iQ font – When driving becomes writing / Full making of from wireless on Vimeo. Whoever said type is plain and motionless, well, think again! Check out this video and see how cool type can be.
iQ font – When driving becomes writing / Full making of from wireless on Vimeo. Whoever said type is plain and motionless, well, think again! Check out this video and see how cool type can be.
Here’s a quick selection from Relaxing Graphics (…), a publication from Pie books cataloging some really innovative samples of Food and Beauty Packaging, Home Furnishings and Logo Design produced over the past few years. With this book, we learn how brands position themselves as environmental friendly and trust worthy....
I really like the oblique, 3-d typography on this ad, is somewhat different from similar designs that are so common these days. Here is a good sample of less is more; notice how the typographical subtle execution brings a nice balance to the energetic and colorful elements in the...
Check out this eye catching set of posters designed to promote Perugina, a century old dark cocoa Italian brand owned by Nestle. I spotted theses posters in the current Graphis’ Poster Annual, a great source of inspiration and eye candy. I really like the execution of the gradient values...
I’m a big fan of Target’s advertisement, I find it amazing how each campaign never gets repeated, and yet, somehow it never fails to be identifiable as Target. There have been times when I have been able to spot their commercials way before their logo comes up at the...
“(For him,)Functionalism took precedence over decoration, characterized by reductive design and very simple forms”. -AGI, Graphic Design since 1950 Check out this beautiful 1960s fashion advertisement for Yves Saint Laurent conducted by Jean Widmer, who was a student of Johannes Itten. (A legendary color theorist) Additionally to art directing,...
Just as I was clearing a bookshelf this morning, I found this newspaper cutout within the pages of an old sketchbook. The ad was published on a Spanish daily to promote an acoustic concert. I simply love the strong contrast between the black & white photograph and the colorful...
Sometimes when I’m out in the world and come across with an interesting piece of advertisement or whenever I find myself flipping through the pages of a magazine, I can’t help taking my time to look closely and absorb as much as I can. Soon after trying to figure...
Check out this awesome DVD cover, isn’t great? Perhaps I think it is simply because sometimes I have the brains of an old geezer…Truth is I like watching old movies, and for a number of reasons I tend to prefer the ones in black and white. Everytime I watch...
It seems like “Algerian,” a typeface influenced by Victorian era woodcuts created in 1988 by Phillip Kelly at Letraset, is gaining major exposure these days. Not only I see it being used for flyers posted on the wall of a public building, or an ad for a jazz concert...
