Arundinaria tessellata Artwork
It occurred to me recently that it is now 20 years since I founded the Bamboo Network, that evolved into The Bamboo Society which is still going strong.
At about the same time, I also started a specialist nursery called Jungle Giants.
Part of the marketing emphasis of Jungle Giants was the level of well [...]
This amazing, seamless piece of digital VFX has already been downloaded 13000 times since the trail was launched on 28th September.
To quote the press release:
The campaign depicts Elvis Presley introducing his band at the end of a concert. The band consists of legendary figures from the music industry, including Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy [...]
Back in June, I posted some work I’d done for Camilla Peterken of Smoke Free Working.
Part of my brief was to produce some postcards that encapsulated the benefits of group support for people quitting smoking.
Here’s one that made it in to print.
Good Company
I found the background image on the Wisconsin Historical Society website.
It took [...]
Alvin Lustig in his Beverly Hills Office, 1945
The Kind Company has launched a website devoted to Alvin Lustig, Modern American Design Pioneer 1915-1955
In his short career he virtually defined modernism for the post WW2 generations in the USA.
Steven Heller in his article “Born Modern” for Eye Magazine, 1993 says:
Alvin Lustig’s contributions to the design of [...]
Artist Unknown 1961 (Click to enlarge)
Christie’s will be selling a big pile of
Posters on the 14th of September.
The Christie’s poster auction shows the work of many artists whose output was mainly in the world of graphics and illustration, but in amongst these artists you can also find the names of painters who are better [...]
Fedex Logo (Click to enlarge the thumbnail.)
Do you see anything hidden in the Fedex Logo?
Some do. Some don’t.
Clearer now? (Click to reveal)
Lindon Leader of Leader Creative created the logo for what was then called “Federal Express”, and now explains the rationale behind the logo, and why it survived much as he had forseen [...]
The basic colour wheel
“Colour, Contrast and Dimension in News Design” is, by web standards at least, an ancient website, but is still as relevant today as on the day it was first published in 2001.
It’s an interactive version of a book on designing for print.
As one of the authors, Pegie Stark Adam states: [...]
TypeTester (Click to enlarge)
Marko Dugonjić has created an extremely useful one page website, that allows you to preview typography with a fine degree of control over your settings.
You can either use the default Lorem ipsum input, or paste your own text into the box.
You are offered the option to use a range of generally available [...]
Refugees, A Credit To The Country
Amnesty International have been going through a revitalisation of their campaign graphics.
The work above was produced for the recent Refugee Week campaign, and using a credit card analogy, aimed to educate the British public about the contribution made to Britain by refugees and their descendants.
The cards highlight names [...]
We Will Not Be Silenced
A powerful synthesis of sounds and graphics, and there’s more on the way.
From DJ Paul Edge.
A nifty logo, no?
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