Thursday, 21 October 2010

Violence Visual



Violence Visual

known for his amazing skills in makin collage portrait, which gave him big clients such as ESPN, Lenny Kravitz, Lucasfilm, Kings of Leon, U2, NASCAR, Adidas, Madonna, Harley Davidson, 321 Agency, Van Halen, the National Football League, LiveNation, SEIU, Love Haight Apparel, and JCPenney.

www.studio-output.com








http://www.studio-output.com


I love these guys. There work is smashing and they have just been named one of Computer Arts top 50 design agencies.



Wednesday, 20 October 2010

All the Reynolds tube logos





























My last post lead me to come across this site today and it reminded me of been a kid and looking up in to the window of the local bike some really really wanting that new 531 shinny bike frame.

Sorry to those that simply do not get it.



www.trackosaurusrex.com











http://www.trackosaurusrex.com/index.htm

Every thing you could want for single speed bliss.

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

Great new campaigns.

An old friend Nathan Teoh has been working on some great new campaigns.

Apparently they are doing very well with the online hits! :)

Mrs Mac's: Crusty Challenge




Brownes Chill: Man Up! (Warning! This is really funny)

Font Designer - Herb Lubalin

When I worked with Alex Townsend (old post) my old art director. He loved the work of Herb Lubalin. I though I would upload some images, Thanks again Alex!

About the Designer
Herb Lubalin (Herbert Frederick) – born 17. 3. 1918 in New York, USA, died 24. 5. 1981 in New York, USA – graphic designer, typographer, type designer, teacher.

1936–39: studies at the Cooper Union in New York. 1939: produces work for the world exhibition in New York. Art director for Deutsch & Shea Advertising (1941–42), Fairchild Publications (1942–43) and Reiss Advertising (1943–45). 1945: vice-president of Sudler & Hennesey Inc. in New York. 1964–69: founds Herb Lubalin Inc. in New York. 1969–75: president of Lubalin, Smith & Carnase Inc., from 1975 onwards also with Alan Peckolick. 1970: founds the International Typeface Corporation (ITC) with Aaron Burns in New York. 1972: teaches at Cornell University and from 1976–81 at the Cooper Union in New York. 1973: publishes ITC’s in-house magazine, "Upper and lower case" (U&lc). Lubalin won over 500 prizes and took part in numerous exhibitions, including at the Society of Typographic Arts in Chicago (1957), at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1979) and at the ITC Center in New York (1980). Lubalin developed an associative, pictorial typography.

Fonts: ITC Avant Garde Gothic® (with Carnase, Gschwind, Gürtler, Mengelt, 1970–77), Ronda® (1970), Lubalin Graph® (1974), ITC Serif Gothic® (with Tony DiSpigna, 1974).

Publications include: Gertrude Snyder, Alan Peckolick "Herb Lubalin. Art Director, Graphic Designer and Typographer", New York 1985.

* TYPOGRAPHY – An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History by Friedrich Friedl, Nicolaus Ott (Editor), Bernard Stein, published by Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
















www.santacruzeurope.com






http://www.santacruzeurope.com/

Delaine was on Santa Cruze's website last night. I loved the design and retro approach to skate graphics.