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What’s this then? Why have I decided to change the title of my blog? Well, I hope it hasn’t caused too much confusion but I’ve decided to change the name of this blog. This is firstly because I was getting quite tired of the old name, which was “One Last Thing…” Secondly, it is...
Typographic Movie Posters by Patrik Svensson
Pippy Longstocking These are my kind of poster! I love them. By a Swedish designer and illustrator, Patrik Svensson, or Prince Hat as he calls himself on his website. These are really clever! The Butterfly Effect Jaws
Marina Willer
On Thursday evening, the guys from work and I went on our cultural night out to a talk by Marina Willer with the typographic circle. The poster above was given out at the talk, designed by Geetika Alok and is a Brazilian world, which doesn’t have a direct translation into English but means nostalgia, kind...
Milton Glaser on technology
Over a year ago now I wrote my dissertation on the Future of the Printed book. I was reading an old copy of It’s Nice That 3 (April 2010) yesterday and found this great piece from an interview with Milton Glaser about the future of print. With the wealth of knowledge from setting up New...
into the real world..
A while back I was asked if I wanted to write a guest post on david the designer’s blog. I wrote all about my journey from education to employment as a Junior Graphic Designer. It was a great experience writing for David’s blog, there might even be a couple of other posts in the very...
Marius Roosendaal
Marius Roosendaal, graphic designer from the Netherlands. Making something cool every day most days.
29 Things Young Designers should know…
…that you aren’t always taught at Design school. This is a beautiful poster after my own heart. It’s great and has some great advice for young designers like me, (although I had a birthday just 3 days ago, which reminded me that I’m not going to be young for long!).This poster features some cool typography...
Optimism
A thought for your Wednesday morning. As predicted, I got the train in the light for the first time this year and I hope it has put a good feeling on my day. Optimisim by Olly Moss.
Frank Chimero – The Shape of Design
This looks like it’s going to be a very cool book. The video for it is also really cool. Frank put it up on Kickstarter.com to create interest and funding, aimed for $27,000 and is on $56,093 at the moment and there is still 26 days to go. That’s 207% funded! After years of creating,...
Ford c-max advert
This is the new advert for Ford’s C-max, made by Ogilvy, Stink and 1stAveMachine. The advert shows the potential of the C-max’s seating arrangements and other innovative features, showing the only actor folding out the whole car from one seat. I did wonder how the creators made this advert but have later found out that...
Rob Ryan Valentine’s Day
This is the most recent beauty from Rob Ryan for Valentine’s Day. You can find it here at Soma Gallery for the mere prize of £80, each one is laser cut and presented in a card tied with a ribbon. Lovely.
