Archives for posts tagged ‘Graphic Design’
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Heinz Edelmann is the graphic designer who designed the album sleeve for The Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ album. He passed away today, leaving behind a legacy so closely related and iconic of one of the most influential musical acts in contemporary times.
Was there ever anything that you considered so important that you decided to use your [...]
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Thursday, 11 June 2009
Artistic expression is almost always a reflection of the world around us. What happens to our design sensibilities and aesthetics when faced with emotional turmoil? Or the strife that we face during wartime?
I came across a poster by self-taught Polish designer Tadeuz Trepkowski depicting the anger, fear and devastation brought on by World War II. [...]
Tags: Graphic Design, Posters, War
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Thursday, 11 June 2009
Created by Richard Carey:
“I drew this circle limit pattern on a structure of hyperbolic curves. The pattern is based on the theory of curves within a triangle and how it takes an infinite amount of straight lines to make a perfect curve or circle. This theory is mirrored in the hyperbolic repetition of this pattern [...]
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009
My education and upbringing were heavily steeped in tradition. I spent countless hours practicing chinese calligraphy, studied extensively classical Chinese, Malay and English, even learnt to play Guzheng along the way. So, it is hardly surprising that my design sensibilities and aesthetics are very much influenced by old world philosophies and ideas. How does meld [...]
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Typography + Cartography = DROOL!
Great wallpaper by Vlad Gerasimov.
Tags: Graphic Design, Typography
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Monday, 1 June 2009
Wonderful poster for the annual HKU SPACE Graphic Design graduation show - called “Space Odyssey”. The work this year is all centred around the rather specific theme “16 Visual Vibrations”, representing 16 different views about 16 social issues:
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Thursday, 21 May 2009
Antony and the Johnsons’ single ‘Epilepsy is Dancing’ has been sitting on my desk for quite a while now, and I am still taken aback by the imagery. It is of Dr. Julia Yasuda, taken by Don Felix Cervantes and overlaid with sketches made by Antony Hegarty himself. The additional sketches amplify the anguish and [...]
Tags: Concept, Graphic Design
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Monday, 18 May 2009
I have only been to Calgary once - a long time ago. From what I remember, the view is picturesque, albeit somewhat cowboy-ish. Afterall, Calgary is most well-known for the annual Calgary Stampede and for being the location of choice for filming Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain. But there is another side to this up-and-coming [...]
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009
I never really thought of a country as a brand, but it really is - I associate ideas and feelings with every country that I know of, culture-wise, lifestyle-wise and so on. Every country brings a certain personality trait, a certain hope and promise for a visitor or a potential resident. But what happens to [...]
Tags: Branding, Graphic Design
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Monday, 11 May 2009
Reif Larsen’s story is somewhat of a fairytale in the book publishing world. He wrote a whimsical novel of a 12-year-old boy - T.S. Spivet - from Montana who has been commissioned by the Smithsonian museum for years, thinking that he is a highly accomplished cartographer. The book begins with him travelling on a freight [...]
Tags: Book Design, Graphic Design, Illustration
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