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These limited edition prints by artist Tavis Coburn are sensational. Absolutely beautiful! The color palettes and textures give it a wonderful vintage feel. Printed on Epson Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper using Epson’s archival-quality Ultrachrome ink system. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist. A little pricey in my opinion but they are so great they might be worth the price tag.
I love photography that implements graphic design into the composition. This gorgeous Flickr set by photographer Ram Martinez is exactly the type. I love how simple and graphic the backgrounds are and how he makes the model part of the design. When I first looked at it I wonder how difficult it must have been to setup this shot, but the more I look at it the more I’m convinced the the background was added in post production. Still, there must have been a crazy amount of planning to get this to work right. Ram did an amazing job.
Here’s a beautiful Pantone like calendar by Moritz Zwimpfer where each day is a different color. You can purchase one of these at You Work For Them
Details: Following the huge success of the Colour Calendar 2007, here is the Colour Calendar 2008 – and every day once again gets its own special color from Switzerland’s design genius, Moritz Zwimpfer. This appealing, spiral-bound desk calendar is a bit like a Pantone book with room for notes; each day’s color brings its own scent, taste and sound, the implications of memory, the possibilities of the future. A beautiful little object, impeccably printed, for the desk or attaché case of a design aficionado, promising enjoyment long after 2008 is history. The appendix includes a calendar overview for 2008-2009, Pantone codes for the 365 colors, and blank pages for memos.
Dimensions: 4.75″ x 6″ (inches)
Languages: English & German
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Here’s a great motion graphics piece by Gary Butcher in tribute of graphic design legend Josef Müller-Brockmann. The video was made for the Forty Eight Posters exhibit.
Gorgeous poster by Canadian agencyGottschalk+Ash done in the early 70’s. It’s sad how they’ve done great work like this in the past but now they do mediocre branding. At least that’s what it seems like on their site.
Along with Brockmann, Crouwel and Aicher, Seitz is one of my biggest influences. His work has influenced many and is considered to be some of the best of our time. Design Observer has a great article on Seitz by Andrew Blauvelt, who also designed a book with Ryan Nelson called Peter Seitz: Designing a Life, a book featuring his work for the Walker Art Center. You can read about the making of the book on Ryan’s site and you can purchase the book from the Walker Art Center bookshop.