Nlightn looks like its shaping up to be a really great final year project from designer Bryan Jones. Passionate about education, Bryan’s created and branded a company that specialises in tailoring curriculum to the specific needs of every child depending on how they best learn. What’s even better is the system that lives behind his branding to create the dynamic mark that sees its application across all of the various pieces of stationary etc. Click here to see how he put it together, as well as the rest of the branding design.

Nlightn looks like its shaping up to be a really great final year project from designer Bryan Jones.

Passionate about education, Bryan’s created and branded a company that specialises in tailoring curriculum to the specific needs of every child depending on how they best learn.

What’s even better is the system that lives behind his branding to create the dynamic mark that sees its application across all of the various pieces of stationary etc.

Click here to see how he put it together, as well as the rest of the branding design.

Angel A. Acevedo created this typographic presentation of one of the great moments during The Social Network. View the highres version here It’s also been put into a kinetic type piece which you can view here. I’ve seen better examples of kinetic typography, but the scene itself is just brilliant to the point even listening back to it makes me want to go watch the whole movie again.

Angel A. Acevedo created this typographic presentation of one of the great moments during The Social Network.

View the highres version here

It’s also been put into a kinetic type piece which you can view here.

I’ve seen better examples of kinetic typography, but the scene itself is just brilliant to the point even listening back to it makes me want to go watch the whole movie again.

Chris Turnham is an LA based illustrator, who created this lovely piece of artwork inspired by Jules Verne’s ‘Around the World in 80 Days’. Visit his blog here. Check out his portfolio here.

Chris Turnham is an LA based illustrator, who created this lovely piece of artwork inspired by Jules Verne’s ‘Around the World in 80 Days’.

Visit his blog here. Check out his portfolio here.

Mr Frukta (ie. Alexi Frolov) manages to create a really nice aesthetic across his photocollage illustration work. It’s a shame he doesn’t include any information about the various projects and what they were for. I’ll assume there’s none. See his portfolio here.

Mr Frukta (ie. Alexi Frolov) manages to create a really nice aesthetic across his photocollage illustration work.

It’s a shame he doesn’t include any information about the various projects and what they were for. I’ll assume there’s none.

See his portfolio here.

Áron Jancsó is an incredibly gifted typographer and designer. This poster was made to display his Ogaki typeface. You can see more applications as well as its characterset at his behance profile here.

Áron Jancsó is an incredibly gifted typographer and designer.

This poster was made to display his Ogaki typeface. You can see more applications as well as its characterset at his behance profile here.

NoBrow have just released their first graphic compendium titled A Graphic Cosmogony. The publication features 24 artists, each given seven pages to present their own styling of a creation story. For more shots of inside the book, as well as the opportunity to purchase it. Click here.

NoBrow have just released their first graphic compendium titled A Graphic Cosmogony.

The publication features 24 artists, each given seven pages to present their own styling of a creation story.

For more shots of inside the book, as well as the opportunity to purchase it. Click here.

Forestbound uses exclusively found and salvaged materials to create durable, utilitarian tote bags. These are some great looking bags, all completely individual to the found material they’re made from. Check out more here. Buy one here. Kudos to Meg for ‘queuing things for ages so there’.

Forestbound uses exclusively found and salvaged materials to create durable, utilitarian tote bags.

These are some great looking bags, all completely individual to the found material they’re made from.

Check out more here.

Buy one here.

Kudos to Meg for ‘queuing things for ages so there’.

Over the weekend I hit 200 followers and to mark the occasion I thought it was worth putting together a redesign of the site. The real benefit of the new layout is that you don’t have to scroll through everything to see the work, I think the thumbnails work a lot better. Click here to check it out. And as it’s Tumblr Tuesday, feel free to Recommend me here. Thanks to everyone who thinks I’m worth the follow.

Over the weekend I hit 200 followers and to mark the occasion I thought it was worth putting together a redesign of the site.

The real benefit of the new layout is that you don’t have to scroll through everything to see the work, I think the thumbnails work a lot better.

Click here to check it out.

And as it’s Tumblr Tuesday, feel free to Recommend me here.

Thanks to everyone who thinks I’m worth the follow.

Oliver Jeffers’ The Heart and the Bottle is getting the iPad treatment… It’s great to see the iPad platform being properly used to deliver children’s narrative in an interactive way that manages to retain the cosy nature of the original books. Promo video here. Book Eating Boy and To Catch a Star are planned to be made next. Thanks to Em Bennett for the heads up.

Oliver Jeffers’ The Heart and the Bottle is getting the iPad treatment…

It’s great to see the iPad platform being properly used to deliver children’s narrative in an interactive way that manages to retain the cosy nature of the original books.

Promo video here.

Book Eating Boy and To Catch a Star are planned to be made next.

Thanks to Em Bennett for the heads up.

Dana Tanamachi describes herself as a graphic designer/crafter. She has a real art for large scale hand-rendered and drawn typography using chalk. See more of her work here.

Dana Tanamachi describes herself as a graphic designer/crafter.

She has a real art for large scale hand-rendered and drawn typography using chalk.

See more of her work here.

For my dissertation research I’ve been looking a lot through old American print ads from the 1950s. This Flickr Collection in particular has been a goldmine: The Golden Age of Advertising: 1950s - 1970s

For my dissertation research I’ve been looking a lot through old American print ads from the 1950s.

This Flickr Collection in particular has been a goldmine:

The Golden Age of Advertising: 1950s - 1970s

The World Gesture Guide, is a project put together by Spanish designer Alba Durana. I don’t speak Spanish, but the project appears like a comprehensive guide through commonly recognised hand gestures, with deeper study into how they are interpreted in different countries. What I love about the project is the concept application, so that the guide extends from the initial book into things like flashcards, and my favourite, maps for specific places. Check more of the project here.

The World Gesture Guide, is a project put together by Spanish designer Alba Durana.

I don’t speak Spanish, but the project appears like a comprehensive guide through commonly recognised hand gestures, with deeper study into how they are interpreted in different countries.

What I love about the project is the concept application, so that the guide extends from the initial book into things like flashcards, and my favourite, maps for specific places.

Check more of the project here.

Ogilvy & Mather put together this campaign to advertise scrabble. The idea presents animals with their roles reversed in the food chain, due to the fact their scrabble word score gets more points, under the title ‘The Surprising Power of Words. I’m not 100% about the illustration style and I’d perhaps prefer more visual links to the game itself. It would be great to see a whole book of these to act as a visual manual to winning the game or something along those lines. See more of the company’s work here. See more of the campaign here.

Ogilvy & Mather put together this campaign to advertise scrabble.

The idea presents animals with their roles reversed in the food chain, due to the fact their scrabble word score gets more points, under the title ‘The Surprising Power of Words.

I’m not 100% about the illustration style and I’d perhaps prefer more visual links to the game itself. It would be great to see a whole book of these to act as a visual manual to winning the game or something along those lines.

See more of the company’s work here.

See more of the campaign here.

I’ve blogged about Bored to Death before, but after making it to the end of season 2 I thought it was worth another post. The show follows the adventures of Jonathan Ames, struggling writer, moonlighting as a private detective through an ad on craigslist. Described as a noir-otic comedy the tone is quirky and grounded and just flipping enjoyable to immerse yourself in, alonside a brilliant supporting cast of Danson and Galifanakis. Definitely a show that really rewards your investment in it, and gets consistently better as it continues. Check it out if you ever get the chance.

I’ve blogged about Bored to Death before, but after making it to the end of season 2 I thought it was worth another post.

The show follows the adventures of Jonathan Ames, struggling writer, moonlighting as a private detective through an ad on craigslist. Described as a noir-otic comedy the tone is quirky and grounded and just flipping enjoyable to immerse yourself in, alonside a brilliant supporting cast of Danson and Galifanakis.

Definitely a show that really rewards your investment in it, and gets consistently better as it continues. Check it out if you ever get the chance.

Colin Dunn is a design student in Baltimore. He’s created this fantastic book-bound collection of hand-rendered type around the city. The book encourages the reader to be an active participant in their environment and explore the city of Baltimore. I organized the signs by neighborhood and included any relevant historical information that I could uncover. I’d recommend checking out layouts from the book here.

Colin Dunn is a design student in Baltimore.

He’s created this fantastic book-bound collection of hand-rendered type around the city.

The book encourages the reader to be an active participant in their environment and explore the city of Baltimore. I organized the signs by neighborhood and included any relevant historical information that I could uncover.

I’d recommend checking out layouts from the book here.