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Blue Meanies on 3D!

September 21, 2009
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How cool is that! The Beatles’ Yellow submarine gets a major face lift! >>Click here to Read the Article

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Luis Meléndez: Classical Painter, Marketable Attitude

August 3, 2009
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Luis Meléndez: Classical Painter, Marketable Attitude

Every so often, I like to bring home a book on classical painting with me from the public library, this time the book was Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life. Meléndez was a late Baroque Spanish painter, he was classically trained at Madrid’s Royal Academy. The painting...

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Anyone Cares for Hot Cocoa…Posters?

July 18, 2009
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Anyone Cares for Hot Cocoa…Posters?

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...

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Éric Puybaret: A Children’s Illustrator with an Immaculate Style

June 30, 2009
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Éric Puybaret: A Children’s  Illustrator with an Immaculate Style

At the church I go to, children receive a kid’s version of the missalette, which is an abbreviated version of the gospel pertaining to that day. Every week, a new illustration appears on the cover, each being illustrated by Éric Puybaret, a French illustrator who specializes on children literature;...

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imgfave.com : Delicious Eye Candy

June 15, 2009
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imgfave.com : Delicious Eye Candy

I have quickly become a frequent visitor to  imgfave.com – a site that makes it really easy for you to save online images and share it with friends. The sign up process it’s pretty simple, you’d be entitled to create your own collections once you create you profile. A...

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Innovative Horizontal Design:
Cool Poster by Tom Eckersley

June 11, 2009
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Innovative Horizontal Design: Cool Poster by Tom Eckersley

The more I dig into graphic design history books, the more I realize the tremendous source of inspiration! At the present moment my eyes are having quite a feast looking through the pages of AGI, Graphic Design Since 1950 edited by Ben & Elly Bos and published by Thames...

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Black Magic: The absorption of an Idea,
a painting by Rene Magritte

June 9, 2009
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Black Magic: The absorption of an Idea, a painting by Rene Magritte

On this post, I’d like to present one of my favorite paintings by Rene Magritte, a Belgian painter who have always fixed my interest. The painting I bring to your attention, “Black Magic”, represents Georgette, his wife. What follows is a direct quote from Museworthy, a fascinating blog that...

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García Márquez:
A Typographic Portrait

June 7, 2009
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García Márquez: A Typographic Portrait

Once I was trying to figure out whose face was that being illustrated on the cover of Book Review, a weekly supplement by the NY Times I often like to inspect in search for inspiration, I couldn’t help drawing a smile on my face as soon as I discovered...

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Hamburger Backwards:
Clever Animation and Creative Typography in Perfect Harmony

May 30, 2009
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I was introduced to this really cool animation after browsing through the menu of Fast Food Nation on DVD , I simply love the great combination between animation and creative typography to deliver some really scary facts. For those like me, who are fed up with lame story lines...

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Meet socialdesigner.com
Social Awareness & Cool Designs

May 29, 2009
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Meet socialdesigner.com  Social Awareness & Cool Designs

I was recently introduced to socialdesigner.com a web site with the purpose to inspire and communicate social awareness for people with creative bones and hold in their hearts a special place for the world. socialdesigner.comsupport meaningful causes through design competitions, those that win become available for purchase. A great...

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