Sunday, July 21, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
The Wind in the Willows (Penguin Design Awards)
- Some photos from my Wind in the willows book cover project, Making my image from lots of leaves cut out of card and painted in different colours.
Looking at the idea of light and dark visually and within the story I wanted to blend the leaves from light yellowy greens to darkness of the shadows as if the deeper into the forest. I have chosen to use a white background to create contrast. Using natures natural colour scheme, I wanted to create a fresh and bright green that stands out and yet keeps in line with the classic environment associated with the story. I wanted to create my design using 3D layers of leaves to give more of a realistic effect and make it stand out, giving you the feel that you are not just looking at a book cover but looking into the book.
1915 Low Table Design by Teruhiro Yanagihara
1915 Low Table Design by Teruhiro Yanagihara
Designer descriptions:
This set of stackable low tables was created for the exhibition ‘complementary colours’ at Milan Design Week 2009. The thin steel bars that support the structure appear to be randomly placed, but are positioned in a specific way to keep the table balanced and stable: Always two diametrical bars are orientated at an angle of 90 degrees to each other and thus compensate the forces in the structure: This principal is reflected in the applied color scheme: The bars facing each other are painted in complementary colours. Corresponding to the forces in the structure, these colours neutralise themselves: They turn to grey when mixed together, leaving the white boards hover in space.
Art Sci
Snow Art: Man vs Nature
Snow has many different forms. It can be light and flaky, wet and slushy, crunchy and brittle and it can be compacted to form a dense modelling medium. Snow sculptors work with snow in a similar manner to potters and ceramic artists, using tools to carve away areas of snow or their hands to shape a feature of the sculpture.
Man Made Snow Art
Making a snowman is a fun activity for kids, but there are some artists who never outgrew their childhood passion for making figures out of snow. Around the world, winter festivals bring these snow artists together to compete for prizes and appreciation.
Above: Several cultural characters complete this Japanese Snow sculpture, including a samurai warrior and a dragon. Snow sculptures such as these are popular with children and make ideal attractions for public areas in winter.
Natural Snow Art
Nature is the most skilled artist in the world, creating incredibly detailed creatures, environments and natural wonders such as these natural snow artworks.
Man Made Snow Art
Making a snowman is a fun activity for kids, but there are some artists who never outgrew their childhood passion for making figures out of snow. Around the world, winter festivals bring these snow artists together to compete for prizes and appreciation.
Above: Clean curves and straight lines make this snow sculpture a winter art masterpiece. The artist's attention to detail gives the sculpture a unique appeal. Each window and door has been carefully shaped, and trees, stairs and decorative architectural elements have been added to complete this artwork.
Above: Large snow sculptures make impressive, imposing statues. Snow art is short-lived. In colder climates, snow sculptures can last for a few weeks, but at the end of winter these snow statues become nothing but a wet patch, a few memories and a handful of photographs.
Above: Snow sculptors often model man-made objects or human subjects. For some reason snow creatures such as penguins, polar bears and seals make a rare appearance in snow art.
Nature is the most skilled artist in the world, creating incredibly detailed creatures, environments and natural wonders such as these natural snow artworks.
Above: A snow rose, sculpted by the wind.
Above: Wind creates a variety of different snow sculptures. These snow rolls were formed in strong wind situations, when the temperature dropped below zero. They are winter's equivalent of tumbleweed.
Above: A combination of heat and extreme cold in thermal basins create a velvety snow coating for these rocks, transforming them into winter curiosities.
Above: This type of snow formation is found at high altitudes and is called snow penitents.
Above: A combination of weather elements creates a textured snow carpet in the Yellow Stone National Park.
A snow covered beech tree becomes a fantasy artwork in an other-worldly environment.
Layers of snow piled on uneven rocks create a detailed, organic sculpture.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Vintage Logos from World of Logotypes
Collection of vintage logos from a mid-70′s edition of the book World of Logotypes. This Flickr set has done the rounds countless times, with views in excess of 4568. Time to include a link to it here.
Vintage Logos from World of Logotypes Flickr Set
AquaVelvet
Amy from Aqua-Velvet (@AquaVelvet) has been serializing this collection of logos, picking out her own personal favourite designs, Part One, Part Two and Part Three. Some of the logos she has featured are below.
Alex Varanese: Artist Of The Day
Alex Varanese is our featured artist of the day on Designrfix.com. In this series of posts, we will spotlight talented artists ranging from illustrators to graphic artists all the way to industrial designers. These daily posts will serve two purposes; first, is to showcase the works of these accomplished artists and the second is to inspire all of you artists and designers out there, in evolving art through thoughtful exchange of technique & inspiration. Tune in daily to see who the next artist of the day will be…who knows, maybe you could be our next featured artist!
Alex Varanese is a Graphic Designer based in San Francisco, CA. He specializes in Digital Art, Typography and Illustration. To stay up to date and find out more about Alex, check out his Network.
Read more at http://designrfix.com/inspiration/alex-varanese#J5kDLLjG1Oe2u2RZ.99
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Saturday, July 6, 2013
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