GRAPHIC DESIGN This is a fun project designed by Ryan Cole for Impakt, a yearly festival that always has a different theme. Last year the theme was “society 2.0” and the concept takes the idea of the avatar, or online persona, and turns it into a mask which they placed into real photographic situations.
BRANDING I just recently went to check out ReadyMade Magazine’s website and was surprised to see that they’ve done a redesign. I canceled my ReadyMade subscription a while ago. However, looks like a redesign might also call for some new and refreshing content. What do you guys think of the new look? I kind of miss the quirky type that the old logo had.
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FINDINGS How awesome would it be to design these eggs for the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll. This year’s eggs come in purple, pink, green, yellow, and is designed to be environmentally friendly. Thanks to Heather for sending me the link!
FINDINGS Kit Hinrichs, writer Delphine Hirasuna and Peter Lawrence are the creators of the Corporate Design Foundation, @Issue: Journal of Business and Design has now been turned into a blog. “Atissuejournal.com is not meant to replace the print journal. Our intention is to publish shorter, more topical stories on the blog, and more indepth, analytical pieces in print.” – Kit Hinrichs
DESIGN HISTORY I just happened to come across the work of Louis Dorfsman. He was an amazing graphic designer who spent most of his career at CBS. This image is of his Gastrotypographicalassemblage was his creation for the CBS cafeteria. Sadly, it was removed from CBS and is currently being restored at the Center for Design.
FINDINGS Take a look at Philippe Starks interior designs. He’s been keeping himself busy lately designing various hotel and restaurant spaces.
ART It’s always fun to see normal mundane objects extremely big or extremely small. There’s something really beautiful about that. I’d love to curl up on these sculptures. The artist should turn them into furniture!
BOOKS Amazing paper art is a huge trend nowadays. Papercraft is a book consisting of innovative paper designs. The book also includes a DVD with fun DIY printable templates for creating your own paper characters and toys.
