Weapons of Mass Creativity

Saw this, liked the post, and then a friend, living back in Tennessee sent me a text this morning with this attachement stating that, "this has you written all over it." And for that, I thank you Jeremy.

Credit // Art & Design, Weapons of Mass Creativity by Mark Fitz

Feed Me, Feedly.

With Google Reader going away (July), I needed something to aggregate the things I follow, and while apps for iPad like Flipboard are great, I wanted something a bit more desktop-orientated. From a recommendation I found Feedly, and couldn't be happier, in case you were wondering (i know you weren't). Either way, if you're in need of a similar offering, I thought I'd slap this up with a link to check it out. Nice interface, easy navigation, search, and what pushed me over was it imported everything exactly from my current Reader subscriptions. Done and done.

Feedly

Who Doesn't Love Comfort Food?

And who doesn't love awesome illustrations? Combine the two and this is what I stumbled across on Buzzfeed. Enjoy what they've called (and I agree with) charming illustrations. Created by Brooklyn illustrator Monica Ramos.

And I tend to agree with the subhead of the posting, "So jealous of that dude who is face down on a pat of a butter on a giant waffle stack."

credit // Buzzfeed

PK Brand Identity

Just because. I saw it in my Feedly and needed to give it a blast. Simple and interesting rebrand for the Minneapolis agency. I found out they also did the OfficeMax spot with the tiny elephant so with my obsession of that animal, it gives them a huge win in my book.

credit // designcue
Preston Kelly

The Human Printer

Pretty incredible and patience-needed process by which students at the University of Derby. So tedious, and honestly not something I'm sure I could do, at least to this extent. They're work and effort is pretty incredible and some of the results look astounding. Well done.

credit // Colossal

 

Sad But True

It's one of those touchy subjects indeed (and understandably), but when I saw the ads while looking through my Feedly feed (not sure how I feel about that phrasing) they definitely caught my eye, made me stop and click to see them in detail. What do you think?

credit // Ads of the World

Laceless, Colorless Street Soccer Boots

I dig this package design, as organic in nature, thoughtful and representing street soccer. It's for new soccer boots from Calle.

"Calle street soccer shoes are the first of their kind: laceless. I pushed to reflect this in the package
design by making an unconventional but highly memorable experience, from the opening of the package to keeping some of its elements for later use, such as its monstrous illustrated flag."

Dieline posting

Octopus Wine

Wicked package design for The Argonaut, from Eight Arms Cellars. Found through my Feedly RSS of The Dieline. It's awesome and interesting description of what The Argonaut is/was...

"The Argonaut is an octopus with a shell. As bizarre as that sounds, in 300 B.C., Aristotle proposed that the female Argonaut used her shell as a boat and her eight arms to row it!"

The Dieline article

Earth Shattering

I've withheld from posting tutorials, but am going to give in and start throwing them up here. That way anyone can see them and I can refer to them when I need to go back to them. Haven't completed this one, it's a bit time consuming, and well, I just haven't had the time, but I thought it was a really cool tutorial, and I LOVE the Tuts websites. Everything from Photoshop and the rest of the creative suite, to things that showcase specific artists. Highly recommended.

The Step-by-Step Tutorial HERE.

The Finished product...
credit // PSD Tuts

Needles Side Tattoo - Loïc

Chatting at dinner last week about tattoos and then my friend Jordan shared this amazing artist with us, Loïc. I had to post about it, along with their Facebook page link and of course some examples. Truly awesome work and wicked design, too bad to get any ink from him would require travel across the Atlantic to France.

Needles Side Tattoo on Facebook