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September 18 (14) 16:00 pm
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motion {c/y}
#TAG: animation — cgi — character design — data visualization — motion graphics
The 110-seat Nexus studio lies in the middle of London’s creative and tech hub, giving it access to an amazing community of leading artists and innovative coders
Proficient in anything (it this possible?) that animates a script and a myriad of programming skills that have a different visual or interactive requirement.
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Featured in ’10 for their SyFy idents – I decided to follow-up with my picks of must see. Prolific only begins to describe their output.
Each project was chosen for either their through the roof fantasy or disarming charm or technical prowness or storyboard or beautiful script or environmental cause or data vizualization brilliance.
Enjoy.
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Featured: Kicks Compilation
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Featured: BBC Jam – Monster
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Featured: U2 – Windows in the Skies
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Featured: EE – Digital Portraits
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Featured: Apres la Pluie
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Featured: Kicks – Bestseller
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Featured: Vodafone – Surprise
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Featured: D&DA – I Wish I’d Done That
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Featured: New York Times – Holiday Books
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Featured: Chipotle – Back to The Start
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Featured: Honda – Hands
September 17 (14) 13:22 pm
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illustration {c/y}
#TAG: character design — editorial design
Andrew Rae is an illustrator capable of rendering just about any scenario, either real or imagined.

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His well-observed and witty approach has led to a wide range of commissions, both editorial and commercial. He is based in London.




September 17 (14) 11:51 am
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industry news {c/y}
#TAG: editorial design — typography
Meet the Ipsums is a little compendium of lorem ipsum resources with quirky variables. One for your taste for sure.

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via: Veerle Pieters
September 16 (14) 13:23 pm
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industrial — mobile {c/y}
#TAG: fashion — privacy
Inspired by Orwell’s fiction. Built for the post-Snowden reality. I backed ‘1984’ Stealth Fashion.

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LOVE it – the copy is amazing – video is superb – as like someone said: the ‘idea’ could be start of a new trend.
It’s time to #GoDark.



September 16 (14) 12:34 pm
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industry news {c/y}
#TAG: insider — interface layout — web design
I have been carefully curating the ‘#tags’ for each featured post since onset and now?
Woot! Fully stocked with 2.6k posts + tags on Netdiver Mag. Fully searchable: try the search box to find more eye candy.

September 15 (14) 13:18 pm
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portfolios {c/y}
#TAG: editorial design — print
designlsc. is a modern design studio specialising in producing visual identities for design-led clients. They have a profound and evident passion as well as extensive experience of print production.
Elegant and edgy. Traditional and modernised. Design history and style.
Following featured projects show so.






September 15 (14) 11:12 am
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illustration {c/y}
#TAG: advertising — isometric — lifestyle
MUTI based in Cape Town / SA – were designated to create a South African safari scene – as part of a global promotion project for Lufthansa – with an aim to portray several interesting and entertaining situations taking place in the teeming crowd.
The round medallions is a cool approach to convey being immersed in a particular setting or situation. As you can see – the illustrations are brimming over with details – but not overwhelmingly so.
Good job.




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They LUV design! #13
Mind-blowing visual feats and original designs I recently discovered.
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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.
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