The Visual Language of Herbert Matter

We recently stumbled upon the Grain Edit and The Art of the Title Sequence posts on the Visual Language of Herbert Matter.  From the website, “Herbert Matter was a man who seemingly fit many lives into one by excelling in the creative disciplines of design, photography and film. The documentary The Visual Language of Herbert [...]

Letter Cult: Best Custom Letters 2009

Letter Cult recently compiled a list of of the Best Custom Letter Forms of 2009.  The artwork above is by Jessica Hische, who we’re big fans of. The list is a nice roundup of innovative design techniques and a good snapshot of what designers are doing in the present day. Worth checking out!

Friends of Type: Kelly Greens

We confess. We are obsessed with type.  As such, we’ve been huge fans lately of the type collection over at Friends of Type.  These folks are craftsmen who showcase a true passion for type and the different creative ways it can manifest itself.  Currently, they are made up of the following talent:

Aaron Carambula—Objective Subject
Erik Marinovich—The [...]

All the Rage: Julien Vallée

We’re huge fans of Julien Vallée, one of the more talented visual artists working today.  Julien is based in Montreal, but does work for companies around the globe.  We first took notice of this visual style in the book Tactile: High Touch Visuals. Recently, IdN Magazine devoted an entire issue to this sort of design…something [...]

Official Poster Released for Objectified

Filmmaker Gary Hustwit turned to Michael C Place and his studiomates at Build to design the official poster for the film Objectified, featuring drawings of dozens of objects from designers in the film and more. It is a 27″ x 39″, metallic silver and black, lithograph in the spirit of 1960s Knoll posters. The word [...]

NVART3: Design Fusion WINNERS Announced

At Vizwerks, we love when 2D and 3D make friends with each other. Design Fusion recently challenged entrants to create a fusion of 2D and 3D design. Via CG Society.
This challenging topic stretched contestants beyond their normal bounds by calling for the synergy of 2D and 3D elements to create something much greater than the [...]

We’re Digging Mike Perry

We’re super in love with Mike Perry’s work. In fact, he’s one of the most talented art directors we’ve ever seen. He runs a small design studio in Brooklyn, NY that has recently celebrated its 2 year anniversary. He is currently working on his second book with Princeton Architectural Press. His first book titled Hand [...]

Clip/Stamp/Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X – 197X

An explosion of architectural little magazines in the 1960s and 1970s instigated a radical transformation in architectural culture with the architecture of the magazines acting as the site of innovation and debate. Clip/Stamp/Fold takes stock of seventy little magazines from this period, which were published in over a dozen cities … The original exhibition was [...]

Andy Gilmore Illustrations: Beautifully Complex

Andy Gilmore is a designer and illustrator from Rochester New York.  The folks at The CoolHunter introduced us to his work and we have been fans ever since.  Andy’s illustrations are beautifully complex.  His work seeks a certain harmony and is reminiscent of 60’s Psy Art.  You can check out more of his work here.