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OLIVER NIEDER

Dumped in the People and Photography pile on June 29, 2009.

Photographer, creative director, designer based in Munich, Germany. Click ›

HunterGatherer + INCASE =

Dumped in the Random pile on June 24, 2009.

RODRIGO FUENZALIDA

Dumped in the Design and People and Resources pile on June 19, 2009.

Rodrigo Fuenzalida is a graphic designer and typographer from Caracas, Venezuela. To celebrate the momentous occasion of his site reaching 5,000 visits, Rodrigo is generously sharing three of his typefaces for download. You can download GERD, K5 and LINE_A here.

Thanks a million Rodrigo.

Happy Friday everyone.

LEVI’S KIDS CAMPAIGN

Dumped in the Ads pile on June 16, 2009.

Advertising Agency: BBH Asia Pacific  |  Creative Director: Todd Waldron  |  Art Director: Eirma Webster  |  Copywriter: Angie Featherstone  |  Illustrator: Tye Sok Kuan

Frank Lego Wright

Dumped in the Random pile on June 15, 2009.

Lego Architecture announces new line of Frank Lloyd Wright sets. Lego fans in the house say “Wriiiight!” Mas »

BOB PEAK: THE MODERN MOVIE POSTER & BEYOND

Dumped in the Art and Design and People pile on June 10, 2009.

Bob Peak (1927-1992) was an American commercial illustrator best known for innovative design in the development of the modern movie poster. He completely transformed the approach to movie advertising—sans-MacBook Pro. United Artist hired Peak in 1961 to help promote “West Side Story.” His innovative solution-painting characters and scenes into a single montage-became the first of over 100 such posters, among them “My Fair Lady,” “Camelot,” “Rollerball,” “Star Trek,” “Superman” and “Apocalypse Now.” His artwork has been used on the cover of Time magazine, TV Guide, and Sports Illustrated—not to mention numerous ads and postage stamps.

His imaginative, futuristic, colorful and whimsical style is still at work, influencing some of the most talented and creative designers of our day. You can see signs of Peak in the retro-modern works of designers like James White, Scott Hansen, and Joshua Davis. Peak was truly ahead of the game in his time and continues to be an icon and model of influence for ours.

MIKE KUS’ SLIDES

Dumped in the Design and People pile on June 9, 2009.

Here’s a 3 minute video clip of Mike Kus designing his slides for his talk, “Graphic Design: The Forgotten Web Standard,” at FOWD in London this past April. You can view his presentation here.

GLENNZ - TEE DESIGNS

Dumped in the Design and Random pile on June 8, 2009.

A few of the many awesome shirt designs by Glenn Jones.

ADNIMALS

Dumped in the Ads pile on June 4, 2009.

Originally, this post only had the brilliant ambient Frontline ad by By Saatchi & Saatchi Jakarta. Later in the day I happened upon another great ad  for another animal product: Witte Molen bird seed. This ad by DDB, Amsterdam, titled “Black,” showcases a bird-dog (no, not that kind) with the copy, “Turns Birdie in to man’s best friend.”

Both fine examples that break the mold of typical pet product ads.

TOTAL RECALL

Dumped in the Resources pile on June 3, 2009.

I read a article in FastCompany about 3 years ago about a guy who carried around a video camera and recorded every waking moment of his day and had done so for several years. He could literally, at any time, reference exact conversations he had, places he went, things he saw, people he met—to the second. Essentially he had an external HD brain that, unlike the human brain, had precise memory recall at any moment.

We might not be at “every second of the day” yet but Evernote seems to be a step in that direction. Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere.

Plus the logo is pretty clever. An elephant never forgets!