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Contemporary Design Reblog 10

Chip Kidd

My Dark Places by James Ellroy

Not knowing anything about this book other than the title, I feel that the cover evokes something dark. The use of the large image with the subject looking right to a smaller image of another subject creates a relationship between the two subjects. The kerning of the author's last name makes it still carry weight in comparison to the lengthier title. I think the limited palette of black, white, and red also creates a serious tone.

Contemporary Design Reblog 9

Marcos Navarro

Bed Stuy

Marcos Navarro, an illustrator, created this pattern for Bed Stuy, an online fashion company. I really enjoy the winding nature of the illustration, it feels like every object is floating on water. I like the color choices, especially the weird mint-y green.

Contemporary Design Reblog 8

344 Loves You

The Saks Yeti

This is the cutest little guy ever! I loved seeing the sketches as the beginning on the project entry on 344's portfolio. The character design is so perfect, he's quirky in the best way possible. I had never thought about the process of designing a teddy bear or plush before, so this was a really interesting behind-the-scenes. It went far beyond just the plush, but corresponding content, like the booklet.

Contemporary Design Reblog 7

The Beautiful Meme

D&AD Festival 2017

The Beautiful Meme, based out of London, created this design identity for the D&AD Festival. Though the text is near illegible, the illegibility drew me in to decipher it. I like how the original identity changes into different designs with the chunky pencil. 

Contemporary Design Reblog 6

Cyan

Sonification

This typographic poster by Cyan really caught my eye. I love the variation in line weights, and that most if not all of the text is vertical. I feel like the varying line weights is reminiscent of sound bars, which is appropriate as this is for a music festival.

Contemporary Design Reblog 5

Pancito & Lefty

Stitch Design Co.

Pancito & Lefty is a Mexican restaurant in Charleston, SC. The typography was inspired by Mexican street signage. I particularly enjoy the promotional poster that is a collage of text and iconography.  

Contemporary Design Reblog 4

ACH Vegan Chocolate

Gintarė Marcinkevičienė

These chocolate packages are so cute. I love the illustrations for each type of chocolate. The logotype and typography are clean. I also like the silver text. 

Contemporary Design Reblog 3

John & Jane

Skinn

John&Jane is a technical event support company. I love the creation of an ampersand from two J's. I enjoy the blue they chose, it gives off an electrical/tech feel (i.e.: the blue screen of death). 

Contemporary Design Reblog 2

Moonpig

Ian Styles, Simon Smith, Stuart Hammersley, & Rick Banks’ F37 Foundry, with Moonpig in-house designers

Moonpig left their cliche identity for a modern, fresh logotype. The identity eludes to the pig mascot in the snout icon and color choice. I appreciate that they left the .com off of the new logo. Also, the movement of the letters creates a fun, quirky persona to the logotype.

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