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Alessandro Pautasso
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Alessandro Pautasso is an awesome illustrator with a distinct refined mature style. He currently works for Atmosfera in Turin, Italy.
Thomas Schostok {ths}
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Provocative arts and crafts design… Thomas Schostok is in his own category. Tons of art/illustrations, print and hand crafted web work. Your eyes will be feasting for days to come.
Timothy Saccenti
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With a combination of sets, art direction, and lighting Timothy Saccenti creates a unique universe for each of his subjects. Make sure to watch his interview and buy his prints from Blanka!
Difmag
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Difmag is an awesome free online magazine from Lisbon, Portugal. Issue 53, November 2007(18.5 Mb PDF) is out now.
Todoist
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Todoist is a popular online task manager that’s useful, fast and easy to use.
With Todoist you can accomplish more since you have:
- A simple interface
- Built-in calendar
- Hierarchies
- Gmail integration
- Mobile access
- Reminders
- Labels
- QuickSilver plugin
- Netvibes and iGoogle widgets
- and more…
Florian Schmitt of Hi-Res Interview
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Die Gestalten has put together a nice interview with Hi-ReS! founding partner Florian Schmitt. It’s always good to hear some insight from one of the great leaders in design. Happy Tuesday!
Poke
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Nothing Diluted
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“Soft and juicy 6 for a quid.” Not sure what that means? Read the manifesto of designer Grant Dickson and you’ll soon find out. Oh yeah, you might want to check out his work while you’re there also, it’s nothing less than amazing.
Chocolate Trousers
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Chocolate Trousers is the home of 29 year old graphic designer, Rob Brearley. Some very nice commercial pieces here… we just wish we could pause the slideshow navigation!
Design Army
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It’s a fact that most of us have to design “corporate” work at some point in our careers. Design Army takes corporate to a whole new level… and they actually make it okay—without selling out. This is one case where we wouldn’t mind joining the Army.
Mucca Design
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It’s become easy to ignore a lot of the less flashy work that makes up so much of the world. Mucca Design is one of the studios producing just that type of work, but they are quite impossible to ignore. Grab a cup of tea and have a look through this beautiful portfolio of identity and design.
Alex Prager
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At 22, Alex Prager took work shooting fashion editorials for high profile magazines such as Flaunt and V while simultaneously forging a path on the Los Angeles independent gallery circuit. Prager’s unique flair for capturing the subtlety in her subjects began to earn her worldwide recognition and as her list of collectors grew, so did her list of clients - Geffen, Warner, I-D, Elle, and Complex.
Roanne Adams
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Former Wolff Olins employee Roanne Adams has branched out on her own and is creating some amazing identity and direction work. Don’t miss it!
Studio K
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Studio K is a small design studio based in Poznan, Poland. The studio’s core competence lie in design and illustration as well as web design, visual identity and managing small advertising campaigns. Nice work all around!
Accent
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Accent is the online work of San Diego CA based designer Miguel Vega (Miguex). Miguex is as well-rounded as they get and has a lot to offer the creative community. Pay him a visit already!
Design People
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Design People studio is Alexppllmchs and Maria Monferrer located in Madrid Spain. These two are contributing greatly to the cause of good design and it shows!
Form
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Must Have Book
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With the invisible, unifying structure they provide, grids bring consistency and visual harmony to multi-page or multi-screen documents. A CD embedded in this book’s cover includes 500 ready-to-use grid templates formatted for the most commonly used design programs. View more books here.
Fresh Fauxx
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Herman Lee is Fresh Fauxx, a graphic design student ready to take on the world. Before that happens, he’ll settle for experimenting with different styles, techniques and discovering the world of design.
Alberto Seveso
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Alberto Seveso’s brilliant artwork is now available for purchase directly from his own site Recycled Area. Some of his older work is also for sale here. Holiday gift for yourself maybe?
PlusMinus
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“When a person asks why, they are much more apt to investigate and interact with a design than when given the answer.” -Peter Crnokrak (PlusMinus)
New Art & Design Blog Spots
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We’ve just updated the Art & Design Blog category with five fresh new blogs for your reading enjoyment. Be sure to check out Dirty Mouse, Aisle One (photo above), Swiss Legacy, Visual Evasion and Swiss Miss. Click Here to see all A&D Blogs.
OurType
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OurType is a font publishing label founded and managed by Fred Smeijers and Rudy Geeraerts of FontShop Benelux. The company publishes newly designed fonts that are tailored to contemporary needs while at the same time respecting traditional styles.