I’ll be heading out of town tomorrow for the Easter long weekend, so here is your Five Things Friday a day early. Recently I’ve been obsessed with packaging design so todays Five Things are all packaging as found on Lovely Package and Serial Thriller. 1. This branding for Cielito coffee as found on Lovely Package. I really, really love this! 2. This wine bottle packaging design as found on Serial Thriller. 3. This Pringles packaging design by Niklas Hessman 4. This packaging design for Canteen Tequila as found on Lovely... Read the Rest →
Just a few words of wisdom found while browsing today. “Research, Research, Research. Then think visually – draw and sketch, draw and sketch and write and draw and sketch and write and draw. Pages of thumbnails. Pages of notes. Pages of research. Pages and pages and pages written and drawn until your wrists ignite. With all these marks, why not try different things? Use different pens and pencils and crayons and brushes and markers. Different colours, widths, textures, sizes. We don’t think monotonously, so why draw like we do. Then, after it’s formed... Read the Rest →
What a crazy week last week was!! Classes at BCIT are over and I started my internship at Allegra. My colleagues and I are working on some exciting stuff and I can’t wait to share it! I missed Five Things Friday last week, so here it is today! 1. This poster for a Foo Fighters concert in Las Vegas, found on Designspiration. 2. This identity package for Cavalier Essentials by Taylor Pemberton. 3. This quote as found on Pinterest, so true, so enjoy today! 4. These toy cars from Automoblox.... Read the Rest →
Time for another episode of Five Things Friday, there are so many amazing products, designs and websites out there that I might have to make it Fifty Things Friday! But for today, here are five lovely designs. 1. This beautiful and edgy vector piece from Eight-Third on Behance. 2. This movie poster for Bonnie and Clyde by Jason Munn for The Alamo Drafthouse. 3. These design business tips from Mike Dempsey. 4. This bookcase as found on Bon Expose. 5. This Built to Spill poster by Dan Stiles. And all his... Read the Rest →
1. This beautiful outdoor kitchen. 2. These super adorable Prada earrings. 3. This illustration by the amazing Jessica Hische. 4. This typography poster from We Made This. 5. This poster for the film Coffee and Cigarettes. Tweet
This evenings post is nothing more than a wonderful quote by Paul Rand. Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated. Without aesthetic, design is either the humdrum repetition of familiar clichés or a wild scramble for novelty. Without the aesthetic, the computer is but a mindless speed machine, producing effects without substance. Form without relevant content, or content without meaningful form. The... Read the Rest →
1. This adorable DIY birds-nest necklace. 2. These abstract illustrations in bright, beautiful colours. 3. This calendar. 4. This polka-dot satchel. 5. This sweet heart cut-out dress on Etsy. Tweet
Working in new media design and web development can be tiring. Your brain must constantly be ‘on,’ pumping out creativity. It can be easy to fall into a routine, using the same old fonts, same old layouts and working without the inspiration your work deserves. If you find yourself stuck in a rut, it’s time to shake things up! Here are a few tips and tricks to get those amazing idea of yours flowing again. 1. Get Outside. Ah, the great outdoors, one of my favourite places for inspiration. Try... Read the Rest →
