Although I love well designed book covers, I take a special interest in the ones that actually portray aspects of the novel itself. Particularly those aspects that become clear only after reading the book. For me this is the mark of a great dust jack [...]
I love knowing the rules of a craft. It's so much better breaking them after you fully understand them, but I've never considered breaking the cardinal rule of graphic design: actually utilizing the ego. That is until I came across the work of Marian [...]
The Thing is as the name suggests; it’s a thing, things, and secret things; it is a two-hundred dollar subscription to the quarterly periodical that arrives in the form of an object.
From their early days as semi-anarchist artists in Moscow to Selling Andy Warhol's soul in New York, K&M were masters of manipulating perception in order to offer a third opinion on whatever subject fascinated the art community at the time.
I just love this cover. From the beautiful type to the illustrations to the entire concept, Roberto de Vicq de Cumpitch has created yet another perfect dust jacket.
I have a lot of respect for the artists that sneak into my subconscious mind and set up camp while waiting for me to accept them. Sarah Jones is one of those artists.
Last week, I caught a glimpse of Robert Schwartz's exhibition called Frameshift. I loved it. It reminded me of things like origami, lumbering mechas, and even alien tripod war machines from War of the Worlds.
With a theme being announced on May 7th, the writers, artists, and graphic designers involved will have 24 hours to submit material. The next phase goes to 48 Hour Magazine who will cut and paste and somehow send the finished work to the printer -- w [...]
Sean Kenney has built a bunch of sweet endangered animal sculptures out of 259,450 LEGO bricks. They are currently being displayed at the Philadelphia Zoo.
UP THERE, directed by Malcom Murray, is a short documentary that "reveals the dying craft of large-scale hand painted advertising and the untold story of the painters struggling to keep it alive."
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon continually impresses me. His latest project, the Smart Grid Gallery, is a lovely showcase of objects inspired by solar and wind energy.
HBO's The Wire was heralded as possibly the greatest television series ever made. And now the series has been picked up again. But not by HBO or any other cable station. Instead, it's Harvard, Duke and the University of California, among others.
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Colorcubic is the multidisciplinary creative studio of Christy Lai & Michael John. We are visual communicators, information architects and purveyors of usable aesthetics. The studio is equipped to handle everything from web design & development, branding, print design to motion graphics. Our blog is a growing library of things that inspire and excite us. We hope that you’ll be inspired as a result. Thanks for reading.
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