In his recent project, “CenterFold,” Brooklyn-based graphic designer Nick Massarelli creates three by four inch compositions by cropping around the intersection between two mismatched pages in disassembled 1970’s saddle-stitched magazines. Centering each piece around the holes left behind by the staples used for binding, Massarelli’s process relies on an algorithm of sorts. “The most creative ..
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Helios Publishing House is a full-service publisher in Moscow, selling publications of various types. They provide authors with help for illustration, photography and retouching, design and layout, editing, proofreading, printing, and delivery. Oksana Paley and Alice Retunsky, co-founders of omsky, designed the Helios logo and visual identity, one that caught my eye after browsing the ..
A self-funded project, the team behind ABVA “documents, stores, studies, and popularises examples of different visual arts from Bulgaria.” The collection of Bulgarian logos was particularly interesting, with some lovely examples of clean, minimal, distinctive symbols. “We want to describe that elusive daily aesthetic presence in the life of previous generations. Often ignored, forgotten, or ..
Since dating can be stressful, there is the possibility of humor to try to reduce tensions. In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Rosenfeld found that heterosexual couples are more likely to meet a romantic partner online than through personal contacts and connections. Since 1940, traditional ways of ..
For four years, designers Mark Liptrott of Concrete Studio and Nick Fraser brought together football and music by pairing iconic identities from both worlds. The idea was simple — combine football team badges with band logos. In their words, “bands as football teams and football teams as bands.” “We now have over 400 badges, working ..
In 2022, the former Hiii Brand, Hiii Typography, and Hiii Illustration Awards have been merged and renamed as Hiiibrand International Brand & Communication Design Awards. The Awards focuses on branding, business value, and communication design, “discovering and honouring outstanding branding practices and design strengths through a global call for entries and selection.” After 13 years, ..
Digital grain, or noise, can’t always be avoided in photography. Despite massive advances in camera sensor technology over the years, noise is still a major issue for all different types of photographers. There are a few things you can do to help reduce the noise in your photos, one of the more useful ways is ..
Give our readers an inside look at your brand’s marketing approach by joining the Adweek Columnist Network. If you’re a VP or above, submit your pitch. The challenge This summer, 4th Floor Creative was busy settling into Sony Music U.K.’s recently relocated London headquarters in King’s Cross. Preparing and completing any home or office move ..
October 19, 2022 Jamie Clarke is perhaps best known for font families like Span, Brim, and Rig Sans — typefaces toward the more formal end of the type spectrum. So I was surprised and happy to see Jamie’s latest release (with Borys Kosmynka), SideNote, a more casual but by no means comic font family. I’ve said ..
By Dr. Nadine ChahineIt is a cinematic tour de force of design and rebellion when we traverse the pages of Steven Heller’s memoir, Growing Up Underground. While the book is a collection of distinct essays that more or less follow a chronological order, one can pick up a few underlying threads that propel the narrative ..
