how wired does its covers

Moustache Mugs

these are sweet, if anyone is looking for a gift (even better a gift for me) these are the bomb.The Moustache Mugs by Peter Bruegger and you can order via email.

Banksy Vs teh Bristol museum

wish i could see that. It going on already and it stops on August the 31st. Go people, it's free.

Zurich Chamber Orchestra: Teardrop, Heartbeat, Goosebumps

Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG, Zürich, Switzerland
Creative Director: Axel Eckstein
Art Director: Rob Hartmann
Graphic: Isabelle Bühler
Illustrators: Nadja Stadelmann, Andrea Ulrich
Published: December 2008

(via i believe in advertising)

Talent is Hard Work

Talent is Hard Work from kirby1 on Vimeo.

Creative Scan-and-Draw Color-Changing Pen Design

A color sensor on the top of the pen registers the color of the object you select, which in turn is displayed digitally on the back of the device for verification. Red, green and blue inks are then mixed - much like in a traditional printer - to create your desired color...
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the evolution of a creative

no comments needed
(via no legacy)

how to work better

the dolphins are online

after the release of the new digit site and the closer to our home town last year release of of the now multi-awarded beetroor website, adding to the ever growing list of the minimalistic full screen portfolio site comes the new dolphins website with the added twist of the other big trend of papaervision 3d. To many it might look like a rip-off, of not one but many sites, but to be honest if the brief is to maximize the exposure of your work and minimize all the rest there is not much room left. Personally I think it is a minimalistic approach that I understand and to certain extend I agree with but in many cases, this one not being an exception, I find a inconsistency of the design approach of the site with the design approach of their work. Having said that I have to say that their work is quite stunning and I wish all the best for the future.
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The Trilogy Meter

and with most of that I agree (except maybe the Alien 3 low and the Rambo 2-3 tie)

Objectified poster by build

the work of Alexandre Lins

a great body of work from Alexandre Lins.
Enjoy

new scents packaging by Korres

the always well designed family of products has a new member. Korres made a name for natural health and beauty care products that was mainly distribute to the limited market of pharmacies. For quite a while now Korres is expanding, opening own stores all over the world, form NY to Glasgow and China. But to my knowledge this is the first mass market product and these is some very nice packaging
(via TheDieline)

new site for digit london

the new site for human interaction design studio Digit London is online. Its minimal and with the current trend of full screen video (although the stop motion, short of, animation is a good touch). I like the use of the back background pattern and the clear and unsubmenued menu. The project section is a bit poor (come on people 12 projects is all you got) to the point that someone will think it's a bit elitist. Make sure you check out the contact map, the satellite version (a dream of green all around).
Enjoy

The work of Edwin Tofslie

Great online art direction from Edwin Tosfslie from the San Francisco Bay area
Enjoy

my Beautiful

excellent work from my Beutiful

The Designers Republic is no more

This is a sad day. As far as i know this is the first victim of the global financial crisis and unfortunately is a (personally) very influential firm. So as from January 23, 2009 the Designers Republic call it quits.
Dark times. There is a lot of optimism there though.
Read the full article from Creative Review here

L'Illustre Fabrique

Nice mix of personal and corporate work from two French freelance graphic designers collectively called L'Illustre Fabrique. Some interesting logo, print and illustration work there, clean (mostly for logos) and arty.

I want you to spend a lot

a little late but with the sales coming up...

free fonts from Jacob

free display fonts from the good man Jacob Nylund (see his work here and his blog here) which in the past been part of teams of the likes of Hyper Island, de-construct and North Kingdom among others.



free

offf 2009 is here

via grafik

an enormously big amount of good work from viaGrafik

Who sucks the most? Vote with your gum!

brilliant
more images here

November 4, 2008

pencil drawings!

Saul Bass on titles

The legendary designer speaks in depth about his title sequences.

Via Coudal)

fresh banksy

How to be a good client by number17

by number17

simpsons are/were everywhere

smart graffiti

I love smart graffiti that incorporates real world elements

Mad in spain 08 by group94

the new site for this years design festival mad in Spain, beautifully delivered by group 94, is now online. See all the participants, book tickets or just imagine how nice it would be to be able to make this trip.
Once again kudos to group94 for another premium flash site (although i would like to know whether the noise the background produces, at least while playing the mini meteor game, is intended), well done boys...

greece can be your prison

retro games or real life backgrounds

pure genious

really nice typography collection

again a really nice typography poster collection by smashing magazine
enjoy

nice collection of Buttons, Badges, Pins and Clips

a really nice collection of Buttons, Badges, Pins and Clips over at smashing magazine

wicked graffiti history of evolution.

a very long graffiti portraying the notion of evolution of a street artist
really nice, enjoy

Don't smoke

offf 2008 site

this is the new website for this years offf festival in portugal

enjoy

80 Photoshop Video tutorials

80 Photoshop Video tutorials

rembrandt homer

Crowdsourcing by Charis Tsevis

Charis Tsevis a friend and teacher of mine from back in the days did this cover for the online competition for the cover of the book croudsourcing by Jeff Howe. You can vote for it here

When enough is enough...

Inevitably in every designer’s career there comes a point where you no longer feel that a client is a fit with your business. If you have never had to fire a client, there is sure to be a time when you will. This is unfortunately just a part of doing business that is pretty much...

A nice article on how to dump clients the right way by Positive Space

donna catalogue fall winter 07-08

new work



back to working with donna fashion catalogue for fall/winter 07/08



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design walk 2008

The 2008 design walk (the second year in the installment) has come and gone. This year the focus (in my eyes at least) was more on projects for the events rather than presenting the offices (and in some cases last year the work) of the teams. I am not sure if it should be just the one or the other. I think a blend of both would be ideal especially if the studio projects were supported by some work in progress. The you would be a useful thing for everyone. Students and young creatives would learn, clients would get accustomed with the process and professional would be able to discuss and collaborate.
Overall a good event bringing attention to the Greek design scenes that needs it. Kudos to the organizers

idea-designer-feedback-client

(via ffffound)

create your web pallete

this is wicked! I don't know how long has this been out there but it's really good. Create a color pallete in multiple ways and in an array of combinations and then use it for your web design project (or even export it for a variety of programs including photoshop an illustrator)
Nice!

Design Matters s05 Launches on Jan 18

Design Matters Season Five Launches on January 18th!

with:
January 18: Chip Kidd
January 25: Eric Kandel
February 1: Kurt Andersen
February 8: Vaughan Oliver
February 15: Jonah Lehrer
February 22: Petrula Vrontikis
February 29: Stefan G. Bucher
March 7: Laurie Rosenwald
March 14: Jeffrey Zeldman
March 28: Abbott Miller
April 11: Robynne Raye
April 18: All Music Show with DJ and Designer Michael Hodgson
April 25: Lawrence Weiner


(via quipsologies)

top 10 wired illustrations

Wired picked its top 10 wired illustrations for the year 2007

Chuck Norris facts

old but still good.Won't stop laughing.

ELEMENTS OF BRANDING

a corporate branding periodic table, sweet!




Built by Kolbrener, a corporate branding agency

(via 1+1=3)

Scott King Projects

Had seen this a long time ago and it made an impression on me but i didn't know who it was from. Thanks to NewsToday now i do. It was done Scott King and here you can see the whole series and other very interesting projects.

enjoy

new temp hi-res site

sp330.com on xhilarate

sp330.com is featured on xhilarate.com.
Thanks guys

design offices

the places we work (or wished to)

Book Autopsies

carvings on books

onyro is being redesigned

Onyro.gr is being redesigned. For the time being they have these nice splash page (which you can download the psd file of).
Give us a date boys

(digg it)

Faces in Places!

a collection of objects that look like faces (or better cropped images that you can see faces in them). I always though of doing that (collecting them that is).

(via the brilliance)

100 (Legal) Sources for Free Stock Images

nice blog post of a list of free stock images sites

blu wall animation

nice hand drawn animation on the wall by blu

(via newstoday)

the new photoshop logo

read this, i couldn't agree more.
such a shame! whyyyyy?

wicked collection of 404 pages

it's still annoying to come across a "404 page not found"
but its always better if its a clever or a well designed one.

what coffe you are ordering

nice. All those fancy names for coffee, that are anything but self-explanatory, were always causing my headaches. This is a nice piece of infographics explaining that is in the coffee you are ordering.

best free designers software list

best free designers software list

cats ass tattoo

(via 72dpi.cn)

on my desk

a blog where designers give you a tour of their desk/work place

nice

technologia animal

wanna eat in Los Angeles??

plates with major cities plans and all the important stuff higjlighted, nice

(via human is human)

dubois meets fugger

nice simple animation and webdesign over at the new site for dubois meets fugger by studio plum

mecanismo's Post-It Jesus Christ in Chile