TYPOGRAPHY Letterpress blocks made from chocolates! Yum-o. I think they also come with letters that are reversed so you could slightly melt the chocolates and actually make chocolate prints.
apeloig
GRAPHIC DESIGN I absolutely love this type animation that’s choreographed to the music of the piano. I’ve been playing it over and over…so mesmerizing.
collective something
VIDEO Have a happy friday! Here’s a fun little video to start off your weekend.
unexpectedly quit
FINDINGS Don’t you just hate those stupid adobe error messages that pop up right when you’ve got to meet a freaking deadline? Graphic designer, Mike Essl, has accumulated all his error messages on his blog, Unexpectedly Quit. There’s some pretty insane error messages out there. Was your instant reaction to press that yes button??
thnk cmyk
GRAPHIC DESIGN Think CMYK is a series of 4 books that’s each individually dedicated to show off one colour of the CMYK spectrum. Kelvin: Colour Today is another book that documents projects that deal with color in remarkable ways.
mikmik studio
GRAPHIC DESIGN Studio MIKMIK is a graphic design and illustration studio established in 2006 by Michael Lewis. They have some really lovely design work and some adorable print gocco pieces. Some prints are on sale at his Etsy store. He’s giving away 10 gocco printed button sets FREE with the next 10 Gocco prints sold!
ryan schude
PHOTOGRAPHY Ryan Schude is a L.A. based photographer who has some rather intriguing photography and art direction capabilities.
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objectified
FILMS Remeber the awesome documentary about Helvetica? Well, the director, Gary Hustwit, has returned with another masterpiece called Objectified. It’s a feature-length documentary about industrial design and takes a look into creativity, consumerism, and mass-production of objects that surrounds us. Objectified will have its world premiere screening in early 2009. Stay tuned!
Andrew Rae
www.ultimatepc.comwww.andrewrae.org.uk
ILLUSTRATION Andrew has a very fun and quirky illustration style. I love how his personality comes through in his website. The little wacky rollover animations are a great bonus.