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Design anywhere digital culture NEWS // October 2008
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colors brought to you by Booreiland platform
for creative productions.
He's a Swede
man living in Paris and does extravagant illustrations or smallish characters
for a living. Please meet Carl Johanson.
Make room
for traditional meets modern for fashion label Sentis.
Overflowing with gorgeous on-location photography of the latest collection
shot by Claudia Knoepfel and Stefan Indiekofer, website produced by Dein Alltag.
If you
attended either one of the sessions I gave at Create Chaos / MOGO / WDDConference,
I told you that the sessions pres would be available online. These
are provided in outlined versions, since content live differs
each time — here
goes:
Online the brand is you! session
Being creative is NOT a job! session
Navigate by clicking top * and clicking again to reveal the PILLS
I have prepared this easy to bookmark page Create
Chaos / MOGO / WDDConference — Sessions
Material which contains links to pres as well as
additional reading material.
If you would like to inquire about
my lecturing availabilities — don't hesitate — I love empowering
people.
Chris Dent has made huge strides since graduating from Camberwell College of Arts. At 23 he is quickly earning a status and has had recognition from Paul Insect who selected him as one of the top 3 young illustrators in the UK.
His intricate pen work explores the energy of street culture through densely informative drawings of cityscapes.
Chris Kerrigan is a photographer with an eclectic assemblage of pictures. He definitely has a tendency towards capturing food sometimes in a cultural contexts.
Fantastic pictures and flash website for Mike Walsen whose photography is superb and best described by his own words: “When you dream there are no rules, people can fly, anything can happen.”
NM706i is one of Nokia's product and the intro - just let it scroll is a funny movie that exploits stereotypes and other human reactions to beauty and not in a pejorative way. Produced for the Japan market, watching the images are worth a thousand words.
A geek friend of mine (Brian Alvey) recently launched Obsessable, which as you've probably guessed it, “covers the latest in the world of technology, including cell phones, cameras, and HDTVs — obsessively, of course. Obsessable is powered by the rapid content development engine, Crowd Fusion.”
So you know, they are currently not taking platform customers but toying and testing their model.
Above little jewel was produced by ONY.Musetti a design and flash powerhouse from Russia who have a stunning website and brochette of clients as well.
Horacio Salinas approach to phography veers on the side of literal transliteration of the topic he covers with some sustained levels of complacency in decadent luxury items and sometime even gory details to drive the point.
The compositions are sometimes asking for a double-take to get it.
The
UpDharmaDown is a Filipino band that won the In The Raw Award
and their eclectic music give them the leverage to stand above most local
bands.
We Give in
Sometimes video was directed and animated by Acid
House, illustrations by Inksurge and
photography by Everywhereweshoot.
Beautiful - just beautiful!
Sidual
Apparel is a streetwear brand and collection and all clothing is
designed and produced by artists in Vancouver, CA. Gotta love the nice
people showing off the collection in their new website.
thisislove™ mash
more than jello as a design studio who can deliver seriously creative
projects. It is a multidisciplinary platform and their projects pretend
to question the process of creation and interaction between people, objects
and signs. They make ideas real, with a great eye for detail and hidden
meanings, without intending any particular sense of style to establish
a cool normality.
DHNN is
an independent visual communication studio from Argentina who put out
a stunning portfolio.
I
had the privilege to serve on the ADAA
jury alongside Gaby Brink who, then, was just on the verge of reinventing
and launching a new design studio based on a collaborative model with
a group of interdisciplinary likeminded individuals.
Now after a year — presenting Tomorrow
Partners 
website.
Seasoned professionals who have not lost their edge are delivering
powerful brand and advertising messages.
Hola!
Completely revamped from top to bottom! Yummy: “Domestika es
un proyecto orientado a promover el valor del diseño como herramienta
de cambio en la sociedad.”
Hats off to my long time friends!
Short
film released a few weeks ago for Quercus that reminds people about the
importance of not giving up on the fight against Global
Warming. Agency: McCann Erickson Portugal.
Totally for raising awareness but this one, is quite a shocker.
Here
is another advertising clip based on an original idea by Joshua Allen
Harris and produced by Ogilvy/NY for the “Help save the planet. Ride
don't drive”. What a totally awesome concept - using inflatable
bears over hot air vents to make the point!
A couple of years ago I wrote Unassigned,
the future calls for submissions, kind of a manifesto with a plea
to bring on the dreamers aiming that we, creatives, designers,
artists can change the world.
Monika
Motor is
an excellent photographer! Luv how she professionally captures people
in all kind of settings. Portrait, fashion and lifestyle shots are
all done with a high level of lively vibrancy.
Nice
way to kick-start the week and be challenged to meet and deliver design
projects. Mike Harrison (who is
just 23 years old) just kick my butt with some incredibly personal and
creative takes on what graphic design and illustrations should be about.
Indulge in fresh!
Nils
Völker is young and attempting to be smack on the pulse of
design with his corporate identity, graphic design and print projects.
Dollies
and pastels and soft and edgy projects for Teatime
studio which is a creative studio established in 2002 at Barcelona
by Sebastián Litmanovich.
In
this hemisphere, Sartoria Vico's
brand new winter knitwear collection is just right, to keep warm. I'm
pretty sure I have tropical blood and don't like to be cold - but the
collection offers out of the usual path ideas that arae hand made in
a small factory in Italy.
The sciarpone and cuffia are
exactly what I need.
Established
in 2002 by Dean Eastment, hypr is a design
studio with an “eye for details”. Their website veers more
on the side of an interactive experiment rather a than traditional portfolio
by making use of one super visual, their logo. Centering the interface
it is served in different sightings by choosing a section in the black
upper band offering an imaginative idea-based rather project based navigation.
Fuelled
by imagination and trade skills Gazz is
a collective of live action, animation and motion graphic design production.
I like that upon landing on their page there is a slide show of some
of their work which is either build with cardboard, clay or illustration.
Each producers have load of experience and visual goodness to keep you
busy watching for a while.
Don't miss their awesome reel!
Jasmax is
a big architecture practice in New Zealand and they have chosen to build
a flash immersive website. I am kind of ambivalent with so much fast
moving boxes. No doubt, they have the expertise and delivered projects
in a wide range of industry and each sections contains beautiful pictures.
What do you make of it?
Migy relaunches
and is full to the brim with hard drinking vikings and pickup driving
ducks. Worth a look as it will make you smile.
The Shift
Calendar Competition started in 2003 with an aim to discover fresh
creators. For the 6th competition of this year we have received 1,572
entries from 42 countries. 12 carefully selected works will decorate
each month of the Shift calendar, which will be on sale from October
20th and appeared in shops and galleries around the world.
Wolda is
proud to announce the winners of its inaugural 2008 edition: 192 logos
selected from almost 1100 entries from 43 different countries worldwide.
Bob
London has this particularity: quirky line art illustrations where
the characters feel realistic yet a bit out of shape.
Definitely
not an ordinary girl with ordinary work. Leesa
Leva claims: “I'm
an artist/illustrator/dork available for freelance projects, exhibitions,
etc. I'm 5'8", missed the 60s by a hair, and in my spare time enjoy speculating
about how nanotech will solve everything.”
Stuning
and gorgeous graphic work for mostly print editorial and installation
designs by Les produits
de l'épicerie which is the duo work portfolio of Philippe
Delforge and Jérôme Grimbert. Don't miss the pictures of
the Get off my cloud installation.
Matthew
Dent aka State28 is a talented
illustrator who is currently available for freelance assignments or an
in-house design gig.
Xavi
Requeno is an interior architect, designer and furniture maker
with a very nice website to show his projects. The website was produced
by Topo a well-rounded design studio.
Kareem
Black specializes in lifestyle and portrait photography with attitude!
Lots and lots of attitude which is defined as the courage to express
who you are! Definitely a sharp shooter who dwelves in the glam of
spotlights.
Be
prepared! No kidding, blackbeltmonkey (dgital
design and communication) is about to punch you K.O. with an outstanding
flash website that delivers a humoristic approach and top notch technical
merit. Be prepared for click upon click of web marvelling! So, refreshing!
A-Side is
a graphic design and illustration studio set in the UK with a global
reach. “From concept to crafting the final experience we defy constricting
styles and rather move with the tempo of the terrain. When the process
is good that positive energy becomes transparent in the final product.”
Nice logo too.
Cecilia
Carlsedt is
one of those illustrator who have made a place for themselves in the
fashion industry. Though I total hate the sliding pop-up windows (perhaps
someone may want to contact her and offer to update her website) -
her work is a reflection what is culturally perceived as elegant. Her
silhouettes perspective are very good.
Doyon-Rivest is
a pair of artists who take inspiration from the methods and aesthetics
of the advertising industry and commerce to create works of art. Using
interdisciplinary openness to address issues in both contemporary art
and the world of advertising.
Althought
the naming is a bit ackward - I can assure you that Les
illustrations de lapin author ain't ackward when it comes to illustrations.
His lineart looks spontaneous and his 3D perspective pretty good. He's
good with people and vintage cars.
Ryan
McGinness is a busy body who would make anyone envious of his multiple
shows and press coverage. He does spiroglyph like paintings, installations,
pop-sculptures, screen printing and even this dress, made of 1" buttons.
Prolific? In his case, it is an understatement.
He's got an upcoming show at Artcore titled: Aesthetic
Comfort.
Words
only? Why not, Marken Personal is
a german based recruiting company that uses flash panning frames to make
their pitch.
Determining
what kind of font, text size and height is a guessing game that Typchart facilitates.
You can grap the CSS and incorporate. For more resources visit our toolbox.
Since
your last visit, itte
studio has grown up into a beautiful gentleman, Sir
Alan The Gallant ;
a man of honour, taste, savoir-vivre... and shoes.
These girls are awesome!
Kenn
Goodall is a talented visual artists whose work cover people, places,
situations, paint, pencil, ink, photoshop, collage. He gets his inspiration
from the past, present and sometimes the future.
His sketchbooks are amazing!
AmpersandAmpersand is
the art and design collaboration between Mark Byk and Kristine Tortora
and do a lot of printmaking as well as holding art shows once a month
in the space.
Accurately, their work involves lots of typography and ink.
Mark
Allen Miller is an illustrator who aims at striking a balance between
retro images and modern sensibilities.
Hard
to resist! Sprinkles Cupcakes have
turned the humble thumbler into a royal treat. Luv their identity and
packaging and the myriad choices all decorated superbly and Candace Nelson
and hubby are filling sweet tooth cravings in the great tradition of
home made cakes.
Cake anyone?
Idéia
Forte is a meritocratic centric agency whose projects seek to tackle
what is different but rooted in their values, like fellowship, to engage
their clients and viewers in a valuable relationship.
They have produced this little jewel
film which takes you inside the creative process and
wild world of Bruno 9li metaphorical
art, drawing a chaotically ordered world populated by animals and weird
characters.
No
Code is a non commercial website dedicated to photographic creativity
and experimentation. Only registered members may access, exchange and
contibute freely to the evolution of the site. No Code registration
only works on invitation - contact them if interested.
He's
going to blow your mind away, Still
on the run is the online portfolio of multidisciplinary designer
Emeric Trahand aka Tksh. He masters visual fx and his compositions and
concepts top grade. Imagination on warp, skills on fire, that guy is
good! Really-really-really good!
Atelier
Telescopique keeps on extending
the fun and funk on all kinds of surface and the assignments complete
show just that. Hats off to this talented design collective.
Designminstrel
new Account Executives
vs. Designers song!
Not
your average photographer, Morgane
Le Gall is
ingenious and plays on geometrics in an almost strict or rigid visual
grid to create absolutely gorgeous pictures that look more like sculptures
than flat 2D. Some include collage like retouching.
NGD
Design is home to talented Nazario Graziano and in his design portfolio
you can see how he uses mix media compositions to deliver quirky and
unconventional communication solutions.
Luv his work!
Although Christof
Nardin website is in construction and a limited range of projects
are available from this talented art director, could not pass showing
you this beautiful poster and the staging for the photograph.
You
can see the MadinSpain'08 open titles, created by Helio
Vega with the collabo of Marcelo
Baldin with the music.
Anne
Mie Dreves is
a Denmark based photographer who is versatile in all her assignments.
Gotta luv the Mind Lab series with the white emphasis which draws you
into the color. Her portraits, lifestyle and packaging series are excellent
too.
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