Herman Miller’s ‘Why Design’ : Ayse Birsel
Ayse Birsel has been designing her life since moving from Turkey in 1989 to study design at Pratt in New York. Ayse believes that design thinking can lead to the “life you love.” She designed the Resolve System for Herman Miller in 2000. Ayse and her husband Bibi Seck are currently at work on new...
Making of Rio 2016
“London 2012 just ended a couple of months ago and everyone will now look forward to the next olympics in Rio 2016. Here’s a very close look on how the branding for Rio was done. There were 139 agencies in the fight, and Tatil Design nailed it.” Learn more about the case study at Tatil...
Peter Saville : Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’
“The cover to Joy Division’s 1979 album Unknown Pleasures is as stark and enigmatic as the music itself: a series of jagged white lines against a black background that’s been recreated in tattoos, clothing, and animation. In a clip for New York’s Visualized Conference, former Factory Records graphic designer Peter Saville explains the origin behind...
El Montero by Anagrama
Out of San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, México, Anagram specializes in brand development and positioning, providing creative solutions for any type of project. They recently worked a full-on branding of El Montero, a restaurant located in Saltillo Coahuila, a city very close to the Mexican northern border. The project was developed inside an edification...
The Art of Bending Neon Light
“Not only is neon magical, it’s life span is measured in generations. Each time you turn it on and off you gain a little bit of life span. So you can walk around the city today and see neon signs that were produced 50-80 years ago still lit. So there is an element of responsibility...
Trapped in Suburbia
Trapped in Suburbia is a Dutch based graphic design studio with a lovely new website showcasing multiple disciplines from print to environmental. There is a Chinese saying; Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember, involve me and I’ll understand. This is which their basis for work is contrived from. Displayed below...
We Are Matik
“We Are Matik is a Los Angeles based creative studio that specializes in multisensory design, interactive experiences, and experiential campaigns that create engaging and unconventional methods for clients to reach their audience.” Or so they say. Displayed is the studios work for “The Curl Experience” for Paul Mitchell, “Sync” for Mindshare LA’s “Relate/Reframe” event and...
Project Projects
Project Projects is a design studio focusing on print, identity, exhibition, and interactive work with clients in art and architecture. The studio was founded in 2004 by Prem Krishnamurthy and Adam Michaels; Rob Giampietro joined as a principal in 2010. This past summer they co-organized, Graphic Design—Now in Production, the single largest exhibition of contemporary...
The Cost Of A Logo : HUH. Magazine
A great article at HUH. Magazine about the real cost of a logo written by Jack Lowe, is up on their site. A great read about the finances of a logo. “Of course, the worth of a logo is a famously hard thing to determine. The very fact that a simple or low-key design often...
Yoobi by Ico
When branding and environmental design meet, the sum is ultimately success. Ico is a small, sociable and prolific design team with a successful 17-year history. From their central London studio they’ve created award winning print and digital work, and been instrumental in the launch of many successful brands. One of those brands is Yoobi, London’s...
Akatre
Akatre was founded in 2007, in Paris, by Valentin Abad, Julien Dhivert and Sébastien Riveron. They work mainly around the visual identity, in art, cultural, music, fashion and luxury fields. Displayed are various projects they have produced through out their short existence. Check out their very cool portfolio site here. >>>
PBS Arts’ Off Book : The Art of Logo Design
“Logos surround us in digital and physical space, but we rarely examine the thought and artistic thinking that goes into the design of these symbols. Utilizing a silent vocabulary of colors, shapes, and typography, logo designers give a visual identity to companies and organizations of all types. From cave painters to modern designers, artists throughout...
Lumi : Print with Light
“What would happen to the world of streetwear if the silkscreening process were suddenly outdated? Lumi is a revolutionary new permanent photographic print process that utilizes a unique water-based series of dyes which develop their color through exposure to sunlight. The applications are potentially endless, with a long list of fabrics, fibers, and materials like...
Nike’s “The Regal” Basketball Court
“Designed by Hotel along with Nike, ‘The Regal’ features one of the most high-spec and eye-catching courts in the UK. The brand-new junckers press dried beech floor is finished in distinctive black oil with HP sport lacquer over the top and highlighted with basketball-only line markings and ‘The Regal’ brand identity in gold. At either...
Shepard Fairey’s “Rise Above Rebel” in Paris
The OBEY supreme commander and his army recently posted one of their biggest murals to date in the 13th district of Paris. Check out the original poster it was derived from, photos of the wall and a cool time lapse below. Via WHUDAT.
Kashiwa Sato App for iPad
Tha ltd. of Japan produced a portfolio app of creative director Kashiwa Sato. Indexed using color combinations and schemes that characterize Kashiwa Sato designs, it allows a pleasant browse through his works from past to present.
Clients From Hell
“I really like this, but I’m just not feeling it.” Real life constructive criticism I’ve received… What do you do with that? Check out other funny stuff at Clients From Hell.
Magnus Voll Mathiassen aka MVM
“Magnus Voll Mathiassen is an independent graphic designer and illustrator, and has been running his own practice MVM since 2009. He co-founded the design studio Grandpeople in 2005 after graduating with an MA in Visual Communication. His work experience includes Nike USA...
Pollen
Pollen is an ambitious European design studio that delivers cohesive, robust brand identities that break the mould and get their clients noticed. Comprised of 3 designers (Barny Collis, Rosa van Wyk and Anton Agejkin), the threesome combines great ideas and business sense with the very best of graphic, print and interactive design. Displayed is their...
THIS IS Studio
“THIS IS Studio is a multidisciplinary design practice based in London. Their approach is ideas-led; tailored to the needs of each individual client. They engage with each project without a preconceived style and create a bespoke solution based on research, concept and materials. THIS IS Studio was founded by Barney Beech, Dougal Burgess and Richard Barnett.”...
A Designer’s Confessions
Now, I didn’t come up with these poster’s but I feel her pain. Designer Anneke Short made these clever posters as part of the “Designer Confessions” project.
Studio Aad
Studio Aad is a design consultancy based in Dublin. They work with clients of all sizes and from a wide range of different areas, using design to solve problems and build tools that help them explain, engage and communicate. Design for them is always about human interaction whatever the subject matter, scale or audience. Check out...
Non-Format & Adobe CS6
Kjell Ekhorn (Norwegian) and Jon Forss (British) have worked together as the creative direction & design team Non-Format since 2000. This is their story, all thanks to the new Adobe Creative Suite.
KOMBOH
KOMBOH is Michael W. Mateyko and Hans B. Thiessen. They both believe that creativity is a process, a gymnast, a craft, a person, a constant, and (importantly) it’s the ability to sleep at night. Although they present themselves as a bureaucratic nightmare, they truly believe that creativity has a face. Clean illustrative work along with...
Pantone’s 336 New Colors
“Pantone has just unveiled 336 new colours in its ‘Plus’ series, bringing the total of solid colour selections to 1677. The design team notes that the additions reflect primarily the selection of points within existing colour spaces to add nuances of tone, although the ‘Plus’ series itself was conceived equally around developing completely new lines...
Startups, This is How Design Works
The word design stated in the dictionary is “purpose, planning, or intention that exists or is thought to exist behind an action, fact, or material object”. I know what that means but I went to school to study it and I am immerse in it every day. How about the layman, the common person, the...
Metamorphosis
“String Theory’s trippy Franz Kafka and Hunter S. Thompson-inspired animation promoting Good Books International, an online bookseller donating 100% of its profits to Oxfam.” Visit usegoodbooks.com for more information. Via Devour & Party Paul.
