My favourite British illustrator, Emma Dibben
You've all seen her work. Does this look familiar?
Beetroot remind you of something?
Let me give you a clue
A unique opinion on design
12 August 2011
6 August 2011
If you had to task 10 designers with a wine logo, how many would have similar ideas?
Unique originality truly is scarce.
Designing some logos recently (which has nothing to do with winery or any of that), I stumbled upon lots of similar looking wine logos and sought to find some unique ones.
When you've scrolled through 50 logos, look away and recall which logo was the most effective.
Wine Kingdom Come
Designing some logos recently (which has nothing to do with winery or any of that), I couldn't but notice how many similar wine type of logos there. Here's a look at some good ones, albeit duplicate ideas.
You could screw around with the cork
For those who rhyme in Cockney here's a pork
Even though there's a lot of flying pig logos about, I still like the subtle pun.
Speaking of animals, this is just odd..
Really memorable, even if you don't want to remember - this one for Wild Dog Winery
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3 July 2011
Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey
This weekend I went to see in London Wim Crouwel - A Graphic Odyssey at the Design Museum. Wowza! It was highly recommended by a colleague and I almost didn't go.
Here are some of the posters made by Spin for the exhibition, using Crouwel's designed type in 'C's.
How exciting to have a holistic view of his work spanning 60 years. A first major retrospective of Wim Crouwel’s work.You're not allowed to take pictures, so I went through the exhibition 5 times just to remember the bits that really inspired me.
Interesting to have a retrospective and holistic view of Crouwel's work which spanned over 60 years.
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28 May 2011
Smart Posters for a Smarter Planet
These posters from Ogilvy Paris are not only clever but A Smile Comes to Mind. I'm referring to the book on witty thinking of course. Humour being more powerful than logic, according to Edward de Bono. I've noticed an increase in feel-good adverts lately. Sometimes I feel like I'm in an artificial Barbie-perfect world with one happy tune after the next. Is this a skewed take on clever design?
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14 April 2011
Royal Wedding sick bag
Our local gallery (Jealous Gallery) recently issued these clever silkscreened Royal Wedding Throne up Sick bags designed by artist Lydia Leith. Of course, I got a red and blue. The limited editions have already sold out. But you can buy unsigned editions (2 bags are a tenner, if you wondered)
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14 March 2011
Colour
Colour is significant.
Without colour everything will fall flat
The way cloth embodies a shape is a defined by shades of colour. The shades define and makes what we see recognisable.
It would be quite sad if what we see today are all the colours that's out there.I really hope there are more colours in the universe
With dimensions not yet clearly defined, I'm sure there must be more colour versions and shades, we don't know of yet. (Off-topic: You have to see this incredible explanation of the 4th dimension by Carl Sagan – and is it me, or does he have the same baratone inclination as Agent Smith?)
Having started work at Ubuntu, I am now based right next door to the Tate Britain gallery. Of course I've gone to the gallery during lunch! I went to see 2 exhibitions last week. Watercolours and Susan Hiller.The Watercolour exhibition at the Tate Britain blew me away
When I was younger this was my preferred medium. Especially when you get those gradients from colour flowing into each other. It's quite an exiting effect.
It reminded me of when I used to love watercolour painting..
So I dug up an unfinished watercolour which I did on an A1 cardboard. A wee while ago when I had a huge obsession with the medieval period.
I applied colour more like a flat and obviously a completely 'wrong' way of using the medium. Looking at it now, I actually like it and love the colours even more. The drawn figures are really amateurish but it doesn't bother me as much.
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15 January 2011
WCRS gets a new LOGO&Brand and are now called WCRS&Co
2 Days ago I started freelancing at the now known WCRS&Co. Coincidentally, this was on the same day they launched their new name & brand. Following last year's merger of WCRS and Engine Group agency Altogether Digital. This is what the "&" is about. An addition of a digital leg to WCRS.
What's in the name? That which we call WCRS&Co?
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6 January 2011
Starbucks' new logo
Yes, folks, the logo has been upgraded. I like it! Keeping a bit of the old it certainly retains it's brand ambience. The fact that it's no longer tied to the english language makes it more marketable on an international level.
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28 December 2010
10 Best iPad Apps of 2010
Being a bit antagonistic about iPad (especially as a reader), to my surprise I used the iPad more than I thought. Not as a reader though.
Category: Games
Similar to Farmville, this game is dangerously addictive. Although free one's tempted to buy smurfberries, which help you progress through the levels faster.
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