The Bravery ➡ Slow Poison

What happens when the Universe is revealed to you in a single moment, filling you with love, desire, hope, fear, despair, longing, and complete joy? When the full range of human emotion is suddenly conveyed, then gone just as quickly…

With a four week production schedule and a love song of sorts, we travelled back in time to the late seventies and joined a cult of psychonauts to make a video about alien panther love, ontology, and inter-dimensional space travel.

Video by Buck. Check out the website to watch the video at higher quality, check out some stills, and even download the video if you want.

TCHO Chocolate

TCHO is a new chocolate company based out of San Francisco. With use of a sophisticated color palette and stunning packaging TCHO sets the bar for a new way of presenting chocolate. The identity was designed by Edenspiekermann run by the man himself Erik Spiekerman. Giving strong reasoning to all of their design decisions, TCHO Chocolate stands as a professional company presented in an appealing and memorable way. One of the most interesting qualities of the branding is the use of currency style for the packaging. Scott Hansen put it nicely, “a striking design which vaguely conjures the notion of European currency whithout making you forget you’re supposed to eat it.”

Via ISO50

Bat for Lashes ➡ Daniel (Live on The Current)

Natasha Khan, the front woman for Bat for Lashes, really amazes me with her beautiful yet haunting voice. I just found this video of her song Daniel which they performed live on 98.3 The Current using some really nice vintage instruments. Really set the mood for me during my homework session at 4 AM.

Word and Image ➡ FEAR

This is Word and Image project #2 for my GPHD 145 Visual Image course. We had to choose a word from a list of four and express its meaning using image and type. The composition is divided into four cells each expressing the idea of fear. The bottom right is image dominant, the bottom left is type dominant, the top left is image only, and the top right is type only. I wanted to tell a story within and between the cells as well as with the overall composition.

Via Grafik ➡ Between

Simply amazing…

more about “Via Grafik ➡ Between“, posted with vodpod

 

TYCHO ➡ Nocturne Poster

Here is Scott Hansen’s (ISO50) latest work for his upcoming Tycho show in Toronto. I was stunned when I initially saw these because they look different than most of the work that he has done in the past while still portraying his signature style. In his recent work he has really utilizes the use of silhouettes as a central focal point for his designs. Scott has really become a master of layering using here about 20 image layers overlayed with various blending modes masking them with the woman’s silhouette. His excellent choice of color only enhances the composition in both posters.

To read more about his poster and upcoming show go to the ISO50 blog.

Brionvega Brochures

Check out these beautiful brochure covers designed by Bob Noorda from Brionvega which is a Milan based electronic company.

Via grainedit

Visions of Tomorrow Concept 1

This is my first concept for my film festival project that I am currently working on. I chose the Science Fiction Film Festival because of my love for Sci-Fi films, books, and art. The theme I came up with is ‘Visions of Tomorrow’. I’ll be posting more as I further develop the project.

International Year of Astronomy 09

I was doing my daily search through Dropular this morning and I struck gold! I’ve never heard of Simon Page before but I have definitely seen some of his other work streaming the web. These posters went instantly in my desktop folder of inspiration. I am currently working on a Science Fiction Film Festival project and this is exactly the look and feel I am working towards at the moment. My next post will be my first initial concept poster.

Check out more of Simon Page’s work on Behance.

EXPO ➡ Spring Show Poster

So here it is, my final poster for Sacramento State’s Annual Spring Show. The title of the poster is EXPO which means a large public exhibition, in this case, of the works from students in the design department at Sac State. My inspirations came from the EXPO ‘67, ‘70, ‘74, the Seattle and New York World’s Fairs, and Bauhaus style. I wanted to bring more emphasis to the Spring Show by developing a look that is simple, bold, iconic, memorable, and timeless with a modern style. What drew me to the Expos and World’s Fairs was their iconic designs, structures, architecture, and overall identity. So I decided to develop a powerful logotype for the poster that could be used as a visual element of interest for poster and could be later applied to a system for the identity of the Spring Show. The triangle shape in the composition represents the educational system that the students of the three disciplines of the design program journey through. Each line represents a different department which includes photography, graphic design, and interior design. The lines within the triangle and their direction present the idea of ‘moving forward’ especially when the lines change color as they are leaving the triangle. This is idea/theme is also emphasized by the shapes of the letterforms in ‘EXPO’. The reason why the lines change color is because the students, who are graduating, are now ready for the professional world. The poster can have many interpretations but that is one of the literal ones that was most significant to the design. The final print was printed on canvas to enhance the paper texture quality of the background. Below is some of the process leading up to the final design.