Posts Tagged ‘smart’
The Fun-Loving Photos of James Popsys
Australian photographer James Popsys has some serious skills behind both the lens and his MacBook Pro, but his work is anything but serious. Popsys is not one to indulge in self-importance or highbrow projects but rather focuses on manipulating scenes from everyday life into playful, sometimes ironic works. That’s not to say his approach is…
Read MoreEveryHey: Daily Pop Culture Illustrations
Barcelona design firm Hey Studio has a thing for pop culture and illustration. They married these two loves into a fruitful serial project (others here and here and here) that has boosted their social media presence to over 50K Instagram followers. Though the project, called EveryHey, seems to have since ceased, Hey Studio posted over…
Read MorePositively Terrific Use of Negative Space
Negative space as a design device may look simple to the average person, but it’s actually quite complicated to effectively pull off. Few present-day artists know this better than illustrator/designer/artist Tang Yau Hoong. Malaysia-based Hoong has an awesome body of work (see previous post here), a good portion of which explores the interplay of positive…
Read MoreExcellent Editorial Illustrations by Sébastien Thibault
Quebec-based illustrator Sébastien Thibault has an impressive body of work. In addition to an aesthetically pleasing, bold, slightly grungy style, his conceptual approach is really smart. And this thoughtful mastery has attracted an outstanding client list, including Time Magazine, Wired Magazine, Boston Globe, Consumer Reports, and Readers Digest, among others. Via sebastienthibault.com
Read MoreCoupled
Phoenix, Arizona based designer/filmmaker/artist Safwat Saleem has a quirky sense of humor, and it shows in this satirical series of prints. Depicting “somewhat complicated relationship between two (or more) objects”, Saleem’s clean, smart execution is really fitting. These prints were originally developed for a love-themed exhibit earlier this year, but certainly stand on their own.…
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