The design conference ‘Build‘ is putting some strong food out there for design thought including this great talk from Frank Chimero who the more I learn about the more I like.
Be sure to click the link and check out several other talks from the Build Conference that I would very much like to attend.
I don’t usually blog about other blogs but let’s face it most of what is out there on blogs is being generated by other blogs, email submission, tweets and really in totality the exchange of electronic media. It’s cyclical. What it’s starting to come down to is what some of my friends like to call ‘content Djaying’ or in other words ‘curation’.
Visual Journal is a blog run by Oslo-based Swedish Graphic Designer Joakim Jansson who works as a senior designer at the multi-disciplinary agency Bleed. He’s relatively new on the ‘content DJaying’ scene but I really like the tracks he is laying down so far.
The above image is comes from the studio work of Teacake.
Designer Kevin Stanley Harris on Designer Kevin Stanley Harris: “I have honest intentions. It would make me happy if we made something together. I don’t know how electricity works. I just moved to NYC. I was born in the 90’s.”
Australian designer Mark Gowing is churning out some clean contemporary design work out of his base in Sydney. He’s keeping things minimal but doing it right.
Justin Blyth is a multi-faceted and multi-talented individual who has also occasionally dropped a post on Changethethought from time-to-time. Lately he has been curating some exceptional tee through Blood is the New Black and running his always inspirational curated image blog Them Thangs. Aside from all of that he still manages to find time to create experimental art and design work. In short, he’s awesome.
Art Director/designer Aaron Melander has worked as a Senior Art Director under some big roofs, like Target and Saatchi and Saatchi. So it should come as no surprise that he has some tasty work happening throughout his portfolio.
Flora Fauna World’s work has been at the center of a few hotbutton creative disputes in the past but despite all of that they still continue to crank out some sincerely kick ass gig posters for some great bands. They have been busy lately and their site has seen a recent update of some excellent new poster work.
One of our favorite KDU-backed black and white pop-culture enthusiast illustrators Josh Vanover sent us word this morning that he had updated his ever-inspiring body of work at Spaceknuckle. Design copywriter Matthew Newton recently interviewed Josh at the always-amazing blog and online design zine Computer Love as well. Wicked evil good stuff homie, thanks for the heads up.
New Zealand studio Inhouse Design has updated with some classic and tasty new graphic design for packaging and branding.
The Demian Conrad Design studio is based in Lausanne, Switzerland and recently completed a large project for the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, referred to locally as ‘LUFF’. The project features some unusual posters that when seen through the proper glasses reveal some disturbing images. Demian’s been cranking out some excellent Swiss design work from day 1. Ahh to live and design in Switzerland.
“Flydende Lava is a multidisciplinary studio and the moniker of The Danish Design School student Daniel Siim.”
Daniel has some good stuff in there.
I’ll just come out and say from my personal pulpit that in my humble opinion Thomas Traum is kind of awesome. His strange ethereal abstract work has drawn in the attention of equally awesome people like Universal Everything and he has recently updated his website with a big tasty page of delectable, bright and shiny strangeness.
Brighton based studio Red Design has updated with several new projects ranging across a diversified style anchored by a classic modernist approach.
Designer Nicholas Felton infamous personal annual reports have become the stuff of graphic designerd’s lore in the past few years. He has recently released his 2010 report focusing this time on paternity.
Portuguese design studio Alva sent a note that they have recently updated their Flickr folio with a lot of new print work. It’s colorful, bright and sometimes strange in the way that has made me a big fan of what they do.
In celebration of their 6th year in business Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi who make up studio Sonnenzimmer are offering their wonderful collection of posters for only 20 bucks each. Time to stock up on some new art.
Independent UK based studio Berg has updated their Editions of 100 collection featuring original limited edition works encompassing art, design & photography.
Stockholm based Museum Studio updates with a few more of the quirky and somewhat strange projects that you either love them or hate them for (either way they are hard to ignore).
