A/ I really need everyone on the East Coast to go see this.
B/ “Co-organized by Andrew Blauvelt of the Walker Art Center and Ellen Lupton of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Graphic Design—Now in Production is the single largest exhibition of contemporary graphic design to take place in the United States in over 15 years.”
C/ Imagine being tasked (BY THE WALKER!!) to create an identity system and exhibit space for this. No big deal right?
Project Projects does it, again. They continue to create beautiful, meaningful, time-sensitive but also timeless work that strikes by simplicity and conceptual strength, by printed matter and exhibition design. Just incredible (and rad).
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The work of Barcelona’s Studio Aparte recently caught my eye. With multiple projects that feature bespoke typefaces (which is never a small feat), their understated approach speaks volumes.
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Do guys remember my friend Jaime VanWart who designed the Tasty Beverage Co. identity? Well, she’s done some more awesome branding for another cool local business. This time the client is Parlour, Durham’s latest food truck addition, a mini school bus turned mobile ice cream parlor. I have yet to try their ice cream, but it is definitely on my to do list!
I really like the new animated SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art) logo designed by Pentagram’s Luke Hayman. To see the logo in action, check out Secca’s website. For all my fellow design nerds out there, AIGA Raleigh is hosting a talk with the designer next Thursday at Secca, which is located in Winston Salem. Awesome!
Really nice poster and identity work from MARINDSGN. Sometimes I couldn’t agree more with this poster above.
Sophisticated identity work from Danish designer Mads Burcharth. I could look at this kind of typography work all day.
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You probably know Stefan Sagmeister for his new book, Things I have Learned In My Life So Far, but I like the chameleon-like identity he created for Seed Media Group.
The logo forms to whatever picture it needs to represent, including business card pictures of employees. See more examples after the jump!
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The latest installment of business card inspiration:
Most of the time I think interactive business cards get kind of tired kinf of fast but I like the relevance of these cards by Montreal design shop, Departement for “an industrial designer specializing in the design and manufacture of chairs.” Not bad.
