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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The Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR) 2011 Annual Report
Since the Spitak Earthquake in 1988, The Fund for Armenian Relief has implemented more than 225 relief, social, educational and cultural projects valued at over $290 million. Barbour Design Inc recently designed the FAR 2011 Annual Report. We are grateful to be able to contribute to such a good cause. For more info on FAR…
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Marveling at Mondo
Since reading about Texas-based Mondo in the New York Times late last year, we’ve been really taken with their work. This offshoot of theater chain Alamo Drafthouse commissions artists to design alternate versions of movie posters. Quite fittingly, they recently released a series of posters tied into and coinciding with Marvel’s blockbuster The Avengers. They…
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Making Waves
Brazilian artist Tom Veiga is passionate about surf culture, and that’s reflected in his vibrant, illustrative work. “My art is the union of design and waves, in my artworks I always try to translate in lines, shapes, colors and contrasts all the inspiration I get from waves.” Veiga was recently commissioned by Australian clothing and…
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(POP)culture
Nebraska architect/designer Garth Britzman created this outstanding canopy out of recycled plastic bottles filled with colored water. The topographical arrangement and interplay of the colored water and natural light is fantastic. The installation is composed of over 1,500 bottles, and over 200 hours were put into the construction. Via Behance
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National Park Stamps
Salt Lake City designer/illustrator Valerie Jar developed this well-balanced and thoughtful set of stamp icons for the National Geographic National Parks app. This impressive guide to U.S. National Parks, built by Rally Interactive, is beautifully designed and full of great photography you come to expect from National Geographic. Looking forward to an iPad edition… hope…
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Standing Head and Shoulders Above
British artist Steve Payne marries 17th-century Russian general portraiture with our current celebrity-obsessed culture… with remarkable results. He uses digital copies of Napoleon-era portraits by English portraitist George Dawe, then quite seamlessly photoshops celebrity heads on top. “One thing I’ve always wanted to try is to incorporate someone into a painting, mimicking the painterly brush…
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Isometric Awesomeness
Dutch designer Leon Dijkstra used 3D pixels to build these awesome murals for a Nike concept store “House of Hoops” in Rotterdam. The level of detail is impressive. His work is pretty amazing all around… be sure to also check out this awesome poster. Via cooee.nl
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