The beauty colours of Alaska on Google Maps Satellite
India Flint’s beautiful work. India specialises in dying fabrics through natural elements. Those colours are something else, eh? <3
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“The world is amazing and nobody is happy”
- The Monkeys
Featuring
Kelli Anderson
Vince Frost
The Monkeys
Wallpaper Magazine
Gmunk
Benja Harvey
Roman Coppola
Luca Ionescu
And others probably worth mentioning…
Those of you looking for some general advice from professionals in the creative industry probably would have or were thinking of attending Semi-Permanent this year. Here’s some of my main pointers if you missed it.
Kelli Anderson
Creates stunningly clever graphic design. Utilises simple shapes and clear cut space. Background; working in a museum and strong interests in physics. Kelli’s vocabulary was amazing. You could tell she was well read and grew up with constant curiosity. A lot of successful/clever designers tend to know a great deal about history and have a thirst for expanding their knowledge. This comes at no surprise, I think. Since all historical information and facts can give a great deal of influence to a creative mind. The more we know the more we can conjure and share.
Design is for other people.
The world is full of order and organisation. Natural scripts. To be creative is to rearrange. Disrupt. Rearrange. Discovering hidden talents of everyday things. Repetitive experiences and routines lose gravity. We need to break the assumptions, even the ones we hold subconsciously.
Paper is silent. Websites are flat. Newspapers are filled with facts.
Like Minded Studio’s Luca Ionescu is a leader of typographic enthusiasts.
His big break was entering contests and sending in his work to the GLOBE and RUSH Magazine. He took the leap. I find a lot of people are somehow unmotivated to take this kind of jump, even though you really have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Don’t wait for people to come to you. Be proactive, yeah?
When delivering to a client, add bonuses. Go above and beyond.
“If each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants”
Vince Frost, probably one of the most well-known design agencies in Sydney.
When approaching a client project:
Say
Think
Do
Feel
A pretty insightful 2 days. Here are some birds organised neatly.
A sidewalk book, some works from Jean Ingelow (apparently a well-written poet and advised on things like how to be a lady).
Date of publication/printing? From various online researching.. anywhere between 1905-1925. The illustrations are something beautifully soft. And colour has managed to keep very well. Some illustration cards unsticking from the incredibly ageing glue but still intact. Alluring embellishments.
One of my favourite found books so far.
Messin’ round with illustrators blending mode after an inspirational 2 days at Semi-Permanent.
Went and took some cool shots with Miss Etcell
Photoset coming :)
SBS’s new issue of Feast.
Well-thought grid use for the win.
The users eye is relaxed and has a sense of openness when going through this content. The designers. They sure know what they’re doin’.
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Noumeda Carbone, * Design & Illustration AWARD at Art Takes London 2011*
