Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Desribing himself as the world’s first “beach calligrapher”, Cape Town letter artist Andrew van der Merwe has developed  an original technique for carving letters in the sand.
You can see more of Andrew’s work, and detailed explanantions of how he goes about creating it on the Behance Network. Andrew also does commissions. If you’d like your [...]

Jordan Metcalf

Jordan Metcalf

Cape Town designer Jordan Metcalf, also known as sadmascot, has created some wonderful type treatments.
You can see a lot more of Jordan’s work, including some fine illustration work on his Behance page, or check out his Flickr stream.

A Wetsuit to go with your Gasmask

A Wetsuit to go with your Gasmask

I first took notice of Dutch designer and conceptual artist Diddo when he brought out a range of designer gas marks, described as “high fashion protection”.
His latest project is a range of wetsuits, manufactured with custom inks and unique printing techniques that map textures onto the suits.
For the first edition he has created four original [...]

Fire the Designer (and the proofreader)

Fire the Designer (and the proofreader)

This sign has been up for about a year now. I’ve waited for them to change it. It doesn’t look like they will.
Edit: Turns out this is an acceptable spelling. Oh well.

PSDTUTS design contest launches today

PSDTUTS design contest launches today

PSD Tuts, a fantastic Photoshop recource, launches a new button design contest today. Here’s the blurb:

About the Contest
As visual artists we have skills that can help change the world. Poverty is not only a pressing issue, it is a complex one. It’s easy to think that there isn’t much an individual can do. Fortunately this [...]

Saul Bass

Saul Bass

So, my first post is about another post. James White over at Signal Noise has a collection of Saul Bass logos. I’m guessing most people are familiar with Bass’s work as a film title designer, and as the designer of the original AT&T logo, but he also did logos for Kleenex and the Girl Guides.
Saul [...]

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