Stefan’s Big Brother – Sagmeister’s new website
In our reality obsessed times we seem to like nothing better than having a spy hole into other people lives. Stefan Sagmeister’s new website reflects this by featuring live web-cam feed on it’s home page that includes vinyl graphic ‘buttons’ on the floor in order to navigate to areas of the site. The new site […]
…and Pantones colour of 2011 is..
So it’s the moment you have all been waiting for, well probably not, but much like last year Pantone have announced it’s colour predictions for 2011. Mostly a marketing gimmick (but judging by the amount of turquoise that was knocking about during 2010) definitely an influence on the design world. Pantone has announced its colours […]
Baa-rilliant traffic sheep
Nice design concept from Christoph Machet to redesign the humble road traffic cone in the form of ‘Traffic Sheep’. Can’t imagine seeing it on our roads but a great concept and one that made me smile.
Absolut vodka
I’ve written a number of posts featuring the various designs of Absolut Vodka bottles but was surprised when last week through the post I received one of the new limited edition bottles (shown in the featured pictures). The latest diamond-like glass design is backed by a new campaign and series of ‘Absolut Experiences’ across the […]
Logo Design Process – Mark Colombus Wedding Photography
Dot Design worked with Mark Colombus a few months back to create a new identity design for his wedding photography business. Mark offers a wedding package of creative reportage, he attends the wedding all day from the bridal preparations until after the first dance. This ensures that nothing is missed and there is a range […]
Unlogo – Removing Logos from your life
As advertising becomes more intrusive will there be / is there a backlash against the visual elements of branding? Check out this video where a developer has been working on software that trains a computer to recognise logos via a camera feed and then removes them from the video footage. Called ‘Un-Logo’ its quite an […]
Illustrator Interview 18: Zosia Olenska
1. How long have you been an illustrator/artist? Not very long at all really, I’d say that everything has come together in the last year or so. I have always loved drawing and I specialised in sculpture when I was at school, but both my parents were artists who had to shift their career paths […]
Literature inspired scent packaging
Since discovering this Perfume packaging design over at Behance I keep finding myself returning, again and again, to re-look at it. Really like the idea of taking what is generally a female product and designing it in a more gothic, dark masculine way and using the influences in the way they have.
Illustrator Interview 17: Laura Anderson
Illustrator Interview 17: Laura Anderson 1. How long have you been an illustrator/artist? Well I studied for three years at University College Falmouth taking on professional projects in the meantime, so it makes sense to say three years! 2. What inspires your work? Well, there are quite few things that inspire me, but I […]
The future of screen technology
Spotted this video over on the SwissMiss blog which shows how stretchable transparent screens, e-ink displays and touch screen technology could be integrated into our lives in the future. It’s a video produced as a result of TAT’s Open Innovation experiment it shows great potential for these technologies in environments such as the bathroom and […]