My Exquisite Collection

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Sexy minimalist Star Wars designs by Nick Barclay. 

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SpaceX’s promotional retro-style posters for their Mars project. SO good. Courtesy of Co.Design. 

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Perfect cubes of raw food, by Lernert and Sander.

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Organic wall art. By Art We Heart.

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Incredibly meticulous and organized notes by BBC Radio Newcastle football commentator, Nick Barnes. I can stare at these all day. 

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No explanation necessary.

(Okay, it’s a children’s book translation of Kanye’s “Bound 2″ music video)

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Very fascinating and insightful exercise in branding and identity work by Moving Brands, who were approached by Fast Company to come up with a hypothetical logo for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 5 days (which, as they pointed out, is indeed “unrealistic”). While I don’t think this approach would have worked for a political campaign—especially one of this level—it’s still a helpful insight and valuable perspective into branding in general, and how one company approaches its own unique method of storytelling. 

Read the full thing here. 

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I can stare at these photographs by Gray Malin forever, and get sucked into each one of these exquisite striped lifesavers. Courtesy of Design Boom. 

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Exquisite laser-cut sushi rolls for Umino Kaisouten as part of a campaign to promote nori (seaweed) in Japan. Courtesy of Design Boom. 

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One of the secrets of communication is understanding the role of routine. You either break from routine, follow it, or slightly tweak it. And for Hillary, and her conservatism, I could absolutely see her marketing team build upon Lester Beall’s graphic language, tweak it for today’s audience, and redeem a symbol currently in danger of being marginalized into meaninglessness. It would take a lot more effort, but it would make things a lot more fun and dynamic. And wouldn’t that be a welcome change from your run-of-the-mill political campaign’s marketing stew of anger and invective?

A fascinating “review” of sorts of the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign logo by Mark Kingsley. Courtesy of Brand New.

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Clever and witty “two-frame” poster summaries of famous movies, by Viktor Hertz.

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Dunno why this is so interesting to me, but it is. Fashion is Nuts, everyone. By Donald Robertson. Courtesy of Visual News.

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What a brilliant design solution: running track carpets in the recently opened Terminal 3 of Tokyo’s Narita Airport. The icons and color scheme (red for arrival, blue for departure) are so brilliantly simple that it takes wayfinding into an amazingly intuitive level—which is particularly important for an airport terminal. Courtesy of Visual News. By Japanese design firm PARTY. 

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Clever take on the Helvetica-minimalist poster trend by Meaghan Li—and they’re all available for purchase! . Some of my favorites: 

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Really sexy hand-lettered versions of famous brands—without losing the integrity and feel of the original! By Sara Marshall. 

I mean, that Fedex tho. 

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We have never studied this [design] language in a religious way – we have never scrutinised manuals about grids, typefaces, graphic systems and the like. We have absorbed this language in a very organic way, during our childhood years – and it’s now dwelling in our minds, not unlike half-remembered memories. It comes to us almost like dreams – but that’s the way we like it, really.

Interview with Dutch design studio Experimental Jetset / Collective Magazine, Aug. 3, 2013