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Frank Chimero is a guy who's work I have been following for quite awhile now, and he never disappoints.

Check out his "The States" Series. His simple clean style is often replicated, but never duplicated. Follow him on twitter here, and check out some more visual goodness for your eye hole on his Flickr, here.

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Art In The Age Presents... Jessica Hische from Art In The Age on Vimeo.

Hands down one of my favorite designers right now! Jessica Hische
I hesitate to call her just a designer. She is SO much more.
If you get the chance, check out her show.
Check out her stuff, she is downright AMAZING!

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Via Kitsune Noir
Conceived by interior designer Michel Penneman and architect Oliver Hannaert, the Pantone Hotel, which has recently opened in Brussels, is undoubtedly the ultimate place of rest for synesthetes and the colour-conscious. Although I have become accustomed to the sight of Pantone mugs in every second gift store, I am quite in awe of this new project that forms a part of the Pantone Universe. Mixing colour therapy and design, each room corresponds to one of seven palettes: earthy/rich (chocolate), daring/fiery (fuschia), vibrant/intense (orange), cheerful/warm (lemon), captivating/esteemed/silky (pink), fresh/eager (green) and tranquil/exotic/exhilarating (aqua).

The actual interior design is relatively stripped back and minimalist in tone, which allows the individual colour palette utilised in each room to visually pop. If I were to visit the hotel in the near future, I think I would go for a pink room. There’s just something delightfully kitsch about the prospect of sleeping in a room that accords to a “captivating” and “silky” chromatic design.

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Via PSFK

Nike continues to create bespoke experiences for its customers. The latest example is 255 Studio, which boasts a talented roster of “design consultants” who mix sports, design and apparel to produce one-of-a-kind garments. Oh, and about those “design consultants,” they’re members of NYC’s No Mas, a group of creatives with an unmatched eye and passion for mashing up sports and culture.

The current “installation” is named “Hogar y Visitantes” (Home and Visitors), which sees No Mas focus its creativity on an apparel collection that celebrates baseball and its cultural impact. The “visitantes” team of garments draws on the travel experiences of No Mas members in baseball-mad countries, including: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Japan. Those cultural experiences are then translated into garments rich with cultural, historical, and symbolic influences from each nation. Similarly, the “hogar” team of garments consists of pieces that invoke the cultural, historical, and symbolic influence of New York City, regarded by many folks as the baseball capital of the world.

If you love baseball, culture, and clothing, then 255 Studio is a Hall of Fame visit.

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To say I am a fan of this man is a huge understatement. I would say he is a master.

I first heard of Aaron Draplin when he did a Layer Tennis match awhile ago, and have been checking in with him and his work ever since.

His work is super clean and totally original. His daily blog, is one I check pretty much everyday, first thing.

Go check his work out, and check his blog, the man gets it done!

DDC

Photo by Embry Rucker Photography.

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Via Grain Edit

Noma Bar is a man of few strokes. But don’t let the simplicity fool you. His talent lies in his efficiency in depicting characters and social issues. With bold colors, shapes and one or two icons he captures the spirit of a person. Other times he communicates a message on a social issue with amazing clarity while adding a bit of humor to everything. Whether the message is about violence or equality, his straight-forward visual approach is refreshing.

Read more of this great interview HERE.

Some really amazing images as well. The dude gets it done!

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Via hypebeast.

Ever fancied yourself as a sneaker designer? Here’s your chance to design your own colourways of various models from a range of sportswear brands with The Sneaker Colouring Book. Illustrated by Daniel Jarosch and Henrik Klingel, the book includes 100 different sneaker silhouettes from 18 different brands, each presented in black and white, allowing you to customise, design and create your own bangers. Each page has also been perforated, which means you got remove your artwork and display it as you wish. Look out for The Sneaker Colouring Book this May.

Source: SNEAKER FREAKER

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If you follow me on twitter, then you know that I am excited for the launch of the new CS5. (Which launched on April 12th)

Here is a look at the new icons. (Click the image to get a better look.) I know this is super nerdy, but, I love this kind of stuff.

Via logodesignerblog.com

After some speculation we now can see the official logos of Adobe CS5, now with 3D and an extra colour added in.

I think it’s a nice gradual change and I think the extra colour will make it easier to distinguish each product rather than the full black letters of the old logos, though I would be interested to know the design decisions behind the 3D aspect on some of the logos – maybe to make them pop more on our desktops?

What do you think?

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I saw this awhile ago, but thought since the new season

just started I would put it up.

Its pretty good, interesting, and most of its dead on.

Get a better look HERE.

Here's to a great season.

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I have talked about this guy before.

But, he is just about to open up his new retail shop April 17th, so I figured we would check back in with the guy!

Check him out!

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I don't have an iPad, or really want one.
But this is maybe the only reason I would get one.

Word on the street is that its an April Fools joke. If not, it will be sweet!

Via Core 77

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If you follow this blog, you know I don't talk much about my own work.

But, every now and then, I gotta toot my own horn! :)

I have been doing iPhone wallpapers for awhile,

and wanted to put a link on my blog for you guys.

So go check them out, download them, show them off,

or whatever it is you guys do with them.

Check them on my flickr page HERE.

Oh, and since I am already throwing it out there, go be a fan of bomelycreative.com on Facebook :)

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I'm diggin this new campaign!

The banana industry is probably not the first one you think of in terms of fun creative prowess, despite the fact that “banana” is one of the funniest words in any language. I also doubt that many of us are discerning in what brand of banana we purchase at the store, we simply grab whatever is stacked at the produce section. Nonetheless, one banana brand stands out from the rest, Chiquita. Their bananas easily identifiable by the blue sticker, which has been placed by hand on every single banana since 1963, and has been used as a promotional tool over the years. The latest sticker campaign, created by DJ Neff uses the shape of the sticker to create more than twenty kooky characters and serves as the basis for a significant online attraction. The rest of the work and a great interview with Neff can be read at design:related, a great case study for injecting fun into a brand.



Read the full story here.


Via Brand New

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Via Logo Design Love

Simon Manchipp, one of three creative directors and partners at London-based studio SomeOne, said on Twitter yesterday:

“Logos are dead. Yet we have been featured in the new book Logo Design Love as an example of how to do Logos.

“They are a hangover from old-school thinking about branding. There is no desire by the public for a new logo. They are simply an old-fashioned approach to differentiating products or services.”

Upon questioning, Manchipp explicitly meant, “…that symbols invented to accompany brand names are a waste of time, money and effort.”

I asked David Law, Manchipp’s partner at SomeOne (and the man who kindly submitted SomeOne’s designs for inclusion in my book), what he thought of his colleague’s statement:

“It’s something we have been debating internally for quite a while.

“When you look at brands like O2, its success lies in the richness and depth of its brand world (bubbles, blue grad etc.). This forms a flexible branded platform that is instantly recognisable — you could remove the logo and still know the brand. The logo in itself is not the ‘hero’.

“In the past, brands like IBM and FedEx traded on the logo as the ‘hero’. We see it even today.

“So while we all acknowledge that the logo is not about to disappear — and that it is still an important part of any brand toolkit — there is a case for applying more emphasis on brand worlds.

“The ‘favicon’ or ‘twibbon’ is now the equivalent of the ‘black and white fax’ that we all learnt (years ago) was the minimum requirement for a logo to be recognisable as. These are much smaller applications than we have ever had to deal with, and ones where traditional logos are struggling.

“Brands now ‘move’ as standard — being ‘Apple‘ implies all sorts of physics that lend attributes to the brand and do not rely on the logo to do everything.

“Lastly, the amount of platforms, media, applications (and now ‘experiences’) that need to be branded has multiplied significantly with technology. People simply get bored quicker and brand worlds allow the conversation to ‘flow’.

“Yes, the logo is the ultimate ‘rechargeable battery’ of the brand and is the final distillation of all the brand’s attributes BUT what we are debating (and we haven’t reached any conclusion) is that if the brand world is powerful enough, could the ‘logo’ simply be the company name designed in a simple, ownable way? Possibly, dare I say it, with no symbol to sit alongside it?”

Symbol or no symbol is a valid question, and one I talk about in my book:

“Sometimes your client just needs a professional logotype to identity its business. Use of a symbol can be an unnecessary addition.

“This is something you want to determine at the outset of the project. Ask your client if she has a preference one way or another. If the company is entertaining ideas about future expansion into other markets, it might be better to opt for a distinctive logotype, because an identifying mark or symbol might prove restrictive.”

Quoted from chapter 11 of Logo Design Love.

So while Manchipp’s initial “Logos are dead” quote might be over the top, it does raise an interesting debate.

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I know, everyone's talking about it, But I figured I would have it up.

But hearing Jonathan Ive, say iPad, ALMOST makes it cool. ALMOST!

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If you haven't heard yet, then really what are doing?

Banksy has a movie. Exit Through the Gift Shop.

It premiered at The Sundance Film Festival, and from what I am reading, its pretty good.

Cant wait to see it. In the meantime, check the trailer.

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Well, I know its been a little bit since my last post,
but I have been super busy!
Outside of taking some time off for the holidays, I have been working
my fingers to the bone.

I was extremely fortunate to work with
one of the greatest photographers
of our time.

Jonathan Mannion.

The guy has done it all, and done it his way and continues
to be new and innovative.

I could go on and on about the projects he has done, but you should really go to his site, and see for yourself, the list of people he has worked with is a whose who of people that are at the top of their game.

Thank you to the entire team. And I am looking forward to more projects in the future.

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AdWeek, has named Apple's "Get a Mac" campaign the best of the decade. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company also was named the best brand of the decade, and its headpiece Steve Jobs was named "marketer of the decade."

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Via PSFK:
Mission Bicycle is a unique company based in San Francisco that sells custom fixed gear bikes. Each bicycle is made to order from a combination of stock parts. They recently opened up a physical retail location with the design help of Greyscaled and Adaptive Path.

As the company used to only exist online, the shop was designed to mimic the look and user experience of the Mission Bicycle website – giving physical presence to a digital brand. Through text displays, logical instructions, and product displays that look like exploded diagrams, customers are easily guided through the process of creating their own unique bike.

Mission Bicycle Retail Experience from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

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Via Hypebeast