Tuesday 21st May 2013

Entries filed under Design

Centre of Attention

Posted on 01/08/11.

Web Designer Simon Foster has set up a lovely site dedicated to the artwork, graphics and logos of record centre labels, and has just added a new section all about cover art. Makes for nice tea-break browsing…!

Link: http://centerofattention.me/about/

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Google subtly roll out some elegant refinements

Posted on 01/07/11.

Over the last week we’ve been watching the Google search results page subtly evolve into something quite elegant. They have managed to retain their essential google-ness (rich blue text links, plenty of whitespace) but have introduced some new styling to page elements that make the whole google experience feel more aesthetically considered.

The different Google services are now presented in a black bar across the top of the screen; previously these were blue link text on white. Underneath these, the Google branding and search box are now in a lightly tinted strip instead of floating on white. Finally, the search refinement options on the left are now grey text on white, with brick-red headings. All in all, the page feels more structured, and more pleasant to look at (and use).

So, hats off to the Google design team who have quietly made some great visual improvements to the search.

Link: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=bellamy+studio

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Web type is coming of age

Posted on 02/06/11.

This week Typekit have announce that Paul Renner’s classic geometric typeface Futura is now available as a web font. It looks like a lot of time has been spent on getting this just right, and to many designers it will represent a real milestone in the advancement of designing for the web.

Link: http://blog.typekit.com/2011/06/01/futura/

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Karl Gerstner

Posted on 20/10/10.

Karl Gerstner, born Basel 1930, has devoted himself, for 50 years, to the study of colour. At 22 he became a freelance designer and 7 years later founded his own advertising studio GGK. In 1986 he published his book, The Forms of Colour, where examined the complex interaction between colour and form and developed his own system: ‘The Colour Form Model.’ The manipulation of colour’s tonal and chromatic scales have dominated his work in two and three dimensions. The compositions are vibrant, geometric and perfectly executed.

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Sharing and enjoying Picture Books

Posted on 18/10/10.

The latest Booktrust booklet that we’ve been working on came in on Friday afternoon; this time we worked with the illustrator Martin Brown (Horrible Histories) to create a 10 page concertina leaflet about the importance of picture books.

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Jill Sander Spring 2011

Posted on 28/09/10.

We don’t have a fashion category for our blog but we had to include this incredible mastery of colour with just a few shots of the fantastic Jil Sander spring collection by designer in residence Raf Simons. Explosive colours combined with hints of 1960 couture on infanta dresses and skirts. Exquisite.

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The Emeco 111 Navy Chair with Coca-Cola

Posted on 27/09/10.

Coca-Cola asked Emeco to make the classic Navy Chair out of a new, unproven formulation of rPET (Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate- recycled plastic bottles). The resulting chair is made from 111 recycled plastic Coke bottles and is expected to keep three million plastic Coke bottles out of landfills each year! “Requiring a state-of-art mold, the new 111 Navy Chair™ includes the original stretcher (structural brace) below the seat. This detail not only assures authenticity, but creates great structural integrity. The 111 Navy Chair™ carries a 5-Year structural guarantee. The new 111 Navy Chair™ is available in six colors: Red, Snow, Flint Gray, Grass Green, Persimmon and Charcoal. Snow, Flint and Red can be used outdoors. The new chair has a distinctive, “velvet” finish that is scratch resistant.” Well done Coke!

Link: http://emecowithcoke.com/

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