Posts Tagged ‘design’

Graphic Explorations

Saturday, April 9, 2011 14:01 No Comments

Wow, this guy is rock solid as far as design is concerned. Such well done work. His thoughts range from silly to inspiring and his style is fantastic. Marius Roosendaal is a designer from the Netherlands, place close to my heart. I hope more young designers follow in his example of consistent, personal quality work. [...]


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Hey Mister Four Eyes

Monday, March 28, 2011 21:06 3 Comments

If I had to wear glasses, which at times in my life I have wished, these are some of the beautiful styles I would choose.  The colors and balance of them are wonderful.  I love the idea of being able to look through a window of glass, metal and plastic and see the world more [...]


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Pencils on Paper

Friday, November 12, 2010 9:28 No Comments

A combination of traditional pencil drawing and digital embellishment works wonderfully for Sam Green.  These images have such a wonderful modern look even though they are done in a very classical way.  There is an interested interview with Sam here. Some of my favorite work of his is the portraits of swimmers.  He captures the [...]


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Set the Letra

Saturday, November 6, 2010 9:16 No Comments

My Father was/is an art teacher. He used to bring home catalogues that he received at school.  There was one that I latched onto at a young age and spent hours pouring over. That was, of course, Letraset.  Letraset is a company that made dry transfer letters and illustrations. Before the age of digital typography, [...]


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International Typeface Corperation

Friday, November 5, 2010 8:48 No Comments

Today’s theme is Old Typographic Publications.  One of the best from the old days (1970′s) is The International Typeface Corporation’s U&lc.  Their publicatins were done to promote typefaces and artists.  They has such a great style and the typefaces from that time period all had such personality.  They were crafted on drawing boards and with [...]


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