i am not normally a fan of television commercials. a team has to be extremely punchy, witty and artistic to move me in any way. so you will understand my admiration for the precision, dedication and utter genius of this japanese smartphone commerical. the team engineered a massive xylophone to run down the slope of a forest hill. a wooden ball, rolling down the length of said instrument plays Bach’s jesu, joy of man’s desiring! amazing – yes.
the phone isn’t hard on the eyes either *wink*
Posted in a little fun, awesomeness, botanicals, so-fine design
Tagged amazing, bach, forest, japanese, music, smartphone, TV commercial, wood, xylophone
my best person is getting married! i am so so excited to be involved, not just as a bridesmaid, but she trusted me to create her wedding invitations. it was so much fun and something really different for me try my hand at – pixel art!
xanite and rob – i wish you two absolute awesomeness! we are going to have such a party in december!
Posted in nice creatures, so-fine design, whimsy
Tagged 8-bit, bride, groom, pixels, wedding invitation
this brilliant poster series campaign “come with a story and leave with another” was designed by bogota-based graphic design studio lowe-ssp3. can you identify the couple of intertwined stories in each image…
Posted in i love words, so-fine design
Tagged campaign, design, graphic design, lowe-ssp3, posters, stories
these delicious little pantone tarts are the creation of french food and style blogger emily griottes. mmmm….edible colour
Posted in colour names, delicious, let them eat cake, so-fine design
this typographical experiment by tien min liao brings new meaning to “handmade. click on the images if they dont animate on their own…
{via colossal}
Posted in awesomeness, i love words, so-fine design
Tagged alphabet, gifs, tien min liao, typography
these fantastic kinetic rings are the creations of kansas-based metalsmith, dukno yoon. his da vinci-esque designs mimic the flight of birds when worn and flexed on a finger…
Posted in awesomeness, so-fine design, wishlist
another christmas-y post on a few of my favourite packaging ideas…
{etsy.com}
Posted in idle thoughts, mucking about, paraphernalia, so-fine design
i was asked by the talented people at nicework to contribute to their magazine‘s 10 things feature. since it was the last volume of the year my 10 things had to centre on christmas – such fun to share a little of what year-end festivities mean to me. nice magazine is a wonderful design e-zine and well worth a read!
Posted in nice creatures, so-fine design
Tagged amelia smith, nicework, nicework magazine
anyone who checks in regularly with the sometimes zoo will know how much i adore foxes! so imagine how enchanted i was when i came across the storybook project of sydney-based artist, jeremy kool. i have got to get my hands on one of his prints!
Posted in artworks, nice creatures, so-fine design, the menagerie
Tagged fox, graphic design, jeremy kool, paper fox
in the spirit of eco-friendly, organic living, i found these delightfully ‘al naturale’ design images on i believe in advertising…enjoy!
leg hair font
i have been an i heart marketeer for nearly a year now but i know there must be many of you, not living in durban, who have never been to this gorgeous monthly affair. so i thought i would post some pictures courtesy of the i heart market facebook page & the lovely lauren stetterberg-jenkins’ blog glossary
as i have mentioned previously i have an achilles heel when it comes to fine branding & packaging. show me a cleverly-boxed or branded product and i will covert it, whether i need it or not. two hoots wine collection, designed by maegan brown, is no exception…
{via nicework}
here’s a small collection of typographically-pleasing things i have found on my interweb travels…
{click on the image for its source}
Posted in i love words, so-fine design
Tagged carson ellis, design, graphic design, illustration, illustrator, typography
sharing a little retro-style poster appreciation…
{apologies for the lack of links/sources}
Posted in artworks, so-fine design
as mentioned before, i am a complete sucker for clever, arresting packaging. the brief for this project was to create a piece of packaging based on a myth. student, tim sumner, took inspiration from the children’s fable of the moon being made green cheese and employed the surface and cycles of the moon to replicate the strength of the cheese.
Posted in so-fine design
this is my latest bout of freelance work – a wedding invitation for fun-loving couple, sarah & warren. this lucky bride & groom are getting married at old mac daddy’s in elgin! hence the retro-trailer theme…had so much fun designing this invite, thanks guys!
Posted in so-fine design, whimsy
i don’t often do packaging posts (even though i am a complete sucker for good design & colour) but i found this amazing range via good friend, wolfeyebrows, and had to share it…supa frank was approached by the royal national lifeboat institution to redesign their confectionery range:
“The brief was to engage with visitors across the country and to remind them of ‘beautiful days by the sea’. We visualised the British seaside using various scenarios and nostalgic elements that are simplistic, positive and coherent across the range.”
Posted in so-fine design
it is my birthday in just under a month and, in the spirit of things, i thought i would put together a wishlist of my current material lustings…
{a classic swiss army knife}
{the kite day dress}
{mid 180o’s lapis anchor intaglio signet ring}
{arredamenti saporiti bookcase}
{blackbird fly twin lens reflex camera}
{balloon bench, a sculpture created by japanese designer satoshi itasaka}
{this gorgeous bird jacket}
Posted in idle thoughts, paraphernalia, so-fine design, wishlist
i came across these works by brooklyn-based artist & graphic designer scott albrecht on pinterest. his latest exhibition along the way opens in a fortnight. i really like his clean-cut, geometric colours and organic use of wood…
Posted in artworks, nice creatures, so-fine design
nicework is a jo’burg-based “communiations company of the design variety“. they are a team of savvy creatives who not only provide their clients with design solutions in branding, illustration, web-design, copyrighting & publishing but also produce a gorgeously slick e-zine. below is the small gifts package they bestow on their clients…i love the honey: cooler than jam… part of the parcel!
Posted in awesomeness, nice creatures, so-fine design
this is a brilliant info-graphic of odd & interesting facts by french graphic designer florent bodart (a.k.a. Speakerine)
{via nicework}
Posted in awesomeness, so-fine design
book city jackets has produced these wonderful “artists editions” to adorn your bookshelves and replace sad, tired-looking dust jackets. i love the battling robots design below!
Posted in artworks, i love words, so-fine design
i am loving these! and very close to ordering a set. created by yuruliku and a receiver of a good design award in 2010, the green marker is a set of grass blade-style post-its that can double up as bookmarks to tell you in a horticultural fashion which page you are up to in your latest read…
Posted in awesomeness, so-fine design
how wonderful is this branding? it was designed for los angeles pie shop, i heart pies by christopher lee, a multidisciplinary designer and illustrator hailing from california. it is just so happily delicious!
{via cath at nicework}
Posted in nice creatures, so-fine design
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