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piątek, 21 marca 2014
Saki Mafundikwa: Ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets
poniedziałek, 17 marca 2014
Poster For Tomorrow 2014 Competition
Today I've happened upon a graphic design competition, which I will give a shot. I would recommend anyone to take part not only because this gives you a chance to test your skills, but it is also for a good cause.
The competition is open to graphic design professionals and students alike. Here is the brief, quoted from the article about the competition, www.graphiccompetitions.com :
"Work - either doing it or looking for it - is a fact of life. And in 2014, with much of the world still gripped by economic crisis and life expectancy increasing every year, more of us are looking for fewer jobs for more time. Yet this doesn't mean that the increasing demand for work should result in exploitation of workers. The right to work - and our right to work right - is a huge issue. It covers everybody with a job in the whole world - whether it’s legal or illegal - and that’s basically everybody. It covers people too young to work, people forced into work, people who can’t work, people who earn nothing and even people who earn lots of money if they’re not paid the right wage for their labour.
All of these people need to know their right to work without exploitation, discrimination or prejudice. And this is what we want you to help us broadcast this year.
An entry to the competition consists of a portrait format poster addressing the proposed creative brief. Posters may be designed by a single author or by a team. Designs submitted to the contest must be original artworks that are previously unpublished. The designs must consist entirely of the authors' own work and must not include any copyrighted material. Participants may submit up to 10 different posters.
Designs must be presented in vertical format. Entries must be submitted as JPG files of 2953x4134 pixels at a resolution of 150dpi (corresponding to 50x70 cm in printed size) saved in RGB colour space."
The winning 100 posters will be displayed on the "Work Right!" exhibition as part of an event "a day for tomorrow" which will be cited in many cities around the globe to celebrate the anniversary of the Declaration of human rights.
The entry is for a good cause, so I will definitely give it a go.
The competition is open to graphic design professionals and students alike. Here is the brief, quoted from the article about the competition, www.graphiccompetitions.com :
"Work - either doing it or looking for it - is a fact of life. And in 2014, with much of the world still gripped by economic crisis and life expectancy increasing every year, more of us are looking for fewer jobs for more time. Yet this doesn't mean that the increasing demand for work should result in exploitation of workers. The right to work - and our right to work right - is a huge issue. It covers everybody with a job in the whole world - whether it’s legal or illegal - and that’s basically everybody. It covers people too young to work, people forced into work, people who can’t work, people who earn nothing and even people who earn lots of money if they’re not paid the right wage for their labour.
All of these people need to know their right to work without exploitation, discrimination or prejudice. And this is what we want you to help us broadcast this year.
An entry to the competition consists of a portrait format poster addressing the proposed creative brief. Posters may be designed by a single author or by a team. Designs submitted to the contest must be original artworks that are previously unpublished. The designs must consist entirely of the authors' own work and must not include any copyrighted material. Participants may submit up to 10 different posters.
Designs must be presented in vertical format. Entries must be submitted as JPG files of 2953x4134 pixels at a resolution of 150dpi (corresponding to 50x70 cm in printed size) saved in RGB colour space."
The winning 100 posters will be displayed on the "Work Right!" exhibition as part of an event "a day for tomorrow" which will be cited in many cities around the globe to celebrate the anniversary of the Declaration of human rights.
The entry is for a good cause, so I will definitely give it a go.
sobota, 1 marca 2014
Ross Lovegrove: Organic Design, inspired by Nature
I have just found a video on new.ted.com of an industrial designer Ross Lovegrove talking about his revolutionary vision of "fat-free" design and describes some of products he designed. I personally found it very inspiring. Lovegrove really impressed me with his philosophy. If you are curious of the future of design, I really encourage you to watch the video.
niedziela, 17 listopada 2013
IKEA "Smycke" Wall Clock
I was looking through the recent IKEA catalog and this thing caught my attention:
The "Smycke" Wall Clock is a very interesting, clever and aesthetically pleasing design. The hexagons which make up the structure can be rearranged, while the clock arms tell you how much you've spent having fun doing that... :)
However, there is something else I've noticed. I think the designer has been inspired by the strange symbol/diagram things chemists use:
That made me wonder: what did the designer want to express?
My opinion on that is the designer wanted to tell us that we live in an age where our world is constantly influenced by scientific discoveries. The fact that you can rearrange the individual hexagons emphasises that we as individuals can adapt anything in any way we want thanks to science. The clock arms probably mean that science improves our world as time goes by and also allows it to develop faster.
That's why I think this clock is not only a greatly designed functional and fun product - it is also a piece of modern art which expresses the designer's feelings about the world today.
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