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Presenting our biggest-ever feature story! More than 50 of their favourite packaging designs by 42 creatives who specialise in packaging design – toughest of genres. Plus their thoughts on how to excel at it. This is one you’ll want to save.
Read more... Get the issue...Finally, Aesthetico: the much-awaited last issue of the Blueprint for a New World series … a call for an aesthetic awakening, a re-wilding of the capitalist imagination — an adjustment to the mood, the tone, the style and thrust of our lives that has to happen if we’re going to have any kind of a future on this planet.
Read more... Get the issue...In art, as in sex, size doesn’t matter. There are huge works of minimalism as well as mini-masterpieces of maximalism. Instead of containing the least number of elements, maximalism encompasses the most in a single work. If you are tired of being told that less is more and small is beautiful, try to letting it all hang out and rip up the rules!
Read more... Get the issue...In the penultimate issue of our Blueprint for a New World series, we take on the global smörgåsbord of red-alert headlines as the floorboards of the capitalist project give their last protesting creaks.
Read more... Get the issue..."To achieve good, timeless packaging, you have to enhance and embrace the personality of the product, in exactly the same way that clothes and accessories are used to express someone’s personal style."
Read more ...Jasper really takes his job seriously to amplify, clarify and give insight to the story by ordering, structuring and using type and form strategically in search of the right tone of voice. Most of the time his work is based on straightforward graphical elements with a lot of attention paid to detail.
Read more ...In Bed With Designers is collaborating with the New Majestic Hotel Singapore, a member of the renowned Design Hotels™ group, as a major event for creative minds. The In bed With Designers concept begins with a hotel room. Get your pajamas on and watch our designers transform the rooms into their own organized exhibits! A pop-up store is also erected at the location, where visitors and designers are able to merchandise their products. It is a unique chance for designers and buyers to establish new retail opportunities under an intimate and relaxed design atmosphere.
Read more ...It all starts with the voice inside your head, with the reality that twists and turns and moves around. There's always somebody else looking at you from inside and there's a constant conversation with your friend and your enemy. EVILTWIN is a collaboration between photographer Paolo Testa and art director Anastasia Fokina – focused on the play between light and dark, shapes and positions, meanings of a melting reality inside our heads. Make-up artist: Carolina Antonini / Styling: Andrew Franco
Read more ...“The main problem I find with a maximalist approach is how long it takes to create a piece. Being a commercial illustrator, I always have to work to really tight deadlines, so I’ve developed my style with these in mind. Traditional 3D modelling and sculpting can take ages, but as I don’t want my work to look ‘real’, I can process it much faster. I like to create my own stylized versions of real-world objects that are a lot quicker to model, and have more personality, too. Adjusting/balancing all the elements, textures, colours and lighting can still take a considerable while though, so I re-use a lot of settings and materials to save time.”
Read more ...Hugo Ribeiro Design Studio aims to be a platform for the provision of designing environments, designing furniture, accessories, lighting and consulting. This will be a forum for generating ideas, innovation, transforming spaces and designing new concepts. Speciality from the studio showed a taste for various types of materials, combining them in different ways and combining the color to create appealing objects and large contraste.
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