New Edition newspaper redesign
Category: Colour, Design / Branding/Identity, Design / Editorial, Design / Print, Design / Publishing, Magazines,
We're really liking the layout and colour palettes used by BachGarde Design when they put together a new look and feel for Nya Upplagan (New Edition), a free Swedish newspaper. Combining strong blocks of colour, typography, and black and white photography reminiscent of traditional newspaper printing, the Stockholm-based studio have...
twitterBubble Wrap Typography
Category: Design / Editorial, Design / Print, Design / Publishing, Design / Typography, Magazines,
Spanish graphic design studio Lo Siento have developed a 3D typographic technique where they inject coloured water inside the blisters of bubble wrap to create letters. Having been commissioned for a Wired magazine cover, it's a delicate process but clearly worth it! ...
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Gummy Bear Chandelier
Category: Art, Other Design Fields, Products,
This fun chandelier design by New York artist Kevin Champeny is made of over 3,000 gummy bears. They may look good enough to eat, but sadly they're made from acrylic so you won't actually be able to pull one down from your living room ceiling to nibble on. ...French Paper Company's 140th Anniversary
Category: Design / Branding/Identity, Design / Packaging, Design / Print, Illustration, Printing/Production, Products,
This year is the 140th anniversary of the French Paper Company, a Michigan-based paper mill that produces speciality papers. To celebrate, they've completely redesigned their cartons and ream wraps. The striking, illustrative design is a historial look at the company's history, featuring logos and icons from their branding pas...
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Alphabet Topography
Category: Art, Design / Typography, Other Design Fields,
A self-initiated project by Yale-graduates Synoptic Office, these laser cut 3D letterforms are a physical representation of the alphabet based on how frequently each letter is used. So vowels and consonants like 'R' and 'T' are physically much taller than letters like 'W' and 'G' which are u...
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NYC Spaghetti
Category: Design / Packaging, Products,
Spaghetti is tasty but can be hard to package in an interesting way. This student project by Australian designer Alex Creamer shows us how it's done, and done well. Created when he was a student, the design uses a model of the Chrysler building (created by Ben ...
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Berta Models
Category: Advertising, Design / Branding/Identity, Design / Print, Fashion, Photography, Web / Design,
This fun identity for a Barcelona-based model agency was created by Art Director Eren Saracevic. Playing on the idea that 'without models, fashion photography would just be clothes' the emphasis was on colourful and strong visuals which would be appealing to a young audience. ...
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Pixar Playing Cards
Category: Design / Packaging, Design / Print, Documentaries/Film, Illustration, Other Design Fields, Products,
A self-proclaimed 'huge' Pixar fan, graphic designer and illustrator Chris Anderson has made a lot of Pixar-related work over the years including this set of deluxe playing cards which he produced as part of a university project. ...
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Dolores Oliver
Category: Colour, Design / Branding/Identity, Design / Editorial, Design / Print,
Dolores Oliver's work for a music festival in Argentina is an explosion of colour. She combines photography, geometric shapes and typography in a very distinctive style across a range of print media. Really nice stuff. ...Laser Cut Record
Category: Art, Music, Other Design Fields, Printing/Production,
Not satisfyied with creating the world's first 3D printed record, Amanda Ghassaei has now created wooden, laser cut records. The results are not only striking in a visual sense, but the audible versions of the songs cut into the wood in this way are strangely haunting. Tracks that Amanda has chosen so far include Radiohead'...
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