PAULA SCHER ///
As a designer that does commercial work, I gotta love Paula Scher: “Many talented young designers today have abandoned their roles as improvers of the general visual environment. Many only want to work on cultural work, or not-for-profit work, or on projects they perceive as “good-for-society” which may have a high profile within the design...
ZEPTONN ///
I found this art director/illustrative designer, Zeptonn, through the wonderful blog Doodlers Anonymous. Browsing his portfolio you will see how his characters sneak onto any item and make it exciting, whether it be a mural, apparel, print collateral. The bottom line is: Cute, fun, strong “vectorish” graphics that all make me giggle with joy. Sold!...
CLIENTS FROM HELL ///
Clients from hell is a wonderful site sharing some of the great things that can come from working with clients as a creative. some of my favorites are “Can you take the bottle out of her hand, we don’t want to make it seem like we are against breast feeding.” “You can take off $1289.86...
AREAWARE FLASHLIGHT ///
Recently found out about Areaware, a design company in NYC that manufacturers and distributes some really nice products. The artwork and goods are designed by pretty nice roster of industrial designers. The wooden flashlight above really caught my attention.
Advertising / Architecture / Art / Book Design / Culture / Design / Education / Fashion / Film / Good Folk / Illustration / Industrial Design / Photography / Print / Technology / Typography / Web
TFAL RELAUNCH ///
Our good friends over at Thinking For a Living™ have just re-launched their site! The new site makes good use of some innovative navigational techniques and has a slew of great resources, articles, links and more. Make sure to check them out and visit often.
DOLLAR REDE$IGN PROJECT ///
This Dollar ReDe$ign Project I came across looks awesome.
BLACK & WHITE CLOCK ///
I love the idea behind this concept clock that changes to be black during the day and white at night. The individual figures are hung individually on the wall and are battery-operated. I came across it at Kibardindesign.
TYPE POSTERS ///
Smashing Magazine put together a large collection of typographic posters from around the world check them out HERE
ANDY GILMORE ///
I could look at Andy Gilmore’s work all day long; the patterns, the colors, the rhythm and repitition all work together so harmoniously. Gilmore is a Rochester, NY based artist and designer, you can find some of his work here and/or here.
Advertising / Architecture / Art / Book Design / Culture / Design / Education / Fashion / Film / Illustration / Music / Photography / Technology / Web
THIRTY CONVERSATIONS ON DESIGN ///
I have been doing nothing but watching these as of late. What a great idea, we have started a new Good Folk series of interviews along the same lines and we can’t wait to sure them with you all.
REBRANDING AMERICA ///
PaperMag invited 15 visual communicators to re-brand the good ‘ole U.S. of A. Click here to see the results! (Thanks Phil)
