BLOCD Agency Personal Promo
Barcelona agency BLOCD sent an awesome bottle of wine for their clients including a lovely silkscreened packaging indulging them to take colour pencils and draw together over the illustration printed on it.
Lapka x Project Ara
I am not sure if you are familiar with Russia-born startup Lapka. Briefly speaking they produce tiny, beautifully designed personal environment monitor that connects to your phone to measure, collect and analyze the hidden qualities of your surroundings. Their latest addition to the family was a breathalyzer BAM. But what we are going to share is their proof of concept made for the well-known Project Ara, the new modular mobile device. Citing Lapka "At Lapka, we reimagine and redesign the scientific devices to turn them into stylish and accessible tools. Our products are healthcare accessories which connect to your smartphone. What if Lapka creates a separate line of these accessories in order to support Ara’s eco-system? Here is our concept of Project Ara modules."
"..we’ve imagined seven modules based on Lapka’s current and possible product line following our Environment + Body grid."
Eskimo New Identity
Leading Russian graphic design and identity systems studio Eskimo released their new personal branding. Check it out and find previous works of studio chief Pavel Emelyanov posted on our blog
Pennethorne’s Café, London, UK
Somerset House, one of London’s major cultural institutions, is now home to the brand new café and bar Pennethorne’s designed by SHH Architects. Situated on the west face of the neoclassical building, looking out onto Lancaster Place and Waterloo Bridge, the new day-to-night venue has been named after Sir James Pennethorne — the highly-reputed architect of the 19th century who was responsible for Somerset House’s 'New Wing' (which now houses the café/bar) as well as other landmarks in London
Photos by Gareth Gardner. via Yatzer
Simple
Kyiv-based Brandon Agency together with architect Anna Domovesova (CD - Boris Alexandrov) have created Simple, a casual fast-food restaurant in Kiev, Ukraine. The project got silver at Interior of the year 2014 and bronze at ADC*UA Awards 2014. You can check full project on Behance or enjoying photos below.
The Cake Cafe in Kyiv by 2B.Group
2B.GROUP is an architectural bureau from Kyiv, Ukraine owed by two young architects, Viacheslav Balbek and Olga Bogdanova with a team of a dozen talented artists. Take a look at their latest project - The Cake Cafe in Kyiv
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Grupa Products
"Grupa products" is Zagreb-based small independent product design studio run by Filip Despot, Ivana Pavic and Tihana Taraba. Their portfolio counts only 3 lamps, but all of them a real masterpiece of minimalistic design worth to see on www.grupaproducts.com
EDB Singapore by Ars Thanea
EDB Singapore is a lead government agency that hired a great bunch (with the help of The Secret Little Agency) of digital magicians from Ars Thanea. Creative guideline was clear – the illustrations must presents three different subjects, which follow a common style - a housing objectwith connected scenes. The results of this awesome collaboration can be seen below and find the full design process on Behance
Ars Thanea Showreel 2013 http://vimeo.com/77584293
Abarrotes Delirio by Savvy Studio
Mexican design studio SAVVY released a nice stationary work for local restobar Abarrotes Delirio. Check savvy-studio.net for more identity cases like this
The Super Moon Lamp by Nosinger
The so called Supermoon – the lunar occurrence on March 19th, 2011 in which the moon appeared 14% bigger and 30% brighter – shined down on the people of Japan, inspiring them to believe, and have hope for, rebuilding what they had lost just over a week ago. The Moon is a topographically-accurate LED light that was created based on data retrieved from the Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya, designed by Nosinger Design Team from Japan
A New Design for Norway Passports
Seems Norway can't stop being the most expensive country in Europe they need more attention. Last time they drew it with innovative Money Banknotes design and not long ago they released a new update of the National Passport design.Oslo based studio Neue won the competition by giving a modern, simple, but still attractive new design as a result. Titled ”The Norwegian Landscape,” this design shows nature as the “essential part of the Norwegian identity and tradition” as Neue Design Studio puts it.
The House Of Patrick Gilles & Dorothée Boissier In Paris
Belonging to architect and design duo Patrick Gilles & Dorothee Boissier, their Paris apartment is a study in art, design & beauty. They renovated their 19th century apartment retaining the original woodwork & paneling. via Yatzer
photos © Sisters Agency / Birgitta Wolfgang Drejer.
AKQA - Clerkenwell Offices
We are obsessed with awesome interior examples and here is the new one to explore. Amos and Amos have recently completed the design of a new office in Clerkenwell, London for global ideas and innovation company AKQA. Amos and Amos have referenced London’s historic docks and warehouses for the interiors of new London offices designed for global ideas and innovation agency AKQA. Amos and Amos rose to the challenge of working with a client with exceptionally high standards and a willingness to take risks in order to achieve something original. The result is a richly layered and textured space where almost everything has been custom made – a unique working environment for AKQA in the world of often standardised office design.
Ajaz Ahmed, Founder and CEO of AKQA said: “Amos and Amos have created a soulful new home for our team in London. AKQA’s new space encourages collaboration, creativity and agility. It is a workspace where creativity abounds and represents the adaptive and flexible way in which our teams create.”
Photos by Marcus Peel
Café Ferdinand in Hamburg by Aerogram Studio
Text via Yatzer: "The young international design agency Aerogram Studio has designed the interior and identity for this retro-looking café in Hamburg, Germany. Overlooking the Jungfernstieg shopping street and the picturesque Binnenalster Lake, the Café Ferdinand which was commissioned by Vodafone, also occupies the first floor of the company’s new flagship store in the city. The client chose to name the café after Ferdinand Braun, the German inventor, physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics and pioneer of modern telecommunication."
More details on www.aerogramstudio.com/cafe-ferdinand
Photos © Christian Köster, Aerogram studio.
Jean-Charles Debroize
Digital manipulator Jean-Charles Debroize plays an art direction role at Kerozen agency. I bet guys there never get tired of creating awesome digital pieces for advertising. Check their best below
http://vimeo.com/86325625
1stAveMachine Sonos
Check this awesome ad created for SONOS by NYC based motion design studio 1stAveMachine. Check their portfolio online - a lot of awesome motion works!
http://vimeo.com/108810132
Norway's New Banknotes
Last week it was revealed that Oslo-based design agency Snøhetta had jointly won a competition to redesign the Norwegian banknote. The Central Bank of Norway announced on October 7 two winner proposals for the design of the new banknotes. Snøhetta’s design will be the foundation for the backsides of the notes, while The Metric System’s design will be the starting point for the fronts.
Backsides by Snøhetta
"When contrasts come together, as when soft meets hard or digital meets analog, a dynamic is created. Our cubical pattern first of all represents pixels; our times visual language."
Frontside by The Metric System
Leica Recreates 35 Famous Photos to Celebrate a 100 Years of Photography
In celebration of their 100 year centennial and the opening of Leica Gallery São Paulo, Brazil, German camera brand Leica has teamed up with Brazilian agency F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi on a two-minute campaign which recreates 35 famous photographs from history. via
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMkQQSt6d8s
Re-created Photos (Partial List)
"Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" by Joe Rosenthal Photographs of the Apollo 11 moon mission "Migrant Mother" by Dorothea Lange "Le Baiser de l'hôtel de ville" by Robert Doisneau "Rue Mouffetard, Paris" by Henri Cartier-Bresson "Behind the Gare St. Lazare" by Henri Cartier-Bresson "Muslim women on the slopes of Hari Parbal Hill", Henri Cartier-Bresson "Phan Thi Kim Phúc" by Nick Ut "Sanaa, Yemen," by Samuel Aranda "General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon" by Eddie Adams "Flower Power" by Bernie Boston "Quang Duc self-immolation" by Malcolm Browne 'Unknown Rebel of Tiananmen Square "by Jeff Widener "Portrait of Che Guevara" by Alberto Korda "Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey," Diane Arbus "Segregated Water Fountains" by Elliot Erwitt "John Lennon and Yoko Ono", by Annie Leibovitz "Girl With Leica" by Alexander Rodchenko "Self Portrait with Wife & Models" by Helmut Newton "Seine-Maritime, Dieppe" by Henri Cartier-Bresson "Falling Soldier" by Robert Capa
Six & Five
Buenos Aires based design studio Six & Five founded by Andy Reisinger and Ezequiel Pini has a great number of sleek works mainly 3d Graphics under their sleeves. Check out their latest typography project based on Abelina typefacen initially designed by Yanina Arabena.
The Juice Shop branding
This project is a collaboration between No Entry Design and Josh Held Design. The Juice Shop Kitchen & Juicery is a new juice space that opened up it's first location in New York City's bustling Flat Iron District. Their goal is to provide fresh juices for a more reasonable price than all of the other juice places popping up around the city. More locations will be coming soon.
http://vimeo.com/90781773
