Category: Design

Introducing The Field Notes 50th Quarterly Edition

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Field Notes, the memo book brand that launched in 2007 as a joint venture between Portland, Oregon-based Draplin Design Company and Chicago-based design firm Coudal Partners, has just launched their 50th quarterly edition and we’re smitten. If you aren’t familiar with Field Notes, they are the beautifully simple memo books inspired by the innocent pocket material of the American farmer from a bygone era. Having grown up in the beautiful vacation destination of Bakersfield, California amongst farm and ranch land I have a personal appreciation for all that Field Notes represents as a brand. Not to mention, I’m a big advocate of the handwritten note as our daily interaction with technology increases. Continue reading

Zootopia — Beautiful Illustration by Kate Stepanova

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Kate Stepanova has an incredible portfolio of illustration projects. I’d love to share one of them, this one in particular is titled Zootopia. At first glance I really thought they were 3D work. Well, they are 3D but not using 3D tools, just pure concept and illustration. The colors and the volumes, everything looks really nice, check it out Continue reading

6–7 is 6ourbon 7ime

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In a world where we’re all working from home, how do we know when work ends and life starts? Beam Suntory, the world’s largest bourbon maker, saw a new role for its brands in this reality. A movement to set the boundaries again and make 6-7pm sacred. Continue reading

3D study into shapes, dimensions & texturing for 36 Days of Type

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36 Days of Type is a project that invites designers, illustrators and graphic artists to express their particular view on letters and numbers of the latin alphabet. Plasticbionic 2020 series was a study into shapes, dimensions & texturing. All letters on our Instagram feed. Continue reading

36 Days of Character Design

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Many people know about the challenge that takes place every year called # 36daysoftype, for 8 years it has brought designers and artists from all over the world on instagram under a single hashtag. It has become very popular and I have been participating and trying to challenge myself for 7 years. This year Daniela Jiménez decided to do something different, convert each letter of the alphabet and 10 numbers into character design. Continue reading

Melting Moon Print

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It’s been at least 6 years since Kristof Van Beversluys (Studio kri kri) had the idea to start painting this moon. The concept was quite clear from the start. “However, I’m not much of a painter. I had painted 3 out of 4 quadrants (the lighter parts) when it was all stranded. I was stuck. I ignored it for a couple of years. I think I moved this half baked painting 4 times. Going from one studio to the next one. The longer I waited the harder it was to finish it up” – described Kristof. Continue reading