Check out this really cool music video for I Will Never Change for Dubstep producer, Benga. London-based studio US created the stop-motion effect by using 960 records to depict the waveform of the track, just brilliant!
Graphic designer Tilman Zitzmann has been creating some fantastic geometry inspired shapes and designs. Follow his tumblr to get your daily dose.
I’m loving these early ads from Paul Rand when he was art director of the William Weintraub Agency in New York. His playful collage and illustration style are definitely apparent in these, it’s just a reminder for me just how much of a master he really was.
I haven’t been much of an avid user of Helvetica, but last year Christian Schwartz released Neue Haas Grotesk, a restored version of the original pre-digital design from 1957. It’s definitely what the Helvetica of today ought to be. Nick Sherman from Font Bureau recently put together this fantastic micro site that really showcases all the wonderful details that were lost along the years.
Check out Field Notes co-founder Aaron Draplin’s amazing collection of vintage memo books. In this video Draplin talks about how they inspired the Filed Notes brand and the launch of the new National Crop Edition.
When were are kids our imagination is limitless, nothing seems impossible. To some, a cardboard box is just a cardboard box. For 9-year-old Caine Monroy it’s spare parts for his next mini arcade game. Taking up a small nook at his dad’s used auto-parts store, Caine’s cardboard arcade is complete with tickets, fun passes, and prizes. Caine’s first customer, filmmaker Nirvan Mullick, decided to spread the word about Caine’s Arcade by organizing a surprise flash mob to come out and play. To Caine’s surprise, business is booming one Sunday afternoon, his smile says it all.
Photographer Peter Belanger recently collaborated with Dwell to produce these fantastic photos of some awesome bike gear. What I love so much about them is not only the composition of all the items, but how well the background colors work with the colors of all the different foreground objects. More images below.
Before he was Dr. Seuss, he was Theodore Seuss Geisel the advertising illustrator. Here are a few ads Seuss created in his early years, it’s amazing to see he stayed true to his humor and style all those years. More below the fold.
Aaron Draplin has been one of my favorite designers for awhile. His recent talk on Portland’s Creative Mornings was pretty bold and hilarious, giving us 50 points that will make or break your career. Point No. 22 “Get Cosmic”, my favorite.
Yesterday I picked up the recent issue of GOOD magazine, and I was really impressed by these WPA posters by Dan Cassaro. I thought they were incredibly clever and fun, I’d defiantly by a screen print of these.