Hi everyone. I haven't written anything here for some time- I had to finish my studies (I am MSc now finally, yupi!) and tidy up my portfolio.

And now it's here- freshdesign.dk has finally got a fresh and clean look. It looks just as I wanted it to look like. Navigation is clear (but at the same time quite catchy). I've made it as a one page folio with smooth movements across the page elements. The galleries for each of the project are made with Lightbox.

And this is how it looks like (but you actually have to go and see for yourself how it works):



FreshDesign.dk logo:


Portfolio was updated. I have added some new works which I created in 2009 (and 2008):

WINDTURBINERACER
Website (2008) for DTU:


WindTurbineRacer logo:


Process of logo creating (using the university's logo):


Front page of a brochure:


Alternative WindTurbineRacer web layout (not used):


SOLIDARNOSC.DK
Graphical layout of a website about Polish solidarity movement, Solidarnosc.dk. It was supposed to look rough and work as a reminder of the communistic repressions and Polish history.


2nd concept (not used):


MSC PROJECT
Screenshots of mobile user interfaces that I created while working on my MSc thesis project, "Tag-based mobile music interaction". Project involved looking at a mobile interfaces from a perspective of usability and interaction design.




BØRN I KRIG- CHILDREN OF WAR
Project created for The Polish Embassy in Copenhagen. I designed, layouted and produced exhibition of 20 posters and 16-page brochure filled with pictures made by Polish children who survived wartime.




Fragment of poster's header (fragment of child's picture with inverted colors)

Labels: branding, design, graphic design, graphics, identity, logo, personal, print, web design

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UEFA has just presented a new logo of Euro 2012 (European championship in football) which will be held in Poland and Ukraine. There are some controversies which are discussed in Poland right now:
-Polish flag's colors are not red and white (they are white and red instead)
-Some say it's too Eastern-Europe-like and not very fancy

Euro 2012 official logo:


Bigger version of Euro 2012 logo:



Euro 2012- map of venues in Poland and Ukraine:


The brand story of UEFA Euro Championships 2012 logo:


Personally I have to admit that I am not really sure what to think about it. The flourishing football with the flags as leaves gives good associations and should work well as a symbol. But on the other hand- hmm, it looks as a big-headed guy with widespread arms or sth. And it's really kind of old-fashioned, maintaining the stereotype of backward Poland and Ukraine..

And what do you think?

Labels: identity, logo, typo, typography

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A Friend Of Mine- small Australian design studio

Cited from AFOM's About page:
A Friend Of Mine Design Studio (AFOM) is a small, Melbourne based design practice which works with a range of clients small and large. Much care and thought is put into every project. AFOM has experience in brand identity, art direction, signage, shop fitting, interiors, posters, image creation, publication (most things design related), and has a strong passion for crafted and bespoke typography.

AFOM is run by Suzy Tuxen. Talented friends are called on to collaborate for specialty crafts or when things get busy.

Leaflet for Lumen


Identity for Pixlet- digital production and editing company


Business cards created for Adrian Goodman (writer and director):




Identity works for Carla Grbac (jewelry business):

Labels: Australian, branding, font, identity, logo, typo, typography

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A-Side Studio- Graphic Design and Illustration Studio

Cited from A-Side Studio:
We do ID's, tees, books, magazines, murals, posters, surfboards, skateboards, all the while freely jumping the divides between image and product, design and art, the flat page and the moving image. (...)
Complexity with simplicity, decoration with purpose; good design will always end in us understanding one another better.

Graphic design work for Port Eliot Festival:


Works for Cornwall Film Festival:




Backside of a booklet created for The Combined Universities in Cornwall


Selected logotypes:

Labels: graphic design, logo, poster, typo, typography

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Info taken from UNIT's website:

UNIT is the collective and collaborative work of UK designers Si Billam and James Sanderson. We work globally across music, fashion, lifestyle and youth culture. Together we craft, construct, experiment and play with ideas.

UNIT (We are, This is) work on various fields of graphic design. They have created quite huge amount of music CD covers. Their typography skills are the thing that caught my attention.

Si and James have worked for clients including: EA Games, MTV, Coca Cola, Human Studio, Universal Everything, Pollinate Records, Carbon Logic Publishing, Computer Arts, Urban Splash.

Labels: album cover, cd cover, font, identity, logo, typography

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Southsouthwest- design studio based in Melbourne, Australia. Neat portfolio and very professional works.

Mero


Keep Cup


X&Y Magazine

Labels: Australian, branding, font, identity, logo

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"Faith is spiritualized imagination" - portfolio of Paul Sych is a trip around various typographic forms and creations. I have looked through all of his works presented on his website: some of them are brilliant; the others may be just good. Nevertheless, you can clearly see that this man has got talent in expressing emotions and information in typographical, simplistic forms.

Biography cited from his portfolio website:

For over 2 decades, Paul Sych has been exploring and practicing many of the parallels between art and music. After completing his studies from both York University’s prestigious Jazz Program and from the Ontario College Of Art & Design, Paul founded his multi-disciplinary design studio Faith, in 1989. Paul has consistently offered new methods of expression by using custom typography as a catalyst within his work and has challenged both clients and peers alike to enter his world of unique and flamboyant use of type and imagery. In addition to being commissioned by legendary designers, art directors, educators and forums on typography internationally, his work has been widely exhibited and published globally. Paul continues to explore visual and typographic works in print, branding, public art, motion graphics and broadcast design. Recently, Paul has focused his interests in teaching, lecturing, conducting workshops and personal critiques to both students and colleagues alike in a effort to begin a new dialogue on typography and design methods.

Just for Kicks


The Juggernaut


Peace


Love (me(?))

Labels: font, identity, logo, typo, typography

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Multiadaptor is a London-based design agency working with branding, print and communications design. Very neat and to-the-point style.

Labels: branding, identity, logo, typo, typography

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Born in Malaysia, living and working currently in Shanghai Driv (thinksimpleactsimple.com) is a young designer who works mostly with print, identity and logos.

Play-Doh. Description cited from thinksimpleactsimple.com:
Posters for Play-Doh modeling clay. Special die-cut on it to allows the poster
closed on it's own, the wonderful imagination revealed when people pull it opened.


Logotype for Dreams Factory (photography studio):


90s generation- book design and editorial (Nike).
Description cited from thinksimpleactsimple.com:
Research and stories about 90s generation produced for Nike, to understand and uncover the 90s kids in China.


I have selected some of them he has presented in his portfolio. For more click on the image:

Labels: identity, logo, typo, typography

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Born in Russia, Yulia Brodskaya started her career in Moscow, "producing contemporary office decoration artwork" for the companies there. Meantime she was studying Graphic Design. After she made M.A. in Graphic Communication in London she works now both as an illustrator and freelance graphic designer.

Her clients include RedBull, Orange, BBH, How2 T-shirts. She won some design prizes- 1st prize in Russian Conceptual Packaging Design Competition, she was also a Member of the International Society of Typographic Designers in 2006.

She makes original works which she calls "papergraphic". Take a look at them below:









And here are some other works by Yulia. I like especially the work on the bottom- sign "They want you" made of big corporation's logos. Brilliant idea!

Labels: graphics, idea, logo, Russian, typo, typography

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Sicksystems is a design studio from Moscow, Russia. The agency is formed by 3 talented guys: Aske, Kio and Kola (I love their nicknames :)) They started as graffiti artists some years ago and actually this influence is quite visible in most of their works. Now they are working with various media and in many design areas. They are very careful about the geometrical forms and shapes as well as the graffiti-like typography.

In the portfolio there are plenty of good works: advertising commercials and posters, clothing (T-shirts, accessories), snowboards, logotypes. Plenty of good stuff- below I present just a few examples of their works. Enjoy!

Miller evolution advertising campaign


Rubik's cube promotional T-shirts


Commercial for 9linesmag.com blog


Sicksystems' promotional materials


Sculpture made for Nike advertising campaign (I love this one!)

Labels: advertisement, colour, design, graffiti, graphics, identity, logo, sculpture, streetart, t-shirt, typo, typography

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Oh Yeah Studio is a small graphic design studio from Norway composed of Christina and Hans Christian (btw I already wrote a post about someone else from Norway before). In the portfolio of Oh Yeah Studio all of works presented are non-commercial, customer-intervention-free. As they call it: "stuff after dinner".

Their style is quite difficult to describe. They use quite clean backgrounds, usually some grey gradients. The main elements of the picture are clearly presented and placed. What I like about their works is simple structures and the fact that fonts and shapes look unreal and unnatural. Hmm, as I said: it's hard to describe their works, better to look at them.

Labels: album cover, art, black and white, cd cover, collage, graphics, logo, original, typo, typography

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Devante Chang is a graphic designer from Portland, USA who has moved to Korea and is now working there. He had his works presented on many exhibitions in Seoul, Korea.
Definitely, out of all his works I admire most the illustrations made with the collage technique. I presented selected works below, I hope you will enjoy them as much as me.









Devante is also working with web and UI design as well as the identity and logotypes. I have decided to present two of the logos that I found really interesting and catchy:

Labels: art, collage, colour, graphics, identity, logo, typography

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Another great design from Poland- I think I will never get bored with it. Studio K is a small design agency created by a couple: Krzysztof Domaradzki and Eliza Domaradzka. Out of those two Krzysztof is the one responsible for the artistic part.

His style is unique and really it is hard to describe it with just a couple of words. The illustrations are so detailed, many of them were first drawn (by hand?) and then digitally coloured, tuned up and finished. The final effect is perfect, check yourself two examples of illustrations below.

Volkswagen wallpaper:


Wallpaper made for the competition of Kitsune Noir


Krzysztof Domaradzki presents very big talents as a web designer. I like especially the websites in black and white- three of them are presented below. If you click on any of them you will be redirected to the studiokxx's site with bigger images.







As a dessert please taste some of the logotypes created by Studio K. Delicious, isn't it?

Labels: art, black and white, branding, identity, logo, Polish, typography, web design

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While looking for the new T-shirts that I would like to have in my wardrobe I stumbled upon the shop chrum.com. Funny designs, incredible illustrations made by Jan Feliks Kallwejt- I love the new collection made specially for the olympic games in Beijing. Two of them are presented here, but there are more of them- check it on chrum.com or in Jan Kallwejt's portfolio.





Kallwejt's portfolio consists of huge amount of beautiful illustrations. I love especially the logotypes, avatars and small signs created by him. He has got a talent in creating small forms of art with the proper technique and care. Each of the small badges or fake city signs presented below has got as few details as possible- in this way the works can communicate the message without unnecessary image elements that could spoil the whole effect.

Badges


Fake city signs

Labels: badge, illustration, logo

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Friends with you is a duo of artists: Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval. Since 2002 they have been working on the project which combines their ideas of Magic Luck Friendship with different areas of art.

Their website is so sweet and joyful- smiling clouds, shiny colourful buttons, plenty of nice interaction with the user. In my opinion this website is pleasant to watch and browse both for small children and adults and this is the biggest success of it. You can find there many nice examples of their works: toys, images, logos, installations. Most of them of course depict funny creatures- everything is filled with the ideas of Magic Luck Friendship.

In a shop you can buy toys, books and stickers. the selection is quite big and I would really like to have some of the goodies found there- would you like to buy something for me?

Labels: art, book, colour, logo, stickers, toys

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Two works that you can see above presented on dysplasii.com really amazed me- that's why I decided to present them here. Let's say that it's also a kind of promotion for Emmanuel- he is looking for a job as a designer, maybe you need someone with this profile?

The overall look of portfolio of Emmanuel Prissette doesn't appeal to me- the website is built on ancient html frames and it all looks not that attractive, probably it was done very quickly only for the purpose of presenting the works somewhere. Anyway, it's worth looking at some of his works.

Labels: design, logo, typo, typography

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Pablo is a 30-year old Brazilian designer with some nice ideas. In his portfolio I liked his illustrations most but you can also find there examples of typo works, web designs. Check pablolobo.com

Labels: illustration, logo, typo, typography, web design

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alextrochut.com

Alex Trochut is a talented Spanish designer specializing in illustration combining with extremely original typography.

Two of the works presented above is just an example- to gain the full view on his artworks please check his website. You won't regret it- you can find there many examples of illustrations, posters and other works.

Labels: logo, poster, typography

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