Changethethought

Ventilate asked several artists to participate in their recent poster series with the theme ‘2000’. The idea being, ‘what inspired you a decade ago’. I still find it hard to believe that 10 years have passed since the start of the new millenium. The posters are available to download at 300 dpi via YouSendIt. Once again, Joshua Smith (Hydro74) put in a strong showing with a stark graphic vector poster of Darth Vader. That man just knows what he does and does it well.

written by Christopher | tags: 2000, Graphic Design, Joshua Smith, Posters, Ventilate

Nick Tassone is expecting a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in the Spring of 2010. He is majoring in New Media Design & Imaging, encompassing print design, motion graphics, and all other aspects of the creative design world. He recently posted a series of simple movie posters based around the popular novels of Stephen King. You can see them in his Flickr-folio.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Nick Tassone, Posters, Stephen King

Australian design firm SouthSouthWest has some strong identity work in their portfolio that display a meticulous attention to detail that no doubt stems from a strict focus on the outcome of the print process. Press check people.

written by Christopher | tags: Australia, Graphic Design, Identity, SouthSouthWest, Victoria

W+K Studio (Weiden and Kennedy) have a special project going on to help raise money for Mercycorps to help with the Haitian relief effort titled ‘Hand Pulled for Haiti’. You can purchase the posters via the W+K Studio online store. There are some nice silkscreen posters up for purchase and the money goes to a good cause. Kudos to W+K for allowing their people to engage in participating in a project to make a difference. The more I learn about W+K, the more I think it must be a pretty cool place to work.

written by Christopher | tags: Haiti, Mercycorps, W+K Studio, Weiden and Kennedy

Swiss-born but now London-based Daniel Baer has updated his studio website with a few new and striking design projects. I am not sure if the wedding invitations shown above are one of the recent projects but they are one of my favorite pieces in his portfolio.

written by Christopher | tags: Daniel Baer, Editorial, Graphic Design, London, Print

Sanderson Bob Studios has kept busy and recently updated with a few new and unusual projects. The studio was founded by Bob Sanderson, a former Central Saint Martins Graduate and Designers Republic Art Director. The nice thing about the studio’s portfolio is that they have managed to keep the ‘art’ securely in place with the ‘direction’.

written by Christopher | tags: Art Direction, Designers Republic, Graphic Design, Sanderson Bob

Lisbon-based studio Alva looks as though they recently updated their website and portfolio. The piece pictured above is not new but still one of my favorite examples of their work. Even if the update isn’t entirely recent, they are still worth looking into for the uninitiated.

written by Christopher | tags: Alva, Graphic Design, Illustration, Lisbon, Portugal

Brian Gossett has updated with a new website and some new projects. There is some crazy vibrant use of color happening throughout a really well rounded portfolio of design for both motion and print.

written by Christopher | tags: Brian Gossett, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics

Berlin-based graphic designer Till Wiedeck updates with some sharp new graphic design work for print. The triangle has managed to sneak it’s way through 2009 and find it’s way into holographic foil for 2010 (looks sharp though eh?).

written by Christopher | tags: Berlin, Graphic Design, Hello Me, Print, Till Wiedeck

Christopher David Ryan has been really busy lately and has kept updating his Flickr-folio with new examples of his retro-inspired highly considered design and typography layouts. I have always been a fan of his work and his updates do not disappoint.

written by Christopher | tags: Atmostheory, Graphic Design, Retro, Typography

Serious Situations is the portfolio of Simone Magurno who was born in Italy and now works in San Francisco. He has an impressive client roster including the likes of Nike, Microsoft, Xbox, Akqa, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Target and GAP to name a few. He has some slick site design in his portfolio as well as some exceptionally executed digital illustration work. He very recently updated as well.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, San Francisco, Serious Situations, Simone Magurno

Julien from Plastic Bionic has been in touch to let us know about some updates to his portfolio. There is some nice use of color happening throughout his portfolio.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Nantes, Plastic Bionic, Typography

“THE HAITI POSTER PROJECT seeks limited edition sets of posters from artists, designers and design firms from around the world. The donated posters will be sold online to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. As designers, we have the collective ability to do what we love, AND to create a difference. THE HAITI POSTER PROJECT has been conceived as a collective effort by the design community to unite and effect change through our work. In order for this project to be successful, we are counting on designer participation. Our goal is to raise at least: $1,000,000 for Doctors Without Borders.”

They are currently seeking submissions. I will be working something up in the following weeks. Lets hope they can reach their goal.

written by Christopher | tags: Charity, Haiti, Posters, The Haiti Poster Project

Same Tomorrow is the portfolio of New York City based Art Director/ Designer Adam Chang. He has some nice work for interactive and some fine examples of digital illustration in his portfolio. He is currently freelance project work.

written by Christopher | tags: Adam Chang, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interactive, Same Tomorrow

Dan Judge is a designer and printmaker based in Philadelphia who has some really great posters in his Flickr-folio.

written by Christopher | tags: Dan Judge, Graphic Design, Illustration, Philadelphia, Screenprints

Felix Lobelius who is originally from Stockholm but has recently been working in Sydney for Australian design studio There just updated his site and is now on the market for freelance or fulltime placement. He has some wonderful work in his portfolio.

written by Christopher | tags: Australia, Felix Lobelius, Graphic Design, Print

French design studio PNTS has updated with both a new website and added several new works to their collective portfolio.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, collage, France, Graphic Design, PNTS

Los Angeles-based graphic designer and photographer Carlos Tarrats has continued to update his portfolio with some very rational Brockmann-esque work for American Apparrel. Sexy women and angled Helvetica seem to fit together very nicely. He has also added some very nice works to his photography portfolio as well.

written by Christopher | tags: American Apparel, Carlos Tarrats, Graphic Design, Typography