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Graphic Design News

Graphic Design News featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

2015 Creative Cloud Release: Kumano Kodo

Adobe asked Takehiro to create a piece of work inspired by the Kumano-Kodo Trail in Japan. Adobe Creative Cloud Release was traveling to some of the world's hidden locations and artists creating an artwork in the location. He captured inspiring elements from the temple, the forests, waterfalls, food and even the smell, and blended these elements using Adobe Creative Cloud. The result was a 2.7 x 2.7m light box which was exhibited on the trail.

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Typographic Posters

Typographic posters is a collection of posters made during 2013 and 2015. This project involves the experimental use of typography through the use of lines, patterns and isometric perspective that generate a unique perceptual experience. Each of this posters represent a challenge to communicate with the only use of type. 1. Poster to celebrate 40th Anniversary of Felix Beltran. 2. Poster to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Gestalt Institute. 3. Poster to protest over missing 43 students in Mexico. 4. Poster for design conference Passion & Design V. 5. Julian Carillo's Thirteen Sound.

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O3JECT

As private space will become a valuable resource in the future, the rising need to define and design this room is a matter of importance in the present age. O3JECT is committed to manufacture and advertise tap-proof space as an aesthetically appealing reminder of an unknown future. A handmade, enclosed and conductive cube, built by the principle of the Faraday Cage, embodies the iconic materialization of a seemingly utopian room advertised through a comprehensive campaign design.

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BaoWow!

Inspired by the traditional bamboo steamer, we have created a circular box with a contemporary touch – upon lifting the lid of the box, an array of 12 customized crystal magnets capture one’s attention as they sit in a circular fashion on the top tier, with a die-cut in the center revealing the title of the notebook beneath. Matching infographics provides detailed introduction and pronunciation of each of the 12 “Bao” (which means “Buns” in Mandarin) in the notebook enclosed, whereas dotted pages encourage self-documentation.

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Base

“Base” is the name of a typeface conceived and designed by Franco Cervi. The project sums up a minimalist approach, formal rigor and an aptitude for experimentation. The original presentation brochure, besides showing the complete set of the designed characters – including glyphs – also illustrates their graphic personality, the constructive anatomy, the geometric ratios that generate the kerning. The appendix contains meta-graphic applications.

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40 Kreattiv Covers

The scope of the project was to inject a cultural related theme into the designs. Andrew Carter, the designer, produced a look of action to express contemporary art through the motion of the logo. The different arrangements of the logo creates a sense of motion that cause the eye to move over the work. What inspired the artist was a reading about a technique which captures movement in several frames. Andrew also took inconsideration that the rate of new typefaces being produced nowadays is simply staggering, so a detailed research had to be done.

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