Design + culture news
October 16 (17) 11:51 am
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portfolios {c/y}
#TAG: branding — character design — interactive design — packaging
After all these years – Tokyo is agency that is everything but. Everything – really – everything they do is unusual. Check the spectrum of projects they take on.
October 12 (17) 08:26 am
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photography {c/y}
#TAG: architecture — creativity — photo essay
Pastel university? Why not! Exceptionally captured by Ludwig Favre – a Fine Art Photographer.
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He specializes in major cities and landscapes – architectural assignments as well as personal projects and philanthropy.
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Excellent interview to read (and more photos to see) on Bricks magazine.
October 10 (17) 09:30 am
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art — industrial — mobile {c/y}
#TAG: mobile design — photography — product design
Colorspike is an unique pattern-driven animation photo/video ligh system that completely redefines what is possible on set, in studio or on the run.
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1. Able to dial in a ton of interesting effects
2. Great for both video and stills, in-studio and on-location
3. App-controlled
4. Able to be linked together into an easily controlled multi-point lighting system
5. Bright enough to be useful
October 4 (17) 13:39 pm
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industrial — motion — powagirrrls {c/y}
#TAG: animation — cause — ecogreen — illustration — poster — product design
What the heck is Sugru? The world’s first mouldable glue that sets strong, by turning into a durable, flexible silicone rubber.
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In a saturated market how do you convey that a product is an innovative – a simply out of this world smart solution (we all need!)??
Animade designed + animated The Fixer’s Manifesto – with funny captions to show what the product is about and drive its uniqueness to consumers.
If it’s broken, fix it!
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Give your stuff a longer life
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Embrace the stuff we already have.
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The Fixer’s Manifesto is free and available for download.
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ndlr: Wow oh wow oh wow – I need some creative solutions to hang / fix stuff around the studios – ah! and the Rebel Tech Kit comes with a booklet + a remover tool.
And on sale now!
October 3 (17) 10:03 am
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industrial — mobile {c/y}
#TAG: interactive design — interface layout — iPad — iPhone — mobile design
The best kept secret of the gaming industry? Revealed in this interview with Dan Gray (from awesome Ustwo studio) on creating Monument Valley 2.
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Look at these interfaces – hours of challenges ahead. Can’t wait to try it out!
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Monument Valley 2
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I played MV 1 (30 million downloads to date) – twice and was hooked! One of the hardest game ever! Don’t be fooled by the visual simplicity of it all.
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via: Gabriel Benderski
September 27 (17) 08:15 am
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industrial — powagirrrls {c/y}
#TAG: cause — product design — toys
Cuddle + Kind prides in making the cutest hand-knit dolls (2 sizes) produced by artisans in Peru. Make great gifts!
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This social company is on a mission to provide 1 million meals a year to kids in need. Support!
September 25 (17) 11:07 am
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imaginative {c/y}
#TAG: graphic design — poster — typography
Mohamed Samir designed Geometric City – Vol.01 – a sumptuous pastel colors abstract posters essay simply delicious to look at.
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Study of Geometric — Arabic Calligraphy. View the whole project! Wow!
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We use it everyday.
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Obsidian
This private (free) app I use daily for taking notes or writing. Back up to the cloud for multi-devices access. Runs locally.
Deep and complex.
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I paint abstract with pretty colours ~ I play with mobile apps to create unique generative art.
Look 'Ma no AI.
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Communication Arts 24-25—calls for entries.
Interactive — October 25/24
Illustration — Jan 10/25
Photography — March 7/25
Design — May 2/25
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The Smashing Conferences explore real-life projects, workflows and hands-on insights.
SmashingConf - Antwerp
Upcoming: Oct 28-31/24
SmashingConf - Workshops
Online: check dates.
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AIGA call for submissions
AIGA’s competitions celebrate exemplary design and demonstrate the power of effective design.
50 Books | 50 Covers: February 26 / 24
365: AIGA Year in Design February 26 / 24
Alt Summit 2024.
It is a conference and a community of thousands of women influencers and entrepreneurs in creative fields.
Upcoming: March 17-20 / 24
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YouWorkForThem — Good design needs good fonts! YWFT is privately owned and run by designers.
Rocking it since 2001.
/ Highlighted talents
They LUV design! #13
Mind-blowing visual feats and original designs I recently discovered.
Previously: #12 - #11 - #10 - #9 - #8 - #7 - #6 - #5 - #4 - #3 - #2 - #1
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They LUV drawing! #3
Illustration is probably the largest creative area to express (mostly without words) a message.
Previously: #1 - #2
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A type of Show #5 – I love typography - these projects caught my eye.
Previously: #4 - #3 - #2 - #1
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Moodboards #1 – Branding collaterals staged and served with conceptual brilliance.
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/ Illustration
Vast array of drawing styles
404 reviews
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Conceptual designs standing out
358 reviews
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Products / packaging design / spaces +
333 reviews
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Brilliant storyboards / motion / vfx
286 reviews
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/ Photography
Some of the sharpest eyes shooting today
210 reviews
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/ Portfolios
New wave of design / interactive / mobile stars
552 reviews
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/ Powagirrrls
Women who rock the design scene with _more_ than pink design
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Visual Brain Gravity is a producer and developer of concepts, products and brand experiences.
Driven by vision.
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/ 2016 edition
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Netdiver Vintage edition
What was new in design worldwide—sort of a very unofficial record of web history as captured from {1998 - 2007}.
Over 2.3k+ projects.
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Walk down memory lane: hand-coded news in design from 1998-2008.
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