“A good pattern design happens when the key visual elements such as rhythm, proportion and colour are all carefully considered and well executed.”...
Pascual Timor visualiza «Los ruidos de la noche»
«Los ruidos de la noche» es el primer libro de la periodista Mayte Aparisi. La periodista Mayte Aparisi se ha lanzado recientemente al ruedo de la literatura de ficción gracias a «Los ruidos de la noche», la historia, a través de las vivencias de tres generaciones, de una familia procedente del Líbano, obligada a emigrar a Argentina y que finalmente...
Javier de Riba — Barcelona, Spain
What makes a good pattern design? “I like how the repetition of an element creates new rhythms, not just a multiplication. I work on patterns that produce new shapes that emerge from the intersections. These shapes allow me to interpret the patterns as a unity, like a net that catches you.”...
SiloMag #134
Como cada dos semanas, os traemos una nueva entrega de SiloMag. Y como siempre, hemos recopilado las mejores noticias y recursos sobre diseño gráfico, diseño web y WordPress para todos vosotros. Esta semana vemos la llegada del selector CSS :has() a Chrome, las últimas tendencias en packaging, un reto muy interesante entre WordPress y Wix, todas las opciones que nos...
Carla Cabras — Sassari, Italy
“I love geometric patterns with basic shapes and few repeating colours, such as those used in the ’60s and ’70s. I like that they follow precise lines, rather than being positioned in a completely random way.”...
Pictoplasma 2022 — Whose Community? — Berlin, Germany — 14-18 SEP 2022
This September, the Pictoplasma Conference returns to Berlin to present an all-new selection of trailblazing, trendsetting character design and art and puts the audience at the centre of activities. Pictoplasma becomes your stage in a unique new demo- cratic experiment, with many possibilities for you to shape and participate in the programme....
Golden Pin Design Award 2022 — Design Mark Recipients Shortlist — Taipei, Taiwan
The Golden Pin Design Award 2022 Design Mark Recipients Shortlist has finally be revealed. This year, a grand total of 687 entries from design companies or enterprises in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, U.S., India, Malaysia, Germany, Poland and Canada, receive the coveted Design Mark. They now progress into the Final Selection judging round, which will take...
El universo Disney re interpretado de una forma muy distinta
José Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros es un artista mexicano que nos presenta el universo Disney re interpretado, si bien los personajes de sus cuadros son caras conocidas de dibujos animados, las composiciones de José Rodolfo están lejos de ser familiares. Mediante la adopción y la manipulación, con un humor negro, de los dibujos animados clásicos y de los iconos de la...
Creando una nomenclatura para nuestros colores
En el momento de crear cualquier tipo de diseño, ya estemos hablando de una web, el prototipado de una aplicación, una ilustración o cuando inventamos un nuevo logotipo, la elección de los colores es una parte esencial. Y seguramente en más de una ocasión, sobre todo cuando trabajamos en equipo y tenemos una paleta de colores amplia, os habéis encontrado...
Wade and Leta — New York, USA
“The most noticeable trends are those that are inspired by the world of Matisse’s cut-outs. The non-interacting abstracted shapes both reference and subvert the natural with Surrealist colour palettes and compositions.”...
In-House International — Austin, USA / Barcelona, Spain
What do you see as a current trend in pattern design? “Botanical prints of all kinds — from pastel flowers to lush tropical greenscapes — are showing up both a lot. Marbling that looks almost psychedelic also seems to be having a moment. In graphic and brand design, the last few years have been good to geometric blobs and hand-painted-looking...
Latin American Design Awards 2022 — Winners Announced — Lima, Peru
LADAWARDS 2022 (6th edition of the Latin American Design Awards) presented 1,150 registered projects from different Latin American countries, such as Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, and more, in its ten categories: Graphic Design, Product Design, Animation, Packaging, Illustration, Type Design, Typography, Digital, Editorial, Branding, and more than 100 subcategories. LAD is one of the...