My Favorite Book Covers of 2008The Book Design Review
In no particular order, here are my favorite book covers of 2008. (And here are the 2007, 2006, and 2005 lists.)
New this year: Linked titles lead to the original post, if one exists. (The link for Maps and Legends goes to Karen Horton’s beautiful photos over at design:related.) And back from last year: there’s a poll at the bottom of the post. Voting is open until Dec 31; I’ll post
Dragonfly MacrophotographyNeatorama
Dragonflies are beautiful, and even more so close up! Take a look at pictures that illustrate the dragonfly’s anatomy and life cycle. Link -Thanks, RJ Evans!
(image credit: Cessna 206)
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My Favorites of 2008The Book Design Review
In no particular order, here are my favorite book covers of 2008. (Here are the 2007, 2006, and 2005 lists.
New this year: Linked titles lead to the original post, if one exists. (The link for Maps and Legends goes to Karen Horton’s beautiful photos over at design:related.) And back from last year: there’s a poll at the bottom of the post. Voting is open until Dec 31; I’ll post the
Tilt-Shift Video Makes Big Things Look SmallGeekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
Tilt-shift video: I don’t even know what it is.
Tilt-shift photography can be used for many things, but one of the more interesting is a technique used to trick the mind into thinking very large things are very small. Tilt-shift takes advantage of our familiarity with very close up images of small things, where the object of interest is in focus, but everything else is progressively blurred.
You know, you could almost write
The Aurora Borealis From SpaceNeatorama
We’ve seen plenty of pictures, clips, and shows all about the gorgeous Aurora Borealis or more commonly known as the Northern Lights on the Internet and on TV several times. But here is something that I bet you’ve never seen before. Astronaut and Science Officer for the International Space Station Expedition Six Don Pettit had the lucky opportunity to film the Aurora Borealis from space!
[YouTube - Link]
This first video has Don
Wal-Mart Worker Trampled To Death on Black FridayNeatorama
How crazy are people on Black Friday? Are the deals so good that they would trample someone to death? Here’s a tragic Wal-Mart stampede that left one worker dead and got several people (including a pregnant woman) injured:
The Black Friday stampede plunged the Valley Stream outlet into chaos, knocking several employees to the ground and sending others scurrying atop vending machines to avoid the horde. […]
"He was bum-rushed by 200 people," said
Chicken Image StabilizerNeatorama
Photographers, you don’t need to spend a lot of money on an image stabilizer -just use a chicken’s head!
According to the video, motion processors use an inertial measurement unit, which senses motion (rate, type and direction) and compensates for it. Chickens have a pretty advanced version.
It’s funny, too! Link (embedded YouTube video) -Thanks, bactac!
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Japanese English Food PictogramsMonster-Munch
I’d like to know how closely these pictograms mimic the actual characters they represent. Are they still readable in Japanese ? ( Sachiko can you tell me ? ). A great way of helping you recognise and memorize foods if they are. Interested to know if it’s more for art than a practical tool ? The original Tamalog article in Japanese. Have a look and see
Ooh, ZoetropesCR Blog
Sheesh, Zoetropes eh, you wait for ages to see one then two come along at once. While Fallon is reportedly basing its next Sony Bravia spot around a real-life zoetrope built in an Italian square, Poke has created this virtual version for Topshop…
The Topshop work ties in with the store’s Christmas campaign which is based around a fairy tale written by Lulu magazine’s Charlotte Sanders.
Cartlidge LeveneSeptemberIndustry
I’ve been wanting to get Cartlidge Levene’s Identity work for MoreySmith showcased on SI ever since I saw it grace the pages of this year’s D&AD Annual, some 2 months ago. Suffice to say, the wait has paid off because Mr. Ben Tibbs was kind enough to send me some large images of the project for your own viewing pleasure. Don’t say I don’t treat you!
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Fract Engineered FlowersTheDieline.com: The #1 Package Design Website, World's Best Packaging
Beautiful work sent it in to us by Nimrod Gavish, a 3rd year student at Shenkar College for Design in Israel.
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The Ennui of HenriNeatorama
A black-and-white French art film about the existential angst experienced by a house cat. By Will Braden. Run time: 2.5 minutes.
Via Popped Culture
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not a box lampPackagings of the World - Packaging Design Archive in a Package
This is not a box but a lamp. This lamp packaging comes as a box with all parts inside (bulb, plug, cable etc. + manual). You cut top and bottom yourself and then install. The cut out of the lamp shape functions as a graphical image of the lamp that could be inside the box, but is not.
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Laura SouthcottOriginal Linkage
Had a nice email from recent graduate Laura Southcott, again another graduate who really shows some great potential and having had placements at some top design outfits such as Accept and Proceed, the Design Conspiracy, Build, The Partners, Start Creative and Saatchi & Saatchi Design, she is now looking for a junior design job in London, so take a look at her portfolio and offer her a job!
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Alumni Magazinethings to look at
Mag Culture reviewed the latest offering from Luke Hayman: The Harvard Alumni magazine. Since it never made it to press, the only way to see it is online here Jeremy didn’t show much of the insides so here are a few really great spreads showing how impactful illustration really can be.
Studio AKA for Disney & Sing UpMotionographer | Motion graphics, design, animation, filmmaking and visual effects
Here’s two recent projects from the inimitable Studio AKA. Grant Orchards ‘Recycling’ for Disney is a slight cg twist on the lo-fi shoot aesthetic and Steve Small’s ‘Tone’ for Sing Up is a feel good sing along piece.
Both spots exemplify the beauty of simplicity and AKA’s trademark character driven storytelling. Oh and they’re fun! Enjoy!
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CREDIT UPDATE: The new Seal was designed by Louise Fili.
I must be making all the wrong consumer choices because I had never seen or heard about the Good Housekeeping Seal that adorns the packaging (and in some cases the advertising) of everything from washers and dryers, to cell phones, and even to movers. The Seal, issued by the Good Housekeeping Research Institute — a 17,000-square-foot (since
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