Bupa

Loving the simplicity of the Bupa adverts at the moment. A gentle way to introduce a complicated, upsetting topic using bold colours and basic graphics. It says all the initial information in small chunks so it is easier for the audience to digest and come to terms with.

Katie Sokoler: Color Me Katie

Absolutely loving the bright, colour work of Katie Sokoler. Enough to put a smile on anyone's face and brighten up any day. Small colourful installations to inject a bit of fun into people's days have made a huge impact. Lifted my mood today straight away when I saw this, consider this as an approach to take for my current project? I think so...!

Diesel: Be Stupid

Loving the new advertising campaign from Diesel. Full campaign can be found here. Extremely eye-catching and sparking an interest means a successful advertisement. Big, bold typography that tells a story and can be adapted to be given a personality contributes greatly.

Maria Yasko

Came across this work by Maria Yasko which I find amazing! It's like making imagination into reality and would love this in my house. A really interesting use of interpretation. More can be found here.

From Keetra: Photobooth

A stunning piece of work fromKeetra. I think it's a really interesting, artistic way to try and communicate people's personalities and thoughts - something I could really apply to my current project. These images were made through an installation where people would enter, pose for two shots, and leave. The outcome would end up like these examples depending on the person and create a playful way of analysing people. Lovely piece of work. More examples can be found here.

Rethink Scholarship

This video demonstration is great! I love the interactivity and thought process that has gone behind it to advertise scholarships, it's motivating and inspirational and makes me want to produce something like that too. The video shown above is the call for 2010 entries. More examples can be found here.

Patrick Fry: Naughty or Nice

Patrick Fry's project Naughty or Nice is simple but effective. It is something everyone can relate to through to use of a simple object to represent the words. It would be good to see this project extended further to see a range of things, however as a starting point this is nice.

Renee Fernandez

This poster design caught my eye as it appears to reflect something trapped in the body of something else, in this case, a wolf in a sheep's body or vice versa. The simple shapes used still communicates the animals and the limited use of colour palette compliments the design. Find more at http://wrenfern.com.

I Like To Ride My Bicycle In The City

I pulled this from Change The Thought design blog which I found really interesting, unfortunately I cannot find who did it! It's a real feel good poster using positive bright colours, bold text and communicating the message simply and effectively. I love it. Could I incorporate representing feelings and moods through use of simple typography and print?

Tim George

This is a book about finding inspiration by Tim George. I found I related to it as it's exactly how I'm feeling at the moment! I have the enthusiasm behind my work, I'm just trying to find some inspiration from somewhere to push me in the right direction, this gave me a kick start. The layout is somewhat different to 'normal' books which also created an impact for the reader. Good work, I like it.

Kyle Bean

I love this piece by Kyle Bean. He has taken an everyday object that people need and use and made it more interesting. This was an approach I had considered to take my final project in order to deliver newspapers and the media in different ways, ways that people would find fun and interesting. The main headlines are first seen when the paper is opened, the story is written down the sides. It is a fun, interactive way of reading. Something to consider when making an editorial piece or a publication - how can it be improved and differ from the rest?

You Might Like This

I found this on youmightlikethis.com which I thought tied in quite nicely with my current project about depression. I love how simple it is and straight to the point. Flow diagrams make results obvious. Could this be a direction I take to simplify the thoughts about depression? Or could it be a way to simplify and help communicate the reality behind depression in order for everyone to gain better understanding?

"They cut all the clutter out, take away that dastardly personal thing called ‘emotion’ and present you back with clear cut options and their subsequent outcomes." Taken from www.youmightlikethis.com.

From Keetra

This design may just be one of the most amazing design I think I've seen! From Keetra has produced this installation for Social Facilitation and Mood Elevation. A hug is just sometimes something that everyone needs, despite who it's from. And instead of feeling awkward hugging a random stranger, they has put up a big coloured cloth to protect the embarrassment but still leaves you with satisfaction of receiving a cuddle. Definitely inspiration and mood lifting.

Anna Garforth

I love this 3D installation typography by Anna Garforth. Made from used pieces of rubbish, this really transforms something typically quite ugly into something worth noticing. It recycles the strays pieces that you find flying around everywhere and the nature is reflected both in the word 'used' and the action it has taken to result in this. Really inspirational and shows you can produce anything out of the crappiest pieces of materials.

Oscar Diaz: The Ink Calendar

The Ink Calendar, a fascinating piece of design. It has been designed in a way that it is timed perfectly to record what day it is. The ink is absorbed slowly and the numbers are coloured daily. It has been made this way to demonstrate time passing. The same process is repeated each month, assuming the colour of the ink gets changed.

Really inspirational piece of work by Oscar Diaz.

The Cardapult

This amazing innovative design for a business card can be found here.

It resets the parameters and completely exaggerates the dimensions of normal everyday graphic artefacts. For something that is typically meant to be so simple, this business card has taken it one step further, not only does it work, it also reflects the job title displayed on the design.
Here's how it works:

Saxsofunny

This design concept by Saxsofunny is intriguing. It feels like something I should have thought of, but never even considered. Such a simple application to convey to simplest of messages. Combining graphic design with sound through representation of materials is a route to consider and apply to my self initiated design work. It broadens the mind, the scope of what is achievable and instantly separates you from the norm.

The Life Saver Bottle

This demonstration is truly something else. I'm sure I wasn't the only person in the world to doubt the function and whether or not it would work, but this is proof right here, that it does! It makes you wonder, how such a small product can be the solution to such a massive problem. People definitely need to contribute money towards this cause, at least then people would feel happier knowing where their money is going and what it is being spent on!

Shahee Ilyas

This is just a small selection of the hundreds of flags Shahee Ilyas has transformed into pie charts. Each sector of these piecharts is proportional to the area of the colour on the respective flag. It is an innovative and simple way to transform a design into something quite abstract in comparison.

It would be quite interesting to know what each of these colours mean to each country too?