Grids in the Wild
Snow acrylic, ink, magazine photo on panel 8″ x 8″ 2010 Shipbreaking, Yosemite Valley acrylic, ink, magazine photo on panel 18″ x 11″ x 2″ 2012 Palouse Falls with Containers 2 oil on canvas 70″ x 48″ 2012 Denali National…
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The Black Keys Gig Poster by DKNG Studios via laughingsquid
The Black Keys Gig Poster by DKNG Studios via laughingsquid Tagged: design, iconolith, color, posters via my Tumblr
Foot Sticker Concept from Frieke Severs
I absolutely love this “foot sticker” by Frieke Severs, done as an independent graduation project at Nike EMEA. The minimalist concept for traction and foot protection, employing the use of various materials based on the requirements of an activity are…
Michael Bierut on the Creativity of Problem Solving
Michael Bierut shares projects from his notebooks that exemplify his passion for problem solving.
Digging Daily Drop Cap
have to say that I’m digging the fine work over at Daily Drop Cap. Normally, I just don’t make much use of them because it can be so time consuming to find that perfect letter to showcase, but all of…
General Dynamics Ads and Annual Reports (Vintage)
Eric Nitsche is posting (Flickr) the graphically stunning design work done for General Dynamics’ ads and annual reports. Power for Peace advertisement
RISD Alumni Art Sale
This Saturday, 03 May 2008, is the Rhode Island School of Design’s Spring Alumni Art Sale (whew, say that 10 times). Since I live in Alaska I won’t be going, but am delighted to be able to look through some…
A Personal Annual Report
Nicholas Felton has designed the Feltron, an annual report to summarize his personal experiences in 2007. Brilliant and beautiful. [via pica+pixel]
One Designer’s Reflection on Unused Work
Last year, for his presentation at the HOW Conference Armin Vit took a look at sample of 100 of his old logo designs, either ignored or discarded after other designs had been selected by clients, and attempted to extrapolate meaning.…
Graphic Design History: Backfill
In graphic design, as with all other creative professions, it is just as important to know what came before you as it is to have a vision for where you are going. Surfing around this afternoon, I came across The…
Inappropriate Touching?
Is it possible to enjoy the feel of a web site too much? You know, in a way that is flattering it at first, but then you can’t stop because of one overly-gratifying, sexy feature it has? Is there a…
Lipsum Cuffs
I’d really like to have one of these – but I would LOVE to have two so I could run around like Wonder Woman deflecting poorly set type with my giant bracelets. You know, like a sort of anal-retentive super…
Philippe Starck on Design
I’m a big fan of the TED Talks, brief snippets of visionary inspiration, and what better time to catch up on them than while I’m typesetting course guides for work. Perfect. Mind-numbing leading and alignment tasks are now tolerable. What…
Yo Gabba Gabba
While reading this month’s issue of Print, or some magazine of similar content, an article about the new kids’ show Yo Gabba Gabba caught my eye. Not being a kid, or even having any can be a huge disadvantage, particularly…
Super Happy Funtime Friday
I’m seriously thinking about changing the Funtime Friday post to Super Silly Saturdays seeing as how I have rarely managed to actually make a Funtime Friday post on a Friday. On the other hand, Fridays are becoming fun again now…
The Design Within Reach Airstream
Design Within Reach is now selling an Airstream model with its own brand of design flair. When I first read about it I was irritated. To me, RVs of all shapes and sizes represent everything that is wrong with consumers…
DWR Announces Champagne Winners
Design Within Reach has announced the winners of their Champagne Chair design contest. Entrants were asked to design a chair using the components of a champagne bottle. The winners are posted and there is a link to runners up there…
Noteable: TutorialBlog
TutorialBlog has notoriously resource-rich posts, and the latest one is no exception. If you have an eye out for vector resources for graphics then look no further. There are similar posts on this site for things like Photoshop brushes and…