Helmo

This poster grabbed me because of the overlaying colours. I can imagine this as lots of mixed conversations, something I am considering applying to my project.

Dan Cottrell: V Festival

A university brief set by Peter Chadwick from Popular.

"The brief required us to create A3 posters advertising Vfestival through any medium we thought suitable. The posters had to have a clear theme running through them, include given text and a new logo design for the festival."

Another poster can be found here. Along with more of Dan Cottrell's work.

I love this poster. The colours are vibrant, strong and the whole image in itself really reflects a festival without any text needed. The subtlety of the white copy in the bottom left corner compliments the image and is in no way over powering. The balance is just right, making this a very striking piece of design.

My only criticism is that I'm not too sure of the font used for 'vfestival', however it does still work. Not much else to say about this, but I love it, it works, it's bold and striking.

Matt Robinson & Tom Wrigglesworth: Hewlett Packard

A really inspirational video. Just trying to get my head around just how much planning and time it must've taken to perfect. Truly awesome piece of work.

A response to a D&AD brief set my Hewlett Packard: “Present an idea which promotes HP Workstations ability to bring to life anything the creative mind can conceive.”
Brilliant.

The Fun Theory

How can you totally influence someone's normal journey? This is how. Inspiration from Volkswagon.

Andrew Byrom: Typeface Design

Each of these concepts produced by Andrew Byrom are extremely out of the ordinary both in use of materials and ways of presenting. He has manipulated everyday 'things' into creating his own letterforms. Check out his website for other examples.

Palette Industries: The Dharma Lounge

The Dharma Lounge designed by Palette Industries. Really interesting pieces of design work, especially for a chair. The design has been laser cut, making the typographic design fairly easy to reproduce. The text on the chair reads the words: Stand, Forget, Breathe, Acknowledge and Observe. I don't usually consider ever using the colour orange, however in this instance I think it works really well.

Absolut Anthem

Typography in the environment. Interactive and reflects the words.

This advert from Absolut Vodka is really inspirational to get off the computer and get creative physically. The consideration between materials used and linking the word and the environment is something special.

Stop Motion

'Stop motion with wolf and pig' is the original by a Japanese guy. Check out his youtube channel here. It is produced by photographing stop motion, which is then laid out across his room, and re-photographed again. The way in which it travels round the room is fascinating and really well thought out.

There have been other interpretations using this method, equally as effective. One being the new Land Rover advert.

Following this there has also been a stop motion photo montage called 'the PEN story'. All of which are very interesting concepts to consider.

Michael Spoljaric

Loving the pure simplicity of this piece. Who said design had to be complicated? Note to remember. The work of Michael Spoljaric. Looks like he's been mega busy working for Nike! Plenty more examples of his work on his website. You can tell what sport it represents and all you need is a pair of feet and a glimpse of the legs. Really good stuff.

Meredith Norton: Lopsided

This book cover is so simple, straight to the point and really effective. For people who don't know about Breast Cancer, would immediately be able to identify that it's a negative subject/thing to happen. It's not an easy thing to come to terms with but Meredith Norton has created humour as her key ingredient to facing the disease. This sums up in a few simple words. Great piece of design. Find out more here.

Thonik: No Tomorrow

This design is very simple, straight to the point and more importantly it's clever. Despite having a missing letter, the text is still legible, reading 'No tomorrow'. Taken from www.thonik.com, a website with lots and lots of other good ideas both simple and complex. Isn't Graphic Design great?!

___me

This is cool. The design is so simple, the contrast between the black and white is very powerful. I love the continuous switching of the words whilst the word 'me.' stays exactly where it is. The language used seems quite personal, you can almost relate to it.

Advertising Blunder

Routing through t'internet for some inspiration, and came across this...Surely this cannot be real? It says 8gb on the SD card, but 4gb in the reflection. Seriously guys?! The word OOPS springs to mind.

Eight

This logo...just a little bit good. It is very cleverly designed with a typeface where every letter is a variation of the number 8. It's wicked! Find more logos like this with hidden factors here.

Frank Chimero

Remember this! Everyone wants their life to be fun, it's only what you make it. If you want it to be fun, make it fun.

Start small, aim big. There are bigger and better things to come. This is only the beginning.

You're only human! No-one can take on the world, it's good to talk, it's natural to cry, it's fine to get angry, and it's great to laugh, and even better to know you'll come through the other side ok.

The world is your oyster. Use it, express yourself in every way possible and stamp your name on it.

Loving these inspirational pieces from Frank Chimero. Simple message presented in the simplest of ways in bold colours/text which gets the message out there. I think things like this should be put out and about in the environment to boost the morale of society today. A project I have begun to work on, and enjoy immensely. Happy thoughts make happy people!

Quentin Newark: London

Another of the posters from the London Design Week, found on Blanka. I think the simplicity is fascinating for the effect it creates. Anyone who knows about London can understand the link immediately, very clever piece of design work.

Because Studio

Because Studio is full of some pretty decent 'stuff'. I found this, and loved the fact it 'was' going to be something but turned out something completely different. Definitely gets your mind thinking in different ways. Don't always go with your first instinct.

Out of the Blue

I think the concept for this is really interesting. It has bright colours on what looks like recyclable packaging. But the thing that caught my eye the most was the message on each box. It's a series of packaging for a new bloomsbury biscuit range, and the message on the front is pretty much what we all think when debating to eat one or not. It's a querky and cool concept. It has that humour element which relates to the client/customer in a very simple way.
Find out more here.

Effecktive Design

I found this on www.effektivedesign.co.uk and thought it was an amazing yet original way of presenting yourself to clients. This particular piece of work was a poster mailer which was sent out to various clients in Australia as self promotion before he moved out there himself. He is now back in the UK selling these mailers as bits of artwork. I may just have to buy one! It's such a unique way, and extremely 'effektive' particularly in how he has edited his work, but also put some clear statements as if talking to the client themselves. Sentences such as 'I would be delighted to meet and show you my work in person', really grabs the viewer and makes you believe it. It speaks for itself. Definitely something I'd be proud of! [See more of this at the link above.]

Behance: Jihad Lahham

Extracted from www.behance.net. I think this book is absolutely fascinating. I love everything about it and a believe it is a definite source of inspiration. This structure has been really well considered and the graphic design element is extremely uplifting. It's good stuff.

Jokke-Svin

Here's a link that was being passed around facebook, and pretty much extracts the Michael out of us graphic designers. However, as much as we don't want to, we can all relate to it! Maybe it's time to reconsider how we present our work...

Find out more about this guy on jokke-svin.dk

Made By Six

Absolutely loving the embossed typography. The cover of this book looks really clinical and crisp. Find out more at www.madebysix.com/#studio

And would you look at that...I am. I found the Blast'd series interactive and interesting to look at. It was a bold concept that worked really well, and delivers itself using an enterprising representation. See more of the collection at madebysix.com/#project.

Studio Too Good

Found on studiotoogood.com, this design concept baffled me. It's never occured to me to put something as useful as a bookcase into something as practical as a chair. Amazing. The best thing about it, it looks good too.

Wonder-wall

I don't know about you, but I think this piece of design is pretty special :) Ideal for chocolate lovers out there, and the whole look is so simple and effective! It's so straight forward you wonder 'why didn't I think of that?!'.

Check out their website http://wonder-wall.com - that's something special too. Definitely different from the average..

Alexandre Farto: Scratching the Surface

Came across this artist called Alexandre Farto aka Vhils on itsnicethat.com, and thought his work was amazing. More of his work can be found at http://alexandrefarto.com.

This triggered an image I remember seeing around London during the summer, which I photographed because I thought it was such an eye catching piece of art to be in the environment I was in...But is it the same person?

Henrietta Swift: Lighten Up Your Mood

Work produced by Henrietta Swift, this particular project is called 'Lighten Up Your Mood'. See more images by clicking here. This concept can be fun for everyone, and would definitely brighten up your day. I love the idea behind it, and could also be used as an interactive thing for kids to enjoy too. Simple, effective and fun.

Her website shows a load of other interesting ideas too, and I particularly like this one called 'Achieving Perfection'. Check it out..

Liu Bolin: The Invisible Man

Liu Bolin, aka The Invisible Man is a Chinese performance artist who paints himself into his surroundings.

Explaining his work he says, “My artwork dipicts the diminishing humanity in today’s society. I use my art to reflect on culture, the environment and the fast economic development."

I love this! It's simple yet intriguing. I think the results are absolutely incredible. No photographic changes made, this guy just paints himself! More examples of his work can be found on Google.

Alan Kitching: Taxi!

One of the many posters on exhibition in the V&A at London Design Week. This particular poster by Alan Kitching caught my eye. I thought the brief was very interesting. It was to celebrate London using an A1 piece of paper and just two colours; red and black. The effect of the letterpress really brings some character to the work. The word taxi has been printed in such a way, you can almost imagine someone shouting 'TAXI!'. 

Examples of the other posters can be found at www.blanka.co.uk.