When one thinks of collage, it’s usually something . . . scrapbooky. Not always the case.
Here’s some clever modernist-influenced work by Lisbon-based artist Cristiana Couceiro. Love the hint of Univers and the careful subtle essences of Lester Beall, Bradbury Thompson, Tschichold . . .
Found via the blog of Robert L. Peters
Watch this beautiful title sequence for Francis Ford Coppola’s TETRO. Designed by SFAUSTINA. Both avant garde and not at the same time.
And . . . I’ve always wondered why so many motion picture title sequences end with a shot of a bus.
Found via Twitter.com/Typegirl
Wine label inspired by the work (and life) of font designer Eric Gill (1882-1940). Student-designed project.
‘Graphic designers were never meant to set type . . . That’s what typesetters are for.’
I’m not even sure who said this, it was early on; probably college. Possibly a printer, maybe Roger. Roger would say stuff like that. He’d swear to the ‘ITC god’ and he had the old dusty Varitype machine sitting in the corner to prove it. [Read more →]
Like Helvetica? Like the Swiss International Style?
Armin Hofmann’s Graphic Design Manual (1965) is what I learned out of – and if it weren’t out of print, I’d be using it in my basics classes. (right now, I have a few slides made from my dog eared edition as part of a form lecture)
Graphic Design Manual breaks composition into basics: dot, line, confrontation, plus letters and signs. And it shows by example how these basics can be applied to good, clean graphic design: form, composition, typography.
I’ve seen it going for upwards of 90 bucks in some listings. As I write this, there are 22 used available at Amazon starting at $4.10.
Photo by Live2Ski
The Polaroid instant camera is no more, the film factory shut its doors June 2008; taking with it the smelly magic that came from a photograph that would develop right in front of your eyes.
While an Impossible Project may bring the technology back (Polaroid’s chemical components are no longer available), one can still get the basic effect thru a nice little digital-manipulation thing called Poladroid.
Found via Ashley Simko’s blog.
Found via Reserves on TwitPic
Plus, there’s some more Evolution of Logos charts at the Best Ad blog.
And, here’s a link to the ‘official’ Pespi rebrand strategy proposal [pdf]. The most involved snow job in the history of brand design. Worth downloading and . . . reading with awe!
i’m digging all this
I’ve had these merchandise ideas for a few years and just never got around to building them until recently. Production issues always held me up . . . so did fulfillment, pricing . . . inventory . . . [Read more →]
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