01.18.12
Whoah, there is some highly original work happening in the artistic portfolio of Minjeong An. When I first saw the work above I was stopped in my tracks and ended up having to spend a little extra time just taking it in.
“Swissted is an ongoing project by graphic designer mike joyce, owner of stereotype design in new york city. Drawing from his love of punk rock and swiss modernism, two movements that have absolutely nothing to do with one another, mike has redesigned vintage punk, hardcore, and indie rock show flyers into international typographic style posters. Each design is set in berthold akzidenz grotesk medium, all lowercase. Many of these posters are now available for sale in three different sizes at print-process. Every single one of these shows actually happened.”
This is a way awesome project that deserves the attention it’s been getting, I just wish I had thought of it first. There are some great layouts represented and it would be nice to see a big set of these on a wall. I’d imagine the experience of witnessing them in print is a totally different experience than taking them in as clever little thumbnails online.
12.15.11
Maddison Graphic has updated recently with some cracking clean design work and some minimal illustration. They were kind enough to send us a great little mailer last year and we have been following their work since.
12.01.11
The Bases Loaded Series is a set of hand-generated banners that explore the relationship between type and image. The designes themselves narrate milestones and key figures in America’s favorite Pastime, Baseball. All banners measure 26″x40″ and are screen printed onto wool felt with a 1″ felt border.
11.18.11
The Foundry Collective is a new print, illustration and branding shop that caught our eye here in Denver. They have a unique throwback style and an amazing eye and hand at type and illustration. We were super excited to discover that they call Denver home and hope they help us keep raising the bar here.
I have been there before but somehow stumbled again today on the work of illustrator/designer AJ Dimarucot and was once again impressed by his work and style. It appears there are some new things in his book too that weren’t there the last time I dropped in. I am loving his free-wheeling style when it comes to type.
Studio Output has kept busy this past year and updated yet again with a lot of interesting new work. It’s all kind of a mixed bag in their portfolio in terms of how it’s displayed but start clicking around and you will find a lot of new inspirational goodies.
Chris Burnett is a BFA3 student at CalArts in the Graphic Design program. He already has a portfolio that shows a tremendous amount of maturity and an attention to typography that most veteran designers would be jealous of. It’s a safe bet to keep an eye on this young man because is going to go far.
11.10.11
Stephen Brayda is an illustrator with a strong typographic sensibility who is starting to amass a nice body of work. It feels familiar but in a good way and definitely points toward a growing talent.
Wonder Level is the work of Masato Nakada and he presents it in an interesting ‘here it all is’ kind of way. It’s a lot to take in and there is a wide breadth of influences happening but it’s an attractive body of work.
11.04.11
Vanilla BCN is back again with more kick ass typographical works for clients like Nike. We love their tee shirt work. It’s air tight.
10.31.11
Pablo Alfieri has been on a roll now for a while. He’s recently updated his Behance-folio with several new works including new typographical work for Nike and several other projects. He’s also still successfully helping run one of the hottest new motion studios out there at Plenty.
Self-taught designer and illustrator Jorge Amador has updated his website with some nice new branding, illustration and typographical work. It’s a solid showing of versatility especially considering the fact that he is self-taught.
Future Deluxe created this animated piece for One’s Global Famine campaign. It’s a simple yet effective little piece showcasing some sharp art direction and nice typography.
Credits:
Created by FutureDeluxe / futuredeluxe.co.uk / twitter.com/futuredeluxe
Creative Director – Andrew Jones
Lead animator – Jim Howells
Animation & post production – Jason Drew
Sound design – Zelig Sound
Illustration: Peter Greenwood
Animatic & storyboards: Persistant Peril / Will Scobie
10.10.11
Barcelona based brothers Juan and Alejandro Mingarro are Brosmind. I have posted their work here before but it appears they have since updated with some more fun and playful vector illustration work.
09.28.11
If after many years of fucking experience, I could be so bold as to offer one fucking piece of fucking advice it would be to buy this fucking screen print, fucking frame it and fucking display it at your shop or fucking agency so all of your fucking people and clients can fucking see it because it holds many fucking truths.
09.27.11
“The Alphabet 2- a horn book video experiment – is a developmental spelling – video where each character visually represents the meaning of the word itself. Playing with different techniques and materials into little and big spaces, but always focusing on Helvetica font’s proportions. A collection of words in a delightful spelling-video.”
Direction / Postproduction / Sound Design
Alessandro Novelli
Design / Animation / Set Design
Andrea Gendusa / Alessandro Novelli
Additional Animation and Set Design
Mario Arcadu
DOP
Giulia Arantxa Novelli
Thanks To:
Alina & Michela Dettori, Bianca Novelli, Federica Patitucci, Caterina Pecoraro, Stefano Tore
music track:
Fréhel “Tel qu’il est” 1936
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n9ve.it
09.14.11
Illustrator and designer Aaron Bloom is generating some tasty gig posters that feature a strong use of typography.
