Branding by Studio Chapeaux
Award-winning studio Chapeaux is a boutique of ideas and design bureau based in Hamburg.
Boys Don’t Cry by Zak Group
Zak Group was commissioned to design a bespoke type treatment for Frank Ocean’s magazine Boys Don’t Cry and to design the masthead.
Following its long-awaited public release Frank Ocean published the foil-wrapped magazine Boys Don’t Cry which included a special release of the album Blonde. The magazine, featuring three alternate covers, was launched at four pop-up newsstands in Chicago, Los Angeles, London, and New York on Saturday, 20 August 2016. The compendium of poetry, interviews, essays and photography includes contributions from Kanye West, Wolfgang Tillmans, Tyrone Lebon, Viviane Sassen and Tom Sachs among others.
The lettering of the hand-distorted masthead was made by scanning originals on a large-format scanner. The technique of printing, capturing and manipulating original artwork references historical works by artists such as Bob Cobbing or experiments made in the late 60s with the then-new photocopy technology.
Interactive Event Posters by Studio Feixen
Beside neat posters with sharp Swiss grids and clean typography that we reviewed last year, Studio Feixen noted for their interactive events micro-sites.
“For us it was clear that we wanted to design something that stretches the borders of what you usually see these days. We think there’s a lot to do in the area of interaction, animation and graphic design. And especially when it comes to moving typography.”
The latest one done for Oto Nové Swiss - a three day festival at London’s Cafe Oto, you can watch recorded interactions above and below or enjoy it on www.otonoveswiss.co.uk
1976 by Aggressive
1976 meditates on presentiment and sound. The surreal short crafts an unsettling atmosphere of foreshadowing and immanent change. A clever combination of live footage and CGI, the film allows its soundtrack to drive the visuals. Everyday objects reverberate, twist and react to an oncoming pulse of events as they converge on a farmhouse lost in rural America.
A film by Aggressive, The Loop & Echoic.
Alex Topaller of Grammy Award-winning, New York-based director duo Aggressive talks about their atmospheric exploration of sound:
“The film meditates on presentiment and sound. It is a collaboration between myself and Dan Shapiro, Moscow-based art directors The Loop (aka Alex Mikhaylov and Max Chelyadnikov) and sound design studio Echoic’s David Johnston and Tom Gilbert. A combination of live footage and CGI, we intended the soundtrack to drive the visuals. Everyday objects reverberate, twist and react to an oncoming pulse of events as they converge on a farm house in rural America”
Eurovision 2017 by Banda Agency
Kyiv-based Banda Agency and Republique developed a branding system for Eurovision 2017 that's happening in their home city later this year
“We started looking for the symbol that would be authentic for Ukrainian culture as well as identify mission of the contest. Therefore, as a basis for Eurovision - 2017 visual identity we have chosen traditional ukrainian necklace, elements of which symbolise participants of the contest. Bead after bead, countries, which take part in Eurovision, together create a captivating celebration of music.”
Expressions by Future Deluxe x Philip Haynes
For their latest collaboration Future Deluxe and photographer Philip Haynes worked with variety of selected artists using digital art, illustration, collage and even hand stitched portraits to create a series of unique portrait images.
Artists: Rik Oostenbroek, Caleigh Illerbrun, Jose Romussi, Lola Dupre, Gabor Ekes
Mainframe Animations
London-based studio Mainframe shares their latest work that can visually describes an akward state of "cognitive dissonance" everyone faced in his life few or more times.
Watch their latest works
Code through a lense by Future Deluxe
A series of physical light & projection based experiments all shot in camera. Directed, created and produced by Future Deluxe for Intel.
Escheresque Art Space
Penda Architects lead by Chris Precht created an “escheresque” space with arches, steps and mirrors for an art auditorium in the center of Beijing. What they have done literally can be described as nested doll effect by inserting multi-layered space into the structure of existent Hongkung cultural district building.
Bonsoir Paris Studio
Founded in 2010 by creative directors Rémy Clémente and Morgan Maccari, Bonsoir Paris is a creative studio working at the intersection of art, science, design and technology. Their approach stands out due to experimentation and cutting-edge innovation, working across spatial and object design, photography and filmmaking.
AKQA – The Snow Fox
Just in time for this holiday season, AKQA launched The Snow Fox – a children’s story that comes to life by voice.
The Snow Fox is a wintry tale of a young child who adventures through the forest with a newfound furry friend in search of his/her mother. But this is no ordinary story. The Snow Fox is powered by words. As the child reads, the story animates. When a sentence is finished, the story automatically transitions to the next scene. Word by word the story comes to life, bringing an element of magic to special bedtime story bonding moments between parent and child.
Using the latest SiriKit to turn voice into a reading gesture—a mobile first—The Snow Fox gives new life to the oldest form of story while transforming how we incentivize our children to learn. At the end of The Snow Fox, children can create a short memento of their narration to share with family and friends, highlighting their voice.
Art of Science by Sila Sveta
Sila Sveta produced one of the largest video projection made on the façade of the unique architectural landmark - the main tower of Moscow State University at the Vorobyovy Hills. The projected area covered over 50 000 square meters and was over 0.5 km long, 212 projectors were used for the show.
Nike Free Experience
Nike approached Amsterdam-based studio Random to create their new outdoor experience using cutting edge technologies
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For the launch of the next generation Nike Free outsole, we developed an interactive installation to capture the Auxetic Sole Technology : a structure that spontaneously expands and contracts upon impact. We created a range of hands-on digital and physical tools to enable the Nike teams to interact in a tactile way with the technology.”
Worth to see
Air Max by ManvsMachine
A metaphorical exploration by MvsM of air and the negative space it occupies.
The Constructivism Moscow Map
The New Moscow map designed by Baklazanas Studio celebrates Moscow architectural avant-garde heritage including workers' clubs, schools, factory kitchens, garages, communal housing, factories, bathhouses and even the first soviet crematorium and columbarium. It features 180 most stunning examples of Constructivist architecture in Moscow, both world-famous buildings (from Melnikov House and the Narkomfin Building to Shukhov Tower and Lenin's Mausoleum) and less known residential buildings and constructivist quarters and settlements within the limits of Moscow Ring Road
Machineast
Machineast is Singaporean design duo of Fizah Rahim and Rezaliando working on the cutting edge of East and Asia cultural platforms delivering self-initiated and commercial projects.
HOPA Studio
Hopa Studio is a Warsaw-based design team specialising in branding, established by Piotr Hołub and Marcin Paściak.
“We believe that designing visual identity systems is a process that begins long before the creation of the logo. We learn about everything the brand wants to communicate – from the client’s actual business requirements to their values, their consumers and their everyday reality.”
Caravane Studio
Caravane is a tactile creative studio based in Montreal gathering art directors and designers Jean-Constant Guigue, Francis Dakin-Côté and Frédéric Bouin. The studio’s work is characterized by a strong use of matter and finds itself at the frontier between graphic design and contemporary art.
Drone Racing League
Dazzle Ship helped launch the Drone Racing League by designing a broadcast package for their first TV series. Drone racing is a cutting-edge new sport at the forefront of emerging technology. DRL’s insane courses and professional sports media stand to redefine the meaning of sport.
From a creative perspective, branding a sport that doesn’t yet exist beyond the imagination of a few individuals was a challenging task. We struck a balance between educating viewers on the real-world aspect of the sport while transporting them into a futuristic science fiction environment that would represent the experience of drone racing.
This made DRL feel exciting, fast paced and futuristic.
DRL is the first-ever professional race series for first-person-view (FPV) drone racing, bringing together the world’s best pilots to fly DRL Racer 2 quadcopters head-to-head through neon-lit environments in the quest for the planet’s best FPV pilot. An early DRL YouTube teaser went viral in January, racking up almost two million views with tantalising footage of the world’s most exciting new sport.
Departáment Showreel
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