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Thursday, October 11, 2007

The Economist

http://www.economist.com/

I love the economist add, intresting. Thats the kind of adds we should be looking for here in the UAE, more graphical add not based so much on photography. also graphics could do wonders.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Experimental Design - Martin Venezky

why does everything have to be in order? why do we always have to follow rules????? why cant we just do things out of the blues?? EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN is the answer for designers out there to get more creative, to start doing things without worrying so much about the results, trust me it'll give you great results.

here is some of pargraphs, from an interview with martin venezky.... hey Abeer i think ive seen his book once with you, thats how i got to know about him, i think it was reems book.

"SU: Many would call your approach "experimental." Do you believe this is a fair appraisal?

MV: The term “experimental” is often used as a code for unusable, weird, “crazy” or “going wild”. But I think that is a big misunderstanding, and something I try hard to correct in the classroom. When I teach an experimental class, I am quick to explain that experimentation is a methodology.

SU: What do you think is being implied by that?

MV: It suggests a circular set of steps: setting up an experiment, running the process, analyzing the results and then letting the results guide the next experiment. There is no external aesthetic to experimental work. It is as much about setting criteria and using them to analyze results as it is about the producing of the material. Far from “going wild”, it is a very rigorous exercise that allows a designer to confidently engage in work whose results are unpredictable. So, yes, I think that a lot of my work is experimental, but not in the ways that most define it. " SPEAK UP By : Silas Munro - interview with Martin Venezky August 1, 2005.

Link for the interview : http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/interviews/venezky.html

and another link to martin venezky website is : http://www.appetiteengineers.com/

Alice at the mad tea party

i love tartx alice collection, sepcially scenes from the mad tea party.

"Visiting Tartx is like taking a stroll in the sepia toned, vintage styled, narrative world of classic
books and artists of old; a world when fairy tales were true stories, mermaids were swimming
buddies and omens foretold your future." - modish

http://www.tartx.com/

Studio Dumbar

one of my friends did his internship at Studio Dumbar in Holland - he had a great experience, loved it... After checking out their website, their work is Great man!! its one of the leading studios in Holland. Would love to work there.

http://www.studiodumbar.com

Monday, October 8, 2007

SMCS Graphic Identity by Experimental Jetset

Very simple approach, yet intresting.. You could always express the idea behind the project through type.

in the link you could know more about the project.
http://www.experimentaljetset.nl

A book of nonsense

back in uni, a friend got me a nonsense book by edward lear, since i was so into nonsense poems and things.. not everything have to make sense in this world!!

There was an Old Man in a boat
by Edward Lear

There was an Old Man in a boat,
Who said, "I'm afloat! I'm afloat!"
When they said, "No! you ain't!"
He was ready to faint,
That unhappy Old Man in a boat.

There was a Young Lady whose nose
by Edward Lear

There was a Young Lady whose nose,
Was so long that it reached to her toes;
So she hired an Old Lady,
Whose conduct was steady,
To carry that wonderful nose.

Series of posters using the neutral typeface

designers have gathered to design a series of posters using neutral typeface.

those series were designed by different designers: Susana Carvalho, Experimental Jetset, Dieter Glauser and Sebastian Pietsch, Bernd Grether, Daniel von Klipstein, Bernd Kuchenbeiser, Helmut Schmid and Daniel van der Velden.

Those posters are part of the graduation project (NEUTRALITY) of Kai Berau at the KABK, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague, Netherlands, 2005.

http://www.letterlabor.de
http://kaibernau.com/

Alex Bec

Alex bec is graphic designer/ art director / illustrator..

this is a project for the organization YCN, he did an exhibited live installation.

"I was comissioned to design and install an interactive installation on the them of 'Show Off'. I covered a 10m wall with 2,500 post-it's inviting the public to write what they wanted to show off about during the exhibition. By moving the post-its from the word 'Show' to 'Off' the piece was constantly altered by it's participants". alex bec

http://www.alexbec.com/

Made Thought

Made thought is a company based in London. Specialized in branding, printed matter, interactive design etc.

their work is neat. those are several limited edition posters that they have done for on going projects and gallery exhibitions.

http://www.madethought.com/