shapeshifters tag feed: graphicdesign

Agency for Fictional Artefacts

ericpoe — mon, 26 nov 2007 18:45:12 +0100

I just came across this fascinating agency in Berlin: http://www.schein-berlin.de
These guys create all sorts of fictional artefacts: e.g. packaging of products that never really existed, newspapers for film productions, fictional stamps and labels, everything. Amongst many other productions and projects I found out they had been working e.g. for "Bourne Supremacy". I like their work because it is such a special synthesis of Art and Graphic Design. Highly recommended. Unfortunately their website is only in German (yet).

hi everyone

clareultimo — sun, 11 nov 2007 22:57:18 +0100

What I want to say to you all is thank you for being out there and keeping this flame burning. I don't know if I"ll really be able to come through here a lot over the next 6 months, but have been waiting long enough to sign on and say hello to you all. I love what shapeshifters represents and I feel it is a message for our future. I'm happy to participate, even if it's not much until the spring of '08. I'll have so much new work coming out by then that I don't even know where to begin, but I'll try and keep you posted.

Much love to you all.
Clare

Great Graphic Designer from Cape Town

muesli — wed, 11 apr 2007 15:01:15 +0200

I'd like to introduce a young graphic designer from Cape Town: Ruan Deyzel. I stumbled across Ruan via the Smashing Magazine Logo Contest which he won with a simplistic yet impact-strong design (see below). The logo contest page features interesting designs from other designers, too.

So if you're looking for a great graphic designer who does the web2.0 touch, Ruan might be your man.

Ideas that Matter

milo — wed, 28 mar 2007 18:44:23 +0200

for those beyond you, who are involved into graphic-design or editorial design, the "sappi ideas that matter" programm is worth to go for. they fund creative community-relevant projects around the world with a whole of USD 1 million for 2007.
http://www.sappi.com/ideasthatmatter

From Beirut to Vienna and back.

Fairy — fri, 02 mar 2007 08:59:18 +0100

just a quick hello to this inspiring community, to which i hope i will be able to contribute inspiration and ceativity!
as a start i would like to introduce to u a small group of creative brains in vienna, check them out here: http://www.maupi.com , they do it all - film, photography, graphic design, sound...

i will be back soon to write a bit about how creativity survives nowadays in a place like beirut (where i currently live) and also to introduce some interesting people / art.

Business Matters

motmot — thu, 25 jan 2007 22:52:30 +0100

While visiting Los Angeles in January, I thought, "why not connect with the grahic design community of the city?"
I've signed up for a business lecture for graphic designers organized by the AIGA (American Institute of Grapic Arts) and it was a great experience. This series of lectures is geared towards the creative worker, who studied art, but not business. Not did I only learn a lot, Errol Gerson was a great speaker and offered to answer all remaining or future questions via email. He continues his lectures in February and March. Don't miss them if you are in town!
http://www.aigalosangeles.org/events/archives/001951.php

Default #1 Graphic Design Conference

motmot — tue, 23 jan 2007 20:14:09 +0100

This is a day you shouldn't miss if you are in Vienna, Austria. You can connect to the creative industry and learn more about how graphic design works. The event is free!

Saturday, January 27 2007
10 am 10 pm
MAK Museum für angewandte Kunst, Wien
Weiskirchnerstraße 3, 1010 Vienna

Exhibition
Typedesign in Austria 19932007

Programm
10:00 am Opening
10:30 am Workshop Petr van Blokland
11:00 am Dialogue Indesign versus Quark
12:00 pm Lecture Johanna und Peter Bilak
2:00 pm Installation TypeRadio.org
Discussion Cordula Alessandri, Katrin Androschin, Christine Bauer-Jelinek,
Ecke Bonk, brand eins, Lo Breier, Paulus Dreibholz, Tina Frank,
Clemens Schedler, Hans Wolbers
3:30 pm Discussion: Relaxed graphic design, global design? Migration as escape and chance.
5:30 pm Competition Cover Cuisine
6:00 pm Interview Cordula Alessandri, Hans Wolbers
19:30 Discussion: It is not polite to talk about money: Can it be a little more?

Looking for a brilliant web designer

oboeboy — tue, 19 dec 2006 12:41:45 +0100

Nomad Soul Records is looking to collaborate with a web designer. We are interested in expanding the confines of what great web design can be. We seek an artist/designer. We'd like the Nomad Soul site to be slightly experimental, fresh, aspects of texture, and motion. The site would feel like a world unto itself. Of course it's primary function is to sell, but equal to this is building community. It could almost have the feel of promoting a film and using filmic cinematic qualities in the site itself. It could be edgy and inviting. Playing with ideas of mood, moving fonts, ghostlike shadows, mystery. All the while being very easy to navigate and intuitive. We are offering a set fee. Please contact us at: russelw@xtra.co.nz

we love magazines

milo — sun, 17 dec 2006 15:57:49 +0100

as i'm addicted to magazines for a long time now, i recommend one of my most important blogs, the one of jeremy leslie: http://magculture.com/blog - he once did the book "magCulture" and is currently involved in another great project i whant you to know: colophon 2007, international magazines symposium in luxembourg: http://colophon2007.com - i will be there. if you are involved into publishing or graphic-design, if you are working as an editor, journalist, photographer or you are simply in love with magazines, this will be the place to be in 2007.

the added image shows the cover of one of my alltime favourites: "purple journal" http://purple.fr/journal.php

Call: ICEBOX 02 A/V Art Festival

netbek — sat, 21 oct 2006 11:11:25 +0200

Hi everyone,

Just to introduce a project I'm working on, and to invite you to take part.

Kind regards,
Hein Bekker (Coordinator)

...

ICEBOX is a collaborative festival of contemporary creativity in audio/visual art. With the focus on the electronic, open and South African, the festival combines music, film, video and interactive media through a programme of screenings, multimedia performances, club nights, workshops and an online exhibition.

Liquid Fridge, partnered by MTKidu and rustpunk, presents ICEBOX 02 in February/March 2007 in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa. The festival is calling for the participation of established and emerging South African and international artists and professionals working in a broad range of disciplines including electronic music, sound art, digital film, animation, photography, video art, graphic design, interactive and generative media, Net art, video game art and electronics.

Supported by CAPE Africa Platform and Creative Commons South Africa.

Web: http://www.liquidfridge.co.za/icebox

Screenings

ICEBOX is open for submissions of short-form narratives, documentaries, music videos, experimental motion graphics and recorded visual performances. Visit http://www.liquidfridge.co.za/?p=icebox_02_screen for further information and the entry form.

Online Exhibition

Interactive media, generative art, Net art and other forms using Director, Flash or Java software, as well as digital photography, illustration and graphic design work, may be entered for the online exhibition and a live presentation at ICEBOX. Visit http://www.liquidfridge.co.za/?p=icebox_02_web for further information and the entry form.

Club Nights

The ICEBOX sound system promises a selection of DJ'd and live retro-tech-future-funk rather difficult to define. Overlay a hearty serving of videoboxing and performing pixels, and you have an eclectic evening where the notions of "underground" and "overground" are irrelevant. We are looking for DJ sets, band and electroacoustic performances, VJ/video performances, and various styles in between. Visit http://www.liquidfridge.co.za/?p=icebox_02_events to learn more.

Workshops

To facilitate exchange between the traditional creative practices and electronic subcultures, ICEBOX invites presentations, performances, demonstrations, discussion panels and hands-on experiments in all disciplines. Visit http://www.liquidfridge.co.za/?p=icebox_02_events to learn more.

Illustrator & Designer - Cape Town

Rory — thu, 18 may 2006 14:54:58 +0200

Theory One is an illustrator and designer in Cape Town. He has a good network of designers and street artists involved in various collaborations.

Theory One's illustrations mostly portray characters influenced by his urban surroundings and cultural stereotypes. The range of subject material that he approaches can also be diverse, but the consistency in style of linework and colour make him a distinctive illustrator.

http://www.theoryart.co.za/

Theory One's interactive design work is influenced by similar sources but can be more diverse in style and approach depending on clients' brief and requirements. As you can see from the portfolio examples, his best client work tends to be aimed at the urban market:

http://www.futurestate.co.za/

Magnetic Pizzas

ericpoe — mon, 03 apr 2006 22:34:17 +0200

Sao Paulo was really inspiring for the fresh eye: Of course we also get in Vienna direct mailings from Pizza restaurants promoting their home delivery menue.
In Sao Paulo these pizza menues have a nice added value: The mailing is at the
same time a fridge magnet. Small size, great idea. It is so simple. Why did no
one think of it here?