Take a second to admire the incredible colours and detail through the stunning work of italian artist and illustrator Guido Daniele. Though painting since 1968, it wasn’t until 1990 that Daniele started developing his unique body painting technique, working on many advertising campaigns, recently AT&T and World Wildlife Foundation, as well as a range of fashion events and exhibitions.
Take a look through his site to see much more of both his stunning handpainting and his body painting work and campaigns.
Located throughout the all corners of the big wide world (New York / Melbourne / Norwich / Geraldton, WA), this collective connect via the power of the interweb to maintain a strong, focused agency. Us & Them Studios are a collective who share an understanding of how their work effects people; true craftsmanship together with a passion for what they do. Their manifesto speaks of evidence-based research and a solid understanding of their client’s wider needs. There’s excellent detail in their work, whether print, digital or environmental projects. Say Us & Them “intelligence made visible.” I rather like that…
Exeter agency Believe in have completed work on book project You are the Map Maker; an inspirational and creative resource written by Australian author Bernadette Jiwa featuring insights from 13 international, creative and resourceful entrepreneurs.
The book and YATMM project is a creative collaboration with Jiwa with design & art direction provided by Believe in using a structured grid and graphic system based around the key contributors from the book. Those contributors notably include David Airey, Jessica Hische, Mark Bloom and Reese Spykerman. What’s unique about these people – whether they are designers, entrepreneurs, leaders of movements or strategists – is that they started out with nothing but their talent and determination.
Say Believe in: “Each contributor is represented by a cross–hair within a circle, symbolising their place within the book’s own map system. These marks form part of the book’s system and become the navigational device throughout, highlighting the sections and featured contributors. They also act as a playful graphical element throughout, evolving and sympathetic from page to page, dictating and changing the pace of the book.”
Read more about the project, download (free) or purchase in either hardback (£50) or softback (£37.50) by clicking here.
Following on from news of Neville Brody’s 50Fwd identity, D&AD have released a 2 minute retrospective video celebrating 50 years of design excellence as they open entries for the fiftieth annual D&AD Awards.
More work from outside the UK than ever was recognised in 2011 as international agencies and creatives increasingly sought to get their hands on a Yellow or Black Pencil. This time round D&AD are looking to increase entries from Europe further, their ambition to make the 50th D&AD Annual the ultimate benchmark in international commercial creativity, in turn setting the standard for future generations of designers and advertising creatives.
D&AD say the awarded entries from European countries rose substantially, with D&AD celebrating work from mainland Europe – the numbers were up from 113 in 2009 to 132 in 2011.
Tim Lindsay, CEO of D&AD said: “The D&AD Awards in 2012 mark a watershed moment in our history. While D&AD was born fifty years ago at the heart of the UK advertising and design industries, we are now an organisation that has spread its wings globally, recognising that creative work competes in a global market and that, if the UK competes on that stage, we should set standards against the work from all the players on it.
“The quality of work from across Europe is remarkable. In part that is because of D&AD’s heritage and reputation for awarding only the best talent, but it is also due to the fact that quality of the work entered has improved. Campaigns from across Europe have picked up Yellow Pencils over the past three years and we believe that this track record will only encourage more work this year.”
Hot topic and in tough economic times for the design and advertising industries, many may question the economics of awards entries, D&AD claim this year’s awards are the most cost-effective to date, costing from £85 to enter.
The scrutiny and rigour imposed by internationally acclaimed judges is renowned, ensuring that only the very best work receives the coveted Yellow and Black Pencils. Judges award work at four levels: In Book places the work in the D&AD Annual; Nomination shortlists work to be considered for Pencils; Yellow Pencils are awarded for outstanding work; Black Pencils are awarded to ground breaking work. All awarded work appears in the D&AD Annual, and In Book and Nomination winners can now claim Pencil Slices to mark their achievement.
Continues Lindsay: “We want to ensure that D&AD is a genuine reflection of commercially-driven creative talent, rather than an awards reserved for simply those who can pay to enter them. We know that a Yellow Pencil for an agency or an individual is globally recognised as the height of creative achievement, which means that the Awards deliver recognition – and business – for all of those who win them.”
Arguably the pinnacle of recognising creative achievement across the design, advertising and digital industries, the D&AD Awards have been running since 1962 when the organisation was founded by luminaries including David Bailey, Terence Donovan, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes. From the 2,500 entries in that first year, the Jury of 25 awarded one Black Pencil and 16 Yellow Pencils to outstanding creative work from across the design and advertising industries in the UK.
The 2011 D&AD Awards received work from 64 different countries. The Jury (now made up of 140 judges) awarded 53 Yellow Pencils and six Black Pencils, with the body of work encompassing the range of digital, advertising and design craft disciplines. Click here for information on how to enter this year’s awards.
…back to the video, here it is. It’s quite TV advert-heavy but see how many treats you can spot:
Meticulous and incredible concrentric illustrations of Singapore-based Chan Hwee Chong. The video was commissioned by Faber Castell to demonstrate the durability of their art pens. Stunning and amazing stuff.
Full of life and passion for what they do, the six designers that make up Tsto have a real hands-on approach when it comes to their work. The numerous crafted custom typefaces are fine example of how their approach goes into every fine detail of the work they produce, no wonder they have clients from Nokia and Burton Snowboards to Warner and Universal Music. What grabs me though is Tsto’s eye for photography and then the simple application of the perfect balance of typography.
Neville Brody has created a new /50 logo for D&AD as the organisation celebrates its fiftieth year recognising and supporting UK and international creative talent.
The identity – named Forward 50 – has been designed in such a way that it functions as a modular addition to the existing D&AD identity, appearing as D&AD/50 across all the materials produced during the half-centenary year. The understated Mark is set in Futura, which Brody chose as a timeless and yet similtaneously contemporary face. The brief for the identity was to create a mark that could be used as D&AD celebrates 50 years of looking forward, the sentiment that will underpin their anniversary year.
Brody comments: “It’s a real honour to create an identity to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of D&AD – an organisation that I’m proud to be involved with.
“When it came to the creation of the identity, we wanted to create something that could be used alongside all the other materials and compliment everything that D&AD does this year. Hence, this modular system allows a clear way of writing the story as D&AD/50 without the addition of another logo.
“We liked the way that it comes off the page and can be used in any piece of text, as well as in web addresses – conveying the message that everything this year has special significance, without labouring the point.”
The first outing for the new identity will be as part of a campaign to mark the fiftieth D&AD Awards call for entries. D&AD has collaborated with Work Club on an integrated print, direct and digital campaign that promises to “take a journey through time, design, space and advertising”. The campaign will play out on Twitter and the advertising and design community can find out more – and contribute to the activity – by searching and using the #fwd50 tag.
Tim Lindsay, CEO of D&AD comments: “We have awarded work that breaks the mould, has far-reaching influence on the future of design and advertising and can point to a legacy of setting standards for the future. Hence, in our 50th year – and with this Mark – we want to clearly state our commitment to nurture, support and champion brilliant design and advertising by future generations of creative people – this is about the fifty years that are to come, as well as the fifty that we are marking.”
For information and details on how to enter this year’s D&AD Awards, click here.
Laurence King (publishers of many essential titles including Pentagram’s 400 Marks and, most recently Symbol) have released a long overdue and eagerly awaited title ‘Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design‘. Over 400 pages of goodness, the book celebrates one of the greatest and renowned designers of the 20th Century. Written by design historian Pat Kirkham, who knew Bass personally, and interestingly designed by his daughter, Jennifer Bass (also co-founded Treehouse Design Partnership in LA in 1994) and with a foreword by Martin Scorsese, it features more than 1,400 illustrations and images of Bass’ life and work, some of which are previously unpublished.
Saul Bass’ best-known works include a series of timeless and iconic posters and title sequences for films including Hitchcock‘s Vertigo and Otto Preminger’s The Man with the Golden Arm and Anatomy of a Murder. He also created some of the most symbolic identities of the last century including AT&T, Minolta, Quaker Oats and United Airlines.
Take a look at Laurence King’s teaser trailer of the title in production below. The book’s launch is also being marked with a very special event on 14 November at MoMA, New York.
