Archives for September 2006

Saturday

Saturday

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Saturday has to be one of my most favorite portfolio sites for the sheer inventiveness of the site’s super-simple interface. They’ve recently updated with some new work as well, always worth a look.

Lava

Lava

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Welcome back.

Lava is a multi-disciplinary firm from Amsterdam.

The Little Friends of Printmaking

The Little Friends of Printmaking

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A husband and wife duo. Silk-screening. Wisconsin. Guess any of these, and you’d be talking about The Little Friends of Printmaking. They’ve got some great posters for sale as well.

Dope Pope

Dope Pope

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dopepope is NYC based artist/designer/illustrator/weird-thought-havin’ Joe Lucchese. The above work is taken from his newly released book, Bioengineered to be the Best. He’s in the midst of updating his site, but the galleries are still up. Hide the children!

Zero G

Zero G

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Zero G is Ciarán Ógaora’s studio in Dublin. The shop’s got all sorts of great work to take a look at. Personally, I enjoy the Letter from Greg videos.

Alvin Lustig

Alvin Lustig

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Hop in the time machine and take a trip to a simpler era in America. Alvin Lustig, however was far from a simple man. From architecture to advertising, industrial design to graphic design, Alvin did it all, and did it quite well.

This is Real Art.

This is Real Art.

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Their roster reads like a who’s-who of contemporary graphic design. Please add this to your favorites as I have no doubt there will be much more  coming from this outfit.

Mark Boyce

Mark Boyce

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I love the way he displays his work.

Also

Also

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With offices in Chicago and New York, Also serves up some work with a great slightly whimsical-illustrative style. It really gives their pieces a lot of depth, while maintaining the appropriateness of the message.

Craft Design Technology

Craft Design Technology

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A joint collaboration between Tyler Brûlé’s Winkreative and Japanese outfit Advertising Orchestra, Craft Design Technology offers a line of mundane office items with a super-lux twist. Try the embossed calfskin desk-mat to give your cube that corner-office-without-the-view feel.