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Supermundane Loves You! Netdiver
too! His style is recognizable because of the very psychedelic years treatment
of multiple line art defining elements. Fantastic graphic and illustration work!
Dazzling!
Suprb
is home to Andreas Pihlström on the web! What more can it be said, his
work is superb. Art directing and designing mostly for a realm of big corporations
and community oriented projects.
Goodies available: kewl Building and Cloud fonts to download!
Fresh out
of school and ready for action! Check Ian Kim
portfolio! Wow! When I grow up - I want to be as good as he is!
The liveliness, the movement, the stylish lines of his illustration will lead to a great career!
Oh the beauty!
Moira Millman
is a class by itself! Just so luv the very clean, sweet and concept centric
illustrations. Brimming over with emotions and talent.
Call for
submissions for the next issue of ANTI
magazine which theme is Season.
Deadline: May 6
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group94 is expanding and is looking
for a senior interactive designer. This job is only open to people from (or
prepared to relocate to) Belgium.
Serial Cut is a Madrid based studio,
established in 1999 by Sergio del Puerto. They work on a great variety of projects
types focussing mainly on the following: art direction, graphic design and illustration.
Impressive one-page portfolio website using an unusual background color, that I haven't seen in a long time: #FFFFCC.
With BrainStore's
industrial idea production process and the world's only IdeaMachine, amazing
ideas are produced in record time for each assignment, that meet the pre-defined
criteria for successful ideas.
KISS
(Keep
It Simple, Stupid!) has been a long time recurring theme in reference with
the value of simplicity and that “simplicity is more complex than you
probably think it is.”
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ndle1: via smashing magazine
Beck band website has got a fast loading
funky immersive experience awaiting. Good use of a black background that infers
edginess and where anything in colors just pops out!
Their music is a mix of funk pop rock laced with ambiotic techno chill additions.
Michael
Fakesch who makes music for ads and is a DJ too, has got a simple website.
Step by step interface sections make it an interesting visual statement.
Scaling it up, simply!
Albrecht
Gerlach has got a special solution for displaying his photography work.
Luv the fact that there are huge panning pictures to focus on. The only way
you can achieve this, is if at the core, your work is really good and can support
this kind of exposure.
Got Milk? Most are propably familiar with this campaign but have you seen (play)
Get the Glass! The logo is absolutely
gorgeous, the visuals exactly what can be expected to appeal to all the kidz,
big and small. And the critters? Just luvable!
View the spots too! Hilarious!
Awesome animations!
Coincidence?
I luv the Blossomy font and the Grow banner above uses one of the plant
leaves - surprised? The color palette is so similar... So if you hold any qualms
or doubts that different folks can arrive at a very similar idea. Here's proof!
Kapitza
the creator of this font has just released their Blossomy
stickers collection to adorn any surfaces you like.
From
flat to bubliluscious! TAK! newly redesigned
website. These folks are so talented as communication designers!
Roxik
bobbling head interactive experiment is something to see. Click on a face feature
(ex: the nose), grab and drag and release.. and see what happens!
The Brand New School school of
film & video has garnered a list of impressive projects executed by the
students.
Don't miss past year reel.
Nobodyland
is home of Keith Jones an artist who exercises a stern yet humoristic critic
of our societal flaws and status.
The first
annual Flash Goddess
Award
is designed to recognize, promote, and reward talented, yet not quite discovered,
women designers/developers working in the Flash industry.
Deadline: March 28
Around the studio, an eclectic assortment of little toys and cute widgets are
displayed and grouped in such a way as if in their own world. They use very
little space on a window sil, bookshelves, desks or the non-functioning fireplace
mantel and because of their smallish scale, a minuscule book of dinausors is
approximately 2 x 2.5 cm in size, they become a focus point and make my mind
wander.
In the real world filled with giant issues, tasks and responsibilities, they make me comfortable, 'cause then, I am the giant! ;-D
__junkoseven
describes as a toy photography collective! They've undertaken to set their fav
critters and toys in context and snapped a picture.
GI Joes and
Janes day?!?! Have a look at the Pond Patrol,
an internet series with a new episode every Thursday. The plot unfolds and is
substantied with loads of images...
Before embarking on the journey, get some historical facts.
My, can you imagine these are toys. Awesome photography!
Here
are concise write-ups of the panels Matthew Magain attended at recent SXSW Interactive.
Excellent read!
Day 1 // Day 2 // Day 3 // Wrap-up
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ndle1: BTW Sitepoint happens to publish some of the best code related books in the world. JF owns many and look them up all the time. They are his ultimate reference and hands-on collection.
Buket Erdogan
is inspired by vibrant colors and children' art and has been having lots of
fun painting characters. Three of the little mouse books were NY Times Best
Sellers.
Long
running and still going strong, Volumeone
has got some kewl projects and stickers!
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Lemonade
represents a roster of talented illustrators and as they state: imagination
is your only limitation. And that, you'll see a plenty!
Luc
Melanson has a very unique and recognizable signature: sparingness of lines,
flat layout and his character depictions, the same profile.
Excellent work!
Create Awards 2007 call for submissions! Loads of prizes and tons of visibility
for winning entries. Are you ready?
Deadline: June 1
Rigid or flexible identities? Recently read a printed in-depth look
at the Walker Art Center identity. The concept is a genial one! Create many
different graphic elements that can be used and reused to give a fresh visual
statement.
I am a firm believer that a logo should be used as a great visual element and not the other way around. Identity systems should simplify the work of designers not make it a nightmare.
Introducing Walker Expanded: The Walker Art Center's New Graphic Identity by Eric Olson of the Process Type Foundry
Read the interview and learn from this elegant and flexible approach.
The only unfortunate, is that their website (apart from the top banner on the index) does not reflect the new identity. It would have been great to see the same process implemented.
It seem that the redesign is only applied to print signage, projects and announcements.
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Having won a best of category (graphics) last year, read I.D. judges comments as well.
Büro North is a multidisciplinary
design studio with very nice environmental, signage, graphic and even sculpture
works!
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ndle1: Designed by upcoming (website yet to be launched) Design Royale of which founding partners are already listed on Netdiver:
/ Martin Konrad
and / My Misio
Eulda
07 is now open for entries!
Eulda is open to European designers, studios, agencies and their clients living or working within Europe. Any logo printed, published or visible online between January 1 and December 31, 2006 is eligible.
Deadline: May 18
May
1st Reboot is an international relaunch of web sites by authors and creatives
working within the field of Web Design.
Sign-up to participate!
Upcoming: May 1st
No time or aptitude to draw? Baby now you can Blik
your walls, or floors or...whatever!
Laughter
therapy! Great Pockets by Henry Needle
& Sons: bespoke tailored plus sized pocket fashion for the mobile multimedia
gadget lifestyle.
Pick and choose items of the collection and do say 'no thanks' and see what is on the other side!
What an unpredictable concept! Imaginative!
Are you
a designer or agency who have a great cause at heart? Well again this year,
Sappi
Ideas that Matter will reward the best campaign!
Deadline: May 31 or June 1, depending of geographical location.
Dreaming
big? Wanna live San Francisco style? Mint
Collection has got space for you. Smart use of a straightforward web interface
with well organized sections. If the lofts are built as well as the website...
splendid!
See awesome floorplans and luscious model loft pictures.
Flashbelt
07 will be rocking the Minneapolis scene this Spring.
They keep it small to keep it cool, only 350 passes available!
Upcoming: June 18-20
Can you tell? They're big into sports related projects: identity, environmental
and shoes... Hybrid Design does
it with versatility and style!
Very nice!
Mostly graphic and print portfolio for an upcoming new designer: Laura
Risse
Weither using
sparingness of lines or mumble-jumbled details, OOkie
work is as colorful as simple. Luv his design approach and visual treatments.
Some very kewl illos!
Although stating it's a temp portfolio, Jens Nilsson aka Dancemade
keeps getting better and better! Great to see him evolving his craft! His packaging
and logo designs are stellar.
Luv his new logo too!
Kyle Webster and Andy Horner have
teamed up to write and produce a totally engrossing tale: LIGHT
CHILDREN!
I've taken time to review the main protagonists character and read the introductory synopsis... if all goes well, this will become a fabulous story.
“When you see our grand and interwomen is our existence.. and how precarious is our future.. then you will be fully awake.”
Must see!
Meet the
master of icon design Jakub
'jimmac' Steiner
“Starting late 2000 I have been drawing icons for various projects mostly around the GNOME desktop. While quantity alone doesn't say much, I've crafted over cca 4 thousand icons over the years.”
Fellow Montrealers
Mandarine 24 specialize in visual effects
and animation. They know and exploit the power of rich media aka new media with
technical prowness, humour and creativity.
Kewl website, awesome projects. Don't miss their reel!
Introducing a new graphic design and illustration studio on the block: Mopa!
A nice one-pager portfolio where it's all about design-design-design!
From Brazil with luv!
Wanna see top execution of spots and shorts? Check what MHP
(which stands for My Happy People and founded by a talented couple: Guillermo
Lecuona and Tera Hollingsworth) has got to offer!
Pay special attention to the 360 degrees rotation in the College bowl and the dimensional flowing objects in the BDA film.
Paving the way to the future of visual entertainment!
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ndle1: submitted by Steve O. via Motionographer
Salomon
Snowboards is hosting their 4th annual Snowboard
Artwork Contest. The past three years have marked rich collaboration and
an unprecedented creativity in our board graphics, thanks to the creative veins
of our riders/artists/friends.
The search continues for more upcoming artists who inspire us.
Deadline: April 10
OFFF
07 in Barcelona is an international festival for the post-digital creation
culture.
Check the fantastic list of invited speakers and exhibitors!
Upcoming: May 10-12
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