Do you like to watch television? Do you have a favorite show that keeps your attention every Thursday at 7pm? How deep is your knowledge and understanding of that show? Two artists decided to take themes and icons from certain American TV shows and create minimalist posters of them . Do you think you can guess which one is which? [Read more...]
It’s all about the Benjamins! If you had the chance to redesign the iconic hundred dollar bill, with no limitations, what would it look like? Make Your Franklin, an online community art project, challenges participents to re-imagine the bill using a high resolution image they provide. As you can see from these initial results, the designs range from clean euro-esq to dark Darth Vader inspiration. [Read more...]
From Central Park and Coney Island Beach to neighborhood basketball courts and swimming pools, the New York City Parks system offers it’s metropolitan citizens a welcome 29,000 acres of peaceful nature and recreational areas where they can release the stresses of city life. While this magnificent collection of public space is one of the most treasured aspects of the Big Apple, what it has lacked is a truly modern and cohesive branding; one that its visitors can easily recognize at both physical locations and in literature. Paula Scher of world wide design consultancy Pentagram, recently worked with NYC Parks to redesign the existing maple leaf logo, turning it into an iconic and easily recognizable identity worthy of the wonderful system it represents. [Read more...]
