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Pentagram gives architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro a new look, in papervision no less!

The new trailer from OneDotZero 'Adventures in Motion' Tour.

Some time ago, Marc Esslinger published an amazing collection of pictures of Apple prototypes from the early 1980s including the very first telephone bearing the now defunct rainbow logo.

Marc Esslinger's father is no other than Hartmut Esslinger, fouder of successful design agency Frog Design and designer of the famous Apple IIc — Snow White — which was Apple's first portable computer in 1984.

It's interesting to see how advanced Apple design concepts were at the time, though technology didn't allow them to make those beautiful products come true. Laptop, tablet and wireless technologies are pretty resembling to the products that the Cupertino based company recently released.

Parce que la production d’une livre de boeuf nécessite assez pour que vous vous ouvriez les yeux :

• 30 000 litres d’eau, (l’équivalent de 6 mois de douche)
• 13 livres de grains, avec lesquels on pourrait produire 20 pains et nourrir 20 familles
• près de 4 litres d’essence
• et que cette production rejette près de 6 kilos de CO2 et 40 livres d’excréments dans le sol et les eaux.

Parce que le Groupe intergouvernemental d’experts sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) recommande une journée sans viande par semaine. Ce serait là le moyen le plus accessible afin de réduire les gaz à effet de serre (GES).

Parce qu’en tant que personne végétarienne depuis 8 ans maintenant, je peux vous dire que je ne souffre d’aucune carrence alimentaire. Par contre, je souffre énormément, et ce chaque jours, de la paresse consciente des gens.

Recettes proposées sur le site de L’Association végétarienne de Montréal:
Pâté chinois aux lentilles, Chili sin carne, Tofu brouillé.

J’ai comme juste l’envie de vous dire de vous déniaiser. Parce qu’un athlète olympique commandité par McDo, ca fait mal aux yeux.

Classic and very detailed illustration work by Sam Gilbey for a new ITV2 UK sitcom entitled No Heroics . Check out the rest of the stuff on the website for the backstory about this project.

"I like working fast to have a quick result, that’s why I use simple forms to start. Then I leave the creation for awhile—hours, days, weeks—and [when I come back to] work on it again [I] add accessories, details, refining lights, shadows, texture. What really [matters to me are] not details but the [overall seductive] aspect."
-Olivier Bucheron aka Zamak

Check out also an interview at Newton.

The depthCORE.com Collective are delighted to release their 35th exhibition, an entirely black & white body of work entitled 'NOIR'.

Consisting of over one hundred songs, photographs, illustrations and animations, 'NOIR' is a deep and immersive experience that is the result of an enthusiastic and considered response to an evocative theme from new and old artists alike. The months behind the scene spent creating the work that comprises this Chapter were some of the most artistically charged in their six year history; it is no stretch to say that this was an immensely enjoyable release to create. link

I am very pleased to announce the launch of my Redesigned & Reloaded 2008 Portfolio Website – www.MWMgraphics.com – *Updated with over 50 freelance projects and commissions from this year across disciplines (All previous work is still featured in 2007 Portfolio Archive). New Vectorfunk Posters, Prints, Books, Tees, and Skateboards in the Shop. Recent Press Clippings, Features, Interviews, and Gallery Bio. And the new MWM Graphics “So, what can you do for me?” Capabilities Section. Surf through and check it out. Enjoy! –MWM

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A couple of nice random typographic things by Stefán Kjartansson, Negative Black is a killer, How do you spell it?
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Some nice typographic and print works from designer Simon Bent. Good, clean and simple. Check the portfolio, Volume2A

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At Creacamp last saturday we had this discussion about art and money, wondering how it is possible for creative folks to earn a good living doing what we love.

One of the necessary elements named where Examples. Examples of people who make it well, examples of people who choose not let the outside world - and by outside world i mean the part of the society that is sleeping high on media, entertainment, pills and fear, not able to judge with their own mind - influence their own prosperity.

Lilla Rogers is an illustrator and agent, and today she published a post about her views on the current economy situation in the US.

This, to make you think rather than run like a headless chicken.

I’ve been through three recessions as an artist, and I’ve always done well. I want to let you know that great art will always get work. Great work and great promotion will get you jobs.

How will artists fare? Since artists are trend-leading and entrepreneurial, the really good ones will make markets for themselves. The election looks promising, and that, too, will infuse the entrepreneurs and artists with energy, which, in turn, will fuel the economy forward. Also, leave me any questions in your comments and I will try to answer them. I care about our community and don’t want to see any unnecessary fear.

Barcelona's Alex Trochut is not your typical graphic designer. His work evokes a certain sense awe—the striking geometry of his lines, the beautiful shapes and contours of his illustrated typography. A graduate of ELISAVA Escola Superior de Disseny in Barcelona, Trochut honed his expressive graphic design working at studios like Toormix and Vasava before striking out on his own as an independent. Today, Trochut's services attract the attention of clients like Nike, Universal Records, and British Airways. His work has also graced the covers of magazines like Beautiful/Decay, and been featured at conferences like Australia's Semi-Permanent. I recently caught up with Mr. Trochut. Here's how our conversation played out. -Matthew Newton

Everybody has a different story about how they became involved with graphic design. Can you tell me yours?

I always liked to draw and became a design student without knowing much about it. I was deeply hooked from day one—I was very lucky I guess.

What hooked you?

I guess it was the fact that in school I studied so many things I had to study—not because I really wanted to—that when I got to design school I discovered a whole new world of exciting things that I didn't know I would like so much. So I guess it was the unexpected and sudden motivation I had during those first years that hooked me.

Do you have any influences that have shaped your style?

Sure, so many it’s hard to name them all—but a lot of the work [was] done in the past in graphic design, before the computer became a tool for designers. All the designers from that period that chose the visual side of design more than neutrality: Milton Glaser, Herb Lubalin, Rick Griffin, Jim Philips. All kinds of pictorial archived images from all periods: art nouveau, art decò, victorian art, calligraphy of all kinds. The inspirng work of Non Format, Si Scott, Marian Bantjes, John Langdon, and many many others I'm forgetting. And the new [artists emerging].

You seem to have a focus on client work. Is personal work something you have plans of pursuing?

Right now it doesn't seem so. I'm happy being a designer and solving projects through needs. I guess I learn more like this than just working under my own directions. I'm not closed to any option, but right not I don't have any particular personal content I want to show. I believe it has to be something thoughtful and reflexive, and I don't have the time right now to do it as it deserves.

Many designers approach projects from the vantage point of a problem solver. How do you view a new project?

For me it is important that there's room for both things. I like to work on projects that require solving a need and a client/concept’s demand. I don't see myself as an artist that faces reality only through his eyes, but that doesn't mean I don't want to express myself and find new visual results by the client needs. Actually I think many times these "limitations" make me more active to look for more visual solutions.

Your experiments in typography are very original. What attracts you to typography?

I like to play with flexible abstract shape and typography is the perfect material to do so—change the structure in unlimited ways and still keep a level of meaning behind the visual side.

What do you look for in shapes that make them visually attractive?

I usually look for geometry, fluidity, and organic shapes.

How have you refined your design processes over time?

It has been important for me to look for a learning experience in every project when possible, trying to change your techniques, methodologies, and habits, which is not always posible. But trying has at least provided me some nice surprises allowing me to [take] steps in my own creative evolution.

How would you describe your creative evolution so far?

I worked for two years at a branding and communication design studio called Toormix, where the design methodology and process was very rational and neutral, which was good for me to understand the "swiss" side of design. After that I spent two years at Vasava—which was quite the opposite [experience]—and where I learned so many ways and possibilities to express myself and to use illustration as a powerful tool for a designer to communicate. After these two important periods, my evolution has been based on finding little experiences in some projects that allow me to come to the next project with more ingredients to do the cooking. And right now is all about discovering [you] need ingredients to create new dishes!

What is it you hope to achieve through design?

A fun and evolving learning process that allows you to comunicate and
express yourself.

Related links: www.alextrochut.com www.vasava.es www.toormix.com

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