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Merry Christmas!

alessandro — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:54:55 +0000

Alex Steinweiss, the inventor of the illustrated cover

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:24:52 +0000

Steinweiss Alex, who died a few months ago at the age of 94, was the American designer who in 1939 launched the idea of using artistic designs to decorate the album covers, revolutionizing the world of music and creating a new type of illustration.
In nearly 30 years he has designed over 800 album covers of jazz, classical, folk, etc.. for Columbia Records, as well as other labels such as Decca. Here is a selection of some of his works, with which we want to remember him.

More informations here: alexsteinweiss.com

Steve Jobs – 1955-2011

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:56:39 +0000

(image source:TUAW)

The subtractive art of Alexandre Farto

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:50:58 +0000

Farto is a young artist, based in London, which creates portraits by removing pieces of wall: he first sketches the subject in spraypaint, then begins to remove portions from different layers, to give depth to the work.

More information on his official website: alexandrefarto.com

Stella Rubinetterie – Kitchen Catalog

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:04:29 +0000

Photos made for the new Kitchen catalog 2011

Cafè Angel’s – Wines & Kitchen

admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:32:46 +0000

Brand identity, promotinal material and website made for Cafè Angel’s.

www.cafeangels.com

What if you lived at IKEA?

alessandro — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:38:48 +0000

At IKEA the environments are highly detailed and extremely comprehensive: have you ever wondered what would it be to live there? The photographer Christian Gideon and his friends did. They have even made a shooting as if they really lived there. The result is a series of funny photos, check them out here: Christian Gideon Photography

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Typography

alessandro — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:46:22 +0000

D. A. Sanborn, a young surveyor from Somerville, Massachusetts, was engaged in 1866 by the Aetna Insurance Company to prepare insurance maps for several cities in Tennessee. Before working for Aetna, Sanborn conducted surveys and compiled an atlas of the city of Boston titled ‘Insurance Map of Boston, Volume 1, 1867′. [..] The atlas includes twenty-nine large plates showing sections of Boston at the scale of 50 feet to an inch. It is believed to include the earliest insurance maps published by Sanborn.The success of the Boston atlas and the commission from Aetna must have impressed the young surveyor with the importance of detailed and specialized maps for the fire insurance industry. Following his assignment in Tennessee for Aetna, he established the D. A. Sanborn National Insurance Diagram Bureau in New York City in 1867. 11 From this modest beginning grew the specialized company that has compiled and published maps for the fire insurance industry for more than a hundred years.

Title pages, headings and letterforms clipped, cropped and isolated from maps and map publications issued between about 1880 and 1920.

Source : http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/02/sanborn-fire-insurance-map-typography.html

Brilliant minimalist ads

alessandro — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:06:15 +0000

If an advertisement is well designed, it only takes a few moments to get the message, the time of a blink of an eye. Here are some minimalist campaigns, very brilliant and effective: do not even need captions…

Welcome to Pyongyang – Charlie Crane

alessandro — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:13:10 +0000

In this series of photos, that became a book, Crane shows us Pyongyang the way the regime wants to see it: everything seems perfectly in place, orderly, and people seem plastic. Everything is illuminated by a cold and clinical light, that gives the shots a formality almost exasperated, mirror of the regime that governs the country. For more info: Charlie Crane official site.