Design/ers for Obama was created when Design Observer essentially asked the question, “how can graphic designers best support Barack Obama?” Our answer ended up extending the question to cover visual communicators at all levels. In addition to supporting Obama for America we jumped at the opportunity to bring the spirit of grassroots style organizing and collaboration to poster design which, to us, meant not only forming communal bonds but sharing the fruits of our efforts equally and in such a way that anyone can enjoy and benefit from (because most of us do not own our own printing presses).
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Back before discovering iLoveTypography, one of my favourite typographic haunts was a site called Typographica (a name that later inspired Creattica).
The site isn’t updated that often, but has one of my favourite features in their Typefaces of the year series:
- Typefaces of 2007
- Typefaces of 2006
- Typefaces of 2005
- Typefaces of 2004
Since typefaces don’t age the way that say popular music does, there’s some great fonts to check out in those batches. I’m certainly looking forward to seeing the 2008 compilation.
Via: Typographica
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MoMA has a great website that showcases Russian design from 1910-1934. Russian graphic design has always been my favorite (or call it an obsession). Whats not to love about strong colors and geometry (sprinkled with a little bit of communist propaganda? :) )
Anyways…hope you find this inspiring!
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World famous FutureBrand who do work for such giants as British Airways, Nissan and Tesco are hosting a student contest to design a brand for the United States of America for their CountryBrandIndex.
Frankly I have no idea what their CountryBrandIndex is, but I do know that contests like this are not only good for practicing your skills but also look fantastic on your resume when you graduate. The prizemoney ($1000) probably wouldn’t go astray either!
You can get details on entry (they close on Oct 10th) from the Contest Site
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Need an idea for a project to build up your portfolio? Just visit the fresh idea generator, or download the widget (zip file)! I can see this being useful to students or those wanting random silly projects :)
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Nicolas Lesaffre is a French 3D animator, designer and director, residing in London who produces some gorgeous work. Niko as he call himself, has worked for some big clients and his portfolio has some quirky samples of work (check out the ad for match.com).
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We all could use a laugh from time to time – even if it is caused by a cheezy typographic joke! You can be entertained by the jokes or submit one yourself. Go check out Typographunnies by Kosal Sen.
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The Dieline is your source for everything packaging related – from outstanding student work to seasoned professional work. Updated on a daily basis, this blog covers the latest and greatest in packaging. They also have contests and giveaways for their readers from time to time.
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I know most of you out there are thinking what the heck, but Steven Wittens does some really cool stuff with jquery (and bacon!) that I have not seen before. He also has a pretty slick looking website.
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LetterCult is our attempt to highlight artists & designers doing remarkable work with Custom Letters. This group includes type designers, letterers, sign painters, graffiti artists, stone carvers, calligraphers, poster artists, and graphic designers. Just people. Who make letters.
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