Check out this little number by designgraduates from Kingston, Matt Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth. They won the Best New Blood award and came in second at the D&AD Student award with this video for HP. I just love how it’s done quite low tech but still works out great. It should teach students everywhere to set the bar high and not limit themselves to solutions they can do on their computer.
They also did a great piece where they handdrew the most commonly used fonts with pens to see which font was the most ink effecient. As you can see Comic Sans came in third to last so there really is no good reason to use it.
Filed under: Typography
I was looking for a lovely script font the other day so I spent a few hours in company with My Fonts. Ohhh the endless possibilities, I’m like a kid in a candystore. Just thought I’d share my shortlist of 10 with you.
Check out New York based photographer Bela Borsodi. I don’t think you can call him a traditional photographer as he is crossing over into both typography and illustration. He is definitely creative…and a bit sourcy! I just love the spacious typographic installations.
See more: http://www.belaborsodi.com/
Filed under: Illustration/Art
I first came across Cathrine Raben Davidsen years and years ago when I saw her at the Art Academy graduation exhibition. I remember thinking how great it would be to have one of her paintings even though they scare me a little bit. And if I hadn’t been a penniless student at the time myself I would have bought a piece back then. The ambience in her work is always so strong and sometimes it even makes me feel uncomfortable, but god it’s beautiful! Her sense of colour and the contrast between parts that are very detailed and parts that are really roughly painted is so fantastic.
At the moment you can enjoy her work at Martin Asbæk Gallery in Copenhagen but hurry up, the exhibition closes in ten days.
Nicholas Feltron who is the designer behind loads of wacky annual reports (check earlier post) is also involved in a project called Daytum. Daytum is a website where you can set up your own info graphic about anything you like and have Daytum spit it out in lovely typography and simply coloured piecharts. It’s great for neurotic designer types like myself. You should also pop round to Feltron’s and have a look at the 2008 report.
Visit Daytum.
Visit Feltron.
Filed under: Illustration/Art
I was having a bit of a chat with my totally fab colleague Tine Kej one day when I noticed some great illustrations on her wall. The illustrations were done by Danish illustrator Rikke Jørgensen and I am so in love with her style. I love it when you can tell that a lot of work has gone into a piece and that’s definitely the case here. The intricate details and the overall compositions are really great!
See more by Rikke on her management Filter’s website.
Filed under: Illustration/Art
The other day I got a heads up from illustrator Spencer Wilson which means a lot to me. Spencer was one of the first people I featured when I started Inspiration Lab and I’ve always been a fan. Since the last post he has updated his website and it is so great to see more editorial work as well. He’s still going strong!
See more: http://www.spencerwilson.co.uk/
Filed under: Web
If you’re a big business and you need a fantastic website done then Danish digital designer Jakob Kahlen is the go to guy. After ten years plus experience and having worked with heavyweights like IKEA, Magnum, Carlsberg and Missoni he knows the ropes. Jakob has just launched his new website and it’s well worth visiting as well as a testiment to how much you can do with a WordPress theme and a great programmer.
See more: http://www.jakobkahlen.com
Filed under: Photography
I stumbled upon these photographs by klllllllllllll aka. Kate Malykh a while ago. They are colour photos taken without a lens. I’ve been looking at them several times trying to figure out what it is that I find so intriguing about them. Finally I have come to the conclusion that I just love gradients!
See for yourself: http://klllllllllllll.com/index.php?/projects/photo/
Filed under: Graphic Design
Did you ever think that infographics were boring? Then shame on you! Infographics are intricate data presented in a visual way and good infographics are so great to see as it’s a hard dicipline to do in a creative way. Look no further if you want to see examples on that. Check out the section called Tranparency under Good Magazine. Here you will find infographics communicating all sorts of data and all done quite creatively. Good magazine really is amazing and if you come across the current issue in a well assorted newsagent then you should definitely get out the cash to buy it. Everthing in this issue is done in paper by hand and it is just so great to see a concept like that unfolded as it would NEVER happen in Denmark, it’s simply too much hard work. Shame on Danish magazines!
Go to Transparancy.
