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Monday, 12 December 2011
Monday, 5 December 2011
Sunday, 4 December 2011
Kinetic Type - The New Typography
The New Typography
'A piece of moving typography that has taken groundbreaking typographical works from history and updated them for viewing on screen. Jan Tschichold's New Typography represents a turning point in the acceptance of print as a medium. This piece looks towards the screen as a new typographical medium.'
'A piece of moving typography that has taken groundbreaking typographical works from history and updated them for viewing on screen. Jan Tschichold's New Typography represents a turning point in the acceptance of print as a medium. This piece looks towards the screen as a new typographical medium.'
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Friday, 18 November 2011
Layout inspiration - Gridness
www.gridness.net
"The grid is one of the most important tools a designer has at his/her disposal. They’ve always been a difficult thing to explain to clients, though luckily, the results speak for themselves. Also luckily, the clean, organized look they impart is en vogue right now, which means better design is becoming “hip,” for lack of a less unsavory term."
This site is a great source of grid and layout inspiration. These are just some of the examples found on their site:
"The grid is one of the most important tools a designer has at his/her disposal. They’ve always been a difficult thing to explain to clients, though luckily, the results speak for themselves. Also luckily, the clean, organized look they impart is en vogue right now, which means better design is becoming “hip,” for lack of a less unsavory term."
This site is a great source of grid and layout inspiration. These are just some of the examples found on their site:
Thursday, 17 November 2011
The seaside
Cloning the smell of the seaside
The age-old mystery was unlocked thanks to some novel bacteria plucked from the North Norfolk coast. Prof Andrew Johnston and his team at UEA isolated this microbe from the mud at Stiffkey saltmarsh to identify and extract the single gene responsible for the emission of the strong-smelling gas, dimethyl sulphide (DMS).
"On bracing childhood visits to the seaside we were always told to 'breathe in that ozone, it's good for you'," said Prof Johnston. "But we were misled, twice over. Firstly because that distinctive smell is not ozone, it is dimethyl sulphide. And secondly, because inhaling it is not necessarily good for you."
DMS is a little known but important gas. Across the world's oceans, seas and coasts, tens of millions of tonnes of it are released by microbes that live near plankton and marine plants, including seaweeds and some salt-marsh plants. The gas plays an important role in the formation of cloud cover over the oceans, with major effects on climate. Indeed, the phenomenon was used by James Lovelock as a plank to underpin his 'Gaia hypothesis'.
DMS is also a remarkably effective food marker for ocean-going birds such as shearwaters and petrels. It acts as a homing scent -- like Brussels sprouts at the Christmas dinner table! - and the birds sniff out their plankton food in the lonely oceans at astonishingly low concentrations.
"By isolating a single gene from a bacterium collected from the mud of Stiffkey marshes, we deduced that the mechanisms involved in DMS production differ markedly from those that had been predicted," said Prof Johnston. "And we discovered that other, wholly unexpected bacteria could also make that seaside smell."
Source: sciencedaily.com
The age-old mystery was unlocked thanks to some novel bacteria plucked from the North Norfolk coast. Prof Andrew Johnston and his team at UEA isolated this microbe from the mud at Stiffkey saltmarsh to identify and extract the single gene responsible for the emission of the strong-smelling gas, dimethyl sulphide (DMS).
"On bracing childhood visits to the seaside we were always told to 'breathe in that ozone, it's good for you'," said Prof Johnston. "But we were misled, twice over. Firstly because that distinctive smell is not ozone, it is dimethyl sulphide. And secondly, because inhaling it is not necessarily good for you."
DMS is a little known but important gas. Across the world's oceans, seas and coasts, tens of millions of tonnes of it are released by microbes that live near plankton and marine plants, including seaweeds and some salt-marsh plants. The gas plays an important role in the formation of cloud cover over the oceans, with major effects on climate. Indeed, the phenomenon was used by James Lovelock as a plank to underpin his 'Gaia hypothesis'.
DMS is also a remarkably effective food marker for ocean-going birds such as shearwaters and petrels. It acts as a homing scent -- like Brussels sprouts at the Christmas dinner table! - and the birds sniff out their plankton food in the lonely oceans at astonishingly low concentrations.
"By isolating a single gene from a bacterium collected from the mud of Stiffkey marshes, we deduced that the mechanisms involved in DMS production differ markedly from those that had been predicted," said Prof Johnston. "And we discovered that other, wholly unexpected bacteria could also make that seaside smell."
Source: sciencedaily.com
Saturday, 12 November 2011
Good is...? Natwest card-reader packaging
Just received my Natwest card-reader through the post and thought I could use the packaging as inspiration for my nostalgia pack. The reader itself is packaged in a moulded case with thumb holes either side to easily lift the reader out.
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Good is...? Miner & Miner
Simple, contemporary and sleek business cards for Miner & Miner. The monochrome colour scheme enhances this sense of elegance and the additional print finishes which although small, adds sophistication. The reveal of the business cards is something I may want to replicate in a handout of some sort for one of my 'Good is...' deliverables.
Source: underconsideration.com
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Monday, 7 November 2011
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Good is...? Parker Brothers re-design
Drawing inspiration from vintage type & illustration and using a limited colour scheme, these packaging redesigns were an attempt to de-construct the ornamental and overdone aesthetic modern board games are known for. The colours work well as a palette due to the subdued tones and the experimental typography reflects this well.
Source: samkittinger.com
Source: samkittinger.com
Good is...? Falcon Enamelware packaging
Brand identity and packaging for British enamelware manufacturer, Falcon. A great translation of product to packaging, the identity references Falcon’s distinctive blue rim. Simple half-tone illustrations are screen-printed on sturdy corrugated cardboard and a falcon crest acts as a seal of authenticity on every product.
Source: morsestudio.com
Saturday, 5 November 2011
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