New Remix of Bloc Party’s Kele
Kele from Bloc Party gets track remixed by RAC.
Stuff posted in the ‘Design’ Category
Sebastian Onufszak
In an age where it’s becoming increasingly easy to get your hands on the tools necessary to become a great digital artist, it’s also becoming increasingly difficult to stand out from the others. Sebastian Onufszak isn’t having much of a problem with the later. HIs work is bright, vivid and intense. With clients ranging from Ray Ban (as shown above), to Ed Hardy, to Nike, to Jeep and more. His portfolio site, In Graphics We Trust, has just been updated and is definitely worth a look.
Nooka VS Hellz
There’s no doubt Nooka makes some of the coolest watches I have ever seen, and they have added yet another amazing timepiece to their collection. The new limited edition watch is a collaboration with the bad girl streetwear label Hellz. Although the collaboration is with a women’s brand I would say it looks unisex, I know I would wear it.
[via :: Gorilli]
New 123Klan Website
I have been a big fan of 123klan for a long time now. I really love the way they mesh digital vector with graffiti style art. Their logo and identity work is also some of my favorite stuff out there. It has been a while but they have finally updated their website. They have a new, more simple blog-type site with a bunch of new work including the EP cover and logo for Don Rimini. In celebration of their new website they have teamed up with LOWCLUB to bring you a special hour long mix including some of their favorite tracks.
My Wish List
In order to help my friends and family out with their Christmas shopping I devised a little list of realistic wishables. I know it’s a bit late, but just in case you are able to add a few more things to your own wish list I thought I might share some suggestions of things you might like as well.
At the top of the list is the WESC Stretch Armstrong Bagpipe Headphones. Even though WESC makes quality stuff, at first I had reservations about these. But after listening to them, and then seeing this colorway with the maroon and baby blue I was sold. Read more below to see more goods that topped my list.
Cut&Paste Accepting Entries Now
The Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament is calling for all those who want to compete this year. If you think you have what it takes to handle the pressure of this intense design competition you had best get to it. North American competitors have until January 23rd to sign-up, Asian and European competitors have until February 20th. Cut&Paste will be hitting up 16 cities worldwide this year, including my second home Shanghai. The tournament kicks-off in March in the U.S., then heads to Europe and Asia. One grand prize winner from each city will be selected and will win an all expenses paid trip to compete in the Global Championships New York City in June. For a complete list of the prizes click here.
Danger Skis by Jared Nickerson
In the spirit of the season, have a look at the new Danger Skis with graphics designed by Jared Nickerson. The skis are the pro model for skier TJ Schiller and are available now. I really like Jared’s illustration style and the concepts within them. Jared has an impressive roster of clients including Kidrobot, Suicide Girls, Danger Skis, LaFraise and more. The skis are available for purchase now.
Also make sure to check out the desktops Jared did for suicide girls, pretty hot stuff.
55 DSL Logo Remix Contest
During my recent visit to NYC I didn’t get a bunch of time to check out shops and boutiques. However, I did get a chance to stop by 55DSL’s shop, and I was more impressed than I thought I would be. I really like 55DSL’s clothing and the overall feel of the brand. With their recently announced Logo Remix Contest 55DSL has partnered up with Cut&Paste to give you the opportunity to put thier own spin on their brand. Submit your own “remix” of the 55DSL Sheild logo in a way that represents the companie’s culture and spirit and you could have the chance to win 1,055€. Not only that but your remixed logo will be featured on a t-shirt in the company’s 2010 line. Creative people get to crackin’, the contest ends December 5th.
Zune Originals Artist Series
Zune Originals is Zune’s online design studio where you can customize the color, size, engraved artwork and personal text of your player. With tons of different options available they make it pretty hard to select just one design to use. The new Artist Series offers 46 new designs from a bunch of amazing artists such as Dalek, Motomichi, Daniel Jackson/Surface To Air, and more. With so many cool designs available I almost wish they weren’t engraved onto the player, and were printed as some kind of removable adhesive. That way you could choose as many as you like and swap the design when you feel like a new one.
Incase Parra Slider
Incase has been making quality products for years. Not only are they high quality, but they look good and are always designed well. In general I am not super keen on iPhone cases. Most of them are bulky, rubbery and really detract for the iPhone’s sleek design. However, If there was one iPhone case I would use it would most likely be Incase’s Slider Case. The case is protective with its internal rubber gaurdrails, but doesn’t detract too much from the iPhone’s sleekness with its 1mm thin plastic case. The case shown above is a special new design done by the artist Parra. It will be available October 24th at the Incase webstore, select Apple Stores and Arktip.
Poketo T-Shirts
You have most likely seen Poketo’s awesome artist wallets. But what you may not know is Poketo also has a really cool line of t-shirts as well. Most of them have a really artsy hand-drawn type feel to them that I really like. They are reasonably priced, many of them as cheap as $18.
I am really digging the Diamonds design and Deer in the City.
Buck – Below Deck
I could spend all day watching reels from motion designers and production studios. I have a lot of respect for the studios that create such amazing moving art. Buck is a production studio out of Los Angeles and New York City that just so happens to be one of these studios. This spot that they did for Fuel TV titled Below Deck is one of my favorite pieces they have done. They explain their inspiration…
Remember in the 80’s when skateboarding was illegal and for some reason teenagers would rather die than not skate. These troubling times were accented by an amazing era of deck graphics which we gleefully used as inspiration for this cg/cel
extravaganza.
Popdeck Stores
Awhile back I posted about a website called Bountee, Popdeck is a very similar site only it’s for skateboards. Basically Popdeck allows you to setup an online store using their website, upload your graphics to be printed on skate decks and then sold through the store you setup with them. You are able to set your own pricing for your skate decks, and any decks sold over $30 is split 50/50 with Popdeck. You can also print and sell your own wheels, and soon they promise to have trucks and other products as well. Chuck Anderson of Nopattern even has a store.
Mopa
Good design is fairly easy to find these days. There is an abundance of great designers all over the web, but about once a week I run across a website, or portfolio that really inspires me. Mopa is a Brazilian design firm that has some amazing work. “Mopa believes in the good side of things, optimism is a part of its everyday,” says the crew of Mopa, and it shows in their work. Full of bright colors and shapes the crew has a very distinct style.
Something in the Universe
It seems the creative people over at Beautiful/Decay are taking their abilities to the next level. Something in the Universe is a creative agency formed by the creators of the magazine. Something in the Universe has already done work such as identity, brand strategy, illustration and marketing for an impressive client list including MTV, Ford, Target, Scion, Stuff Magazine along with plenty more. So far their portfolio has some very impressive work and it seems like an agency any designer would hope to work for.
[Via: Josh Spear]
Akutou Loves You
The amount of talented illustrators, designers and artists out there today is sometimes overwhelming. Everyday I find a new illustrator or designer that has so much talent, but on occasion I find one that really appeals to me. Akutou, or Thomas Pereira, is a French designer that really struck me upon visiting his website. Having done work for clients like RAC, Futurecop!, Threadless, and doing work like this, this and this Pereira is on a fast track to becoming one of my favorite illustrators. He also has a great music blog on his site worth checking out.
