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!

We’re Attending the NADI Retail Design Collective Show in New York City December 9-11

We’re looking forward to a fun week in New York to attend the Nadi Retail Design Collective Show December 9-11th.  NADI is the Visual Merchandising Committee for A.R.E., the Association for Retail Environments. Members include manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers involved in the visual merchandising industry. As visual merchandising has evolved throughout the years into its [...]

Tatiana Plakhova’s Complex Network Illustrations

We’re totally digging the Tatiana Plakhova’s amazingly complex network illustrations which were made in Adobe Illustrator. Her style is something some are referring to as “Networkism.” Visual Complexity says, “what’s interesting is to notice how the allure of intertwined complexity is contaminating many artists from more traditional realms (painting in particular) in what seems to [...]

Conversation Prism by Brian Solis

In the Conversation Age, it’s nice to have a graphic to assist in making sense of the emerging world we live.  Brian Solis is Principal of FutureWorks, an award-winning PR and New Media agency in Silicon Valley. Solis blogs at PR2.0, bub.blicio.us, and regularly contributes PR & tech insight to industry publications. Solis is among [...]

BOORA Featured in Cookie Magazine

The September issue of Cookie magazine (the parenting magazine published by Conde Nast) features an article on green schools, including the Mabel Rush Elementary School and the Baker Prairie Middle School by our good friends BOORA.
Green school design is a practice area BOORA has been active in for decades under the leadership of principal Heinz [...]

Program: Initiative for Art + Architectural Collaborations in Berlin pushes the boundaries between architecture and art.

At Vizwerks, we’re always fascinated with what is happening in Berlin. Metropolis Magazine recently published an article on Program, an innovative space that operates at the intersection of architecture and art. Featured above is a recent installation called Nonshperes IV.  Nonspheres IV is the latest iteration of Luis Berríos-Negrón’s ongoing investigation into the contemporary tension [...]

Frog’s Design Mind: In-Game Brand Placement

Scott Nazarian, Principal Designer of frog design San Francisco writes in a recent issue of the company’s magazine Design Mind, “Video games today have reached a critical threshold of resolution, interaction, and content, signaling the medium’s transition into maturity. The next terrain in game development lies at the nexus of entertainment and utility, as gaming [...]