From Trigger Communications
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ShapeMaker Blocks
How awesome are these blocks?!
“Make funny faces, geometric patterns, and good use of your hands and imagination. These hand-printed wooden blocks are for all ages and they are as beautiful to look at as they are fun to play with. Leave a set out as a bright and graphic accent to most any room, or stow it away at the cabin for those rainy afternoons. The kit includes 25 blocks made ...
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Maharaja Splendor
It’s always nice to be treated to some behind the scenes, process sketches for a designer’s work. These are from Sanjay Patel’s work for the exhibition “Maharaja Splendor of India’s Royal Courts” at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum.
The show runs from October 21, 2011, through April 8, 2012.
November 2011
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Here piggy piggy...
Loving this branding for a dry-cured salumi company in Virginia. The detail and personality that comes through can’t help but make you smile - even the barcodes have been cleverly thought through.
Created by Miller Creative
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Sleepiness is Strong than You
By BBDO Bangkok for the Thai Health Promotion Foundation.
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Dark Beauty
Natalie Shau is illustrator and photographer of Russian and Kazakhstan descent based in Lithuania (Vilnius)
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Awesome Cocktail Menu
I am loving this cocktail menu for 13 Wives Cocktail Bar. It’s an “intimate menu of protagonist coquettes and potent concoctions…the fictional narrative of the 13 women who inspire each unique mix on the mixologist’s list. The menu was printed in-house on an inkjet printer, hand-assembled, and is handed to guests only by the bartender himself. What’s not to...
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Clever Wine Box
Padre Divino is a dessert red wine recommended for use on Catholic holidays and also as one of the basic elements of receiving the Eucharist in Catholicism.
Designed by Yevgeny Razumov of Russia.
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Stylish Inforgraphics
Wonderful infographics by Kelli Anderson.
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Hi! I’m here, nothing to hide, no distance between...
“When I started working as a freelancer for different clients (while I was at university) I realized that it would be good if I had an element to give to the client, or people that I was meeting, with my contact details. I was thinking about creating my personal identity as a graphic designer, which is always a challenge for a designer or studio, that’s why it took me almost a year to...
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Branding Conceptualising- How companies developed...
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Light my Fire
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Collages by Matt Wisniewski
These beautiful collages are created from found images by Matt Wisniewski of Brooklyn, New York.
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Squelette Corporate Identity
Squelette is a Seattle-based clothing label cooked up by René Neri and Lauren Price in September 2010. For their corporate identity they emplore their wearers to “Cover your bones” and “were inspired by old medical forms and liked the idea of having a business card that reflected the aesthetic of a prescription type label.”
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