Monthly Archives: October 2012

Amazing Vectorized Art by Siggi Eggertsson

Posted in: Illustrations | October 31, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

Siggi Eggertsson was born in Akureyri, a small town on the north coast of Iceland. He first showed an interest in Graphic Design at the age of 14 when he became involved in local design programs creating posters for jazz concerts and art exhibitions. When he turned 18, his vision...

Bauhaus – The Origin of the New Typography

Posted in: Book, Graphic Design / Miscellaneous | October 30, 2012 at 3:01 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Bauhaus-Andreas Xenoulis - Corn - Corn Studio 07b

This book is about the history and evolution of Bauhaus typography, from the early years of Herbert Bayer and Tschichold’s New Typography til today, analyzing fonts with direct reference to the movement. It includes original sketches, revivals, experimentations, decorative, hybrid, display and text fonts, classifying the type foundries involved...

Old School Cutting Edge Rub A Dub style graphics

Posted in: Illustrations, Posters | October 29, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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My-lord sound was founded in 2003, in Israel, after the return of Sister Ellen and Ranking Levy from Jamaica. The Idea to set up a sound was in there minds, until the final decision came up in one bright day at st. Elizabeth JA, and then the name “My-Lord...

Unique Business Cards !!!

Posted in: Business Card | October 25, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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You want to create a business card, and you want it to explode your clients mind? Well, here are some really inspiring cards, funny and not at all dull. And when you come out with your amazing design, move on to overnight print and be ready for your next...

Weird Beauty

Posted in: Illustrations, Photography | October 24, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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The “Weird Beauty” project is a collaboration between photographer Alexander Khokhlov based in Moscow, Russia and great make-up artist Valeriya Kutsan. In these series artists decided to deny any color in their series except black and white to make more accent on forms and volume. The experiment should prove...

Gender Equality Now | 10 Fantastic Winning Posters

Posted in: Posters | October 23, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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The top 10 best posters on “Gender Equality Now” have been selected and they could not be missed from our poster collection! We can see how creativity grows more each year, and designers feeling more the need to express their feelings through design to spread awareness. This special and...

The Powerful Images of Luba Lukova Embellish Covers of Magazines and Newspapers

Posted in: Illustrations, Magazine Design | October 22, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Luba Lukova, an Internationally recognized artist, based in New York, is regarded as one of the most distinctive artists. Her images are distinguished by metaphors, graphically bold and at the same time deceptively simple, the juxtaposition of symbols handled with great passion. We know her from her posters that designed to...

Industrial Archaeology | Photo Contest by EXAREA

Posted in: Competitions | October 21, 2012 at 11:37 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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EXAREA project was founded by the “Feudo Ron Alfrè” Cultural Associaton in the town of Bellizzi in province of Salerno in 2010. The initial idea was to organize a photo contest dedicated to the industrial archaeology. The photography is the main tool for observing the change in our urban...

Mega, A Diverse Illustrator | Interview

Posted in: Illustrations, Interviews | October 18, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Mega is an amazing self-taught designer based in Indonesia. His style extraordinary and different from what we have seen so far. Some of you may remember the first post I had for his work I Just Murdered The Alphabet, which was hand made work and needed 6 months to...

100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design

Posted in: Posters | October 17, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Book Review New in the “100 Ideas that Changed…” series, this book demonstrates how ideas influenced and defined graphic design, and how those ideas have manifested themselves in objects of design. The 100 entries, arranged broadly in chronological order, range from technical (overprinting, rub-on designs, split fountain); to stylistic...

Stafidenios Packaging design – (Case Study)

Posted in: Packaging | October 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Matadog™ Design is a versatile, trail-blazing creative studio with experience in packaging and branding. Matadog’s work targets domestic and global markets as their design firm cooperates with brands around the world. Their different way of thinking, combined with design strategy and advanced idea generation methods with attention to detail,...

‘We just do it better’. Impressive Advertising Ideas by Foolbite

Posted in: Advertisement, Photography | October 15, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Foolbite from Monza, after the amazing work we published on “Marinella”, surprises once more creating a new advertising series for Texxi. Inspired by nature, and by combining the pun, “we do it better”, Foolbite created a series of amazing advertisements. The final images, aesthetically impressive, elegant photography, zooming in...

Reggae Poster Contest Exhibition Opening Ceremony 2012

Posted in: Exhibitions, Posters | October 11, 2012 at 10:29 am , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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National Gallery of Jamaica launches six-week Reggae Poster exhibition The Reggae Hall of Fame group presented a selection of the winning posters from the First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012 at the National Gallery of Jamaica on Sunday, 30 September 2012. At the end of the six-week exhibition, the...

Barack Obama Inspires Artists

Posted in: Posters | October 9, 2012 at 4:57 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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In 2008, artists from around the world expressed there political vision to see Obama elected by designing poster, drawing his face etc. The submission was huge and many blogs and websites were born to feed those works. One of them the “Design for Obama“. Today, four years later, artists...

Open Call for Artists – “Design a Wish for Greece!” Registration Extended to 30 Oct 2012

Posted in: Articles, Competitions, Posters | October 9, 2012 at 2:25 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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The exhibition that will travel to 25 big cities around the world! Photography, Paintings, Collages, Graphics, Drawings, Illustrations or whatever you can develop! The Santorini Biennale of Arts announces the “Design a wish for Greece” International Poster Competition, a parallel project that aims to support the image of Modern...