Design Inspiration
Tremendous Typography by Mount&Star
Japanese motion graphics designer and 3D illustrator simply known as Mount&Star is one to watch. His GIF animations are particularly remarkable… such subtlety and detail push the boundaries of what GIF animation can achieve. And his sense of typography, matched with excellent motion design and 3D modeling skills make for some really phenomenal work. Via…
Read MorePop Culture Postcards
Barcelona-based design studio Forma and Co. recently completed a fantastic project entitled “Re-Vision”, which is “an exercise in style and synthesis of different cultural icons.” These sophisticated illustrated portraits, in the form of postcards, are super minimalist, but immediately recognizable. And the colors are stunning! Wish they were for sale…. Via Behance
Read MorePantone Calendars by Pentagram
We have a thing for calendars, and this one is particularly good. Pentagram’s Eddie Opara and Brankica Harvey designed Pantone’s 2013 Wall and Engagement calendars, utilizing the famed PMS color chips as a design device. The color chips are treated as pixels, creating digitized images for each month. Very clever and well executed. Via pentagram.com
Read MoreLatin American Design Identity
Madrid-based design consultancy IS Creative Studio created this fantastic logo for LAD (Latin American Design). The logo is described as “that beautiful moment when on a long brainstorming the great idea hits you like a lightning.” Love the color palette and typography too. Via iscreativestudio.com
Read MoreUnwrap Your Voice
Paris-based illustrator/design Julien Canavezes worked with German ad agency Jung von Matt on this fantastic campaign for Ricola. This special release of the popular Swiss brand of cough drops, The Ricola Music Edition, turns the drops into the heads of suffering singers. Each throat appears to be constricted, but when you unwrap the cough drop,…
Read MoreStriking Superman Sculpture
It’s a painting, it’s a sculpture, it’s Superman! Metropolis can use Superman right about now, what with all that has been going on. Little is known about this artwork (other than the artist going by the moniker “Samuel”), but it’s been floating around the web for a little while now, and we just love it.…
Read MoreEye Like It
Irish artist Eoin O’Connor (best known as simply Eoin) has a few passions that inspire his art. Surf culture references dominate his large scale work, but he has recently also been experimenting with these visually stunning eyes. Eoin describes his ongoing quest to establish his own unique style: “I mainly paint ocean inspired scenes in…
Read MoreDKNG
Dan Kuhlken and Nathan Goldman of Los Angeles-based design firm DKNG have found their niche in the music and entertainment industries. They have a great aesthetic that seems to evolve with each new project. We particularly love the Bon Iver tour poster (beautiful halftoning) and Paramount Pictures’ 100th Anniversary print (amazing icon set). Via dkngstudios.com
Read MoreCliff Roberts Jazz Cartoons
On the level, and this is no phonus balonus, each of these is a sockdollager:
Read MoreSlingshot Wine Bottle
While doing design research out in the field, we noticed this outstanding label concept and execution. The 2010 Slingshot Cab bottle earns a 98 rating.
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