NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & FORTY NINE.
August09
Jessica Hische and Russ Maschmeyer have put together a neat series of video tutes for us Print Designers/Photographers/generally non-web savvy creatives whose ‘folio sites could use some help. Um, YES!
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & THIRTY SEVEN.
March15
Here’s a great article pitched at young designers; Doug Bartow, principal of id29 shares his top 29 things a designer should know and do. Plus you can go buy the poster over here. Right?
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & THIRTY TWO.
March14
Sydney based designer James Kape is going places, namely The Big Apple. In the hopes of landing a junior position at a reputable agency, he’s created these pretty great portfolios - they’re hand-crafted by an artisan book binder using brown box cover and a strip of yellow buckram on the binding. The cover title was letterpressed and the interior pages were printed digitally. Running with that typically Australian sense of informality, Jame’s casual ‘designer most days’ title belies his obvious talent. It doesn’t hurt that he has a particularly nice body of work to present (this kid hasn’t even graduated yet?! FML.)
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY.
October19
This ‘Semi-Sort-Of-Comic’ by America’s favourite illustrator Frank Chimero (I have no actual stats to back that up, this statement is based solely on the numerous re-occurrence of his name on the blogs I frequent), is a lovely example of the creative process. Plus it references cats and Chuck Norris, so it’s definitely destined to go viral. Inspired by an equally neat, although not quite as humourous Semi-Sort-Of-Comic by Jessica Hische.
Found via swissmiss
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTEEN.
October12
I came across the work of Mind Design via this identity work they completed for London based modeling agency TESS, who represent well established names such as Naomi Campbell and Erin O’Connor. Logos with varied incarnations are so on trend right now, but this is one of the better examples I’ve seen - I particularly like the fact that the logos are created using art deco framing elements, which are then carried right across the portfolios of the models. To me, it’s an intelligent and well thought out application of a current trend.
Mind have a really nice body of other projects too, worth checking out.
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & TWELVE.
October03
I’ve just ordered my copy of This Year I Will Try Not To, a limited edition 28 page zine, printed in black on newsprint stock.
A joint effort of Elliott Scott and Christopher Doyle’s, the 405 x 295mm booklet is a tongue in check investigation of recent design trends and the ease with which we creatives are seduced into appropriating said ideas.
A limited run of 1000 copies, each hand numbered, are being sold, so get in quick for yours!
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UPDATE OCTOBER 12
Received my copy in the mail yesterday (no. 117/1000). It’s very cool, and sitting happily on our studio’s coffee table encouraging perusal. At ten bucks a pop, can I encourage my readers to support local design initiated projects and get themselves a copy!
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & SEVEN.
September19
Helsinki based illustrator and designer Janine Rewell has some particularly nice work in her portfolio. Although, I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or be entirely disturbed by the human installation ‘Tan the Man’, a short-term ‘illustration’ achieved using vinyl stickers and a solarium (see below).
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & THREE.
September14
The Visual Mixtape is a series of 22x28” posters by Noa Emberson, commemorating 25 of his favourite albums of recent times. Thoughtful design meets impeccable music taste in this rad personal project.
NUMBER NINETY.
June13
Jonathan Barnbrook is the London based designer behind the brilliant identity for Sydney’s 17th Biennale. His creative agency, Barnbrook, specializes in typeface design, motion graphics and a variety of digital design, working from the ethos that ‘design is a culturally valid from of expression with something to say’.
NUMBER EIGHTY TWO.
May06
Thank You Too is a personal project initiated by Jaochim Baan and Hugo Verweij of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The concept is simple enough: a booklet of 30 different business-card-sized cards, each printed with a short thank you message, such as You’re different. Thank you. or I feel like a kid. Thank you. The idea being to give them to a friend or a stranger, or to pop one into a book in the library or a bookstore, or even into the bag of an unknown passerby. It’s a beautiful thought, aiming to bring a little appreciation and happiness to the people around you.
