El estudio Grande diseña un cartel con afán «contemporáneo y cotidiano» para la fiesta de la vendimia de Alella. El cartel de la Verema d’Alella nunca defrauda. Quizás sea porque se lleva a cabo mediante un concurso que respeta la profesionalización del diseño. Hablamos de ello aquí. Este año será la 48a edición del 8 […]...
Identidades visuales ‘fast’ para relamerse
El sector del fast food es una especie de infierno para los sibaritas, pero, tras el éxito del artículo sobre el diseño visual en los restaurantes con estrellas Michelin, aquí viene un nuevo artículo sobre sitios de comida rápida gocha y jugosa que tienen buen diseño. Si las estrellas Michelin son sinónimo de delicatessen, al… Ver artículo La entrada Identidades...
Grace Jones: The Design Evolution of a Superstar
There’s a classic image of Grace Jones that’s so ubiquitous as to have passed into iconic territory: the athletic, eccentric pop singer with the famous high flat-top fade, as shot with a cigarette draped over her bottom lip by Jean-Paul Goude. Jones helped to make androgynous power dressing mainstream, and epitomized the 1980s as much as Sony Walkmans or Max...
Slanted Special Issue Bavaria
Slanted Special Issue Bavaria presents a selection of the best of Bavarian creativity, diversity, and intelligence! OK … Bavaria stands for: Men in Lederhosen and women in Dirndls (traditional dresses), beer, Schweinshaxen (pork knuckles), Knödel (dumplings), Brezeln and Weißwürste, Oktoberfest, FC Bayern Munich, BMW (75.000 employees), Audi, Allianz, Adidas, Siemens, Alps, Allgäu, Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg, Dachau, Altötting, Chiemsee, Starnberger See,...
Indigenous visual culture guides the signage of this Canadian housing project
The complex is located at the Coast Mountain College campus in Terrace, which is situated on the traditional territory of the Tsimshian Kitsumkalum people. The college itself serves 21 First Nation communities, with Indigenous people making up 48% of its student population. Wii Gyemsiga Siwilaawksat – which translates into ‘where learners are content and comfortable’ in First Nations language Sm’…...
Sri Lanka: For love nor money
Sri Lanka is one of the most beautiful places you will ever visit. Balmy coconut groves, eye-wateringly stunning beaches and breath-taking mountainous landscapes. It is blessed with a stunning topography, an incredible cuisine, and a wonderfully generous set of customs and values. But the story of this jewel in the Indian Ocean is one beset with tragedies too. From three...
Esta valla publicitaria regala helados a todo el que pasa por delante
De todas las innovaciones publicitarias que he visto en mi vida, creo que esta es una de mis favoritas. ¿Una valla publicitaria que regala helados? Para mí es un sí totalmente rotundo. Este ideón es obra de la agencia Lucky Generals para la marca de helados Little Moons. Esta peculiar valla publicitaria se instaló en el centro de Londres el...
How to document hardship
Images of people facing suffering and financial hardship have often stumbled into ‘poverty porn’ and objectification. Is there a right way for an imagemaker to navigate this kind of work?...
The Brands Issue of Creative Review is out now!
We all know the famous brands that have always had creative thinking at their core. But the aim of this issue of Creative Review is to look at the brands we feel have been innovating and are having a particular impact this year – a theme we are planning to repeat annually in our print mag. With this in mind,...
¡Mússica! Algoritmos en papel
La nueva cabecera ¡Mússica!, editada por Palaugea (responsables de la imprescindible Gràffica), aporta una perspectiva rigurosa, con voluntad pedagógica y perfil actual, del amplio universo musical que nos rodea. Lejos de anclarse en modelos más tradicionales y caducos repletos de reseñas, ¡Mússica! presume de un periodismo musical caleidoscópico y lleno de personalidad. Su tagline «La […]...
Cinco libros para el mes de julio. Palabras de diseño
Elastic Architecture, Dentro de la marca, The Interior Design Handbook, Edith Head, BioObjetos. Diseño + Ciencia,… Leer es siempre una buena idea. La entrada Cinco libros para el mes de julio. Palabras de diseño apareció primero en Experimenta....
Typographically Nuanced, Reseach-Based, and Socially Driven — Inventory Press Share Their Favorite Books
In 2010, graphic designer Adam Michaels was looking for a different kind of book series. He wanted to see more accessible, visual and editorially experimental books, books that were typographically and materially nuanced, research-based, and socially-driven. He imagined these books in a small, mass-market paperback format. “There was a kind of generational impulse that was part of this too,” said...









