Data + Design Project

Alberto Seveso’s Smoke Art

Thursday 03.22.2012 , Posted by

“Does not really matter who I am or where I come from, the world has no borders,” is the first sentence in Alberto Seveso’s bio on his website.  It is actually only one of two statements.  The second? “My illustrations speak for me, if you are interested to my artworks contact me.” His illustrations speak for themselves with their uniqueness, so his bio deserves to be unique as well.  He was born in 1976 in Milan, Italy and is clearly an individual. My only question for Alberto — If your illustrations speak for themselves, what are they saying? [Read more...]

Visual News Van #1: SXSW Spotify House

Thursday 03.22.2012 , Posted by

Although it may look like a home for leprechauns, this little green house in Austin, Texas was the music venue for Spotify all week long during South by Southwest. Spotify and MSN, with the help of Rolling Stone & Dig for Fire threw a week long party featuring performance sessions on the front porch with some of the biggest buzz artists at SXSW, including Of Monsters and Men, Kimbra, and Delta Spirit. [Read more...]

How Perfect: Rube Goldberg Explains Perpetual Motion

Wednesday 03.21.2012 , Posted by

Rube Goldberg: it’s a name so closely associated with ridiculously complex machinery, so synonymous with the image of the crazy inventor, that it’s sometimes easy to forget he was a real person. Starting at the beginning of the last century, Goldberg’s ‘Inventions’ series was syndicated nationally, quickly making him a popular, household name. By the time this film was made in 1940, he was world famous and immensely popular. [Read more...]

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This Just In: The Future is Illustrated and Retro!

Wednesday 03.21.2012 , Posted by

From utopian to dystopian worlds, on thing can be said about the future predicted in illustrator Matthew Lyons’ work: it’s going to look seductively retro. Drawing heavily from Bauhaus like boxy architecture and the wedge shaped automobiles of Bertone, his works place this now classic design right next to modern technology like tablets, wind energy and smart phones. For those in love with the aesthetics of the past, this is paradise. [Read more...]

Keeping Ads Honest: Crazy People Style

Wednesday 03.21.2012 , Posted by

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Sometimes the most simple ideas give you a good laugh — the things we often think but don’t say, the truths we know but don’t pass on. Matt Stevenson of Fathom Creative and Chelsea Fagan of Thought Catalog, took a little time out of their busy days to push those thoughts to the surface with a handful of “Honest Ads.” From a soggy bowl of Rice Krispies, to a comparison of Starbucks to crack, their ads punch you in the face with honesty. [Read more...]

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The Tutu Project: Fundraising for Breast Cancer

Wednesday 03.21.2012 , Posted by


In 2003, Bob Carey decided he wanted to wear a Tutu. No, he wasn’t changing his gender identity. Bob wanted to wear a pink tutu because it was, to him, the most opposite thing he could be doing in his life. He decided to travel to various beautiful locations and take self-portraits of himself in these places. Throughout his photos he is pictured in American national parks like the Grand Canyon, in cities, open country and deserts. [Read more...]

Animated Typeface That Folds Like Origami

Tuesday 03.20.2012 , Posted by

We really like origami and typography here at Visual News, so when we ran across this new animated origami/kirigami inspired typeface by Calango, we where smitten. You heard that right, too: it’s an animated typeface designed in After Effects, which can be fully customized for your next film or animation. If moving images aren’t your thing though, they’ve also produced a static version which is free if you like them on Facebook (it’s a small price to pay). [Read more...]

The Illustrated Life Of Christoph Niemann

Tuesday 03.20.2012 , Posted by



Have you ever wondered about the creative mind behind the illustrations that grace the cover of The New Yorker? Who is this vector art genius that continues to push out such iconic work? What is his story? Christoph Niemann is an illustrator and graphic designer whose work has frequently appeared on the cover of The New Yorker, Newsweek, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, the NY Times, and American Illustration. He has been the soul creator for Abstract Sundays, a NY Times blog, since 2008. [Read more...]

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Star Wars: The Never Ending Saga

Tuesday 03.20.2012 , Posted by

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With the re-re-release of Star Wars Episode 1 in 3D, it seems there will be no end to the amount of remaking that the series will undergo to make yet another million. Since George Lucas is worth over 3.2 billion dollars now, it is safe to say that his little Star Wars project was at the very least, a perpetual gold mine. So what’s next? [Read more...]

Retro WPA Inspired Poster Art for GOOD

Tuesday 03.20.2012 , Posted by

Do you ever see artwork in a magazine and think about how much fun it was for the artist to create? This is how I felt when I saw the WPA poster art inspired illustrations by Dan Cassaro for GOOD magazine. Each of these full page illustrations were for the latest issue of the magazine and meant to act as public announcements for our modern times. Just as the WPA posters of the past where witty, bold and colorful, Dan’s work is right on par. [Read more...]

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