puma has introduced a new way to package their shoes that significantly reduces their waste and co2 footprint (ha!). i think it’s pretty freaking fantastic and i am so excited that companies are seeking out designers to help them be more green. love it. read more here.
(via fuseproject and my dear blair.)
Spring is the perfect time to be working on the design of the printed materials for another wedding. My brother-in-law Geoff and his lovely fiancee Tina were inspired in part by Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree and in part by the forested landscape of the upper peninsula of Michigan where the wedding will take place. One of the ideas behind the design is to play with the perception of a single (albeit abstracted) tree form and a grouping of trees that represent the way family and friends grow together and merge as a result of the union of the couple. The save the date card is being printed now but through the miracle of the interwebs you actually get to see if before the guests.
If you’ve been paying any attention to the internet today then you probably already know that the amazing design and infographic goodness that is the Feltron Annual Report came out today.
If not, now you do.
ps. Viewing will probably be slow as it seems like the entire internet is intent on viewing Mr. Felton’s intimate life details for 2009 right this second thank you very much please.
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from the personal section of graphic exchange and for sale at harmonie interieure in lots of colors for your walls. love it.
while flipping through letterhead and logo design 11 (where i also found bill’s sweet logo for way north films that he did while at sussner), i fell in love with blok design’s work for odun, an asian restaurant in mexico city. wonderful color palette, beautiful patterns. yum.
I was looking for sweet airplanes for a poster project and came across this little trove of science and mechanics magazine covers. Most of them have nice high res scans to oggle, and supporting articles with cool diagrams, photos and whatnot.
I am partial to the flying wing cover.
And as long as we’re on the topic of aviation, the Lockheed Constellation was the most beautiful commercial aircraft ever conceived. Discuss.
There’s something special about a great poster. It’s not exactly an illustration and yet it isn’t exactly a design either. Brilliant posters are a magical kind of hybrid that appeals to a wide swath of humanity. The truly brilliant ones communicate their intent even when the words on them are in a language that is foreign. So it is with a new series of posters that Simon Page designed for the simple pleasure of it. He chose the International Year of Astronomy (2009) as a foil for exploring his passion for geometric design and came up with eight posters reminiscent of the space race of the 60’s that none the less feel really fresh. My favorite part of the story is that response to his designs has been so overwhelmingly positive and so wide spread that representatives from the IYA2009 actually contacted him and the posters are in production now. Tell me that isn’t what you dream about happening to one of your side projects. Nice work Simon and kudos to the IYA2009 for recognizing a good thing and acting on it.