Caleb Owen Everitt has an eye for design and art direction that’s really inspiring. I remember swooning over his identity & packaging work for The Chop Shop when I first came across on Ptarmak. His sensibility is evident throughout his work, and while some follows trend (which maybe he starts?), it does so in a way that makes it feel fresh and authentic. Almost effortless.
Loving the site and work of Sydney-based Toko.
They’re experts at developing contemporary, cohesive design solutions and applying them in playful, yet minimal ways. Quality all around.
Here’s a great video about hand-painted signs by FontShop featuring Damon Styer of New Bohemia Signs who was featured here back in April.
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I just finished an interview for Computerlove, where I talked with senior editor Matthew Newton about work/life balance, creative process, and details about some past projects. With each new installment of cpluv’s ‘Inside The Studio’ they also take an in-depth look at the work spaces of visual artists from around the world, where I’ve shared my personal workspace and give some insight as to what surrounds and inspires me. Take a look, let me know what you think!
Great new work and site from Gavin Potenza — a twenty-four year old designer and illustrator working out of Portland, Oregon. Gavin has created some really unique work in the areas of information graphics, illustrations, record covers, or websites. Gavin also co-runs the emerging design studio, Script & Seal.
Completely enjoying the new site for Kokoro & Moi. They showcase a wide range of work that’s diverse in terms of palette, typeface, shape, and application. I all feels very fresh and energetic. They must have a lot of fun with their projects, and it really shows through the work. — Kokoro & Moi is a multidisciplinary design consultancy specialized in brand identity and development, creative direction, visual communication and interaction.
Beautiful new work from Xavier Encinas — Art Director and Graphic Designer living and working in Paris, France. He is the Design Director of Under The Influence and The Lab as well as the founder and editor of Swiss Legacy. Awesome dude, great photographer, and smart too — follow him on Twitter.
I had the chance to check out The New Typography at MoMA, NY last weekend, and while I was slightly disappointed with the breadth of work shown, it was still impressive to see these pieces in-person. Viewing works online, or in books is no substitute for the first-hand experience of scale, texture, paper, ink, and history that you absorb when you interact with something tangible.
The New Typography as described by MoMA:
“In the 1920s and 1930s, the so-called New Typography movement brought graphics and information design to the forefront of the artistic avant-garde in Central Europe. Rejecting traditional arrangement of type in symmetrical columns, modernist designers organized the printed page or poster as a blank field in which blocks of type and illustration (frequently photomontage) could be arranged in harmonious, strikingly asymmetrical compositions. Taking his lead from currents in Soviet Russia and at the Weimar Bauhaus, the designer Jan Tschichold codified the movement with accessible guidelines in his landmark book Die Neue Typographie. (1928).” (link via Oliver Tomas)
Here is a quick video walk-through I was able to grab while I was there:
I’ve been a fan of Studio Output‘s work for a while now and really dig their new site. Lovely work aside, I think this site is completely appropriate, and also a perfect example of a dynamic, interactive experience that isn’t built with flash. Once you become oriented and familiar with how the site functions, you realize just how flexible it is. There are several ways to sort the work, whether it’s a modular or draggable grid layout, category or list. Nicely done.
