Spotted the work of New Zealand based designer Brogen Averill over at SI Blog, and I'm certainly glad I did. Go take a look
Brogen Averill
Spotted the work of New Zealand based designer Brogen Averill over at SI Blog, and I'm certainly glad I did. Go take a look
Mash Creative: State of the Obvious Posters
For the first in an ongoing set of prints, Mash Creative have created a series of 'Really Useful' posters extending the philosophy and thinking behind the branded 'State of the Obvious®' collection. The four themed posters include Greenwhich Mean Time, Emoticons, Print Sizes and Metric Conversion information and are available in A0, A1 and A2 sizes exclusively from print-process.
Hunt Studio: Update
Melbourne based design group Hunt Studios update. Lovely work as per usual.
Worth mentioning also that their site was developed by the ever talented, Stockholm based, Emil Olsson.
Via Process Journal
From Us With Love
I was curious enough, and perhaps to my amusement, to stumble upon this exhibition (held at Nordiska Museet, Stockholm) all about the modern day 'Dandy' no less. Anyway, on closer inspection I realise the creative curation was brought about by Swedish design group From Us With Love, who have been involved in a number of other rather interesting projects, which needless to say are very much worth delving into.
Stumbled upon at Trendland
5 vs Five vs FIVE vs Channel 5
The last few years have provided us with a wealth of controversial, not to mention rather ugly identity refreshes, and the latest to report is the new Channel 5 identity (above image: bottom right). Yes, it's a bit of a shocker.
It seemed liked no time at all when we first saw Dixon Baxi's more than respectable effort compared to the last iteration. But of course that's to be expected in today's fast moving market; brands need to constantly evolve to reflect their current position and remain competitive. But you'd think that when some these big brands invest so much in all their other brand and marketing assets, they would at least consider the aesthetic a little more than they do. Perhaps there's an argument that the aesthetic achieves little more than vanity in the marketing world. To some extent that may even be true, but regardless shouldn't everything evolve to a better state?
Anyway, if you care to look back, here's a little Channel 5 brand history.
Via Guardian
Salih Kucukaga
Salih Kucukaga has been intouch again, this time to show us his latest identity design project for an Istanbul based restaurant 'Fabrikk'.
Me And Mister Jones: Intuitive Brands
The talented designer duo, Fanny Khoo and Tom Merckx (Ex Equus), have set up a new studio in Antwerp, Belgium. Their new site is up and running, so it's definitely worth heading over to Me And Mister Jones to see some excellent work.
Smile for London: Launch
Winner: Amy Thornley
I managed to get out last night to attend the launch of Smile for London at the Museum of London where by Amy Thornley was announced as overall winner for her piece, 'Spreadsheet Invasion'. 'Smile for London' is an initiative conceptualised by the lovely Jo Kotas & Alex Stevens of the Meme Partnership, and it's aim, to simply brighten the London underground commute with creative motion work.
A good idea for sure, giving good exposure for those involved, inspiring and bringing good creative work to a wider audience, changing moods & perceptions, and hopefully putting smiles on people's faces, and what could be better than that?!
Above are just a few of the entries that I liked, but you can see all the entries here or if you indeed use the London Underground, you can see them from the 17th -28th January. Interesting to note that all the pieces have to, work without sound, which for motion work is normally an integral part. Anyway, enjoy!
Generation press: Hugo & Cat
Shravan Odedra wanted to share these images of the above bound note books, which were sent to clients, with personalised belly wraps and gold wax seals no less. They were printed up by the good guys at Generation press.
Cina Associates: The New Graphic
Now, as design blogs go, there are a number of very good ones out there; some very niche, some focused and some quite general, but one I came across recently was Michael Cina's (Cina Associates) new blog, 'The New Graphic'. Graphic design is the mainstay of the blog, and needless to say I like the content a lot. Worth keeping an eye on for sure.
Diego Maclean: The Art of Drowning
Quite a nice short directed by Diego Maclean, based on the poem “The Art of Drowning” of the author Billy Hakes.
Via Fubiz
Andy Mangold
I don't think I have ever featured Andy Mangold before, which strikes me as odd, as he has got some really good work. Not only this, he has some nice numerals to give away too. Go take a look!
Via I love typography
Build: Latest Works
Build Studio continue to produce intelligent and highly distinctive work, which is of course why you should be heading over to their site right about now.
Tomas Shanahan
Not had any grads on here for a while, not from Melbourne anyway, and considering how complimentary his email was :-), and of course, more for the fact that he already shows some potential, I'd like to introduce Tomas Shanahan.
Sub88:2K11
David Vineïs, a.k.a 'Sub88', has emailed in with a set of minimal desktop wallpapers as well as locked screen iPhone wallpapers, to keep you all organised and up to date this year. You can get them here.
Let's start 2011 with Alex Trochut...
A worthy starter in the form of Mr.Alex Trochut who has a brand new site and ever more diverse work within. Do take a look!
Via FFF