Archive for the ‘design’ Category
luciano drehmer
Luciano is quite the maverick when it comes to amazing colours and illustrations that just simply work. Simply beautiful infographics as well, in his, frankly, stunning portfolio of work spanning quite a few disciplines. His installation proposal is my favourite.
1976 montreal olympics basic logo standards
You will never see the Olympic logo used this way again, so feast your eyes. via the artist and his model + gridness
milton glaser’s ten things i have learned
Inspirational and oh so true.
1 . YOU CAN ONLY WORK FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU LIKE.2. IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE NEVER HAVE A JOB.3 . SOME PEOPLE ARE TOXIC AVOID THEM.4. PROFESSIONALISM IS NOT ENOUGH or THE GOOD IS THE ENEMY OF THE GREAT.5. LESS IS NOT NECESSARILY MORE.6 . STYLE IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED.7 . HOW YOU LIVE CHANGES YOUR BRAIN.8. DOUBT IS BETTER THAN CERTAINTY.9 . ON AGING.10. TELL THE TRUTH.
boarding pass / fail
Who said boarding passes have to be hideous, difficult to use, difficult to keep pieces of card? Especially not the people here.
the playground magazine
LBN has some super work up at their site, but the one I like the most is their design for The Playground Magazine.
all occasions card
At last, a card for all the times you wanted to say thank you, sorry, and fuck you. Letterpressed so they will know you are serious. by You and Me the Royal We
wenlock and mandeville
The London Olympics mascots has been announced! What only two?! I feel shortchanged! So what are they suppose to be?
“The two characters are based on blobs of steel used to make the girders for the Olympic stadium, and feature headlights derived from the hire light on London taxis.” No.. really….
the wapping project
Lots to say about The Wapping Project, a restaurant cum art space located midway between the City of London and Canary Wharf and situated inside what was once The Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, but take a look at the tree! Wow!
iconwerk
Iconwerk has a great small collection of icons, based on the typeface Siruca which was commisioned for the Kuwait Al Hamra. See the whole set here.
airline logos
A great resource for airline logos, also known as “1001 ways to design birds into logos”.
salt films
This is fun and beautiful! Kinetic has done it once again with the new Salt Films website. via the artist and his model
ikea plus terial by jian-an su
Not much info on this except for two pictures that has my interest piqued! Beautifully opulent, yet somehow rather contained. via Core77
cs5 redesign
A staple in every designers’ bag of tools, its no wonder every refresh of the Adobe Creative Suite‘s identity gets an in depth look. idsgn has a really great look back, and new look review.
luminous money
A great idea to instantly recognise your money. Only thing is… these paints need light to charge up, so if we keep them in our wallet the whole time, they will all be dark by the time we actually need them, no? via Yanko Design
9h – nine hours
New capsule hotel, 9h (nainawasu) opening in December in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto. Designed by fumie shibata of design studio s.
fast company’s top ten most innovative design companies
A great read for who makes the list and, more importantly, why.
museumderdinge – museum of bad taste
With a purpose to rid the world of bad taste so that only good taste can prevail, the museum derdinge in berlin collects and exhibits items of bad taste. Head over to core77 for a huge gallery and write-up on each item. Below I picked some of my favourites!
