A Japanese designer Tota Hasegawa creates eyewear line from the two most famous and mainstream typefaces in the world: Helvetica and Garamond "Just as Helvetica is a font for the unpresumptuous, the Helvetica glasses are for people who don't want to be thought of as wearing glasses... The character of the Garamond glasses is quite different: they are for bookish intellectuals who revel in wearing a pair of specs" says Fast Co
I'd like to smear old wheels of the Appcollector column with this fresh typophile application. If you know how it is to date a designer this can be a perfect solution to stop his/her daily whining about "ugly" note-writing applications. Guys behind OmmWriter app bring new live to your daily clever quotes with Notegraphy. You can download it free for iOS and Android or use it on the web.
Worth to note that each of unique card design brought by real artist from this list
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"The wait is over ladies and gentleman, OFFF 2014 teaser is finally here! We know you're excited to see what OFFF has for you this year, so Atelier's 2014 students aka Lorem Ipsum had fun teasing you a little bit more. You can now watch it here and plan your schedule because our OFFF 2014 schedule is up! So, get ready and buy your tickets for one of the most exciting Festivals of the year!"
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The surreal images of Russian photographer Ilya Kisaradov (aka ezorenier) have a level of vulnerability to them that draws the viewer's attention and allows one to empathize with each character within the frame. The photographer's subjects often exhibit a sense of confinement and isolation in nature that is heightened through props like a birdcage or even one's own hair wrapped tightly over the subject's mouth. via
Uzbekistan photographer Ravshaniya creates intriguing photographs with a decent digital manipulation
Old master paintings animated by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro
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One day there were Russian Empire, a huge logistic network of export of national products to the whole world, a massive import of everything the Europe could do at that time and famous tea houses like Kousmichoff. But somebody get angry and caught envy and everything get ruined, bless Kousmichoff safely moved his brand Kusmi-Tea to Paris in 1917. Here is the latest advertising campaign, directed by Jeremy Charbit with the help of underwater ballet-dance group, promoting the tea coupages "Prince Vladimir", "Sweet Love" and "BB Detox"
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To shot Stainless series Adam Magyar boarded the subway and rode it into Grand Central station in New York, the Alexanderplatz station in Berlin, and the Shinjuku station in Tokyo with a slow motion camera in tow. Video was shot totally at 720p and 50fps. For the great interview and "behind the scenes" please visit https://medium.com/matter/88aa8a185898
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Stockholm based award-winning artistic photographer Kristoffer Axen creates monochromatic prints that will kick off any depressing thoughts from your head, today, on Blue Monday.
You maybe already familiar with Eskimo studio (with Pavel Emelyanov as a Creative director). Based in St Petersburg they gained a lot of attention on Behance and creative blogs due to their genius way of presenting the identity cases. The latest one, to grab our attention, is a complex branding work made for online store DEERZ. Credits: art-director — Pavel Emelyanov manager — Denis Gluschenko photographer — Anatoly Vasiliev photo set — Pavel Emelyanov, Maria Sinutina
Russian mother, architect and photographer Elena Shumilova takes magical pictures of her two kids with animals on her farm. Enjoy her photographs on Flickr or 500px accounts.
Moscow based BHSAD students of unstoppable tutor Dmitry Karpov did it again. This time they settled down the heroes of Game of Thrones serial to the masterpieces of the art history. Enjoy the Game of Art Thrones.
Alexei Bazdarev is a Russian photographer who currently lives in Duseldorf, Germany. He is specialized in fashion, portrait and erotique photography. (NSFW)
Awesome example of graphic and packaging design made by talented Wedge & Lever from San Diego. Apart from "Bitches Brew" identity that you can see below their portfolio is a must to explore and inspire.
A self-initiated project exploring the beer and wine category. For the brand story we created a fictitious narrative combined with historical facts from the Salem witch trials. From there we built out the brand and product line by integrating the occult theme into all aspects of this case study.
Originally from the deepest parts of Siberia, Igor Sordokhonov is based in Moscow, working as a freelance motion designer. Here we present his latest showreel and stills from commercial works he did for various clients. Some of you may know Igor for his contribution writing at Motiongrapher blog.
http://vimeo.com/84051846
London based photographer, Robin Conway has particular interest in underwater photography stems from becoming a water lover at an early age, through swimming at a local club, developing a keen interest in scuba diving and working as a lifeguard as well.
“By taking the model underwater I find the lens captures the model’s vulnerability and emotional resonances.” - Robin Conway
Artist Sam Songailo uses bright colors, straight lines, and bold, graphic shapes in his outdoor and indoor installations. Geometric repeating patterns span span floors, ceilings, and walls. Lighting plays a role in his work as it enhances color and gives the work a sense of space and a depth of field. Once the viewer is immersed in the space, all of the elements of Songailo’s work transports them to another place. via
Awesome yet simple photographs of traffic lights in the fog near Weimar in Germany made by Lucas Zimmermann
Russian press-release only. To take a part in design challenge organised by Fotolia please visit the website http://www.tenbyfotolia.com/ in your ololocation. С 10 января по 10 февраля 2014 года цифровые художники со всего мира могут проявить себя и посоревноваться с десятью художниками-участниками второго сезона проекта TEN от Fotolia.
[box]TEN — это креативно-образовательный проект, организованный ведущим международным микростоковым фотобанком Fotolia. В рамках проекта в течение 10 месяцев 10 диджитал-художников со всего мира презентуют свои работы. Уже второй год подряд проект TEN от Fotolia представляет лучшие произведения цифровых и графических художников со всего мира. В рамках TEN Fotolia открывает доступ к работам участников, чтобы все желающие могли скачать файлы и узнать секреты их создания.[/box]
Проект TEN от Fotolia приглашает любителей и профессионалов диджитал-искусства побороться с художниками-участниками в любой из заданных креативных тем за главный приз приз -- международную кампания по продвижению от Fotolia стоимостью более 100 000 долларов. Специальные призы предоставят как международные партнеры проекта WACOM и Adobe, так и специальные партнеры в России - НР, КАК, LAC-projeсt.
Для участия в конкурсе необходимо с 10 января по 10 февраля 2014 года вступить в группу http://contest.tenbyfotolia.com в Facebook и выложить свои работы. Для создания работы нужно выбрать минимум 3 изображения из фотобанка Fotolia, которые были использованы участниками проекта.
Более 1200 художников приняло участие в первом сезоне TEN. Их работы оценили с помощью лайков более 40 000 пользователей Facebook, а вирусный потенциал проекта выразился в распространении на 250 000 пользователей. Заключительная часть второго сезона TEN обещает быть еще масштабнее, потому что проект уже стал известен в дизайнерских сообществах.
Интернет-пользователями по всему миру будут определены 10 победителей — по одному в каждой теме — которые затем предстанут перед жюри, состоящим из двух художников-участников второго проекта TEN, представителей Fotolia, а также партнеров проекта из Gang Corporate. Работа победителя конкурса станет основой для международной рекламной кампании Fotolia стоимостью более 100 000 долларов. Кроме того, победитель получит шанс увидеть своё произведение в самых престижных дизайнерских журналах, таких как: Advanced Creation, Web design, Photoshop Pro и других, а также всемирную известность и признание. Среди других призов: планшет Wacom Intuos Pro M, бесплатная подписка на Adobe’s Creative Cloud, монитор EIZO LCD ColorEdge 24.1, освещение и оборудование от Westcott и премиум подписка Fotolia.
Результаты и победители второго состязания TEN будут опубликованы на странице в Facebook 19 февраля 2014 года.
Узнайте больше о проекте TEN от Fotolia на сайте www.tenbyfotolia.com
