Here we go . . . the LAST Creative Tidbits column for 2014. Say goodbye to the year, and get yourself ready to ramp up in January. A lot happened in the year, and you can go back and find more than twenty Creative columns in 2014. Have fun earning from these:
- The New Pantone ‘Color of the Year’ for 2015 is Pantone 18-1438 Marsala
- A New Book Examines the History of Graphic Design in California
- Royal College of Art releases GraphicsRCA: Fifty Years book
- interview with illustrator and designer jean jullien
- Artists launch street sculpture exhibit program
- Brewing up a new identity for Coffee Officina
- Illustrator is inspired by the Westcountry
- Buy A Logo – 10 Tips For Better Design
- Ten Questions for: Fernando Gutiérrez
- … and more!
Here we go . . . the LAST Creative Tidbits column for 2014. Say goodbye to the year, and get yourself ready to ramp up in January. A lot happened in the year, and you can go back and find more than twenty Creative columns in 2014. Have fun earning from these:
- The New Pantone ‘Color of the Year’ for 2015 is Pantone 18-1438 Marsala
- A New Book Examines the History of Graphic Design in California
- Royal College of Art releases GraphicsRCA: Fifty Years book
- interview with illustrator and designer jean jullien
- Artists launch street sculpture exhibit program
- Brewing up a new identity for Coffee Officina
- Illustrator is inspired by the Westcountry
- Buy A Logo – 10 Tips For Better Design
- Ten Questions for: Fernando Gutiérrez
- … and more!
Illustrator is inspired by the Westcountry
Even as a girl growing up in her beloved Bridgwater, doodling-dotty Angie Spurgeon had designs on a career in art.
A big fan of television’s legendary artist Tony Hart and his plasticine sidekick Morph, the talented youngster liked nothing better than to draw and colour in her creations on any available scraps of paper.
Full story : Western Morning News – www.westernmorningnews.co.uk A better look at the book cover
Royal College of Art releases GraphicsRCA: Fifty Years book
The publication, GraphicsRCA: Fifty Years and Beyond, was designed by RCA graduates 27-year-old Antonio Bertossi and 31-year-old Esa Matinvesi, and edited by Teal Triggs, Adrian Shaughnessy and Anna Gerber. It includes commissioned essays by graphic designers including Mike Dempsey and Shaughnessy, and interviews with past students, such as actor Alan Rickman, and staff members.
The book also includes artwork, including poster designs, installations and digital experiments. It has a gatefold cover, and foldout inner pages. Full story : Sarah Dawood Click here to see: some example pages.
NEXT: >interview with Jean Jullien; Studio Fernando; and more!
interview with illustrator and designer jean jullien
jean jullien is a french graphic designer currently living in london. he comes from nantes and did a graphic design degree in quimper before moving to london.
Jean writes : I get to draw for a living everyday and to work on incredibly exciting projects. I also get to chose how I want to spend my time and how much commercial and personal work I want to do. I feel incredibly lucky. Full story : daniel arnold ~ Design Boom Take a look at one of his works!
Ten Questions for: Fernando Gutiérrez
Fernando Gutiérrez set up Studio Fernando Gutiérrez in 2006 following six years as a Pentagram partner. He has previously worked for CDT and Summa and co-founded Spanish consutlancy Grafica.
This week Gutiérrez has been appointed a Royal Designer for Industry. Full story : Design Week : UK Work on the walls of his studio.
Artists launch street sculpture exhibit program
Aubrey Booska and Michele Genuario, have developed a Stratford Street Sculpture program where businesses can sponsor benches that will be displayed and utilized around town next summer before being auctioned off for charity. The two, art teachers in Stratford Public Schools who are working as private citizens, stand here with the bench that they helped to create for display in Stamford last summer.
The Stratford Street Sculpture exhibit called Share A Chair will consists of multiple artist-designed Adirondack benches placed around the town next summer. An early estimate is that there will be up to 20 two-person benches around town, depending on the number of sponsors. Full story : Elizabeth G. Howard for www.stratfordstar.com
NEXT: Yet another logo article, wonderful Katy Cowan, and Marsala!
Buy A Logo – 10 Tips For Better Design
You probably already know all of these … we’ve been writing about them here in the Design Center for 25 years . . . but it’s always great refresh your memory — or young designers learn them for the first time
This young fellow has re-phrased some good tips : Even though anyone can design a logo, a lot of care must go into crafting the perfect logo for your brand. Because it can be a bit tricky, here are 10 tips to create a better logo design. Full story : John Rampton : Forbes
Brewing up a new identity for Coffee Officina
Here’s another great one from Katy Cowan … you’ll want to bookmark her site, we’ve loved Katy since some of her first works!
The Coffee Officina is a London-based, coffee roasting company that recently commissioned Morse Studio to create a full brand identity including logotype, print collateral, packaging and a content-managed, e-commerce website, optimised for mobile and tablet devices. Full story : Katy Cowan ~ Creative Boom Here’s another angle
A New Book Examines the History of Graphic Design in California
You could fill an entire library with all of the books dedicated to California’s rich legacy in architecture, furniture design, fine art, and fashion—but when it comes to graphic design, that’s not the case.
Enter CalArts graphic design professor Louise Sandhaus, who is the first to attempt to catalog the vast and influential body of work that came out of the Golden State in the 20th century with her new volume, Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California & Graphic Design 1936–1986 Full story : ERIN MAGNER ~ la-confidential-magazine.com Click here for: high rez expanded shot of above graphic
The New Pantone ‘Color of the Year’ for 2015 is Pantone 18-1438 Marsala
Pantone, an X-Rite company and the global color authority, today announced Pantone 18-1438 Marsala, a naturally robust and earthy wine red, as the Color of the Year for 2015. SEE Video :
The Pantone Color of the Year for 2015 is: Marsala , and a lot more at this play list of videos You’ll find a full story at : Pantone, PiWorld, and others Here’s Pantone’s : Marsala banner for 2015!
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