Avengers 50th Anniversary
Calgary-based designer/illustrator Michael Mateyko, of the design duo otherwise known as KOMBOH (with Hans Thiessen), has found yet another way to showcase the superhero artwork that we love and admire. This time it’s a poster of minimalist superheroes in tidy little circles. Though there are admittedly some obscure characters here, known only to hardcore comic…
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The World of 100
Hong Kong-based designer/illustrator Toby Ng brings to life various (often surprising) statistics about the spread of population around the world. Ng poses the question “If the world was a village of 100 people…” The clean graphics and typography put these statistics into perspective in a way that is really easy to digest. This is just…
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Shapes of Cities
London based designer and art director Yoni Alter developed this series of beautiful posters, Shapes of Cities, depicting cities from around the world and a spectrum of vibrant colors. But as with all good design, it’s more than meets the eye. These depictions of select cities, each featuring silhouettes of key buildings and landmarks, are…
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Big Top Pee-Wee
In keeping with the theme of movie posters, we want to take an opportunity to showcase the excellent work of Los Angeles-based design firm DKNG (see our previous post here). This time it’s for the iconic 1980s film Big Top Pee-Wee. We love the clean lines and attention to so many details. It’s no surprise…
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Official "85 Years of Oscars" Poster
Just in time for the Oscars, which take place this Sunday, creative genius Olly Moss (here and here) designed this amazing poster, featuring Best Picture Academy Awards from the past 85 years… each represented by its main character. Moss’s work never ceases to amaze and delight. Via ollymoss.com
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Striking Matchbook Design by Woody Harrington
We’ve always loved a good matchbook design. It’s sort of a lost art, really. When recent grad and Philadelphia-based designer Woody Harrington was asked to design a publishing piece for a series of flash fiction stories (basically a style of fiction literature of extreme brevity), he decided to turn them into vintage matchbooks. Harrington selected…
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SportsCenter Motion Graphics
We often take slick television graphics for granted, so let’s take a moment to recognize the awesomeness of one of the best and most dynamic in the business: SportsCenter. Los Angeles-based art director/motion designer Craig Stouffer did some stellar work on these highly detailed sequences as part of the team at creative branding agency Troika…
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Quilled Starry Night by Suzy Myers
Atlanta-based artist Suzy Myers is clearly adept at the art of quilling (basically cutting colorful strips of paper and rolling them with a special tool… no doubt much more difficult and intricate than it sounds). Myers’ replica of Van Gogh’s Starry Night is really something. Myers bills herself as someone who crafts, but this looks…
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Crafty Cassettes
Paris-based artist Benoit Jammes finally found a use for all those old audio cassette tapes he had lying around. Inspired by 1980s nostalgia, Jammes resurrected the tapes and gave them new life. Some are pop culture references, others are simply fun. Via benoitjammes.com
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