Felt at dawn
This weeks harvest breakfast, we all discovered a little bit about the basics of character design, and saw how we can make something with a lot of character out of simple shapes.
In other words, we made a mess with some glue then ate. Is there a better way to start a day?
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shoes
I know this is a very random post, but i can’t help but notice all the crazy customised shoes i’ve been collecting on weheartit.
Here’s a selection of highlights.
rush hour shoe
from javirroyo
Scary invasion shoe
by jethro haynes
Meat shoe
nor sure of origin of this one, but comes via designyoutrust.com
Lovely grass shoes, so you always have grass under your bare feet
nice work from mischief pr
10 points for anyone who can find some more.
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“The grid system is an aid, not a guarantee.
It permits a number of possible uses and each
designer can look for a solution appropriate to his
personal style. But one must learn how to use the
grid; it is an art that requires practice.”
Josef Müller-Brockmann
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I was nosing about in a dress shop full of clothes I can’t afford on Sunday, when I saw these little pots of blusher from Paul and Joe.
Aren’t they lovely? I’m not even really into makeup, but i love the colours and the quirkyness of the squirrel pattern. Alas – I was not able to resist.
Just goes to show, a little bit of good design can go a long way.
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Just a quick note about the exciting things people spoke about at This Happened on Friday night.
This time around we were tucked away in the corner of the Tim Walker exhibition – (photos of multicoloured kittens and this really cool giant glove) at the Design Museum, which was good because we could see and hear everything.
Yuri Suzuki spoke about scalextric style record player, from his latest project “physical value of sound”. A little car with a needle on the underside followed a track made from recycled vinyl cut at 45 degree angles.
He combined the elements of two toys to create something that had a great tactile and playful quality. Would be great to see this taken further, with one car on vocals, one on drums etc. I think it would be great in-store in a trendy record shop or something. I liked the fact that he showed the last minute breakthroughs and the fact that they finally got it working about 4 days before the show!
Dominic Harris from Cinimod Studio spoke about making a UFO that flew over the Polish city of Gdansk.
Essentially a giant plate shaped thing dangling from a terrifyingly vintage helicopter covered in LED’s, the Gdansk UFO is a surreal and wondrous thing. To me it looks pretty magical. Apparently YouTubers agree, as many seem to think its a hoax!
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More book covers, this time of the vintage variety.
Its pretty much acejet170’s fault that I developed a sudden penchant for old Penguins. I love looking at how different designers introduced new rules to create families of books over the decades. Many of them feel so contemporary… a good 50 years after they were published.
Left: Birds of the Sea by R.M. Lockley, published 1945, Cover Designed by Enid Marx, who it turns out was a textile designer, illustrator and expert in wood block printing.
Right: Flowers of the Woods by E.J. Salisbury published 1946, Cover Designed by Rosmary and Clifford Ellis, who did these lovely posters for London Underground in the 1930’s.
Left: Poisonous Fingi by John Ramsbottom, Published 1945, Cover designed by Joy Jarvis. I would love to find out more about this designer, but so far have come up empty handed..
Right: Penguin Modern Stories 3, Published 1969, Cover designed by David Pelham. read more about Pelham’s history with Penguin on the CR blog
More to follow one day…
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Just steped into foyles and had to use all my will power to stop myself buying all of design |
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Lisa Smith has created the Cute generator. These blobular objects have (from what I can gather) RFID – chips inside that gather and collect information.
This information is the basis for their physical form, so each character is totally unique to it’s user.
What fascinates me about this gets to the core of what character design is all about. We identify abstract shapes readily – (a blob is an eye, a wiggle is a mouth ect) – because it is human nature to project ourselves onto other things. It makes a lot of sense to me that a character could be used as a form of expression of personal identity.
Check out the flikr set here.
Read more about the project here.
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One thing I really ought to do for moodshine is sort out some nice cards. People don’t remember your url when you yell it in their ear in a noisy pub. There’s always the moo card route, cute enough, but this flikr set has given me a bit more inspiration.
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As promised, on a quick note on the goings on at friday late at the V&A.
First, we got stuck in with some hands on type with Sara De Bont.
Little groups of grown ups happily sat on the floor with crayons and pritt stick, to make some crafty graphics.
Jons inky fingers did some printing
We also witnessed the Tea dance, but my fella did refuse to join in! The icing sugar floor was stunning, though.
Lastly, heres the result of the casting of fingers in chocolate… maybe too realistic to eat?
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