Karen Mabon’s jewellery designs are as eye-catching as they come. Bold colours, playful imagery and a distinctive retro flair make each piece quite the showstopper. Her quirky accessories include the Olympic Jigsaw Neckpiece (above), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner bangle, and Everyday Life Brooches (below).
The recruitment website for the Swedish Armed Forces is one of the most engaging websites I’ve ever seen. Created by DDB Stockholm and North Kingdom, it’s slick graphics and compelling interactivity are a winning combination.
I’m loving this music video for the Japanese trio Sour. The film, featuring the band’s fans, was created entirely via webcam. Enjoy!
For those of you who consider the water-cooler to be a feature in your office, look away now. For the lucky guys and gals who work at Ogilvy & Mather, in Guangzhou, China, this extravagant indoor theme park is where they do a hard days work. Designed by M Moser Associates, the office features merry-go-round horses and life-sized nutcrackers…drool.
From stuffed gophers in Alberta to a horse riding dog in Idaho, there’s nothing quite like receiving a postcard in the mail. And for the week or so that it sits gloating on your mantelpiece, you feel special knowing someone wishes you were there. When I discovered the new Wish You Were Here blog, I couldn’t resist adding a few of my favourite postcards to this online collection of bizarre and kitsch greetings.
Filed under: Typography | Tags: Alida Rosie Sayer, Slaughterhouse Five, Typography
Another piece of work at the GSA degree show that caught my eye was a three-dimensional typographic project by Alida Rosie Sayer. Taking inspiration from the cult novel Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, Alida’s project was centered around the concept of visualising time. Quotes from the novel were letterpressed onto drafting film which she then hand cut and hung in layers to create this curious warped effect.
Eleanor Stewart, a recent graduate from Glasgow School of Art, has created this impressive animation from an old music score book. Check out her blog to see some of her other works including a series of paper sculptures.
Filed under: Illustration | Tags: Famille Summerbelle, map, paper illustration
Julie from Famille Summerbelle has beautifully hand-crafted maps of London and Paris to produce these eye popping posters. Très joli!
I can’t grow a moustache or play the Ukulele but I now feel the urge to own The Complete Ukulele Guide to the Moustaches of the World. Created by the folks at Xylocopa, the Ukulele will help school you in 25 moustache categories – each one illustrated to aid the budding moustache spotters among us.
Lindsay Grime combines festive illustrations with hand drawn typography to create a whimsical carnival of colour. She has illustrated the children’s bookThe Pirate Kings of Eyemouth and CD artwork for jazz-folk band Land or Sea. Her latest endeavor is hand decorated ceramics which showcase her work beautifully.
Cardboard piece for the Keep Calm and Carry On exhibition, 2008.
Ceramic tile panel called The Tree of Life.
Marie et Pierre Choses à manger – one of size hand illustrated children’s plates. Check out more of her work here or at the Edinburgh College of Art degree show from now until the 23rd of June.
