01.27.09
Comments Off on Famous Visual ServicesGraphic Design
Est. in 2003 under the direction of Dominic Forde, Famous Visual Services is a graphic design studio based in Melbourne, Australia. Solid work fills their book.
01.26.09
Comments Off on Wolff OlinsGraphic Design
A lot of gaggle (or grip on the streetwise tip) of rock solid design work from agency Wolff Olins. They have been around the block a time or two with over 500 clients. Yikes.
Comments Off on Eunsang LeeGraphic Design
There is some really unusual graphic design work in the portfolio of Eunsang Lee. I like the approach. It doesn’t look like a lot of what I have seen out there lately.
01.25.09
Comments Off on Pedro Vilas-BoasGraphic Design
Really interesting and wildly colorful work from Pedro Vilas-Boas. Some of it really jumps out at you. He’s not afraid to just go a little crazy and I really like that.
Via good ‘ole CPLUV.
01.24.09
Comments Off on Colors and the KidsGraphic Design
A really diverse and often totally unexpected body of work lies within the portfolio of the quirky and interesting Colors and the Kids. One of the more intriguing portfolios I have surfed through in a while.
Comments Off on Marco MullerGraphic Design
Some nice clean contemporary work in the portfolio of Marco Muller.
Comments Off on I Would Like To Be A PonyGraphic Design
There are some really nice layouts using clean and simple typography in the portfolio of Benjamin Lambinet.
Comments Off on Carlos TarratsGraphic Design
There is some really nice clean layouts for the ever-controversial American Apparel in the portfolio of Carlos Tarrats.
01.23.09
Comments Off on Changethethought for Omega CodeCtt News
I finished my Omega Code poster today and sent it off to their open call for submissions. I was super impressed with what people were creating and really wanted to be a part of it. I designed the poster to specs, sized at B1 (close to 24 x 36 inches) at 300 dpi. There were close to 80 layers in and it weighed in at almost 7 gigs. Photoshop wouldn’t even allow me to save it at one point so I had to go back through and crunch everything just to be able to save it.
I actually really like their music and wanted to create something a little darker that suggested mysticism. I felt like something like that was really appropriate for their sound. A lot of my work used to slant to the darkside, and I have lightened up a lot in the last few years. Mellowing with age I guess but I still remember my rock days of lore. So when called upon I can bring the heavy metal thunder.
Comments Off on Filip KleremarkGraphic Design
Here is a little about Filip, in his own words from his website:
“Filip Kleremark
Thinker, maker, doer.
I’m very passionate about my work and have a hunger for problems that need creative solving. I have an interest in digital media and the way we interact with things in our daily life. I want to create solutions for brands that engage, brands that also believe in a better future, brands that believe creativity can gain commercial success. I’d like to tell stories people want to hear and give the audience what they might need, not what they already have or have seen before. I want people to react and interact with good ideas, therefore I aim to create work that stays alive, not campaigns that are hot at the moment and forgotten about in a month. Trends show you how to follow, not lead. I want to challenge boundaries and constantly evolve myself and the industry. I’m open to new methods of working, new technology and driven by innovation.
The ad of the future is not an ad.”
He was kind enough to email me about himself and his work and I was really impressed. Thank you Filip.
Comments Off on TDR Closed for BusinessGraphic Design
I just read at FFF that The Designers Republic closed it’s doors this week on Tuesday after 23 years in the design business. I was really sad to hear it. TDR was one of the first shops I discovered when I was still very young, around 19 or so, during college and said to myself, ‘I want to do that’.
I think they were a huge influence on a lot of us in the late 90’s, and I know many of us would not have been spurred on to become graphic designers had it not been for their guiding inspiration.
Needless, to say times are tough right now, and it has been sad to see not just TDR, but a lot of great places closing their doors. We will miss you TDR, and thank you for being such a lasting source of inspiration and creating such beautiful design work. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.
01.22.09
Comments Off on Christopher HewittGraphic Design
Designer/Motionographer/Photographer Christopher Hewitt has launched a new website featuring a broad range of solid creative work. The site itself was designed by Suprb and is so damned good looking I had to just post a picture of the site itself.
Comments Off on Justin BlythIllustration
There is some nice work for both print and motion in the recently launched portfolio of Justin Blyth.
Comments Off on Me and Mister JonesGraphic Design
“Me and Mister Jones comprises of the creative duo Fanny Khoo and Tom Merckx. This husband-and-wife team has done work for Absolut Vodka, several Antwerp fashion brands, ICI-Dulux to name a few, and have set up creative projects such as The Flink Paper and The UseAgain Exhibition whilst being featured in numerous publications from Victionary and Die Gestalten Verlag and magazines like +81, Dazed and Confused, IDEA, Studio Voice etc.”
Via the Krop Creative Database, which was something new to me and looks like it could be a really great way to host your creative portfolio.
Comments Off on Nazario Graziano PrintsGraphic Design
01.21.09
Comments Off on BuamaiGraphic Design
“In Thai, buamai translates to ‘are you bored?’ We created this site to become a massive image library (in due time) that would eventually kill time when we (or anyone) are bored. For now, the people posting images on Buamai is a closed collective, but we might open the flood gates in the future. So, if you are ever bored, click away! Buamai was created by Michael Paul Young.”
That’s Michael Paul Young from You Work For Them. It looks like a really cool site so far with a weird enough slant to make it interesting. I like the idea of keeping it tightly curated. Problem is that also requires a lot of selfless devotion. It will be interesting to see if they can keep it going. I hope they do because the WWFT/YWFT guys always have good ideas that are worth supporting.
We thank you for the new source of inspiration Michael.
Be warned, posters featuring boobs, banana gobbling women, swamp dogg and dragons ahead. That’s the right kind of warning if you ask me.
Comments Off on Early GriffinGraphic Design
Early Griffin was established out of the love of the handmade screen printing process and also in order for it’s authors to be able to work with artists they love and admire. The posters are released in editions of 50 and series of 3 featuring different artist in each series.
There are some really nice posters here and each is a unique and beautiful piece of art.
01.20.09
Comments Off on Changethethought Print: UpdatesCtt News
I have been working hard on some new prints for this year and there are a couple new bits and pieces in my print portfolio. I am still working on several new prints and should be printing some new posters for 2009 sometime in the next few weeks. I will also be printing some larger format posters (18 x 24 inches) including the poster shown above. I am also working on a very large format print (A1) for the DATA (Designers Against Tibetan Abuse) show that will take place this summer. If I am not mistaken the show will be in London but don’t quote me on that. I may even try to attend since I have yet to visit London and desperately want to do so.
Thank you for your readership. There has been a big upsurge in traffic which has been great to see. I promise to keep this thing rolling as long as you are out there rocking. Thank you.
