For the 20th March, welcome to the first Designing Women edition of 2015. Where do you find creative inspiration? Watching others in the creative processes is the best way to get those creative juices flowing. I thought we would get started a little early because there’s so much content to cover. :
- Kemistry’s Graham McCallum on 100 years of design changing technology
- 16 Iconic Creations by Architecture and Design Power Couples
- Designing Women: designer becomes top creative ‘crowdsourcer’
- This is beading on steroids … down south of the border
- The Military’s Graphic Design War On Venereal Disease
- Designing Women: New school design and website …
- The works of Jean Jullien … an interview
- When Harry Met Sally Met Graphic Design
- 12000 free outline icons
- … and more !
For the 20th March, welcome to the first Designing Women edition of 2015. Where do you find creative inspiration? Watching others in the creative processes is the best way to get those creative juices flowing. I thought we would get started a little early because there’s so much content to cover. :
- Kemistry’s Graham McCallum on 100 years of design changing technology
- 16 Iconic Creations by Architecture and Design Power Couples
- Designing Women: designer becomes top creative ‘crowdsourcer’
- This is beading on steroids … down south of the border
- The Military’s Graphic Design War On Venereal Disease
- Designing Women: New school design and website …
- The works of Jean Jullien … an interview
- When Harry Met Sally Met Graphic Design
- 12000 free outline icons
- … and more !
Designing Women: New school design and website …
Ahava is a new preschool associated with the Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Atlanta, and Black Bear designed a beautiful website that would speak to the innovation of this new parochial school.
Jena Simonds is the Lead Graphic Designer and Copywriter for Black Bear, and loves working with a wide variety of clients. She created this identity program for Ahava!
Full story : Black Bear Design Jena Simonds’ works at Black Bear
Designing Women: designer becomes top creative ‘crowdsourcer’
After losing her San Diego ad agency design job, Holly McAlister decided she’d had enough of corporate life. It was 2005, two years before the Great Recession, recalled the graphic designer.
Holly McAlister displays some of her design work, which includes reports, marketing materials, print advertisements, hang tags and calenders, as well as packaging for foods, beverages and cosmetics. Don’t miss Holly McAlister’s Portfolio Full story : napavalleyregister.com
16 Iconic Creations by Architecture and Design Power Couples
When architects marry other architects it’s no longer just a job. Their work becomes a rebuttal to the myth of the solitary architect and a reminder that no one creates in a void.
From Seattle’s sprawling Olympic Park to a curvaceous lounge chair made in Finland, here are 16 objects that contain both a life’s work and love. Full story : Katherine Wisniewski for curbed.com Another viewpoint
NEXT: When Harry Met Sally; Graham McCallum; Prophylaxis(!) and more!
When Harry Met Sally Met Graphic Design
What happens when two artistic friends date for 40 days and nights? An eye-popping multimedia book commemorates a great social experiment.
What would it feel like to date a longtime friend for 40 days and nights? That was the challenge that two thirtyish New York City-based graphic designers, Timothy Goodman and Jessica Walsh, took on when they played a self-imposed dating game between March 20 and April 28, 2013 and recorded the experience Get the Book : 40 Days of Dating Full story : Steven Heller for The Atlantic Another viewpoint
The Military’s Graphic Design War On Venereal Disease
Going into WWII, troops were told who their main enemies would be: Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito, and… gonorrhea. In order to prevent the type of rampant venereal disease that plagued the U.S. military during WWI, in the late 1930s the government commissioned a series of colorful PSAs aimed at warning troops of the dangers that lurked with randy pleasures.
Fool the Axis—use Prophylaxis! Full story : Laura Feinstein for magazine.good.is Another viewpoint
Kemistry’s Graham McCallum on 100 years of design changing technology and technology changing design
Most of you will have heard by now about the Doves typeface, which was thrown into the Thames at the beginning of the last century and, amazingly, recovered by Robert Green this year. Now of course a digital version of what was once an exclusive typeface can be downloaded by anyone at any size, no longer restricted to the 16pt original.
The transition from analogue to digital hasn’t always been easy. Full story : Graham McCallum, guest columnist for The Drum kemistrygallery.co.uk
NEXT: Jean Jullien; beading on steroids; Free Icons(!) and more!
The works of Jean Jullien … an interview
Jean Jullien‘s instantly recognizable signature style and observational take on modern life has seen him become one of the most sought after image-makers in the world. Often character based with his distinctive black line illustration style, his work is always well observed and very funny.
Originally from Nantes, Jullien studied at London’s Central Saint Martins and later at the Royal College of Art before adopting London as his new home. In 2011, he launched Jullien Brothers with his brother Nicolas – an animator and electronic musician under the name Niwouinwouin. The pair create films and animations together, and are currently working on a new animated series. Full story : Katy Cowan — DesignBoom www.jeanjullien.com Portfolio
This is beading on steroids … down south of the border
While graphic design it ain’t, this is something of note: eight artisans from the communities of Nayarit and Jalisco are showcasing their amazing bead work on an entire car!
The team of Huichol bead artisans took 9,000 hours to completely adorn the car both inside and out. They covered virtually all the surfaces including the mirrors, seats, steering wheel and dashboard! Full story : www.beadinggem.com Another viewpoint
12000 free outline icons
a great pack of 12000 line icons totally free, following the simple and beautifully geometric nature
this is but a mere sample of a much larger collection you can purchase. Full story : www.iconshock.com
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