Toy Stories
This funny series by London based designer/illustrator/author Aled Lewis has been floating around the web for sometime… and every time I revisit it, it never disappoints. Lewis arranges toy figures and pairs them with ironic dialog, with fantastically funny results. They are now available to purchase as prints, and soon compiled in a book to…
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iOS Food Icons
With so many apps out there, icon design is something we increasingly take for granted. Some are certainly much better than others, and these, by Netherlands-based designer Julian Burford, fall into that category. The 3D perspective and uniformity among these hypothetical food product icons is great, especially while meeting Apple’s icon guidelines. Via julianburford.nl
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Delicious Design
French art director Emilie Guelpa was commissioned by French culinary magazine Fricote (and later displayed at a Paris grocer) to create these Pantone-inspired tarts, with great results. Looks like the tart is covered in some sort of white icing, then vibrant foods are applied to resemble a Pantone chip. What a great use of colors…
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(Un)common Thread
Mexican-born designer turned installation artist Gabriel Dawe creates these large-scale installations with colored thread that are really something. Dawe’s use of color and scale, besides being incredible to look at, is also a commentary on “notions of social constructions and their relation to evolutionary theory and the self-organizing force of nature.” Beautiful work. Via gabrieldawe.com
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A Thirst for Design
In collaboration with TBWA Chiat Day for PepsiCo, Greek designer Charis Tsevis created this series of illustrations. Tsevis is “in love with complexity,” and it shows. Cannot imagine the amount of time it takes to build these. Tsevis has a very analytical approach to design, which makes for some thoughtful and compelling work. Be sure…
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The Collective Snapshot
At quick glance these look like sketches. But Spanish photographer Pep Ventosa actually merges dozens of photos to transform our awareness of these highly familiar tourist locations, in what he calls “a celebration of our collective memory.” Nominated for the Photography Masters Cup in the International Color Awards, images in this series have an almost…
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Impossibly Awesome Topography
Texas-based artist Matthew Cusick creates these incredible collages using cutout maps. The level of nuance in these intricate designs is really something to behold… they almost look like paintings or drawings from afar. Cusick explains what drew him to maps as a medium: “Maps have all the properties of a brushstroke: nuance, density, line, movement,…
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The Good Die Young
Australian illustrator Ben Brown clearly has an obsession with skulls and bones. So this compelling series, Die Young, should come as no surprise to those who know his work. It’s certainly part morbidly ironic, but also an eternal salute to these high-profile celebrities who suffered untimely deaths. As Brown puts it… “the celebrity lifestyle that…
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Contemporary Classic
Highly regarded Minneapolis design firm Charles S. Anderson Design Company has a vast body of work, and their development of the Turner Classic Movies identity caught our eye. The modular structure is brilliant: “The TCM logotype we developed was brought to life with a series of 30 simple character icons, each representing a different movie…
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