© The Neighborhood Studio
The Neighborhood Studio is a design studio that does the most appetizing packaging design (among other things), whether it be camembert or fertilizer! Mmmmm... is right!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Matthew Haysom
© Matthew Haysom
Matthew Haysom is another recent graduate from Bournemouth, now working for London based studio Camber Group. He has a gift for minimalism, with a keen eye for simplicity and detail. His portfolio is simply slick and chic. What's interesting about this piece is that is spite of the spelling mistake, you can still read the word "make"; a nice use of semantics. I'd like to add for those of you in fear of failing, that not only do we all make mistakes but we also learn from them!
Julian Hansen
© Julian Hansen
Julian Hansen is a young danish graphic designer, recently graduated from the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Copenhagen. This project, which sort of looks like a mind map or flowchart around the idea that "you need a typeface" is quite clever. The question is , how do you choose one that works? Most beginners have the hardest time choosing an appropriate typeface for their layouts as there is no real recipe for that, so perhaps this poster will help some. I would say that whichever you choose it's got to be legible and it should enhance the overall design. Most designers limit their palette of typefaces to a dozen or less, and as the saying goes: "Less is more."
Yann Legendre
© Yann Legendre
Yann Legendre is a graphic designer from France, who studied at l'IAV in Orléans, where he was born. He is extremely eclectic and multifaceted. Choosing this poster certainly doesn't summarize the variety of his work but it's a good example of his talent for playing around with shapes and concepts. I bet you will never look at potatoes again like you used to!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Super Bowl Ads
Last sunday, the day before yesterday, february the 5th, was the Super Bowl, the final game of the NFL playoffs, which is probably the most watched American television broadcast of the year. Last year 111 million people watched the number one annual football game! Because of the very high cost of advertising during this broadcast, companies pay huge amounts of money and develop their most expensive advertisements for the occasion. I probably shoudn't be saying this but here goes anyway! The commercials are what I like best; they are absolutely extraordinary. You should go and see some of them.
The Holstee Manifesto
© Holstee
Sometimes it's interesting to see type covering the whole surface of the format like here; it doesn't have to be systematic however. I always tell you to use white or negative space as an element of design. It shoudn't feel like emptiness that you ought to be afraid of. Please read this sensible and refreshing manifesto too and check out the company while you're at it and how it all started in 2009.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Wayne Thiebaud
Sorry, no picture! I wanted to post the four cupcakes painted by Wayne Thiebaud, a key figure in Amercian contemporary art, known for his paintings primarily of food like cakes, pastry, ice cream cones (absolutely mouth watering!), land and cityscapes (simply exquisite!) and portraits. There is a very distinctive and personal touch to the way he paints and interprets his subjects, a beautiful sense of color. Art critics have often catalogued him somewhere between Pop Art and Morandi.Well, go see for youselves!
I tried to contact him for permission to use one or more of his visuals but my request was transfered to the ADAGP here in France, who agreed if I paid 7€ plus tax a month! This is the reason why I always ask beforehand, so as not to get into any copyright trouble!!! So my advice would be, always ask for written permission before posting anyone's work on a blog, and type "Wayne Thiebaud" on google image to see some of his work. There's plenty to see. Truly inspiring!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Bless Design
© Bless Design
Bless is a design studio based in London, specializing in brand identity, print, art direction and illustration. Their work is both witty and refreshing; and very much worth checking if you are interested to see the variety of good work that can be done by a fairly small graphic design team. Truly inspiring.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Caroll Bertin
© Caroll Bertin
Caroll Bertin is a self-taught upcycling fabric sculptor from France. Her work is poetic, charming and full of humor. She has a truly wonderful way of combining colors while using bits and pieces of old fabrics and sorts, which she assembles in a whimsical way. Simply wonderful!
Etienne Gros
© Etienne Gros
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