Abi-Haus identity by Ryan Feerer

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Not only did Ryan Feerer develop the iden­tity, col­lat­eral and inte­ri­ors (which he col­lab­o­rated on with Dana Tanamachi and Jeff Rogers) for this awesome-looking restau­rant, Abi-Haus, but he is also one of the restau­ran­teurs behind the estab­lish­ment. via

Good Deeds Fair mapping

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Russian mapping masters from Sila Sveta did it again. This time it was a New Year visual fairy tale for kids "Good Deeds Fair" mapped on Victory Memorial in Moscow sponsored by monopolist bank (it's really strange when a customer in Russia can't stay with only a logo at the end and just be a sponsor but not a main hero dressed in corporate colours and a savior in this fairy tale).

http://vimeo.com/59092035

2D Honkey Kong by Chirstian Aslund

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Swedish photographer Christian Åslund shot this Jim Rickey advertising campaign as a “tribute to classic 2D platform games and integrate the person with the street scenes”. Called ‘Honkey Kong’, Åslund shot these photos in Hong Kong using a tele lens, making the images appear flat—creating the feeling of the model navigating the streets on a 2D plane. via

Tweetping

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Tweetping is a freshly launched data visualisation of all Twitter activity on Earth, and the site's epic concept has a beautiful execution to back it up. Created by French web designer Franck Ernweinan, Tweetping represents every tweet in the world as a bright pixel of light against a dark density map. The planet sparkles with social media content in realtime. There’s even a dashboard of streaming global statistics and hashtags, broken down by continent.via

Beware of browser memory loss.

Motion Graphics: Inspiration Set 13

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While scanning the internet for great motion graphics we tend to find huge amounts of amazing videos which we’ve chosen to present in our “Motion Graphics Inspiration” section. Take a first row and enjoy the latest gems from this week!Follow Motioncollector.com and Vimeo Channel for more inspirational videos.

The week heater - Woodkid "I Love You" http://vimeo.com/58912692

http://vimeo.com/58559908

http://vimeo.com/58313264

http://vimeo.com/58932618

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Udk6uinLkIk

http://vimeo.com/44267790

http://vimeo.com/58385453

http://vimeo.com/58994103

http://vimeo.com/35770492

http://vimeo.com/58822081

http://vimeo.com/58150375

http://vimeo.com/58998700

http://vimeo.com/48131951

Fotolia TEN 2013: Soongyu Gwon

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Following the success of the 1st Season, Fotolia launches the 2 nd edition of the TEN Project, a creative, digital and educational event. Today Fotolia introduces Soongyu Gwon, the second digital artist of TEN, Season 2. After Argentinean Gustavo Brigante, Korean artist Soongyu Gwon unveils his digital creation, which will be available for free download in PSD format for 24 hours, on Friday, February 8th, on www.tenbyfotolia.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQn6zeJwmYM

A personal artwork, with Asian influences

Forever a passionate for art and design, Soongyu Gwon, who works as a Creation Director at D.FY Inc. Design Group in Seoul (South Korea), defines himself as a «digital image maker». The work and style of this man, who is above all in search of the deep meaning of things, materialize in his ultra-graphic, perfectly mastered works. Inspired and enriched with the 5,000 year-old Korean history, as well as with the traditional asian culture, close to Nature, his compositions also show the influence of contemporary arts: comics, fantastic and horror movies are Soongyu Gwon’s favorite genres, since he saw Peter Jackson’s “Dead Alive” in high.

Unleash Imagination

“TEN, Season 2 was an opportunity to conceive a work without compromise, nor constraint, and to give free rein to my imagination”. Indeed, his artwork, entitled « Kentauros », which blends Greek mythology with fantasy, detonates and surprises. According to Soongyu Gwon : «Creativity is not about inventing what doesn’t exist, but about seeing in a new way what already does». He therefore doesn’t hesitate to represant the horseman (Centaur), famous for his brutality, as a pale and frail young girl : «I found the perfect young girl image on Fotolia. I replaced her legs with those of a foal, rather than those of a horse, to emphasize her fragility. The presence of crows increases tension, and generates fear. The dead tree branches create a protection around the Centaur. The three moons in the sky lend a fantastic atmosphere to the whole. I finished with adjusting the colours tone, and added some blue tone, to make the cold feel».

Valorize each particularity

Photography is Soongyu’s first choice raw material : «I spend a lot of time choosing an image, from which I emphasize the atmosphere and specificity, as they are in the original work, without special effects.». During the next months, he intends to learn working in 3D : «I can improve my ability to express my ideas through this powerful tool». The best is yet to come! By taking part in the TEN project, Soongyu Gwon opens a window on the world : «I admit I hesitated before entering the project, not being sure I’d have time to conciliate the making of this project with my clients’expectations. In the ended, I dived, because I very much want to show my work beyond the borders of my country».

Download PSD on 8 February

Perelman Pencils

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Using a portrait of Russian Mathematician Grigori Perelman by artist Jules Julian, designers Alan Temiraev and Volodenka Zotov created a beautifully designed pencil set. The packaging is designed so that when intact, the eight individually boxed graphite pencils make up the illustrated portrait, by Jules Julien, of the Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman, famous for solving the the legendary Poincaré Conjecture. via

http://vimeo.com/58011741