Inspired by - South Korea
South Korean rice wine packaging – Ahwang-ju
Posted by rod - 02.03.2015
“Uigwe” from Joseon Dynasty
South Korean design studio ContentFormContext created the Ahwang-ju rice wine packaging.
Illustrations inspired by “Uigwe”.
For the brand identity, we reconstructed Chinese & Korean characters.
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Inspired by - Greece
Greek inspired corporate identity – Atlant
Posted by rod - 23.02.2015
Made by Losko created the corporate identity for repair and construction company Atlant. The design studio decided to build on its name and develop the identity around ancient greek culture and mythology. Thus the idea of a brutal face of Atlanta and chopped inscriptions was born.
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Inspired by - Iceland
Icelandic viking inspired ale – Sunstone Alehouse
Posted by rod - 12.02.2015
Moldovan design studio 43’oz created this beautifully Icelandic viking inspired ale for Sunstone Alehouse.
“There is a beautiful legend about a mythical compass of Vikings called “Sunstone”, thanks to which Iceland spar got his “second” name. The legend says that the brave Viking sailors perfectly took bearings at sea due to the sunstone, which allowed them to identify position of the sun in the sky (as the main orienting point for navigation) even in cloudy weather.
In particular the legend of the sunstone formed the basis for the design of labels for homemade beer «Sunstone Alehouse». In this project, we needed to emphasize the crafting quality and specificity of the product itself, as each sort of beer presented in the lineup, is an original homemade product.”
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Inspired by - China
Chinese New year illustration by Jingyao Guo
Posted by rod - 10.02.2015
Several artists and designers where commissioned by Apple to create some work using one of Apple’s product’s. All of the work is displayed on the Start something new site. Jingyao Guo decided to use iDraw to illustrate the energy of a street scene during Chinese New Year.
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Inspired by - Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan trilingual campaign identity
Posted by rod - 09.02.2015
Templo was commissioned by the International Truth and Justice Project to create the campaign identity for #StopTorture. The campaign ams to raise awareness of human rights abuse in Sri Lanka. The design studio at Templo came up with a trilingual system using English, Tamil and Sinhalese characters. The typographic logos spell out ‘Stop’ in the three languages.
Logo animation in English-Sinhala languages.
Logo animation in English-Tamil languages.
The logos and the campaign material gave a voice to both ethnic groups but also helped the people outside of Sri Lanka to understand what was going on in the Country.
“Designing the logos was a complex process, explains Palavathanan, as both symbols had to be visually similar while ensuring characters were clearly legible for native speakers of each language.
We had to start with matching the Tamil and Sinhala letterforms, [which was] tricky as they are constructed in completely different ways. Tamil is much more geometric and angular compared to the more script-based Sinhala,” he says. “Once this was achieved, we could extend the lines and curves to their English counterpart. We then tested this with native Tamil and Sinhala speakers to test legibility.”
via underconsideration and creativereview
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Inspired by - Norway
Norwegian illustrations by Danny Larsen
Posted by rod - 05.02.2015
Norwegian pro snowboarder, artist and illustrator Danny Larsen recently launched his brand spanking new website which is worth checking out. Danny is based in Oslo and is part of the illustration collective Brenneriveien, when he is not out and about, shredding down a mountain.
For the past years Danny has worked for some impressive clines such as Spy Optic, Thirtytwo, Maaemo, Spine Magazine etc. His awesome dotted style, must takes ages to create. Featuring Norwegian mountain landscapes with trolls, good old spruce forests, to Norse inspired logos. For more work check out his website.
“A landscape drawing for Oslo’s two Michelin starred restaurant Maaemo. A troll-infested foggy landscape inspired by Norwegian folklore. The drawing is now hanging as a permanent decoration in the kitchen.”
“Signature googles for Spy Optic 2015. A tribute to our home mountain in Oslo Norway. All googles come with a leather key chain with a tree print.”
The Lashed Larsen. Design for my 2014 signature colorway boot. Built on the Lashed boot featuring my new 32 Viking dragon logo and the Danny Larsen x Thirtytwo rune logo.
“Cover for first issue of Finnish magazine Spine Magazine. A magazine focusing on 50% snowboarding and 50% other cool stuff according to the founders. Also have an interview in there, visit the page and check out the online version of the mag.”
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Inspired by - Taiwan
Taiwanese traditional customs and etiquette
Posted by rod - 04.02.2015
Taipei graphic designer di-chun chen and illustrator whooli chen created together this Taiwanese traditional customs and etiquette calendar book. The book was created for the National Center for Traditional Arts and features loots of wonderful illustrations. From historic buildings and instruments to traditional food and kites.
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Inspired by - Portugal
Lisbon tile trader Cortiço & Netos’ contribution to Portugal’s identity
Posted by rod - 03.02.2015
Tiles have been part of Portugal’s identity from hundreds of years. You will see them everywhere when wondering though the streets of Lisbon. From colourful patterns to full blown blue and white images (Azulejo) that tell a story.
In 1976 Joaquim José Cortiço founded Cortiço & Netos whose primary goal was the preservation of the Portuguese industrial tile. The company gathered, stored and sold countries Portuguese ceramic tiles. Now the business is run by four brothers who inherited the business from their grandfather Joaquim. The brothers have now opened a new store in Lisbon’s historic Mouraria district where they display Joaquim’s 30-year old collection, which features discontinued lines from the 1960s up to present day.
via dezeen
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Inspired by - Arabia
Arabian desert packaging
Posted by rod - 29.01.2015
TSMGO created the lovely Arabian desert packaging for La Queleña
“Using a graphic code that reminds us of the Arabian value of the origin of the dessert (the use of almonds is important in all Arabian desserts) a frame was created in which each of the packaging models reinforces the visual coherence of the whole range, making the provenance and birth of the recipe more understandable.”
via lovelypackage
