An online space to keep all those design finds we say 'that's nice' to. Could be anything design related from typography to fashion to commercials to wrapping paper. Enjoy the randomness and be inspired.

Tuesday 30 March 2010

Meredith Dittmar polymer work


Beautiful polymer work by Meredith Dittmar at Corporate Pig. They would work really well as illustrations but bringing them to life with the modeling is quite stunning.

Friday 26 March 2010

Edinburgh Fringe Festival programme front cover

Watch in awe as Johanna Basford illustrates your ideas live - What is the most unusual thing you’d like to see at the Fringe? submit your ideas via twitter or email... only 6 hours to go!
http://fringecover.edfringe.com/

I'm pleased to say my suggestion of a robot monkey wearing boxer shorts has been drawn!

What this space for the final front cover design.

Wednesday 24 March 2010

Navigators - My Place

Prague-based designer Pavel Fuksa has designed 178 fake vintage matchboxes to create a new video for Navigators. Cute, clever and original...

Tuesday 23 March 2010

Creative use of typography

Looking for some creative typography inspiration? then look no further - this blog link on Creative Bits has all the inspiration you could need, maybe even too much! It takes a look at some of the most original typographic advertising executions around. If you can't find inspiration here you need your lightbulb changing!





http://www.creativebits.org/inspiration/creative_use_typography_advertising

Friday 12 March 2010

Doodle on the web - hours of fun!



Okay, I'm not saying my crazy picture of a bedside lamp with furry monster is nice design but this website is amazing... Ricardo Carbello aka Mr Doob has created this clever tool in html5. You can even save the images you create.
http://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony

If anyone feels creative enough to design a new top banner for this blog using harmony then please send me your entries to hello@fayebrown.co.uk

Monday 8 March 2010

Logorama The Movie wins Best Short Film at the Oscars




Logorama is a short film exploring the way logos and brands are literally all around us, created by french collective H5. It's certainly a clever concept and visually attractive but do you think it deserved an Oscar? comments please!

Tuesday 2 March 2010