To celebrate PANTONE’s 50th anniversary, the color authority created an infographic that traces iconic moments in color of the last five decades.
In the infographic entitled ‘Celebrate Color’, it highlights colors that expressed the attitudes and emotions of the times in history—from ‘The Psychedelic ‘60s’ that was filled with Hot Pink, Lemon Chrome and Bright Violet, to ‘The Expressive ‘00s’ of Lavender Aura, Mimosa and Cerulean.
The informative piece also breezes through PANTONE’s ‘Colors of the Year’ since it started in 2000, and the top colors in social media for 2012: red, blue and green.
‘Celebrate Color’ infographic is handy for designers who want to channel various eras from the last 50 years in their work.
Dutch designer Klaas Kuiken incorporated a bird house into tiled roof. Nice job, it encourages symbiosis of the different species, roaming mother Earth. (link)
Typography is a key element of any graphic design. I would say that is the element. Can be designed using only good and properly typography. You do not need nothing else, the rest usually straw. However, outside the realm of graphic design, is a known issue and is not given the importance (hence the designers there, right?). Improper use of fonts, use fonts “prohibited” use default fonts, make people’s eyes bleed that gives minimal importance, and it does not take an expert to avoid these common mistakes. Any computer contains hundreds of pre-installed fonts to choose from and there are dozens of websites with thousands of free fonts, just some minimal knowledge and aesthetic taste.
This infographic intend to explain the basics of typography and disseminate “best” ones that always work without very complicated life. A short walk through this fascinating world.
This brilliant idea was developed and implemented by Worldometers.
They believe that this special webpage carries strong philosophical, symbolic, and aesthetic attributes. Even the mathematics behind the implementation of this page is deeply fascinating.
7 Billion people so beautifully displayed together on a single webpage is a visual testament of the human condition of every single one of us, and all of us together, on our planet earth. It is available on the internet for everybody in the world to watch at any time, adding to the feeling of sharing something in common.
It is also a snapshot of an extraordinary moment in history: the exact instant when we reached 7 billion people on earth, captured on October 31, 2011 at 5:49:16 GMT.
China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) commissioned TBWA Beijing to develop this print advertising campaign for the Canton Fair in held in Guangzhou between 15 October and 6 November, 2008. A chimpanzee sits among more bananas than it could ever have dreamed of. A rabbit is mesmerized by thousands of carrots. An ant is surrounded by thousands of sugar cubes. “Is your appetite big enough? Welcome to the unprecedented scale of the 104th Canton Fair”.
Scottish photographer George Logan and retoucher Tony Swinney let’s you imagine what it would be like if your cat wasn’t just a purring ball of fur.
As a part of “Big Cat, Small Cat” ad campaign for Whiskas, they created a series of funny images showing tiny domestic cats chasing after antelopes, zebras, elephants and doing other “big cat” stuff.
Creativity has a unique attribute. It has no boundaries. Some of the best ad campaigns in the world carry the flag of limitless creativity. Creativity, be it abstract or direct, always attracts more and more eyes.
One such campaign was designed by the Dutch ad agency “180” for their client; Amsterdam based Barber Shave and Trim.
We all know that barber shops play a vital role in male grooming. It can even be called a compulsion. Now, an ordinary agency would have easily gone with visuals of handsome men with perfectly cut hair and/or moustaches and beards, but not 180. Excessive masculine hair hasalways led to the branding of being an animal, or in other words, a beast. A beast needs to be contained and tamed; thus the tagline of the campaign by 180.
Using various wild animals known for their sheer mass and/or ferocity; 180 created a campaign that is humorous, yet impactful; as it perfectly and creatively communicates the message. The visuals look ordinary at the first glance; but looking closely, they take creativity to a whole new tangent.
The first visual is of a bear. Now what is the connection of a bear with a barber shop? Look closely and you’ll see the bear wearing a moustache that would make traditional subcontinent kings envious. This is creativity at its best. A bear with a perfectly maintained moustache and the tagline, “Tame the Beast” attracts men with a comical appeal.
The second moustache is carried by a wild buffalo. At number 3, comes an antelope. 180 have created an out-of-the-box campaign, yet the aesthetics remain intact. Not all wild beasts, like all men, carry a moustache. Therefore, a visual connotation of a clean shaven beast was a must; and what better a beast than a hippo?
