MadInSpain
08 international design event will take place in sunny Madrid.
Upcoming: September 12-13
NEWS // April 2007
Look at who's talking with LOUNGE72.
Recent interviewees include Masa and Genevieve Gauckler.. and there's
more!
Enjoy
watching the results of fusion says Joey Khor creative director of Malaysian
motion graphics studio Hue.visualab.
Watch and be awed by their heady blend of graphically embellished cinematics.
Scrumpidelicious,
and vibrant, welcome to the fantasy land of Air
Riders, a movie by Qian Qian who is one of the young rising star of
design.
Don't
fear the bear! Steadyhand is
mutual fund company telling it like it is! Not only is all the short presentation
videos entertaining, the facts pointed out are convincing and intelligent.
Well done!
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ndle1:
Produced by Burnkit who has an immediate
vacancy for a Flash Developer/Animator.
From top to bottom, relevent and meritocratic websites are kept in the
Portfolios+ wave of emerging
talent in new media and print design. Directory has been completely revisited.
Hats off to staying residents, you keep us on our toes and going ahead!
Topo
is a skilled and well-rounded design studio with a solid portfolio.
One
beginning no end is a project that Tavo Ponce who specialized in developed
as a proposal for Puma using stop motion and motion graphics.
Luv the concept and smart storyboard based around the universality of
human desires and needs.
Duality
is a short almost abstract motion experiment into a philosophical theme
that is too often discarded as... too complex to address.
It's time to look inside as suggest Mostar
Design which is ready to rock some! Think they're good, don't hesitate,
call on them.
Evgeny Kiselev is a prolific illustrator!
He's been on my to watch for list for a couple of years. This is what
working hard and improving one's craft will afford you: renewed coverage.
Thinking
of switching to Mac? Mau Sandoval reports on running Windows
Vista on Mac Pro. Him and I started exchanging about Bootcamp. As you will
see in this post, he prefers to run Parallels.
More motion for your emotions, eye candy and technical prowness brought
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It Consolidates is an ad spot capturing the essence of the HP branding
In
the heart of Bucharest is an organic club which breathes fresh air into
the city: Embryo!
The website uses a widget to navigate. Double-click and see thumbnails
in the section.
If
you're into photography perhaps you are also familiar with Holga, which
is one of the eldest lomographic camera. The particular of the pictures
taken are this halo like around the edge which makes for kewl fx.
So the perfect companion would be this Lomo
Notebook which includes loads of related info and ample space to record
your next missions.
ByJerome is dormant for good and wide awake is *
Hellofreaks * design studio. From France with luv!
Fergal Keane has been web designing
for a long while now and he knows his trade and craft as you can see in
his newly revamped portfolio website.
SYRUP/NYC
is looking for an actionscripter with the following skills for freelance
work, possible full-time position. At least two years development with
actionscript and flash experience with design patterns and Object Oriented
Programming in AS2. BS in computer Science preferred.
Oh!
Jen Stark
mind-blowing sculptures and spaghetti like thumble-jumble illustrations
add up to a real jaw-dropping stop me still in my tracks jewel of a portfolio!
Get ready to be amazed.
Doing
big projects and having much fun all along Mucca
Design is represents the quintessential studio.
A bit gooffball - check out how the retro class picture is affected when
clicking on a team member name, an Abbott and Costello act during Adobe
Achievement Awards show, and the map they provide to get to their offices,
are just a few examples.
Oh and the fonts. Download ready as T1 Mac only :((
Meet
me in NYC! Now if you're heading to town, you need a place to stay. Well
here comes The Pod Hotel that finally
got it right.
Amenities for the young and hip and travel weary: set your music and
your mood with our iPod docking station, plug into the Internet with free
WiFi access and you've gotta luv the bunkbeds!
Medaone is gone! Studio Poana
is born out of the collaboration and friendship between Meda and Cheeky!
Duplex talents equals double results?
What a tale!!! Blueoverblue
a lesson in perseverance!
“Three years, two mergers and one dot com crash later, what was
left of the company I loved saw fit to eliminate most of its creative
department, myself included.
After several months of freelancing and unemployment checks, I decided
to pick myself off the couch, move to Minnesota and start my own business.
After over 3 years of being my own boss, I couldn't be happier.”
Slick and very sleek is urbn media_
website. One of the very first companies to be listed in the Portfolios
directory, what a pleasure to see them endure and grow and prevail!
Luv the use of the three little panels where client work glide and show.
Philippe
Starck is probably one of the best known product and interior designer
in the world. His personal signature is reconizable in his sometimes quirky,
strong and beautifully scaled objects.
He has put his stamps on luxurious modern environments ranging from boutique
hotels, restaurants and private estates and properties.
Once read that he never dismiss a good challenge!
What time is it? It's 1201am sharp!
This is another success story for this paper goods + design studio!
Hats off to Laurie Forehand!
It's
a secret? Well no longer it seems. Check out The
Secret of Drawing by Si Scott. Fascinating peek into line art design
executed with confidence and precision!
Fabulous!
Robert Rebotti operating under
.Gara di Nervi. has got such a unique style of illustration. Intense!
Somewhat gloomy and always making the right punches and just released
his new portfolio website.
D.SOUL
Don't set yourself on fire
is a music video realized for DEJINE:REC / ZEROFEEDBACK with conception,
direction and animation by SL Co.
Beautiful and sweet 3D renderings.
Natural
Crisis is the motion graphic project for Titipun Tubthong VDO Editing
class. 45 seconds to communicate it and inspired by An Inconvenient Truth
movie.
Music by Mum - Green Grass of Tunnel
Adrenalab version 3.0 has launched
with a toned down palette with accents of red. Still going strong after
all these years.
Announcing
the launch of Crew12 which is the
annual release from the HyperIsland students who are eager to go out in
the world.
Absolutely brilliant! Must see!
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ndle1:
“For the upcoming start in fall 2007, Digital Media in Karlskrona
will have an international touch. The change also open up the opportunity
for english speaking persons getting admitted to the program.”
Grip
Design has got an opening for a designer! Make sure to answer the
required questions.
Though
I'm not into or a fan of cars, gotta to admit that Rewards
of Winning is an interesting film. Even if a promotional one, I must
say that the unveiling of facts behind the company, makes for a good story.
Produced by Carmichael Lynch who has been working with Porsche since
1999.
Gotta
digg deep for the pearls... but no digging no winning!
2x4 is a multidisciplinary studio focusing
on design for art, architecture -- fashion and cultural clients worldwide.
The Brooklyn Museum logotype is a genial idea. Fantastic work!
Anthony
Hurd is a talented artist/illustrator/motion designer who just updated
his reel with recent
works and he's looking to continue to work with good people on good projects.
Update your bookmarks: the community French'N'Fresh has now become NTMY
- Nice to Meet You!
Presenting
a street wise, edgy in the now joint motion and design studio founded
by Ashley (ex-Cartoon Network) and Drew (ex-TCM) and they really know
they're Awesome!
Project Manager
Information Architect
Interactive Designers (jr/sr)
Developers
The
BB/Saunders
Journal – 365 is a daily record of occurrences, experiences,
observations or thoughts.
A daybook. 365 (almost) virgin pages before you to do with what you will
– that never ending ‘to do’ list, those phone numbers
with no name written against them, the ingredients you mustn’t forget
for tonight’s dinner or that idea that just might save mankind.
Alternatively, it works equally well propping up tables.
Launching a new section is always exciting! Since I'm very young always
have been fascinated by moving images. With the dawn of powerful technologies
and software, designers are ramping up great visual experiences and experiments.
I am pleased to introduce the Reel
* Shorts directory! What you'll find there?
Brilliant storyboards and visual fx from either studio reels, shorts,
flash intros, advertising spots or short films! They rely on video or
illustration or text or assortment of all.
Some require interactions, others, just sitting-back and watching. I'm
not through populating it and if you want to suggest
great additions, please do so.
Icograda mini-poll results for
What should you be paid for a pitch?
58% Fair market value for the work produced to present.
17% A percentage of the value of the contract.
28% An honorarium based on the time involved.
Stunning!
S2PHOTO is a jewel compilation of
diverse topics and subjects! The ambiance is moody, sometimes stark and
poetic.
Luv the surimposition fx and use of big titling for sections.
Must see!
You've
gotta see Code and Theory
website. They've designed many a great project (one of my fav is STYLE
WARS). Luv the mini-movies that puts emphasis in the project portions
they feel are most important.
Be amazed! To a long-running studio, kudos!
Dzark
Designbureau explores communication design via chaotic lines and imploded
features. The results? Abstract yet engaging.
Totally engrossing projects!
Eoin
Stanley passion for drawing started very young (5-6 years old) and
since, went on to become a striving young designer and illustrator.
Interestingly, in the work section the very last thumbnail will show
examples of his... huh... early works. Marguerite Yurcenar said wisely:
“You become in old age what you were, when young."
I would add to this, if you do not compromise your early aspirations.
Recurring
science-fi aka fantasy land for the character inhabitants drawn by Parquerama.
Excellent animations too.
Have
you had your Daily Type yet? Visit
a creative project run by several russian type designers. Day by day,
they create original typefaces and post their results.
Manuel
Lima is an interaction designer, information architect and design researcher
and started visualcomplexity
to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization
of complex networks.
You can filter your search by topics like biology, networks and even
art. Some of the output are as beautiful as meaningful.
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ndle1:
There is a comprehensible book section too. One I own and shows jaw dropping
visual renditions is the Digital
Information Graphics by Matt Woolman.
Supermundane
Loves You! Netdiver too! His style is recognizable because of the very
psychedelic years treatment of multiple line art defining elements. Fantastic
graphic and illustration work!
Dazzling!
Suprb
is home to Andreas Pihlström on the web! What more can it be said,
his work is superb. Art directing and designing mostly for a realm of
big corporations and community oriented projects.
Goodies available: kewl Building and Cloud fonts to
download!
Fresh
out of school and ready for action! Check Ian
Kim portfolio! Wow! When I grow up - I want to be as good as he is!
The liveliness, the movement, the stylish lines in his illustrations
will lead to a great career!
Oh
the beauty! Moira Millman
is in a class by herself! Just so luv the very clean, sweet and concept centric
illustrations. Brimming over with emotions and talent.
Serial
Cut is a Madrid based studio, established in 1999 by Sergio del Puerto.
They work on a great variety of projects types focussing mainly on the
following: art direction, graphic design and illustration.
Impressive one-page portfolio website using an unusual background color,
that I haven't seen in a long time: #FFFFCC.
group94
is expanding and is looking for a senior interactive designer. This job
is only open to people from (or prepared to relocate to) Belgium.
Beck
band website has got a fast loading funky immersive experience awaiting.
Good use of a black background that infers edginess and where anything
in colors just pops out!
Their music is a mix of funk pop rock laced with ambiotic techno chill
additions.
Michael
Fakesch who makes music for ads and is a DJ too, has got a simple
website. Step by step interface sections make it an interesting visual
statement.
Scaling it up, simply!
From flat to bubliluscious! TAK!
newly redesigned website. These folks are so talented as communication
designers!
Got
Milk? Most are propably familiar with this campaign but have you seen
(play) Get the Glass! The logo
is absolutely gorgeous, the visuals exactly what can be expected to appeal
to all the kidz, big and small. And the critters? Just luvable!
Coincidence? I luv the Blossomy font and the Grow banner above
uses one of the plant leaves - surprised? The color palette is so similar...
So if you hold any qualms or doubts that different folks can arrive at
a very similar idea. Here's proof!
Kapitza
the creator of this font has just released their Blossomy
stickers collection to adorn any surfaces you like.
Roxik
bobbling head interactive experiment is something to see. Click on a face
feature (ex: the nose), grab and drag and release.. and see what happens!
Around
the studio, an eclectic assortment of little toys and cute widgets are
displayed and grouped in such a way as if in their own world. They use
very little space on a window sil, bookshelves, desks or the non-functioning
fireplace mantel and because of their smallish scale, a minuscule book
of dinausors is approximately 2 x 2.5 cm in size, they become a focus
point and make my mind wander.
In the real world filled with giant issues, tasks and responsibilities,
they make me comfortable, 'cause then, I am the giant! ;-D
__junkoseven
describes as a toy photography collective! They've undertaken to set their
fav critters and toys in context and snapped a picture.
Nobodyland
is home of Keith Jones an artist who exercises a stern yet humoristic
critic of our societal flaws and status.
GI
Joes and Janes day?!?! Have a look at the Pond
Patrol, an internet series with a new episode every Thursday. The
plot unfolds and is substantied with loads of images...
My, can you imagine these are toys. Awesome photography!
Buket
Erdogan
is inspired by vibrant colors and children' art and has been having lots
of fun painting characters. Three of the little mouse books were NY Times
Best Sellers.
With
BrainStore's industrial idea
production process and the world's only IdeaMachine, amazing ideas are
produced in record time for each assignment, that meet the pre-defined
criteria for successful ideas.
Albrecht
Gerlach has got a special solution for displaying his photography
work. Luv the fact that there are huge panning pictures to focus on. The
only way you can achieve this, is if at the core, your work is really
good and can support this kind of exposure.
KISS (Keep
It Simple, Stupid!) has been a long time recurring theme in reference
with the value of simplicity and that “simplicity is more complex
than you probably think it is.”
ndle1:
BTW Sitepoint happens to publish
some of the best code related books in the world. JF owns many and look
them up all the time. They are his ultimate reference and hands-on
collection.
Lemonade
represents a roster of talented illustrators and as they state: imagination
is your only limitation. And that, you'll see a plenty!
Rigid or flexible identities? Recently read a printed in-depth
look at the Walker Art Center identity. The concept is a genial one! Create
many different graphic elements that can be used and reused to give a
fresh visual statement.
I am a firm believer that a logo should be used as a great visual element
and not the other way around. Identity systems should simplify the work
of designers not make it a nightmare.
Introducing Walker Expanded: The Walker Art Center's New Graphic Identity
by Eric Olson of the Process Type Foundry
Read the interview
and learn from this elegant and flexible approach.
The only unfortunate, is that their website
(apart from the top banner on the index) does not reflect the new identity.
It would have been great to see the same process implemented.
It seem that the redesign is only applied to print signage, projects
and announcements.
Dreaming
big? Wanna live San Francisco style? Mint
Collection has got space for you. Smart use of a straightforward web
interface with well organized sections. If the lofts are built as well
as the website... splendid!
See awesome floorplans and luscious model loft pictures.
Can
you tell? They're big into sports related projects: identity, environmental
and shoes... Hybrid Design
does it with versatility and style!
Very
nice! Mostly graphic and print portfolio for an upcoming new designer:
Laura Risse
Although stating it's a temp portfolio, Jens Nilsson aka Dancemade
keeps getting better and better! Great to see him evolving his craft!
His packaging and logo designs are stellar.
Luv his new logo too!
Weither
using sparingness of lines or mumble-jumbled details, OOkie
work is as colorful as simple. Luv his design approach and visual treatments.
Some very kewl illos!
Kyle
Webster and Andy Horner have teamed up to write and produce a totally
engrossing tale: LIGHT CHILDREN!
I've taken time to review the main protagonists character and read the
introductory synopsis... if all goes well, this will become a fabulous
story.
“When you see our grand and interwomen is our existence.. and how
precarious is our future.. then you will be fully awake.”
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Look at who's talking with LOUNGE72.
Recent interviewees include Masa and Genevieve Gauckler.. and there's
more!
Enjoy
watching the results of fusion says Joey Khor creative director of Malaysian
motion graphics studio 
Thinking
of switching to Mac? Mau Sandoval reports on running 
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