In the late 1960s, designer Saul Bass had the innovative idea of re-designing the bell system logo- removing the text and focusing on a simple symbol. Rather than pitching his design proposal in print, the designer created this 27-minute film and showed it to the company’s executives. [Read more...]
The Bauer Type Foundry, founded in 1837, celebrated their 100 year anniversary with the release of this beautifully illustrated “Bauer’s Family Tree of Printing.” The company designed linotype typefaces for letterpress printers, so their designs dictated the font of media text centuries ago. [Read more...]
Whether it’s remote far-away places, strikingly majestic scenery or creative music unlike any other, Iceland has a lot of reasons to beckon you… and this new hand-drawn map brings its capital city to life with a perfect fit for the beautiful country. Illustrated from an elevated isometric view, the colorful map features central Reykjavík, population 120,000, and covers a surprisingly large area of the small city, from the new Harpa Concert Hall (which will soon feature James Taylor, Elvis Costello and a production of La Bohème) to the cities iconic Church of Hallgrímur… it’s all here, and it’s interactive too! [Read more...]
In 2006 Terry Border started his Bent Objects blog as a way to make some extra coffee money. His thought was to grab some everyday objects, stick wire into them at strategic places to construct phenomenal characters reenacting daily life situations. Border states his reasons for making these creations was rather simple in design structure: “Basically, wire is very cheap, and ordinary objects are very cheap. Combining those two things together in a way that amuses me is fun and isn’t stressful like some other creative endeavors which cost lots of money for materials.” DIY creativity is a favorite for many people looking to spruce up their living area or fix up the yard… but creating hilarious DIY characters is a whole different form of creative genius. [Read more...]
At a first glance, it would seem that the photographs of Bobby Neel Adams are just another Photoshop project, but they were actually done using a technique that the artist calls “photo surgery”. Adams has been using this photomontage method which involves altering pictures through “manual excision, collage, and sometimes defacing of the subject” since the late 80’s. [Read more...]
Beginning in 2007, Jason Travis set out to catch up with old friends, meet a lot of new ones and most especially, photograph the things in their lives that were important enough that they’d lug them around wherever they went. His series of diptychs, called Persona, is a voyeuristic extravaganza, giving us an eye into the pockets and bags of strangers on the streets and allowing us to compare what they find valuable to our own life choices. [Read more...]
Looking into the mind of an artist through her works can be surprising and delightful. Artistic photographer, Ludhye (Elise Consentino) gives us this pleasure through her dramatic photographs. [Read more...]
Few new businesses have been received with as much excitement as the world-wide private accommodation renting Airbnb… and no wonder, the site has literally exploded with activity in the last two years. This absolutely gorgeous new graphic by design whiz Kelli Anderson, looks at the growth of the massively successful company, which now allows you to rent over 19,000 exciting locations in 192 countries. If this doesn’t give you the travel bug, nothing will. [Read more...]
Owen Gatley is making all of the right strokes with his hand-drawn vintage illustration style. Gately’s vintage style is reminiscent of something you would see in an old children’s book, with the soft pencil strokes and shading that add a lot of depth and life to his scenes. It’s always nice to see artists adding craft back into their work, which he does splendidly through mainly using hand drawn illustration. The use of bright, often primary colors teamed with conceptual images, makes his environments fun and engaging… with just the right amount of detail. [Read more...]
A Visual News original series for lovers of infographics and cult movies. Here’s the movie clip [Read more...]
