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Design — ed by Ed Watt
April 29th, 2009A contributor to the excellent blog FormFiftyFive, Glasgow based designer Ed Watt has compiled an excellent portfolio filled with quality stuff.
I personally love the flyer pictured above made for the Maryhill Youth Theatre to promote one of their productions. Gorgeous. I also love Ed’s griddy site design.
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Grid Calculator by Designers Bookshop
April 26th, 2009As you know, I’m a big grid system user. One of the most time consuming, and sometimes frustrating, aspects of grid systems is calculating and creating them. If you’re new to grids, I suggest you do it all by hand at first to learn the process. But once you get the hang of it, and understand it, an application can speed the process up considerably and save you valuable time.
Over the last few months I’ve been using an app called Grid Calculator, developed by Designers Bookshop, to do all my calculating for me so that I could concentrate on other things. It’s available for both Mac and PC and helps with calculating correct leading, margins, gutters, row space and “f” height for image placement. It also includes a handy conversion tool and document proportions.
It’s currently aimed more towards editorial design, but it could still be used for web design with some minor calculating on the side. Hopefully they expand the next version to include more features for web specific design.
I figured that a lot of you would be interested in this app, so I’ve contacted the company and they’ve agreed to give AisleOne readers a 10% discount. The offer is only valid this week: Monday, April 27th to Friday, May 1st. To get the discount, enter in the following code upon checkout : Baseline.
Enjoy and happy gridding.
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H&M Packaging
April 24th, 2009Ok, this is probably the first and last time I’ll write this but… I have a crazy urge to go out and buy women’s stocking and tights. No, not to wear, but because they’re wrapped in a gorgeous packaging design by one of my all-time favorite studios, BVD.
Why can’t all packaging design be this damn good? Too bad it was in circulating between 1999 – 2001. Bummer.
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New Deal Typeface by Neville Brody
April 23rd, 2009Neville Brody and his team at Research Studios have designed a new typeface named “New Deal” for the upcoming Michael Mann film “Public Enemies”, starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.
The typeface is inspired by the 1930’s era typography but with a modern edge and is being used for the one-sheet and film trailer.
It has a very nice industrial feel to it, almost along the lines of Soviet style typography.
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1976 Montreal Olympics Logo
April 21st, 2009Over at the blog We Made This, there’s a scan of an article in a 1975 issue of Design Magazine that covers the construction and guidelines for the 1976 Montreal Olympics Logo designed by Georges Huel. It’s interesting to see how the logo was developed over a grid system.
The logo represents a podium, a running track, the letter M and the olympic rings. Simple and brilliant. I personally prefer this mark over the one created by Otl Aicher for the 1972 Olympics.
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Thirteen
April 20th, 2009Bristol based form Thirteen has compiled a superb portfolio filled with work that will get your design juices flowing. Each piece is precisely designed and extremely inspirational.
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Made by Sawdust
April 17th, 2009Jonathan Quainton of Sawdust contacted me about their work and I quite impressed by it. They’re a London based firm that specializes in print design,
corporate identity and branding.
I’m personally drooling over this printed material pictured above promoting a bar in London.
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File Magazine
April 16th, 2009I’m digging this.
File Magazine is a bi-annual publication that focuses on graphic design, art and visual communication and includes a DVD that features shorts, videos, interviews and more. Each issue also features a limited edition print.
They’ve just released their first issue which can be purchased for £6.50.
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studio1500
April 15th, 2009An excellent range of work by San Francisco firm studio1500, formed by ex-Pentagram designers Erick Schmitt and Julio Martinez.
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rw/2 Identity Design
April 14th, 2009Category: Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, Typography
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Stunning identity design for photography studio rw/2 by Sebastian Gram while working with Hello Monday. Excellent choice of color, love the minty green, and great use of white space. The grid brings all these elements together to create a superb design.
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Design Business Review
April 13th, 2009Have you ever wanted to learn more about the business side of the design industry? Well this new print-on-demand publication by Fwis will help you do just that. Design Business Review gives business advice and will teach you how to get a job, win clients, and survive the recession. A valuable resource for those new to the industry and seasoned vets.
The first issue features an interview with Michael Beirut and an article by Dress Code. You can purchase it from Lulu for $13.50.
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In House
April 9th, 2009I’m telling you, there is a serious design boom going on in Australia and New Zealand. Just the other day I wrote about Scenrio and now I’ve been contacted by another excellent firm in Auckland called In House. A fantastic portfolio that exhibits quality work. Check them out.