A rather charming set of matchbooks found on the street depicting sign language hands. I love how detailed they are for such a small method of delivery. I also really like the idea of using matchbooks as a way of communicating. Having spent the last couple of weeks designing identities for a hairdresser and a bird flu awareness campaign I've had to make loads of business cards, mail outs etc. and I wish I'd thought of designing a matchbook. Maybe next time, eh? These were made by the American designer JK Keller who has a multitude of great projects on his website.
Kate Moross does it again! This time shes a VJ for the band Heartsrevolution. They recently put out this EP on Moross' Isomorphs label and the design is absolutely divine. For £20 you can own a 10” candy floss pink vinyl contained within a debossed laser foiled matte sleeve with a neon inner print. Having learnt a lot about choosing the right stock recently this just seems yummy. And it only fuels my desire to learn letterpress/embossing/debossing. IT WILL HAPPEN!Labels: kate moross, print, product design
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This week the brief was to spread information like a virus choosing from a list of topics. Me and Gemma chose to 'tell a lie convincingly'. We felt that in order to be convincing, a lie needs some kind of truth behind it so we made out that bird flu had hit West Yorkshire. The scary thing is that everything we wrote was the absolute truth and the only lie was that it was in Leeds. We made a set of posters, a leaflet, a website, stickers and a business card. We then took these out to the public to try and spread our message. This was really enjoyable and showed us how important it is to properly contextualise your work.Labels: work
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A clever new way of measuring your height. Instead of using feet and inches or centimetres, the Who Tall Are You mirror lets you see which celebrity is the same height as you. Designed by Ismaril Wells and manufactured by SUCK UK who have loads of cool products on their website, including a USB stick mixtape and glow in the dark spray paint!Labels: ismaril wells, product design, suck uk, typography
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I've been looking at Form's collection of branding and it is truly amazing. Really colourful, beautifully clean work with nice typography. Definitely makes them stand out as branding innovators.
Kyle Bean is currently studying illustration at the University of Brighton but he already has a really impressive portfolio. Theres all kinds of interesting pieces dealing with illustration and typography but what really caught my eye was 'The Future Of Books'. He made this from an old book bought from a charity shop. I think the light/the whole thing really is so impressive.Labels: book design, kyle bean
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Totally loved this project and am very pleased with the outcome. People seemed to genuinely like my graphic device and the interactivity of it. Yay.
Some interesting ideas for envelope design. I especially like Jamie Wieck's project on how the Queen's head could be put to better use.Labels: envelopes, jamie wieck, mail shot
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This is a growing business card by Jamie Wieck. I think its really effective as it would serve its purpose of staying on a desk. Wieck says:
Business card for a personal trainer printed onto a stretchy material so clients have to work to get the details.
Nice use of debossing, a regular feature of business cards. I really need to learn embossing and debossing and just letterpress in general! I love the way it looks, so much nicer than computer printing.
A good example of a two tone design which is what we have to stick to.Labels: business cards, jamie wieck, mail shot, print, typography
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These posters were designed to highlight the juxtapositions within my book. I tried not to give too much away so that people would hypothetically still want to purchase it.
Vicky Simmons and Pedro Meade are the creators of these great posters placed in those newspaper stand things in central London. As someone who always reads these things because I'm a poor student who can't afford newspapers, I really appreciate these. This is what Vicky Simmons says about these pieces:Labels: graphic design, pedro meade, posters, vicky simmons
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It comprises 100 juxtaposing lists where the majority are pretty normal things like shopping lists and to-do lists. However these are interspersed with more controversial lists such as a list of local schools being placed next to a list of known sex offenders.
Craig Ward has some absolutely stunning work. I particularly like the set of Russian dolls that illustrate the story of the old woman who swallowed a fly.Labels: craig ward, illustration, typography
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I'm sorry but this is utter wank. I absolutely hate it. Matt Dent is officially on my shitlist. Okay, I'll admit that its a good concept, but what is actually shown on each coin is fucking ugly. When I receive one of these new coins I will be filled with complete and utter disgust.