Words as images
As a writer, I’m particularly drawn to typographic art. Perhaps it’s because the combination of word and art speaks to…
Amazing mirror images
The Rorschach test is the most widely used projective psychological test, designed to assess and identify personality structures. But while…
Retro Branding
While Generation Y may be too young to remember, there was a time in the 70s and 80s when the…
Flying over tulip fields
Sometimes we become so preoccupied with what can be animated, Photoshopped, and otherwise digitally produced that we lose sight of…
Saving a city with a serif
Fonts can become synonymous with brands. Picture, for example, “Yahoo”, “Disney”, or the masthead for “The New York Times”; in…
Extraordinary heat-sensitive stationery
If a company’s branding materials should seek to leave a mark, then Austrian design studio Bureau Rabensteiner has more than…
Death-defying photography
We’ve all heard of the suffering artist, but photographer Kerry Skarbakka is taking the idea of suffering for one’s craft…
Sensational stop-motion music video
Big-budget music videos involve countless people, crazy costumes, and elaborate sets. But Japanese singer-songwriter Shugo Tokumaru’s song Katachi was brought…
Scotch tape photography
Parents who leave their kids alone with seemingly innocuous items like glue and sticky tape will certainly live to regret…
Typographic furniture
While typography is typically a two-dimensional proposition, the communication design students at the University of Applied Science in Dusseldorf have…
How to manage deadlines
Freelancers (and anyone else who works for him or herself) know that the tide of work ebbs and flows. There’s…
Barry McGee’s monumental mural
What do you get when you cross an eccentric street artist, a traditional car manufacturer, and a trendy publication? You…
Friday fun with Beertone
Pantone recently released its chosen color of the year, emerald green. But ask the advertising duo behind the new beer…
Fantastical infrared photography
While these stunning images may look like still shots from a J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation, they’re actually the handiwork of “amateur”…
The stunning natural phenomenon of light pillars
In our technologically driven society, it’s tempting to exclusively draw inspiration from electronic sources. A creative block hits and soon…