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This post is a follow up on my previous blog a couple of weeks ago looking at the talk at the Design Museum 'GraphicDesign& Great Expectations'. I attended the event last week on Thursday 10th May 2012. It was fantastic!
I normally like to focus on things that are aesthetically stunning in the art & design world. But this week I have come across the new proposed packaging design for cigarette packets in Australia which are a far cry from the tobacco industries advertising which concentrated on portraying the glamorous powerful life you could lead if only you smoked brand X. Advertising seems to be being turned on its head in search of the most repulsive ad you can create.
GraphicDesign& launched a year ago whose launch event started in the Design Museum. Somehow I have managed to keep my head buried in the sand again as I completely missed their appearance. I am so excited to finally come across GraphicDesign&. For any of you have managed to miss them as well I have put together a bit about them from their website and press about them.
As someone who graduated in 2007 I have first hand experience of how difficult it has been to get into the design industry because of the struggling financial climate. As a result I think that the initiative Look Like Love is a fantastic idea. Kate Brewer and Eden Asfaha were exasperated by the the lack of support available to graduates, which motivated them into taking matters into their own hands and created Look Like Love.
Plenty of things have been happening in the last few weeks due to it being the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. I came across these stamps that have been designed by Loewy Group consultancy Team Publishing. They caught my eye as they were designed for the Royal Mail not just for displaying the tragic moment when the Titanic sank, but to tell the story of the building, launching, and sailing of the Titanic.
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I think that everyone has a lot of pride and that tingly feeling when they think of their university and the opportunities that it has given us. But I wanted to show current work that students at Kingston University (my very own) have recently produced. The winner and many of the runners up were from Kingston which doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I'm so glad that Kingston is going strong and helping students produce some fantastic work.
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Fallon in London has launched a new magazine project that accepts submissions of writing and illustration online, and then picks the ten best to be included in a print magazine, that comes in quite an unusual format...
Austria Solar's 2011 annual report: Serviceplan
Austria Solar's 2011 annual report is the creation of Serviceplan. It is shipped in a foil package. Open it indoors and you’ll find a tastefully embossed cover, followed by many blank pages. The magic happens when you expose it to the sun.
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