Who would call this an illegal billboard poster? Are you mad, this looks fabulous? And when you’re walking through the Meatpacking district in New York City and spot it, admittedly, it tickles us yellow! (more…)
At Origin of Image we are all about ‘bespoke’, we love original methods that produce unique results, but how about a little history so we can really get an idea of what ‘bespoke’ means when it comes to the printing side of our industry? Where did print start, when and in what process order did we progress (and at what point did the machines take over… eek!)? I found out! (more…)
I found that the business card is serious business for Parisian bistros, paper merchants and ateliers. The places we visited, (only some of which were new) felt like institutions of the city of lights and were run by proud (sometimes mistaken for snobby) proprietors who were more than willing to elaborate on the finer details of their trades. (more…)
I’m not sure how appetising this might be for some, of course many might argue this could be more appetising, regardless, this is where the chalk led me this time. (more…)
I recently read Jaid Hulsbosch’s article in the July 2011 issue of Desktop Magazine Creativity is a culture, not a process and am so grateful to Jaid for this fabulous paragraph, so nicely put (everyone please take note):
Branding and design agencies are not paid just to come up with a design that embodies the values, emotion and promise of a company’s brand; they are also remunerated for their skills to navigate the complex landscape of business needs, constraints of the marketplace, egos, expectations and the aspirations of dozens of key stakeholders within an organisation or corporation. (more…)
It was a few years ago now, much before entertainment was made from plastic, computer chips and pixels. In fact there were no sore playstation thumbs, dry eyeballs, and even the internet didn’t exi… exis… eeexxii… (i’m struggling to even document that detail!). No, during this time you often got bored and had to revert to your imagination for entertainment (I know unheard of!) and if you wanted to be entertained you had to face some real heavy metal! (more…)
I couldn’t possibly think of a better way to describe what Notcot does so i’m not going to even try (and I’m assuming there aren’t many readers who don’t know about this brilliant, creative world already) but… just in case you haven’t had the experience you simply MUST feel the impact of this site. (more…)
art, love, draw, paint, yellow, idea, color, shape, form, balance, rhythm, open mindedness, original, dad, mum, creativity, sense of humour, thinking, le marais, (more…)
The Art of Color, the absolute color bible for artists or anyone who is concerned with the use of color in their daily practice, was written by Yohannes Itten in 1960. Its not just a color reference or definition but rather something that explains all those feelings and natural responses an artist has every time they use color.
Have you ever wondered why you lean more to one color than an another, why and how you combine certain colors? (No, its not just because ‘it looks nyyyyicce’.) What about the feeling you get when you’re confronted with certain colors? What made you fill your triangle with yellow rather than red for one client and then blue for another? (more…)
Paperless society? I don’t think so. Look at all the unique and wonderful business cards you can pick up on your travels (this group from our NYC visit end of 2009). These cards are thin, thick, smooth and textured, embossed and foiled, small and large. (more…)